PA Arabs Go to Court to Divide Efrat

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

When almost no Arabs stake claims to areas that were “state land” under Turkey and Jordan and now Israel, the PA tries to find another way to divide Efrat. It goes to court and claims discrimination.

US Denies Obama Boycotting Ariel U. Students

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

A U.S. embassy official denied that it did not invite students from Ariel University to President Barack Obama’s speech in Jerusalem next week because the institution is located in Samaria, which the United States considers an illegitimate and illegal settlement. The speech, set to take place at the Jerusalem Convention Center next Thursday, on the [...]

UN to Adopt Syrian Text Damning Israel for ‘Violating Human Rights’

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

There will be five other resolutions targeting Israel, and about the same number combined covering the rest of the world.

Miss Israel: I’ll Ask my Role Model Obama to Free Pollard (VIDEO)

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Miss Israel calls Obama her role model, will ask him to release Pollard. Pollards issue statement asking Israelis to show Obama 'all due respect and honor.'

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Thomas Friedman Labels Obama’s Visit a ‘Tourist Trip’

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Thomas Friedman is ho-hum about Obama’s visit to Israel, calls him a “tourist” and calls the Palestinian Authority issue a “hobby” for US diplomats. But does anyone care what Thomas Friedman says?

Evidence of Stone Age Cultic Phallic Symbols Found in Israel

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Signs of the agricultural revolution in the Stone Age were found in northern Israel. Archaeologists discovered remains of an ancient village, along with sexual symbols.

Israel Winning War against the Locusts

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Spray planes are working overtime and so far have overcome millions of locusts that have invaded southern Israel, with much smaller numbers reported in northern Israel. Planes sprayed fields in the Negev overnight and early Wednesday morning before the locusts could feast on fields of wheat and vegetables. Tzfat (Safed) residents were surprised to see [...]

Coalition Finally in Place after Bennett’s Mediation

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

After a month of poker, chess and blind man’s bluff, a coalition is in place. Netanyahu played miserably, Lapid refused to move, and Bennett was the kingmaker, proving that politics is compromise.

Report: Bennett Mediates Compromise for Coalition

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett has mediated a compromise between Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that will enable a new coalition government to be formed, Israeli media reported Wednesday evening. Lapid’s party  apparently hold the position of Minister of Education, in place of Gideon Sa’ar, but Lapid will give up [...]

Installation of New Pope May Cut Short Obama’s Visit to Israel

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

President Barack Obama may have to cut short his trip to Israel next week if it coincides with the installation of a new pope, especially if he will be an American. With 75 Catholic Americans and archbishops from Boston and New York who are nominees to replace Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinals failed for the second [...]

Detectives Arrest Man Who Stole 300-Year-Old Torah Parchment

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Israel’s Antiquities Authority detectives have their hands full trying looking for thieves who rob the country of one of its greatest treasure – history. A thief was caught with a 300-year-old parchment of the Torah.

Obama to Dine with Miss Israel

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Life often changes fast. Miss Israel was orphaned in Ethiopia and was brought to Israel. She worked in a dress shop until she was crowned. Next week, she will dine with Obama at Peres’ official home.

Obama Boycotting the Knesset and Ariel University

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

This is what presidential contempt feels like. Let's all get used to it.

Israeli Father Beats an African Rapist Unconscious

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

The neighborhoods of south Tel Aviv have been infested with illegal migrants from East Africa.

US Arabs: Obama Blames Israel, Congress for Slacking Peace Progress

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Arab Americans who met with Obama said he blamed the Israeli government for refusing to make concessions, blamed the U.S. congress for providing cover to the Israeli government, and he planned to bring an additional $500 million in aid for the PA.

Rare Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Donkey in Israel

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

At about the same time the Jewish people were slaves in Egypt, a young donkey was sacrificed in what is now Israel and was placed under a house. In a rare discovery, Archaeologists found the skeleton.

Peres Tells EU Parliament, ‘Europe Has Divorced Its Past’

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

President Shimon Peres told the European Union Parliament Tuesday, “In the past thousand years, more Jews lived in Europe than in any other continent.  Alas, more Jews were murdered in Europe in the last hundred years than in the preceding two thousand years.” The first Israeli president to address the current arrangement of the EU [...]

IDF Releases Names of Helicopter Crash Victims

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

The two reservist pilots who died in the crash of their Cobra helicopter overnight are Maj. Erez Flexer, 31 of Haifa and  Lt. Col. Noam Ron, 49, of Oranit, located on the western edge of Samaria. The Air Force is investigating the cause of the crash, which for the time being is assumed to have [...]

Quinoa for Passover: Kashrut Debate or Power Struggle?

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Star K says quinoa is kosher for Passover. The OU says it is not, and once again the principle of keeping a mitzvah is getting lost in the argument over who is in charge.

Israel Creating Virtual Embassies in Middle East

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Israel is utilizing new media technology to developing innovative ways to extend hands of friendship to countries in a volatile Middle East. “We are exploring government, people and societies … trying to skip over the borders and using the new media to create virtual embassies,” which speak directly to those in the Arab world, said [...]