Latest Israel News
RSS-
Israel Intel Divided Over Syria
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's intelligence community has been divided over thecivil war in Syria, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that Israel'smilitary and intelligence community was divided over the Sunni revoltagainst Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a report, the institute said manyin the community prefer that Assad remain in power rather than be ...
-
Iranians joining Hezbollah in Qusayr Syria battle US
Iranians are working alongside Hezbollah fighters to back Syrian troops battling to retake the rebel stronghold of Qusayr amid fears of a civilian massacre, a US official said Tuesday. ';It is the most visible effort we have seen by Hezbollah to engage directly in the fighting in Syria as a foreign ...
-
Livni says stalemate harmful for Israel as Palestinian narrative gains traction
JERUSALEM // Israel's chief peace negotiator with the Palestinians said yesterday the current stalemate was harmful for Israel. Tzipi Livni told a parliamentary committee that resuming negotiations was "first and foremost an Israeli interest". She spoke days before the US secretary of state John Kerry was expected to arrive in Israel for his latest push to restart long-dormant ...
More Israel News
RSS-
Barkat defends closure of Cinema City on Shabbat
movie complex Cinema City continues, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat - who launched his reelection campaign last week - stated Tuesday he supports its forced Shabbat closure.The 15-screen, NIS 125 million theater, scheduled to open this summer, has become a lightning rod for debate since its owners were given a building permit in 2010 with the precondition by the Finance Ministry and Jerusalem ...
-
Hamas to close tunnels if Egypt will open border
Hamas said it would be willing to close all smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border upon opening of a commercial crossing, Palestinian news agency Ma'an cited Ghazi Hamad, Hamas undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying Tuesday. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues Thursday by Islamist ...
-
Boruch Spiegel Warsaw ghetto fighter dies at 93
The New York Times reported on Monday.The uprising became a symbol of the greatest Jewish resistance to the Holocaust. As stories of the extermination camps reached the Jews imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto, a large group there decided to launch a struggle against the ...
-
Nigeria Why Islamism succeeds in miniature
Three days after Nigeria launched an offensive on May 16 against Islamic terrorists, US Secretary of State John Kerry stepped in; "We urge Nigeria's security forces to apply disciplined use of force in all operations, protect civilians in any security response and respect human rights and the rule of law."For years the Islamists, called Boko Haram, had terrorized northern ...
-
Arab Cult Leader Beat Children Women Stole Money
A Nazareth court on Tuesday extended the remand of the Arab leader of a cult in northern Israel. Munir Farhat, the 56 year old leader of what police said was a destructive cult, allegedly led a group of six families in teaching parents that the only way to discipline children was by abusing them, to imprison them in closets for long hours, and even to paint their faces with excrement. Farhat ...
-
Claim Saudi princes laundered Hezbollah money fanciful- lawyer
LONDON (Reuters) - Two Saudi princes on Tuesday sought to extricate themselves from a London legal battle with a Jordanian businessman who accuses them of laundering money for Hezbollah, an allegation their lawyer called "fanciful". Prince Mishal bin Abdulaziz al Saud, a brother of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, and his son Prince Abdulaziz bin Mishal, had previously argued they ...
-
Terra Sancta Museum to Open in Jerusalem
In 2015, in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem, the Terra Sancta Museum – the only museum in the world dedicated to the roots of Christianity and the preservation of the Holy Places – will open: a permanent exhibit established by the Custody of the Holy Land to shed light on the history of this extraordinary land in which for millennia the destinies of many peoples living ...
-
Greek Cypriot leader meets Israeli minister
Anastasiadis and Netanyahu discussed cooperation in field of energy, bilateral relations and developments in eastern Mediterranean JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday met with leader of the Greek Cypriot administration Nicos Anastasiadis in Jerusalem.Cooperation in the field of energy, bilateral relations and developments in eastern Mediterranean were discussed during ...
-
Gantz If Assad escalates attacks hell bear consequences
cross-border fire overnight on the Golan Heights.Speaking to Haifa University's National Security Studies Center, Gantz told the audience, "In Syria, we see that things occurring, beginning with the transfer of arms, and including threats by Assad, who is speaking, encouraging, and directing an increase in action against Israel in various degrees on the Golan ...
-
Saudi princes accused of laundering for Hezbollah
LONDON - Two Saudi princes on Tuesday sought to extricate themselves from a London legal battle with a Jordanian businessman who accuses them of laundering money for Hezbollah, an allegation their lawyer called "fanciful".Prince Mishal bin Abdulaziz al Saud, a brother of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, and his son Prince Abdulaziz bin Mishal, had previously argued they had ...
