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EU threatens Israel not to make further settlement construction announcements

EU dictates to Jerusalem: No gov’t announcements on new settlement construction after Palestinian prisoner release at end of month.

European delegation tells Israeli officials: There will be dire consequences if current round of peace talks collapses.

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

The European Union yesterday said it had asked Israel not to announce any new West Bank settlement construction following an expected Palestinian prisoner release, warning it would be blamed for any resulting failure in the Mideast peace talks.

A construction worker working on a new housing unit in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, which the EU considers illegal [Archive] – Photo: AP

In further pressure on Israel, a European delegation told Israeli officials there could be dire consequences if the current round of peace talks collapsed, including economic sanctions against the settlements, an EU official said. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: EU, new construction, sanctions

Native American Studies group latest to join academic boycott of Israel

Native North American academic association is newest group to declare their support for boycotting of Israeli academic institutions.

By HERB KEINON

Another small North American academic association – the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) – decided this week to boycott Israeli academic institutions.

Boycotting Israel – Photo: REUTERS

Ohio State English professor Chadwick Allen, the president of the association and coordinator of American Indian Studies at Ohio State, wrote on the association’s website that the move followed a “member-generated” petition asking that the group “formally support the Boycott of Israeli Academic and Cultural Institutions that was initiated by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: academia, anti-Israel, Israel boycott

14 camels killed in freak train accident in Negev

In an unfortunate freak accident in the Negev, a train hits group of camels. Police currently working to find the owners.

Israel Railways reports, ‘Animals wandering onto tracks do get hit by passing trains from time to time,’

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A train ran over a group of camels, leading to massive delays for passengers and an untimely death for the desert animals.

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An Israel Railways train traveling from Dimona to Beersheba Tuesday night hit and killed 14 camels that were on the tracks, near the Segev Shalom Junction. After the incident the train continued on its way and completed the journey without additional incident. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Negev, trains

In Stiff competition: Teva will sell Generic Viagra-impotence drug from 2017

The sales of Teva’s Generic Viagra could provide the company with succor from the specter of generic competition to its Copaxone.

By Reuters and Haaretz

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries may sell a generic form of Viagra starting in late 2017, Pfizer said on Tuesday. The announcement marks the end of protracted patent litigation between the two drugmakers.

Teva’s plant in Jerusalem. – Photo: Bloomberg

Pfizer’s U.S. patent on Viagra only lapses in 2020, including a six-month extension granted for having tested the medicine in young patients. But now, following its agreement with Pfizer, the Israeli drugmaker may launch its copycat version of the impotence drug years before other generic drugmakers.

Category: Israel News | Tags: drugs, Israel business, Stock Exchange, Teva Pharmaceutical

Israel’s Defense Minister: Lebanese Army Will Put Killer-Soldier on Trial

The Lebanese army has arrested & will try the rogue soldier who, without justification, shot & murdered IDF soldier Shlomi Cohen ז”ל , reported Defense Minister Yaalon .

By Elad Benari

The Lebanese army has arrested the soldier who shot and killed IDF soldier Shlomi Cohen near the border on Sunday night, Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday evening.

Yaalon’s comments were made during a tour of the Jordan Valley.

“This is a serious incident and the Lebanese government and the Lebanese army are responsible for this,” he declared, adding that there had been a meeting on Monday between the liaison officers of the Lebanese army and the IDF, attended by members of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), during which the Lebanese army reported the findings of its investigation of the shooting incident. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF, Israel Lebanon, Lebanese Army, lebanon border, Moshe Ya'alon, Shooting Attack, UNIFIL

Jordan Protest Israel’s Newly Installed Temple Mount CC Security Cameras

Jordan expressed its outraged at Israel’s installation of closed-circuit security cameras following attacks on civilians and Israel Police, accuses Israel of violating Muslim religious freedom.

By Maayana Miskin

Jordan, the custodian of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, demanded on Tuesday that Israel remove surveillance cameras at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount, the AFP news agency reports.

“Jordan rejects Israel’s installation of surveillance cameras on December 8 to monitor waqf officials and worshippers, particularly women,” Information Minister Mohammad Momani told state news agency Petra.

“Jordan does not accept that Israel has set up a police station inside the compound. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israel Jordan, Israel Police, Rock-throwing, Temple Mount, Waqf, ‘Palestinian’ incitement

Sheba Medical Center save Syrian refugee boy’s life in heart surgery

First time ever: 4 yr-old Syrian boy with a rare heart condition undergoes life-saving surgery at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center.

After the successful surgery, the boys father was quoted as saying, “The Israeli doctors saved his life and I am happy to have met this country.”

