PC Kills: 11 Hospital Staff Members Contract Tuberculosis from African Illegals

Posted on: August 22nd, 2012

It appears that the staff members contracted the disease from African patients.

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Mt. Carmel Tunnels to Be Used as Bomb Shelters Should Iran Attack

Posted on: August 22nd, 2012

"No one so far has been able to tell me how much oxygen would be required for, say, 30 or 40 thousand people."

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Rav Ovadia Yosef Holds in his Hands the Fate of Israel’s Attack on Iran

Posted on: August 21st, 2012

The final say on whether or not Israel will go it alone against Iran's nuclear facilities depends on the two architects of that plan, and on the IAF which will carry it out. It will also depend on the Obama Administration and on whether or not the Saudis and the Gulf states will give their tacit approval. But that same decision will also depend on the approval of a 92-year-old Sefardi Rabbi from Jerusalem, whose thumbs-up or down could kill the plan or give it life.

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Victim of Scientology Recites his Plight as Church’s New Tel-Aviv Center Is Inaugurated

Posted on: August 21st, 2012

The new, renovated Scientology Center opened in Tel Aviv. IDF Radio interviewed a man who said his family fell apart when his wife joined the Church of Scientology.

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Young Entrepreneurs from India, Brazil, and El Salvador Experience Israel for First Time

Posted on: August 21st, 2012

Hailing from India, El Salvador, New Zealand, Brazil, and South Africa, the participants, ranging from their early 20s to 30s, with a background in entrepreneurial work, were part of an international conference called S.E.E. Israel. Organized by Jerusalem’s Hebrew University students as part of a StandWithUs public diplomacy training program, the conference connected the international visitors with young Israeli social innovators, enterprises and organizations.

New Campaign: Tight Pants Are Sinful and Corrupting

Posted on: August 20th, 2012

We have grown accustomed to these letters being directed at Haredi women. Now, surprisingly, this letter is addressed specifically to the men.

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IDF Survey: Highest Number of Reservists Per Capita Come from Judea and Samaria

Posted on: August 20th, 2012

The poll was also surprising in the diversity it found in the Israeli Defense Forces. 1,200 of the reservists were from the Republic of Georgia, 720 originated from Iran, 30 from the Philippines, and 4 from Bahrain. The study indicates a rarely seen picture of reserve duty, where minorities and immigrants play a larger role than previously thought. A total of 19% of reserve soldiers were born outside Israel.

Who Is Behind the Wave of Fires in Israel?

Posted on: August 20th, 2012

Firefighters cannot remember a summer like this in many years.

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Jewish Identity Runs Strong as Russian Speaking Teens From Around the World Gather in Israel

Posted on: August 20th, 2012

The camp, part of an ongoing effort called Project Rimon, is focused on a commitment to instill Jewish identity within the campers and use Israel as the common denominator that unites Jews of Russian origin from diverse locales around the globe.

Kibbutz Ein Harod Cooler on Mars

Posted on: August 19th, 2012

NASA's Curiosity rover, roaming around Mars taking pictures as we speak, is using a refrigerator developed and manufactured in kibbutz Ein Harod.

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Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini Accepts Israeli Invitation, Defying South Africa’s Policy

Posted on: August 17th, 2012

Earlier this week, King Goodwill Zwelithini of Zulu accepted the invitation from Israel’s ambassador to South Africa, Dov Segev-Steinberg, to visit Israel early next year, according to the Israeli embassy in Pretoria, despite his government discouraging such visits. The king is a staunch enemy of Inkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a Zulu politician who founded the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP).

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Lipa Schmeltzer Goes Green in Jerusalem (Video)

Posted on: August 16th, 2012

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Three Israeli Universities Rank in Top 100

Posted on: August 16th, 2012

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (#53), the Technion Israel Institute of Technology (#78), and the Weizmann Institute of Science (#93) ranked in the top 100 universities in Shanghai Jiao Tong University's authoritative 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Significantly, this is the first time that more than one Israeli university made the top 100.

Survey Finds Opening for Israeli Advocacy in Non-Western Countries

Posted on: August 16th, 2012

A BBC Sponsored Public Opinion Survey by the Globespan group asked 24,090 people from 16 countries to rate countries from “mostly negative” to “mostly positive” on a scale.

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Adviser to Egyptian President: Morsi Mulling Possibility of Amending Camp David Accords

Posted on: August 15th, 2012

Mohamed Gadallah, legal adviser to President Mohamed Morsi, told Egyptian daily Al-Masri Al-Youm that the amendment being considered would seek to reintroduce full Egyptian sovereignty and control over the Sinai peninsula.

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Hizbullah Recruits Israeli-Arab Terror Cells

Posted on: August 15th, 2012

JERUSALEM – A new phase in the covert war between Israel and Iran’s proxy Hizbullah militia is taking place within the borders of the Jewish state, as Hizbullah has recruited scores of Palestinians and Israeli Arabs for missions ranging from arson to suicide bombings.

Arab–Israeli Scam Exposed in Court

Posted on: August 15th, 2012

Attempt to extort employers, former residents of Gush Katif, foiled.

The Tide Is Turning: New Settlement Authorized in Samaria

Posted on: August 14th, 2012

The community, home to over 100 families and located approximately 18 miles from Tel Aviv, was founded in 1998 on state land. It was identified as an illegal outpost in Israel's Sasson Report published in 2005, but the Netanyahu government decided in April to retroactively legalize its status.

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EU Now Includes City in Pre-1967 Israeli Territory in ‘Forbidden Zone’

Posted on: August 14th, 2012

An EU directive will impose customs duty on products made in the cities of Modiin and Maccabim-Reut, built on what was no-man's land between 1949 and 1967.

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Haredi Rabbis Decided: Yeshiva Students May Go to Recruitment Centers, But ‘Must Not Sign Anything’

Posted on: August 14th, 2012

Against the background of the expiration on August 1 of the Tal Law, which attempted to manage Haredi recruitment, the Moetzes Gdolei HaTorah (Assembly of Torah Sages), the supreme rabbinical policy-making council of several Haredi organizations in Israel convened Monday night in Bnei Brak at the home of leader of the Lithuanian sector, Rav Steinman, to solidify the policy of military conscription.

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