Latest Israel News
RSS-
Gunshots from Syria damage IDF vehicle in Golan none hurt
Gunfire from Syria crossed the border into Israel early Tuesday morning causing light damage to an Israeli military vehicle, the IDF stated.No soldiers were injured in the incident which occurred in the central Golan ...
-
U.S. Denounces Rise in Anti-Jewish Anti-Muslim Sentiment
The United States on Monday denounced what it called a rising tide of both anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiment around the world as it urged all nations to ensure freedom of ...
-
Erekat Backs Kerrys Efforts but Blasts Israeli Apartheid
The PLO’s chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said on Monday that while the PA has done all the legal work necessary to join 63 UN agencies, conventions and treaties, it will hold off on applying for now in order to give U.S. efforts to resume peace talks a chance to succeed. At the same time, he slammed Israel as an "apartheid state" – a longtime accusation by PA leaders ...
More Israel News
RSS-
Israel bars UNESCO from entering Jerusalem
An Israeli security officer stands infront of Al Haram Al Sharif in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam. Israelis frequently prevent Muslims from praying and launch attacks against non-Jewish worshippers. AFP Photo Israel on Monday ...
-
Israeli man storms bank kills four people before committing suicide
Israeli city of Bersheeba on Monday, engaged in a gunfight which killed four people, took a hostage and then turned his gun on himself. Talking to AP, Israeli police spokesperson Mickey Rosenfeld said that the shootings happened inside the bank and that the man has been identified as being in his 40s and is a resident of Bersheeba. Israeli TV crews soon gathered round the area, showing the bank ...
-
Tensions rise as Israeli jets bomb Syria again
ISRAELI jets bombed Syria yesterday, rocking Damascus for hours and sending pillars of flame into the night sky in what a Western source called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. Local people reported massive explosions and internet video showed the capital's skyline lit by flashes. Syrian opponents of President Bashar Assad rejoiced at Israel's third ...
-
Meuhedet employees hold one-day warning strike
Staffers of Kupat Holim Meuhedet - the country's third-largest health fund - halted traffic for a short time on Tel Aviv's Ibn Gvirol Street and in Jerusalem forced their way into the manager's office in the health fund's main building on Haturim Street on Monday.The actions were taken as part of a one-day warning strike over what the workers claim is foot-dragging in ...
-
J’lem to forbid cigarette ads during Formula 1 race
The Jerusalem Municipality declared on Monday that it would not allow open or latent advertising for cigarettes or other tobacco products by sponsors of the famed racing car competition Formula 1 that is scheduled to take place in capital on June 13 and 14.The municipality made the statement ...
-
Gas exports will create jobs in Israel
The Israeli government must educate the public as to how a strong natural gas export policy will not only strengthen the country's economic position globally but also create jobs at home, a United States Chamber of Commerce official ...
-
Water consumption analysis finds faults leakages
A new data analytics technology will enable water utilities to closely monitor water consumption patterns in order to pinpoint system glitches or leakages from afar.In partnership with Israel's Arad Metering Technologies - known for its Dialog3G and City-Mind smart water metering systems used around the world - Haifa-based IBM Research Lab scientists have developed "Big Data" ...
-
Maduro Im Not Anti-Semitic My Grandparents Were Jewish
Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, has denied accusations that he is anti-Semitic and claimed that he is, in fact, of Sephardic Jewish descent, according to a report in the Venezuelan news ...
-
At Least 51 Dead as Tornado Hits Oklahoma
reported that at least seven of the dead were children from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, which lay directly in the path of the monster storm's wall of wind. 75 students and staff members had been huddled at the school when the storm hit, said the report. As nightfall approached, determined searchers in hard hats dug in the debris for students possibly trapped, but authorities ...
-
Shias mass media and Hezbollah What lies behind the battle for Qusair
War As the Syrian army and rebels fight for control of Qusair, it is necessary to realize why the town is strategically important and vital for Shias on both sides of the border, making it a military and media battleground. There are far more elements surrounding the situation in Qusair than first meet the eye, RT's Nadezhda Kevorkova reveals.The army's advance to Qusair is a key ...
