Israeli NewsNew Hope For Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks?
Posted: Jan 3rd, 2011 7:37 AM
JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister on Sunday proposed nonstop, face-to-face talks with the Palestinian president until a peace agreement is reached – offering a possible way to advance talks that have stalled over the construction of Jewish settlements.
Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal offers the appeal of leaders working ... Read More
Tech, Israeli NewsCan't go to the kosel now? use your iPhone to be there
Posted: Dec 29th, 2010 11:46 AM
Phone users can now visit Judaism's holiest prayer site from anywhere in the world.
The Israeli foundation that administers the Western Wall has launched an iPhone application that streams live from the site around the clock - except on the Jewish Sabbath and holidays, when transmissions are forbidden by Jewish law.
The ... Read More
Israeli NewsChief Rabbi Allows Organ Donations of Brain-Dead Soccer player
Posted: Dec 28th, 2010 3:49 PM
Chief Sephardi Rabbi Shlomo Amar told the family of brain-dead soccer Player Avi Cohen it can donate his organs to save lives before disconnecting life-support systems.
The family of Cohen, who was critically injured in an accident while riding his motorcycle last week, consulted with Rabbi Amar after a Health Ministry health ... Read More
Israeli NewsIsraeli contractors to help build Palestinian city?
Updated: Dec 28th, 2010 3:06 PM
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - About 20 Israeli suppliers will help build the first modern Palestinian city in the West Bank but only after promising they will not use products or services from Israeli settlements, the project's developer said Tuesday.
The announcement angered the Jewish settlers, who accused the suppliers of ... Read More
Israeli NewsIsrael - Train fire leaves 121 injured
Posted: Dec 28th, 2010 9:00 AM
A fire broke out Tuesday morning on a passenger train near Kibbutz Yakum, leaving at least 121 people injured. Five passengers sustained moderate injuries, while the rest suffered light wounds from cuts, bruises and smoke inhalation. MDA declared a multi-casualty incident.
Most passengers managed to leave the train ... Read More
Israeli News2010 Record Year for Tourism to Israel
Posted: Dec 27th, 2010 10:12 PM
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 ... Read More
Israeli NewsReport: 1 in 10 Tel Aviv Residents is a Foreign Citizen
Posted: Dec 27th, 2010 1:28 AM
One in 10 Tel Aviv residents is a foreign citizen, according to a report released Sunday by the Tel Aviv Municipality's Mesila Aid and Information Center fo the Foreign Community.
The report was presented following a rally last week by residents of the Hatikva neighborhood, who called on the government to remove foreign ... Read More
Israeli NewsIDF kills two Palestinian militants detonating explosives on Gaza
Posted: Dec 26th, 2010 2:27 AM
Israel Defense Forces soldiers open fired on a group of Palestinian militants attempting to lay explosive on the Gaza Strip border early Sunday morning.
The Islamic Jihad militant group said two of its gunmen were killed by Israeli fire after they detonated an explosive device against a passing Israeli patrol on the southern ... Read More
Israeli NewsNew Cellphone Provider In Israel
Updated: Dec 23rd, 2010 9:17 AM
The first “virtual” cellphone service provider in Israel, Free Telecom, signed a deal Thursday to use the network of the Pelephone cellphone service provider for voice and data services for its customers. The company will now be able to offer a range of cellphone services to customers. The deal is part of a new government ... Read More
Israeli NewsPollard in Poor Health, Unaware of PM’s Plans
Updated: Dec 23rd, 2010 8:43 AM
Prisoner of Zion Jonathan Pollard has not yet been informed of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to officially request that the United States release the Israeli agent, Esther Pollard said in an Israel Radio interview on Wednesday.
According to Pollard's wife, Jonathan is in very ill health and therefore could ... Read More
Israeli NewsYad Vashem Documented Over 4 Million Names of Holocaust Victims
Updated: Dec 21st, 2010 3:31 PM
Authority in Jerusalem says more than 1.5 million names were added to the archives in the last decade.
The Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority announced Tuesday that they had succeeded collecting more than 4 million names of the 6 million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust.
The authority in ... Read More
Israeli NewsQassam Explodes Near Kindergarten
Posted: Dec 21st, 2010 9:00 AM
A Qassam rocket exploded near a kindergarten in a kibbutz within the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council on Tuesday morning just as dozens of parents were bringing their children to school.
A 14-year-old girl was lightly injured by shrapnel and glass fragments. She was evacuated to the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. ... Read More
Israeli NewsEgypt uncovers Israel 'spy ring'
Updated: Dec 20th, 2010 1:23 PM
Egypt has uncovered a spy ring that included two Israelis and an Egyptian businessman helping them recruit operatives working for telecoms companies, according to a government official and state security documents.
"State security prosecutors have announced a spying network that included an Egyptian and two Israelis," ... Read More
Israeli NewsIsrael - Dead Body of US Woman Found Near Jerusalem
Posted: Dec 19th, 2010 1:58 AM
The body of Christine Logan, who went missing in the Beit Shemesh-Jerusalem area, was found early Sunday morning after police and IDF searched all Saturday night, fearing she was kidnapped in a nationalistically motivated incident.
The search, which was joined by volunteers, was launched after another woman, Kaye Susan ... Read More
Israeli NewsMaran Rav Elyashiv Slams Zionist Rabbis: Should Have Pens Taken Away
Updated: Dec 19th, 2010 2:12 AM
Two municipal chief rabbis decided on Thursday to remove their signatures from a religious ruling forbidding Israeli Jews from renting homes to Arabs.
Dozens of Israel’s municipal chief rabbis had signed on to the letter, which came just months after the chief rabbi of Safed initiated a call urging Jews to refrain from ... Read More
Israeli NewsIsrael Confirms Major Gas Find
Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 8:34 AM
Jerusalem - Exploratory drilling off Israel’s northern coast this week has confirmed the existence of a major natural gas field — one of the world’s largest offshore gas finds of the past decade — leading the country’s infrastructure minister to call it “the most important energy news since the founding of the ... Read More
Israeli NewsSoccer Legend Avi Cohen Dead at 54
Posted: Dec 29th, 2010 2:06 AM
54-year-old soccer legend Avi Cohen died Wednesday morning at Ichilov Hospital.
Eight days of hopes and prayers – by the family of former Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool defender – ended bitterly on Tuesday, after he was officially announced brain dead.
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Israeli NewsReport: 44% of Israeli Jews support Rabbis' edict forbidding rentals to Arabs
Posted: Dec 28th, 2010 3:35 PM
A new survey has revealed that a full 44% of Israeli Jews support a letter issued by leading Israeli rabbis published earlier this month forbidding the sale or rental of properties to non-Jews. The survey reported that 48% of Israeli Jews oppose the rabbis' religious edict.
The revealing survey was conducted by the Harry S. ... Read More
Israeli NewsWeb domain names in Hebrew now available for public
Posted: Dec 28th, 2010 12:41 PM
Anyone who ever wanted a website called "danaisawesome.co.il" or "koolkobi.org.il" - in Hebrew letters, of course – can now call up any officially licensed operator who, in conjunction with the Israeli Internet Association, can check if the name is taken, and if it isn't, can register it for between NIS 70 and 90.
In the ... Read More
Israeli NewsNew Tombstone Cover at Joseph's Tomb
Posted: Dec 28th, 2010 1:35 AM
A new cover was placed over the tombstone of Joseph in Shechem Monday evening. Dozens of worshippers attended, with security provided by the Israel Defense Forces.
