NEWS:

• The high court of justice decided–businesses in Tel Aviv could open on Shabbat
• Two Gazan sisters take advantage of a permit to enter Israel for cancer treatment and tried to smuggle explosives
• The indictment against an 18-year-old Israeli-American national suspected of making bomb threats was filed. Here are the details
• On the Israeli independence day–another international blow

CULTURE:

• Israel appoints the first woman to Knesset Sharia committee
• Israeli street art–more than what meets the eye
• Israel commemorates the Holocaust, commemorates fallen IDF soldiers and terror victims, and also celebrates Yom Haatzmaut
• Roger Waters is not a fan of Israel–Radiohead doesn’t really care!

INNOVATION AND INITIATIVES:

• MDA has developed a new electric bike unit
• Israeli high-school students launch Nano-satellite into space
• Wearable Tech ‘Upright GO’ improves posture, reduces upper back pain
• Surgeons perform world’s first-ever dual robotic surgery–in Jerusalem
• Check out these stories and pictures of Israeli aid in the wake of international disasters

SPORTS:

• For the second year in a row–Hapoel Be’er Sheva are Israeli soccer champions