-
Op Ed on Hamas website Assad regime no less evil than Israel
A regime that has been murdering its own people in the tens of thousands and utterly destroying Syrian towns and villages in order to keep a specific family or sect in power doesn't deserve our sympathy or solidarity. Even in the best possible circumstances, this regime is not less evil than Israel. We condemn the Israeli bombing, but the Assad regime isn't blameless ...
-
Tornado devastates Oklahoma town at least 51 dead
MOORE, Okla. - A massive tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour (320 kph) devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people as it tore up entire tracts of homes, two schools and a hospital, leaving a wake of tangled wreckage.The death toll of 51 was expected to rise, said Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma chief medical ...
-
Ministries deny IDF port takeover if workers strike
For the second day in a row, rumors flew around the political scene on Monday that the government was formulating a plan to deploy IDF troops in the event of a port strike."No such program exists in the Transportation Ministry," a ministry spokesman said."There's no plan I know of for the IDF to enter the ports," added a spokesman for Economy and Trade Minister ...
-
Papua New Guinea seeks Israeli medical know-how
The government of Papua New Guinea is looking to learn about the Israeli health system, Health Minister Yael German said on Monday.She met in Jerusalem on Monday with the governor of the western province of Papua New Guinea, a small country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea.The two discussed cooperation between the countries and the possibility of sending ...
-
Iran Approves Agreement with Argentina on Bombing Probe
Iran has approved a memorandum of understanding with Argentina on forming a truth commission to investigate a deadly 1994 attack on a Jewish charities building, an Iranian diplomat said Monday, according to ...
-
Meretz MK Hints Beer Sheva Shooting Related to Budget
a disgruntled customer killed four people , was a direct result of the state budget which includes tax increases and other cuts. Zandberg was speaking at the Knesset as it voted to approve a motion determining that the state budget for the years 2013-2014 will be a bi-annual budget, as has been the practice over the past several years. "An incident of economic terrorism took place in ...
-
Appointment of Hershkowitz as Bar Ilan President Approved
the appointment of former Science and Technology Minister Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz as president of the university. The appointment will take effect next year. Hershkowitz will replace Prof. Moshe Kaveh, who has served as president of the university for the past 18 years. A senior lecturer at Bar Ilan welcomed the appointment, ...
-
Syria’s Idriss warns Lebanon to restrain Hezbollah
Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hasan Faisal Sheker, an 18-year-old Hezbollah member, carry the coffin during his funeral in Nabi Sheet near Baalbeck May 20, 2013. ...
-
Hezbollah role in Syria grows more prominent
Hezbollah fighters in their military uniform, foreground, carry the coffin of Hezbollah fighter Hassan Faisal Shuker, 18, who was killed in a battle against Syrian rebels in the Syrian town of Qusair, during his funeral procession in his hometown of Nabi Sheet in the eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Monday May 20, 2013. (AP ...
-
The Lede Complete Text of Israel’s Report on the Muhammad al-Dura Video
A frame from a video shot in Gaza in September 2000 showed Jamal al-Dura attempting to shield his son Muhammad, 12, during a gun battle between Israelis and Palestinians. As my ...
-
Hezbollah guerrillas step up for Syria’s Assad lose 30 in fighting
Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas have fought their biggest battle yet for Syria's beleaguered president, prompting international alarm that the civil war may spread and an urgent call for restraint from the United ...
-
Ten Years After US Invades Iraq Israel Eager to Take the US Into Round Two
Ten years after the US invaded Iraq in 2003, another Middle East war looms large between the West and Muslim states. Signs point to the strong possibility that Israel, and its US Zionist supporters, remain determined, first, to draw the US into the Syrian Civil War, and second, to lead Israel in a joint attack against Iran. All from the skies, of course. Boots on the ground have not served ...
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
