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Four Killed In Attack
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Police and IDF troops are searching for the terrorists who murdered four Israelis in an attack in the Hebron area Tuesday night. Among the four people killed was a woman in her ninth month of pregnancy. The victims are a husband and wife, parents of six, and two passengers. According to police, the attack came from a gang that had been lying in wait.
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Hamas Warns PA Before Peace Talks
Monday, August 30, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Hamas the terrorist group in control of the Gaza Strip, warned the Palestinian Authority ahead of scheduled peace talks with Israel that "the Izz-a-Din al-Qassam Brigades will step on the heads of those who dare cede the right of return, or Jerusalem."
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Israeli Researchers: A Precision Bomb For Cancer Cells
Thursday, August 26, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Chemotherapy, while considered an effective cancer treatment, also brings debilitating side effects such as nausea, liver toxicity and a battered immune system. Now, a new way to deliver this life-saving therapy to cancer patients has been developed by researchers at Tel Aviv University.
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Oil Discovered In Israel
Monday, August 23, 2010
By: Barry Segal
On August 18, an Israeli oil exploration company announced an oil field near Rosh Ha'Ayin, which potentially holds 1.525 billion barrels worth of oil. However, it didn't provide further details about the site's daily production capacity, the production cost and whether the site is economically viable.
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Iran Details Plans For New Nuke Sites
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Iran said Monday it has decided where to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites inside protected mountain strongholds and will start construction in March, defying international efforts to curb its nuclear program.
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Obama Backs Ground Zero Mosque
Monday, August 16, 2010
By: Barry Segal
US President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near the site of the former World Trade Center, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less, even though 70% of US citizens opposed the mosque's construction in a recent poll.
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US Congress Halts Aid to Lebanese Army
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
By: Barry Segal
The US Congress has put an indefinite hold on $100 million in military assistance to Lebanon after what congressional leaders termed an "outrageous incident" when Lebanese forces opened fire on Israeli troops conducting routine border maintenance last week.
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Fires Break Out Across Israel
Monday, August 9, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Fires broke out across Israel on Friday, a result of the heat wave that has afflicted the country over the past week. Six firefighting crews are battling a large blaze near agricultural communities in the hills outside of Jerusalem.
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Massive Skirmish on Lebanon Border
Thursday, August 5, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Tuesday, a day after Hamas terrorist fired rockets at Eilat in southern Israel, loud explosions were reported on the northern border as well. Israeli and Lebanese forces engaged in massive exchanges of fire.
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Rocket From Gaza Hits Israeli City
Sunday, August 1, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Gaza terrorists fired a Grad rocket into the Israeli city of Ashkelon on Friday.
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Netanyahu: No Extension To 10-Month Settlement Freeze
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
By: Barry Segal
PM Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel will not extend a 10-month freeze in West Bank settlement construction, which is set to end in late September.
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Where Is The Peace Process Going?
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Growing U.S. pressure on the Palestinians to enter into direct talks with Israel has led to a scheduled meeting of Arab League foreign ministers, set to take place in Cairo, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Arab League is expected to decide, at that time, whether to approve a direct meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in order to advance the peace process.
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PLO Flag To Fly In Washington DC
Sunday, July 25, 2010
By: Barry Segal
The US State Department has announced to the Palestinian Authority/Palestinian Liberation Organization representative in the United States that its status will be upgraded from a 'bureau' to that of a 'general delegation' and that this change will allow the office in which the representation is situated to fly the PLO, now also the Palestine Authority, flag at its entrance.
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Gun Battles Rock Pakistan City
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Gun battles broke out in a predominantly Christian neighborhood of the Pakistani city of Faisalabad Monday, July 19, shortly after two Christian evangelists were shot and killed by suspected Islamic terrorists.
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Iranian Pastor Facing Execution
Monday, July 19, 2010
By: Barry Segal
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly said the government needed to halt the growing movement of house churches across Iran. A well-known Iranian pastor now faces execution after two judges last week agreed to make him "liable to capital punishment," as part of a crackdown on the growing Protestant church movement in the Islamic nation.
