Israeli tanks and bulldozers crossed several hundred feet into Gaza Tuesday afternoon and killed one terrorist after a bomb exploded near an Israel patrol vehicle at the Gaza separation/security barrier. Earlier in the day, another roadside bomb was discovered and detonated by sappers. The IDF vehicle was not damaged, and the soldiers escaped injury. The […]
The PLO flag flew in Washington, DC for the first time Tuesday, with PLO officials hoisting their banner over their United States mission. Chief of Mission Maen Areikat praised U.S. officials for allowing the flag to go up. “I think it indicates the willingness of the American administration to deal with the realities on the […]
The IDF, dubbed by some as the most humanitarian army in the world, has proven its regard not just for humans but also for animals. According to the latest issue of the IDF magazine Bamahane, combat soldiers from the Shimshon battalion of the Kfir Brigade received a report last weekend about shootings east of Shechem […]
The Jewish rights group Legal Forum for the Land of Israel is calling on the IDF to require soldiers to issue a warning to Israeli citizens entering Palestinian Authority-controlled areas. The Forum warned that a lack of road signs in Judea and Samaria means Israelis could enter PA areas unintentionally. “It is imperative that soldiers […]
The IDF’s “Magic Wand” (Sharvit Kesamim) system for intercepting intermediate-range rockets was successfully tested last week, the BaMachane military magazine reports in its latest issue. The tests took place in southern Israel last week and were conducted by the Defense Ministry and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems under the attack conditions that Israel expects. At the […]
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) held on Thursday its annual press briefing for members of the international media. Taking part in the briefing were Saul Bronfeld, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Ester Levanon, CEO of TASE. During the briefing Levanon provided a brief review of TASE’s groundbreaking achievements in 2010 and also […]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday night that his nation “stands by Hamas,” which he called “a political group.” According to a report published on the Al Qassam website, Erdogan told the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera satellite television network that Hamas is not a terrorist movement. “We stand by Hamas when they are right, because […]
The Saudi government has freed a bird it first declared was a vulture and a spy for Israel’s international Mossad intelligence agency. Now it claims it’s an eagle and free to go. Prince Bandar Bin Saud Al Saud, the country’s “expert” on nature, has cleared the “culprit” of all charges after a week in which […]
2010 may be over but the Palestinian campaign to delegitimize Israel and erase the reality of Jewish history in the region continues unabated. In November 2010, an official paper published by the Palestinian Authority claimed that the Western Wall belongs to Muslims and is an integral part of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Haram al-Sharif (the Islamic […]
Haifa is poised to be the next home to a Disney amusement park. A 20-acre, $168 million entertainment complex including a 25-screen multiplex and a Disney amusement park is set to be built near the Carmel Tunnel. The Walt Disney Company’s investment arm Shamrock Holdings and the Israeli New Lineo cinema chain announced the plans […]
