Pioneers of the Periphery: Olim of the South Got that pioneering spirit? You’re invited to help build Israel’s periphery by planting roots in southern soil with Nefesh B’Nefesh.

Ancient Jewish Ritual Takes Over Dieting World
Posted on: June 14th, 2013
News → Europe"The Fast Diet" closely resembles a spiritual tradition of serial fasting.

Tel Aviv Group Threatens Australian BDS Professors with Legal Action
Posted on: June 13th, 2013
News → AntisemitismThe Racial Discrimination Act of 1975 made BDS actions unlawful.
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Economist: Fischer Left Scorched Earth, Deep Recession Coming
Posted on: June 12th, 2013
News → EuropeFischer's strong shekel is destroying Israel's two main industries—manufacturing and agricultural exports and tourism—which are struggling to compete over global markets.
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Imam: Pope Must Say ‘Islam is Peaceful’ to Renew Ties With Islam
Posted on: June 12th, 2013
News → EgyptThe Muslim leader of al-Azhar offered to renew ties with the Vatican, but strongly suggested Pope Francis start off by proclaiming that Islam is a peaceful religion. A Coptic organization has suggested that Muslim leaders are the only ones who can make Islam a peaceful religion, and encouraged the Imam to take on that task.
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Savvy Israelis Ahead of US in Smartphone Internet Use
Posted on: June 11th, 2013
News → GlobalIsrael often can be seen with two cell phones, one in each ear. Smartphones have been around in Israel only since 2009 but already are in most Israeli’s hands. No wonder Waze was made in Israel

Putin Actually Tells the Truth: No S-300 Missiles in Syria – Yet
Posted on: June 4th, 2013
News → EuropeNews from Russia: Putin says he has not yet shipped any S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Syria. Even bigger news: Putin is telling the truth for once.
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Non-Surgical Israeli Circumcision Device Will Slow Spread of AIDS
Posted on: June 4th, 2013
News → GlobalThe PrePex is the only circumcision method, aside from conventional surgery, approved by WHO.
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Greenpeace Infiltration May Have Prevented Terrorist Attack
Posted on: June 3rd, 2013
News → GlobalThank God it was Greenpeace and not Hezbollah. If terrorists, instead of activists, had entered Israel’s natural gas terminal and roamed freely for 90 minutes, it would have been a mass catastrophe.
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Tel Aviv U Researcher Says Marijuana Can Halt Brain Damage
Posted on: May 31st, 2013
News → GlobalMarijuana is known to have therapeutic qualities. A Tel Aviv Univ. professor now says a very low dosage of grass also can prevent brain damage. A new study may reach the same conclusion for the heart.
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Israeli Intelligence Officials in Russia to Stop Missile Sale
Posted on: May 30th, 2013
News → GlobalEveryone is going nuts over Assad’s statement that he already has received Russia’s sophisticated S-300 anti-aircraft missiles. But when did Assad ever tell the truth?
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Jerry Lewis: Still Can’t Watch Female Comics (Video)
Posted on: May 30th, 2013
News → EuropeWhen asked who were his favorite female comedians, he named Cary Grant and Burt Reynolds.

Israel Comes to its Senses, Cancels UNESCO Mission
Posted on: May 21st, 2013
News → GlobalThe mission was originally supposed to arrive in Jerusalem on Monday.
Syrian Army Completes S300 Training in Russia
Posted on: May 18th, 2013
News → GlobalThe first anti-aircraft missiles may be delivered to Syria within 2 months.
Posted on: May 13th, 2013
News → GlobalWaze and Facebook have reached an impasse in their negotiations, but not over whether Facebook will buy Waze for 700 million dollars, or a clean billion, but over Israel, according to the Israeli site Telecom News. Facebook wants to close down Waze’s Raanana office, and transfer some of the developers to the U.S. While the [...]
1Netanyahu Views Chinese Wall ‘Security Fence’
Posted on: May 9th, 2013
News → GlobalPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited the Great Wall of China on Thursday, allowing him to make the obvious comparison with Israel’s security fence, dubbed by leftists as the “Apartheid Wall. Unlike the Chinese Great Wall, the “wall” in Israel extends less than 10 percent of the total length of the fortification, [...]
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Canadian Parliament to Discuss Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries
Posted on: May 7th, 2013
News → GlobalSo far, Canadian government policy has focused only on Arab refugees.

Chinese Media Ho-Hum on Netanyahu’s Visit
Posted on: May 7th, 2013
News → Eye on PalestineChinese media have reported Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s current visit as secondary news, reflecting China’s distance from the Israeli-Palestinian Authority issue. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is also in China, and his visit has gained slightly more attention than Netanyahu’s. The Prime Minister’s main mission is economic, and Israel’s trump card in any political dealings between [...]
3(Not) Only Netanyahu Can Go to China
Posted on: May 5th, 2013
News → GlobalPrime Minister Netanyahu is on his way to China on Sunday evening, but he won’t be the only one. PA President Mahmoud Abbas is also on his way. The two are not expected to meet – it is a big country after all. Netanyahu will be in China for 5 days to discuss economic agreements [...]
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Online Jihadi ‘Mein Kampf’ Urging: ‘Attack Sporting Events’
Posted on: May 2nd, 2013
News → Globalthe global jihadi masterminds learned from the mistakes of the past, and the new style of operation, particularly for those in the non-Muslim arena, is going to be small cells, few connections, low cost munitions and high density, high profile crowds. "It's the al Suri Strategy come home to roost," Lacey told The Jewish Press.
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Human Rts Orgs Nominate Anti-Israel Pro-Terror Woman for HR Prize
Posted on: May 1st, 2013
News → EgyptWill Mona Seif become, like Samira Ibrahim, one whose social media activity rocketed her to a spot in the global limelight, but then caused her ignominious downfall as well?
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