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Israeli Arab Scientist Seeks Breath Test For Cancer
Monday, July 12, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Dr. Hossam Haick, 35, a Christian Arab from Nazareth is working on an "electronic nose" to detect several types of cancer in their early stages.
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PM: Direct Talks To Begin Soon
Friday, July 9, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Speaking in New York Wednesday, PM Binyamin Netanyahu said direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority would begin "soon," and that the talks would be difficult.
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Truth or Consequences
Thursday, July 8, 2010
By: Lonnie Lane
Just as I was finishing this article a precedent took place that will change the history of America. For the first time America voted against Israel in the UN's condemnation of her with regard to the Flotilla episode.
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Turkey Losing Israeli Tourist Dollars
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Israelis have dropped Turkey as a hot tourist destination, and the former Middle Eastern ally is beginning to feel the pinch.
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Turkey Refuses Israel Use of Airspace
Thursday, July 1, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Turkey has refused to allow Israeli military planes to use its airspace another sign of the increasing tensions between the two countries.
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Egyptian Oil Spill
Monday, June 28, 2010
By: Barry Segal
An oil spill from an Egyptian rig has polluted several tourist sites along a large stretch of coastline along the Red Sea.
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Ancient Egyptian City Found
Thursday, June 24, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Egypt says an ancient city from 3,500 years ago at the height of the Jewish People's enslavement there has been discovered by radar.
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The Changing Middle East
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Most of the global public would look at May 31, 2010, as the day that rapid change took place in the Middle East. That is the day that Israeli naval commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara ship, one of several ships in a Turkish sponsored flotilla that was trying to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
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Israel Continues To Flood Gaza With Humanitarian Aid
Monday, June 21, 2010
By: Barry Segal
While the Palestinian Authority continues its attempts to convince the world of a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, last week alone the region received more than 12,000 tons of humanitarian aid.
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Removing Checkpoints Brings Terrorism
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Two terrorist attacks earlier this week have brought on a wave of reactions blaming the government for having removed security checkpoints.
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Iran To Build New Nuclear Site In March
Monday, June 14, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Iran's nuclear chief says his country will begin construction of a new uranium enrichment plant by March of next year, a defiant announcement days after the UN voted for tougher sanctions.
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Lebanese Threaten March On Israeli Border
Friday, June 11, 2010
By: Barry Segal
The anti-Israel flotilla has turned the tide of world opinion against Israel, Fatah leaders in Lebanon say, and the time is ripe for a mass civilian charge against Israel's border.
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Gaza Aid Ship Had Alqaeda Crew
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Israeli intelligence revealed during a recent security cabinet meeting that most of those who attacked the Israeli boarding party on the Miva Marmara aid ship last Monday were Al Qaeda mercenaries.
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Special Edition - Focus on Gaza Flotilla Incident
Thursday, June 3, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Events and alliances continue to heat up tensions in the Middle East: Terrorist groups on Israel's northern and southern borders are increasingly equipped with arms and munitions that can reach to the very heart of the Jewish nation.
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Gaza Front Heating Up
Monday, May 31, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Israel Air Force (IAF) planes totally destroyed what was left of the Gaza airport late Friday night.
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Founder of Jews for Jesus Dies
Friday, May 28, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Moishe Rosen, founder of Jews for Jesus, died of prostate cancer last week in his San Francisco home.
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Terrorists Attack UN Gaza Summer Camp
Thursday, May 27, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Masked gunmen attacked a UN-run summer camp for children on Sunday after extremists in the Gaza Strip accused the United Nations of promoting immorality in the religiously conservative enclave controlled by Hamas Islamists.
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Jewish Congressmen to Obama: More Supoort for Israel
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Over three dozen Jewish members of Congress met with US President Barack Obama on Tuesday and asked him to display more public support for Israel and even to take a trip to the Jewish State.
