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Iceland rejects EU membership plan in referendum, after almost all votes were counted

Some 47.5% of voters supported the government's proposal while 52.5% said no, according to local broadcaster RUV's estimates. Final results are expected later on Sunday.

Tourists queue for a hot dog from Baejarins Beztu Pylsur stand ahead of a referendum on whether Iceland should resume accession negotiations with the European Union, in Reykjavik, Iceland, August 29, 2026.
Late poet Amir Gilboa’s rich oeuvre is celebrated at the festival.

Metula's Israeli Poets’ Festival returns to Jerusalem with all disciplinary guns blazing

Hanan Markovich, CEO of the Haifa Economic Corporation.

Israel's one-center economy is a national security risk – opinion

Officers' Pool, Ein Jilabun.

The secret northern pool: A short summer route leading to a cool spring


Twice as nice: The Metaylim hotel chain invites twins for a free vacation

A special Twins Day deal: Twins aged 2–99 stay free at Metaylim hotels. Enjoy a nature-filled vacation in the North or Arava - no charge for lodging at any of the 8 hotel locations.

The Yeshuah family twins

Months after launch, Israel’s ‘Northern Shield’ initiative completes only 30% of shelters

As of the latest update, 600 safe rooms are under construction out of the 1,900 planned for communities within zero to one kilometer of the Israel-Lebanon border.

The Northern Shield program (Magen Hatzafon) builds bomb shelters in northern borden communities,

Northern Israel’s recovery: Addressing trauma, economic challenges, and renewal - opinion

Today, less than half of the displaced residents have returned home. PTSD has surged 33% among residents, with children and parents bearing profound emotional wounds.

 SOLDIERS ARRIVE at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon struck a home in Kiryat Shmona last November.

'Ash-Winged Dawn Goddess': Oldest North American pterosaur fossil found

Jaw, wing bone, and tooth of Eotephradactylus mcintireae (209.2 Ma) reveal a floodplain ecosystem with fish, giant amphibians, and early turtles before the end-Triassic mass extinction.

 'Ash-Winged Dawn Goddess': Oldest North American pterosaur fossil found.

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Another reason to visit the North: 185-room hotel to be built in a surprising Galilee location

The Northern District approved a large hotel in Regba, Western Galilee, incorporating Crusader-era ruins. Officials say the north is on track to recover - perhaps even beyond pre-war levels.

 (Illustrative) A rendering of the hotel to be opened in Regba, Israel.

Good news for parents: Free entry for children under 16 at the northern site

Hamat Gader, reopened after wartime closure, offers free weekday entry for kids under 16 in nuclear families, June–August. Includes full access: Cold pool, splash slide, and hot springs.

 Hamat Gader

Local heads call for urgent solutions as North and South struggle post-Hamas attack

Local leaders from Israel’s South and North emphasized the need for solutions to immediate problems for evacuees and residents in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and ensuing war. 

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

Heroes' journey: Memorial sites that blend nature, landscape, and stories of heroism

From north to south: Sites, lookouts, memorials, and trails established in memory of Israel’s fallen soldiers.

 The Wet Trail

Rehabilitation is not enough: Why Israel must invest in rebuilding the North – opinion

The future of Israel’s North depends on national partnership and innovation.

 RESIDENTS OF the North had to travel to the center of the country for essential rehabilitation services until the Helmsley Rehabilitation Center was recently opened at the Tzafon Medical Center (Poriya), the writer notes.