POPULATION: 7,427.000 Jews: 75.5% Non-Jews: 24.5% POPULATION DISTRIBUTION Cities and Towns: 91.7% Thereof: Jerusalem: 10.4% Tel Aviv: 5.3% Haifa: 3.6% Villages and community settlements: 3.1% Moshavim: 3.3% Kibbutzim: 1.7% LIFE EXPECTANCY Women: 82.5 Men: 78.8 DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK FORCE Public, Community & Personal Services: 40.1% Manufacturing: 13.3% Tourism, Commerce and Finance: 26% Agriculture: 1.9%…
By Bill Koenig— Replacement theology church organizations continue to make rash statements about Israel; call it an occupier; blame it for the Palestinian plight; actively pursue divestment of investments in Israel or in companies that do business with Israel; and side with the Palestinians while never addressing the history of problems perpetrated by the Palestinian…
By Bill Koenig Replacement theology church organizations continue to make rash statements about Israel; call it an occupier; blame it for the Palestinian plight; actively pursue divestment of investments in Israel or in companies that do business with Israel; and side with the Palestinians while never addressing the history of problems perpetrated by the Palestinian…
By Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post So much for US President Barack Obama’s famed powers of persuasion. At the UN’s Nuclear Non-Poliferation Treaty review conference which opened this week, the Obama administration managed to lose control over the agenda before the conference even started. Obama administration officials said they intended to use the conference as a…
by Maayana Miskin, Israelnationalnews.com Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has agreed to freeze construction in a Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem for two years, officials in the United States State Department said Sunday. Netanyahu’s office denied that he has agreed not to build in Ramat Shlomo in northern Jerusalem until 2012. US officials said the move was…
By Ynetnews.com Despite the ongoing tension between Washington and Jerusalem, a clear majority – 61% – of the overall Israeli public defines the relations between the two countries as very good or good (in the Arab sector the rate of those who view these relations as good is considerably higher—79%), this according to a War…
By Joseph Puder, Frontpagemag.com Avner S., 26, is a handsome young man with a smooth face that gives him the appearance of a teenager. He is, in spite of his soft exterior, a hardened ex-combat soldier who served in the top combat unit of the Israel Defense Forces – Sayeret Matkal. Both Avner and his…
By Barry Rubin, The Jerusalem Post Would the Iranian government hand nuclear weapons to a terrorist group or fire off nuclear-tipped missiles itself? It is easy for many experts and “experts” to answer no. The reason would be that historically, Iran has proven itself cautious and knows it would be punished for doing so. I…
Moral blindness in the face of evil is depravity. But in the upside-down moral universe of our world today, moral blindness has become a badge of honor. If you refuse to call evil by its name, then you are a moderate. And if you stand up to evil, you are yourself an extremist. The embrace…