by Israel Today Israel’s Ma’ariv daily newspaper reported on Tuesday that Saudi Arabian officials have “arrested” a wounded vulture that landed in a rural area of the country wearing a transmitter and a leg bracelet etched with the words “Tel Aviv University.” The bird is part of ongoing long-term research into bird migration patterns, but…
Detailsby Jerusalem Post Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made an unprecedented public appeal in the Knesset Tuesday night for freeing Jonathan, reading out loud a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, appealing to him to end Pollard’s life sentence in prison. The government announced two weeks ago that the Prime Minister would make a public appeal…
DetailsThe world contains an abundance of varied and beautiful locations, which fascinate and excite visitors, but the Dead Sea region is unique, combining history, geography, nature, health and beauty, and has attracted visitors throughout human history. Even in ancient times, the Dead Sea was the focus of important events: In the Bible, Abraham, the father…
Detailsby Israel Today The previous twelve months were the hottest and overall driest year Israel has experienced since weather records started being kept. The Israel Meteorological Service has published year-end data showing that temperatures across Israel in 2010 were some 2-3 degrees hotter than the average temperatures recorded over the past 30 years. For instance,…
Detailsby Marcus Dysch, The Jewish Chronicle The discovery of a huge natural gas field off the coast of Haifa could secure Israel’s long-term energy security, according to experts. The 16 trillion cubic feet of gas, 80 miles away from the Jewish state under the Mediterranean, represents the world’s biggest find in the past decade. One…
Detailsby Victor Sharpe In response to Edward Mast’s anti-Israel article published in Seattle Times Edward Mast has a towering hatred for Israel. It is a pathology replete with blood libels that have absolutely no basis in truth. His words are dredged from Arab mythology, which he gleefully accepts as fact. His mind is made up…
DetailsThink on this: “Watch out that no one deceives you … many false prophets will appear and deceive many people … even the elect if that were possible.” … “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.” His is truth! . Pray on this: Our Father, for 2011, we…
Detailsby Morton Klein, Zionist Organization of America Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas has reiterated that a future Palestinian state, if established, will be Jew-free saying, “We have frankly said, and always will say: If there is an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, we won’t agree to the presence of one Israeli…
Detailsby Herb Keinon, Khaled Abu Toameh, and Hillary Leila The US is against efforts to bring the settlement issue to the UN Security Council, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday, soon after PLO chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said the Palestinians intended to ask the Security Council to condemn the settlements as “illegal.” “We have consistently…
Detailsby Debkafile The Iranian-Israeli clandestine war is heating up. Just a day after Iran publicly hanged alleged Israeli spy Ali Akbar Siadat, hinting that at least one more Iranian national was due to be executed for working for the Mossad, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Middle East and Russia Affairs Mohammad Rauf Sheibani announced Wednesday,…
Detailsby Jerusalem Post Iran now is at least three years away from being able to produce a nuclear bomb because of technical problems and sanctions, Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon told Voice of Israel government radio Wednesday. Yaalon, a former IDF Chief of Staff and considered a leading “hawk” on Iran, said that “we are…
Detailsby Victor Sharpe In the 14th century, the Byzantine Empire began to crumble, finally falling to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. But in 1389, the Ottoman Turkish sultan, Murad, 1, began to lead his forces against the armies of the Serbian prince Lazar. The Serbian prince had already been active in resisting increasing Muslim raids…
Detailsby Evelyn Gordon, Commentary The recent wave of deadly attacks on Iraqi Christians must have cast a pall over Christmas celebrations worldwide this year. But one can’t help wondering whether it also prompted any soul-searching at the Vatican. After all, it was just two months ago that a synod of Middle East bishops proclaimed Israel…
DetailsBy The Associated Press Israeli officials say more than 19,000 Jewish immigrants came to Israel in 2010, a 16 percent increase over last year. The Jewish Agency handles immigration to Israel. It said in a statement Tuesday that about 7,700 immigrants came from the former Soviet Union. About half that many came from North America.…
Detailsby Chana Ya’ar, Arutz-7 The year 2010 set a record in tourism to Israel, according to the Ministry of Tourism, with 3.45 million arrivals registered. Statistics released Monday showed 26 percent more visitors than Israel had seen a year earlier, and 14 percent more than in 2008, Israel’s previous record-setting year. According to the ministry…
Detailsby Fars Iran has hanged one of seven suspected spies for supplying Israel with secrets on Iran’s missile programs, and the regime’s courts have sentenced a second man to death for “counter-revolutionary activities.” The regime of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrested seven people in October on charges of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. “These…
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