-
Israel Extends Condolences to US Over Oklahoma Tornado
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent a letter of condolence to President Barack Obama and the American people on Tuesday, following the disastrous Oklahoma tornado. "Om behalf of the Government and people of Israel, I offer our heartfelt condolences to you and to the people of the United States on the massive tornado that struck in Oklahoma and exacted such a horrific toll in human ...
-
Israeli Journalist Changes Opinion After Arab-Jewish Dialogue
Lital Shemesh is a dynamic young Israeli journalist who lives in Tel Aviv. For years she reported on the political situation in Israel, and advocated dialogue with the Palestinians to promote a solution to the conflict. One day, she participated in just such a dialogue, and her eyes were opened to a new truth. At the end of a three-day seminar in Turkey in which young Israeli and Palestinian ...
-
Gal-On Soldiers to Ports Port Workers to Yeshiva
MK Zahava Gal-On, head of the Meretz party, responded with ridicule Tuesday to a proposal put forth by Minister of Economy and Trade Naftali Bennett. Bennett had suggested that IDF soldiers replace port workers if the latter strike over plans to increase competition at the ports. Gal-On made her own proposal, "A large-scale round of swaps that would solve several problems and leave ...
-
Barbara Streisand to Receive Honorary Doctorate From Hebrew U.
Internationally acclaimed singer and actress Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctorate of philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem next month. Streisand, who is set to perform in Israel next month, will be presented with the award in recognition of her professional achievements, humanitarianism and dedication to the Jewish people. "Barbra Streisand’s ...
-
US Senate Likely to Pass New Pro-Israel Resolution
The United States Senate Majority Leader announced Monday that there is unanimous consent to take up a resolution that would affirm support for Israel and strengthen enforcement of sanctions against Iran. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, said the Senate would debate S. Res. 65 and proceed to a vote on Wednesday ...
-
Lapid changes tune to sell austerity plan
The public furor against Minister of Finance Yair Lapid and his Yesh Atid party, following the publication of the budget and its austerity measures, have resulted in a major change in the public relations stance of the minister's bureau. It has switched from talking points about the need for painful measures to change priorities in favor of the working man and pulling the economy out of the ...
-
Qualcomm CEO We seek Israels technology leaders
Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) CEO Paul Jacobs, currently in Israel, spoke about the chipmaker's strategy at a press conference today at Qualcomm Israel's R&D center in Haifa. The message around the visit was the upgrading of importance of Qualcomm Israel's R&D center to one of Qualcomm's major strategic centers. Jacobs said that the company had no clear plans to expand ...
-
Israel warns Syria after attack near border
Israeli soldiers march during a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria. Syria claimed it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan ...
-
Muhammad al-Dura and Israels obsession with the propaganda war | Rachel Shabi
If Israel's government is to be believed, Palestinians have sunk so low as to be capable of faking their own deaths. Or wait, maybe the Israeli accusation of fakery is itself the indication of a horrifying new nadir. An Israeli report has concluded that Muhammad al-Dura, the 12-year-old Palestinian whose death in 2000 in Gaza was captured by a French public TV channel, was not killed by ...
-
Peace debate exposes deep rifts in Israeli government
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, head of the centrist Hatenuah party, during their joint statement at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 19, ...
-
Syrian Military Fires at Israeli Vehicle
May 21, 2013 12:19pm TEL AVIV– The Syrian military said on Tuesday that it fired on an Israeli army jeep in the contested Golan Heights in the early hours of the morning, destroying it. Israel said the jeep was slightly damaged and there were no casualties, but the incident raised fears that the long-time enemies could soon once again find themselves embroiled in renewed conflict. Just ...
-
Assad regime confirmed carrying out artillery firing into Israel
Assad regime confirmed carrying out artillery firing into Israel JERUSALEM - Syria fired artillery into Israel damaging a military vehicle Monday night, said Israeli administration.Israeli army said in a written statement that Syria fired shells into Golan Heights adding "Israel fired missiles at a target inside Syria in response to Syrian fire."The United Nations Disengagement ...
Israel Focus
-
Biggest construction project in Israeli history
The Port of Ashdod is the gateway to the economy of Israel, it has played a central role in the development of the state and will play a central role in future development, hence the reason for an ambitious $500 million expansion project currently underway in two stages (in the picture, green represents stage 1 and brown stage 2).
The Port of Ashdod is currently undergoing the largest construction project ever undertaken in the history of Israel. In 1999, Israel news media reported that the government wanted to double the cargo capacity of Ashdod, an ambitious construction project was therefore envisioned, involving the building of new piers, new docks, warehouses and cargo handling equipment. It was to take place in two stages, with the total project costing around $500 million. Read more
News from around our Network