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Israeli NewsTop rabbi unveils parts of proposed compromise on renting to Arabs
Posted: Dec 27th, 2010 4:29 PM
When an outcry erupted earlier this month over a letter endorsed by dozens of municipal rabbis that urged Jews not to rent or sell homes to non-Jews, Rabbi Haim Druckman began seeking a compromise. The text of his proposal has not yet been officially released, but on Monday, he disclosed some of its contents to a group of ... Read More
Israeli NewsLarge Forest Fire Burning Near Jerusalem
Posted: Dec 26th, 2010 9:35 AM
A large forest fire was burning on Sunday afternoon in the Motza forest, outside Jerusalem. Six firefighting teams and two planes were working to put the fire out, but as of 3 PM Sunday were unsuccessful.
Officials are concerned that the fire will spread to nearby Mevasseret Zion, outside Jerusalem.
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Israeli NewsSuspect in Plot to Murder Jews, Christians Released in Turkey
Posted: Dec 26th, 2010 12:50 AM
A Turkish court has released a man accused of planning to murder Jewish and Christian leaders, according to Turkey's Anatolia news agency. Suspect Ismet Recber was freed until the end of his trial.
Prosecutors say Recber planned the murder of rabbis and of Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Istanbul leader of Orthodox ... Read More
Israeli NewsBikur Cholim on way to closure as board members resign
Updated: Dec 23rd, 2010 8:43 AM
Treasury says it has no intention of giving NIS 30 million needed for the Jerusalem hospital to stay open that management, workers requested.
Jerusalem’s venerable hospital Bikur Cholim seemed on Wednesday to be nearing Doomsday, as its executive board resigned en mass and the Finance Ministry said it has no intention of ... Read More
Israeli NewsCommittee Orders Haredim to Complete Friday Shopping an Hour Before Shabbat
Posted: Dec 21st, 2010 7:31 PM
Jerusalem - The Committee for the Sanctity of Shabbat launched a new battle recently, focusing on Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market.
Ads published in ultra-Orthodox newspapers called on the haredi public not to visit the market on Fridays an hour before the beginning of Shabbat so as not to cause the merchants to desecrate ... Read More
Israeli NewsIsrael to press Obama to free Israeli spy Pollard
Posted: Dec 21st, 2010 12:21 PM
Israel's prime minister on Tuesday said he would press President Barack Obama to release an Israeli spy who is serving a life sentence in the United States, a step that could reopen a case that has been a source of tension between the two allies for a quarter of a century.
Benjamin Netanyahu said he would call for the ... Read More
Israeli NewsNetanyahu Wants 24 Hours to Decide on Public Pollard Plea
Posted: Dec 20th, 2010 2:19 PM
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Monday with Esther Pollard, wife of Jonathan Pollard, and representatives of the lobby for his release, and told them he would continue to act for Pollard's freedom.
The group asked Netanyahu to make a public appeal to U.S. President Barack Obama to pardon and release Pollard, and ... Read More
Israeli News30 Snow-Delayed Passengers Spend Inspiring Shabboss in Airport
Posted: Dec 20th, 2010 12:48 PM
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Heavy blizzards in Europe have led to disruption of many aspects of life, including flight delays and cancellations. One “casualty” was a Swissair flight that landed in Israel just before Shabboss began – leaving ... Read More
Israeli NewsKeverarim Of Yehoshua Bin Nun & Kalev Ben Yefuneh Desecrated
Updated: Dec 19th, 2010 2:21 AM
Samaria, Israel – People who came to Daven in the early hours of Friday morning at the Kevarim of Yehoshua ben Nun and Kalev ben Yefuneh, were in for an unpleasant surprise – abusive inscriptions in Arabic graffitied on the walls of the site.
The phrases “We swear – we will stay faithful to the blood of the ... Read More
Israeli NewsDeri: Train yeshiva students as firefighters
Updated: Dec 8th, 2010 9:12 AM
As the flames in the north died down, former Shas chairman Aryeh Deri came up with a surprising proposal to counter the storm surrounding the yeshiva student law: Recruit yeshiva students into the firefighting services by way of national service.
"They will bring blessings," Deri said during an interview with Channel ... Read More
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