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From Neville Johnson
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
By: Neville Johnson
Tonight I heard very disturbing information - we heard it from a consultant to the United States who meets once a month with the President in the White house. He is in the know. This is what actually has happened with the relationship with Israel and the USA...
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Peace Talks and Global Anti-Semitism
Monday, May 24, 2010
By: Sarah Ann Haves
While Palestinian and Israeli leaders engage in proximity talks, the Palestinians are already planning a renewal of the armed struggle against Israel, if the talks fail within the next few months.
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Shavuot 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
By: Barry Segal
This year's Jewish festival of Shavuot begins in Israel at sunset, Tuesday, May 18.
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Israel Celebrates 43rd Jerusalem Day
Thursday, May 13, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Israel on Wednesday marked the 43rd anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem during the Six Day War in 1967.
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Russian Tourists Flock to Tel Aviv
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Russia is now second only to the US as a source of foreign tourism. In 2006, 73,500 Russians visited Israel.
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Iran, Syria, Turkey Cementing Ties
Thursday, May 6, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Iran made a point of declaring its solidarity with both Syria and Turkey on the heels of joint Turkish-Syrian military exercises.
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Austria Is Becoming Iran's Biggest Partner
Monday, May 3, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Very quietly, without arousing much attention, Austria is turning into one of Iran's most important partners in the European Union.
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Obama Renews Vow Of New Beginning With Muslims
Thursday, April 29, 2010
By: Barry Segal
President Barack Obama on Monday renewed his commitment to a "new beginning" with the Muslim world, vowing no let-up in US efforts to promote Middle East peace, curb militant violence and boost economic development.
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Swiss Parliamentary Members Change Their Tone Towards Israel
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Switzerland, a country that prides itself at being "neutral", has not always been so neutral when it comes to foreign policy concerning Israel. But, that may be changing now.
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Islamic Mosque Built at 9/11 Ground Zero
Monday, April 26, 2010
By: Barry Segal
A new Islamic mosque will open its doors just steps from Ground Zero where Muslim terrorists murdered 2,751 people in the name of Allah on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Israeli Company to Launch First Electric Taxi Fleet
Monday, April 26, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Israel's company, Better Place, is set to initiate its pilot project for the world's first electric taxi fleet on Monday in Tokyo.
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Clinton Pushes Israel For Peace
Monday, April 19, 2010
By: Barry Segal
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday prodded Israel and the Palestinians to restart talks, but laid a bulk of the blame for the stalled peace process on the Jewish state.
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Gaza Rockets Strike South Israel
Monday, March 22, 2010
By: Barry Segal
A projectile launched by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip struck the western Negev on Friday. It was one of five rockets fired against the Jewish state in 24 hours.
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US Positioning For Possible Strike
Thursday, March 18, 2010
By: Barry Segal
The US is transporting 387 bunker-buster bombs to its air base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean as part of preparations for a possible strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, according to a UK press report.
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Crisis In Jerusalem
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Clashes with police on the streets of Jerusalem by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs could spark a third intifada in Israel. The latest fighting began after Israel announced the finished renovations of the historic Hurva synagogue in the Old City's Jewish Quarter.
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Palestinians Honor Terrorist
Monday, March 15, 2010
By: Barry Segal
The Palestinian Authority last week ordered the postponement of a ceremony to honor the woman who led a 1978 hijacking of a civilian bus in Israel that left 35 people dead. The delaying of the event coincided with a visit to the West Bank by US Vice President Joe Biden, who met with Palestinian leaders as part of Washington's efforts to revive the stalled Middle East peace process.
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UN's Weak Response to Christian Murders
Thursday, March 11, 2010
By: Barry Segal
Hundreds of Christians were brutally slaughtered with axes and knives by a Muslim Nigerian mob on Sunday. The Muslims attacked three small Christian villages in central Nigeria in an early-morning raid.
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