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Israel held first of 18 elections in 1949 U.S. faces difficult dilemma in Arab world Democracies make the best allies As unrest sweeps the Arab world, threatening to topple Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year regime, Israel stands as an island of democratic stability in the region and the most reliable ally of the United States. [...]
January 29th, 2011 | Posted in Editorial,Latest | Read More »

JERUSALEM – The Obama administration told the Palestinian Authority it will not veto an upcomingUnited Nationsresolution condemning all Jewish construction in the West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem, a senior PA official told WND. If the U.S. does not veto the resolution, such abstention largely would be unprecedented. Traditionally, the U.S. has vetoed such [...]
January 29th, 2011 | Posted in International,Latest | Read More »

Vice Premier and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Thursday that Hizbullah has infiltrated agents into the Gaza Strip in order to train Palestinian terrorists. Ya’alon, a former IDF chief of staff, told reporters that “Hizbullah experts can get into the Gaza Strip, like the Iranian rockets are coming to the Gaza Strip.” He said Hizbullah terrorists [...]
January 29th, 2011 | Posted in Latest,Terror | Read More »

Five senior Hamas officials will head to Damascus, Syria on Sunday to discuss kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit with the Hamas leadership, according to a report by the Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat on Friday. The Hamas officials, including Mahmoud A-Zahar and Halil El-Haya, hail from the Gaza Strip and Denmark. They reportedly plan to bring up suggestions made by German negotiator [...]
January 29th, 2011 | Posted in Latest,Terror | Read More »

David Ben Gurion – Israel’s first prime minister, had a dream that one day the country would make the Negev desert bloom. Now it looks as though that dream is becoming a reality. With the opening of Route 6 and a new railroad to the Negev’s capital city, Beersheva, the route into the desert has [...]
January 26th, 2011 | Posted in Latest,Technology | Read More »

Clearing work has been completed on a Second Temple Period water channel in excavations being conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David located within the Jerusalem Walls National Park. The excavations are being run in conjunction with the Israel Nature & Parks Authority, under the auspices of Professor Ronny Reich and [...]
January 26th, 2011 | Posted in Israel,Latest | Read More »

The arrest of the Palestinian cell responsible for the murder of American tourist Kristine Luken and the attempted murder of tour guide Kaye Susan Wilson in a forest near Jerusalem last month, was largely made possible thanks to Wilson’s resourcefulness. After the gang’s arrest was made public, Wilson told one of her friends that she still [...]
January 26th, 2011 | Posted in Israel,Latest | Read More »

After assuming the role of prosecutor and judge, Al- Jazeera, the Arab world’s most influential TV network, has ruled that the leaders of the Palestinian Authority have betrayed their people and must therefore step down from the stage. The “defendants” have been found guilty of ceding control over most of east Jerusalem to Israel, relinquishing the [...]
January 26th, 2011 | Posted in Latest,Palestinian Authority | Read More »

Russians want to learn from Ben-Gurion Airport: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday instructed the country’s Transportation Ministry and police to reform security procedures at airports. The instruction came a day after a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the arrivals hall at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, killing 35 people and injuring another 180. “What happened Monday shows [...]
January 26th, 2011 | Posted in International,Latest | Read More »

Four Palestinians from villages near Hebron were indicted on Wednesday for murdering an American tourist in December in a forest near Beit Shemesh, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Jerusalem Police revealed on Wednesday. The suspects are central members of an independent terror cell in the West Bank that was responsible for two murders, two attempted [...]
January 26th, 2011 | Posted in Latest,Terror | Read More »