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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

North America

New immigrants pose with Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer, ministry director-general Adv. Avichai Kahana, Jewish Agency for Israel deputy director-general Shay Felber, Nefesh B'Nefesh co-founder and chairman Tony Gelbart and Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founder and executive director of Rabbi Yehoshua Fass upon their arrival to Israel, Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, August 22, 2024. (Nefesh B'Nefesh/Chen Galili)
August 22, 2024, 7:33 pm
Israel to see largest influx of immigrants since Oct. 7, most from North America
More than 600 new olim due on 14 flights between August 22-28, with 2,000 expected over the summer
By ToI Staff
A total solar eclipse is seen from Arlington, Texas, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
April 9, 2024, 7:56 am
Clouds part just in time for most of North America to watch total solar eclipse
Some 200 million people living in or near the shadow’s path, plus scores of out-of-towners, flock to see over 4 minutes of out-of-sync darkness as moon totally covers sun
By Marcia Dunn
This undated photo provided by Ciprian Ardelean in July 2020 shows a stone tool found below the Last Glacial Maximum layer from a cave in Zacatecas, central Mexico. Artifacts from the cave suggest people were living in North America much earlier than most scientists think. (Ciprian Ardelean via AP)
July 22, 2020, 6:59 pm
Stone tools suggest human presence in North America over 25,000 years ago
Previously, widely accepted timeline for earliest archaeological sites on continent was 15,000-17,000 years ago
By Malcolm Ritter
Illustrative: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
September 30, 2019, 6:35 am
A look back at America’s top news stories from 5779
A month by month review of the stories that had a major impact on both Jews and the general population in the US, Canada, and Mexico
By Ben Harris
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki speaks to the media during an Asian African Ministerial Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
July 23, 2019, 9:33 pm
PA’s top diplomat: Another country will recognize Palestine by end of month
Riyad al-Malki does not name the country in question; Ramallah-based officials remain tight-lipped on claim
By Adam Rasgon
A hand print in honor of migrants that have been killed or are missing is seen on a border wall structure separating Tijuana, Mexico from San Diego, in Tijuana on October 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
November 1, 2018, 10:29 am
Lost migrant, unidentified body: Missing in the Americas
AP finds 3,861 dead or missing on treacherous route from Mexico to US; 3,410 Venezuelan migrants die, mostly of easily treatable diseases
By Maria Verza
FIFA president Gianni Infantino (R) poses with the United 2026 bid (Canada-Mexico-US) officials Carlos Cordeiro (3rd R), president of the United States Football Association, president of the Mexican Football Association Decio de Maria Serrano (2nd L), Steve Reed (2nd R), president of the Canadian Soccer Association, following the announcement of the 2026 World Cup host during the 68th FIFA Congress at the Expocentre in Moscow on June 13, 2018. (AFP/Mladen Antonov)
June 13, 2018, 5:52 pm
US, Mexico and Canada win race to host 2026 World Cup
North American bid pledges to bring $11 billion profit to FIFA; Trump congratulates co-hosts in tweet
By Guy JACKSON
Illustrative: The Israel Navy launches its new 'Barak 8' missile defense system on November 26, 2015. (screen capture: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
May 2, 2018, 5:04 pm
Israeli arms sales skyrocket, increasing 41.5% in one year
Defense exports jump from $6.5 billion in 2016 to $9.2 billion in 2017; most weapons sold to Asian, Pacific countries, notably India
By Judah Ari Gross
People wear special glasses as they watch a partial solar eclipse at the Givatayim Observatory, Sunday, November 3, 2013 (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
From the WebAugust 20, 2017, 12:58 pm
Carbondale’s Jews are over the moon about total solar eclipse
NY Jewish Week: Located at the epicenter of the eclipse path, area Jews look to biblical roots for the celestial phenomenon
By Robert Goldblum
The Defense Ministry's "Eitan" ("Steadfast") armored personnel carrier. (Dana Shraga, Israeli Ministry of Defense)
March 30, 2017, 12:22 am
Israeli military exports to Africa jump 70%
Overall defense exports amounted to $6.5 billion in 2016, an $800 million bump from previous year
By Jacob Magid
Mexico's Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu reads a statement in Mexico City on September 14, 2015. (AFP/Yuri Cortez)
November 10, 2016, 10:34 pm
Mexico says ready to ‘modernize’ NAFTA with Trump
But, hailing its ‘great results’ for North American nations, foreign minister insists trade deal not up for renegotiation
By AFP
A group of 229 new immigrants arriving in Israel through Nefesh B’Nefesh in July. (photo credit: Sason Tiram)
July 12, 2012, 5:44 pm
Nefesh B’Nefesh celebrates tenth birthday with a planeload of new immigrants
229 olim, including 99 children, touch down at Ben Gurion Airport and head to their new homes in Israel
By Ilan Ben Zion
Police arrest local left-wing activists who gathered to welcome a 'Pro-Palestinian Fly-In' at Ben-Gurion airport last year (photo credit: Flash90)
April 10, 2012, 7:40 pm
Israel to prevent pro-Palestinian activists from entering country
‘Flytilla’ provocateurs will be detained and deported, says public security minister
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