By Adi Rubinstein

A 4-year-old Syrian refugee from the besieged city of Homs underwent surgery recently at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, the first time a Syrian has been operated on at the pediatric cardiology ward.

Heart-warming success: 4-year-old Syrian heart patient Mohammed Hamudi with his father and Dr.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Syria, Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tikon Olam

UN Security Council condemned killing of IDF soldier by Lebanon

IDF representatives met with Lebanese Army officers & UNIFIL officials to discuss the incident.

By JTA

JERUSALEM – The United Nations Security Council condemned the killing of an Israeli soldier by a rogue Lebanese soldier on the border between the two countries.

Photo: ‎The IDF soldier that was killed last night by a cowardly Lebanese soldier was Master Sgt. Shlomi Cohen ז"ל, 31, of Afula. He was married and had a little girl.Our heartfelt condolences goes out to his family & loved-ones.May he Rest in Peace.baruch dayan ha'emet‎

The IDF soldier killed was Master Sgt. Shlomi Cohen ז”ל, 31, of Afula. He was married and had a little girl.- Photo: Family courtesy

The Security Council in a statement released Monday night called the incident “a serious contravention of the existing operational rules and procedures as related to resolution 1701,” which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah.

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF soldier, Israel Lebanon

IDF to relocate it’s personnel towards peripheral areas

Army source reports that once the IDF command relocates most of its bases to sites outside the country’s center, 100,000 housing units can be built on vacated land.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

The IDF is poised to launch the first phase of its move out of greater Tel Aviv. It’s a move that, when completed, would eventually see almost all bases and complexes move to the South, North, and around the Center of the country.

IDF soldiers on patrol – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

When complete, some 1,100 hectares (2,718 acres) will be vacated, enabling the construction of 100,000 housing units and 2.5 million sq.m. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: housing, IDF, new construction

NEW FIND: Nobel Oil reports another oil find for Israel

Israel’s Off-Shore Leviathan Oil Field May Contain 3 Billion Barrels of Oil.

A Noble analysts reported that drilling will not begin before the end of 2014.

By: Jewish Press News Briefs

Noble Energy now estimates that that its Leviathan oil field discovery in Israeli and Cypriot waters may contain up to 3 billion barrels of oil, double the previous estimate that did not include Block 12 off of Cyprus.

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The same field also ready has been determined by Noble and its partner Delek to contain 19 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and another 4 trillion at Block 12. At today’s prices, the value of the potential oil field is nearly $3 billion. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Leviathan gas field, natural gas, Noble Energy

Arabs ‘Illegal Building’ is Coordinated Takeover of State Land

Illegal Arab construction on open state land is part of a deliberate strategic takeover with orders from Palestinian Authority, Civil Administration official warns.

By Maayana Miskin

There is an ongoing coordinated effort among Palestinian Arabs to take over Israeli-owned land in Judea and Samaria (Shomron), a senior Civil Authority official warned Tuesday.

“Over the past two to three years, there’s been a battle for Area C,” said Marco Ben-Shabbat. “It’s not like what we saw before, with a single Palestinian building a private home illegally. It is much more organized.”

Ben-Shabbat indicated that those establishing illegal communities in Area C are receiving orders from above, but declined to say who was behind the campaign. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Area C, Civil Administration, Illegal Arab Construction, Judea and Samaria, PA

Israel Electric fires engineering heads who flocked to Eilat during snow storm

Most of Israel once again connected to the electricity grid.

IEC Chairman Ron-Tal stressed those who went to Eilat were not representative of the company where 12,900 workers for several days have not slept & battled for electricity

By SHARON UDASIN

After some 200 Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) engineers spent the stormy weekend in the comfort of an Eilat conference, IEC Chairman Yiftach Ron-Tal announced his intention to fire the department’s bosses on Tuesday morning.

Electricity on the way to the Palestinians

Electric lines (illustrative) – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

“We informed the heads of the engineering committee of our intention to fire them from their positions in the company,” Ron-Tal said.

Category: Israel News | Tags: IEC

Tel Aviv Farmers Market presents the best Israeli produce

Video: In following tradition already well established in many countries, once a week at the Tel Aviv Farmers Market, farmers from across Israel showcase & test their new brands and varieties of produce to the public.

By jn1.tv

VIDEO – The Tel Aviv Farmers Market lets farmers from across Israel showcase and test their new brands and varieties to the public once a week.

Tel Aviv Farmers' Market offers a dozen varieties of cherry tomatoes - jn1.tv screanshot

Tel Aviv Farmers’ Market offers a dozen varieties of cherry tomatoes – jn1.tv screenshot

The market was founded by Shir Halpern and Michal Ansky, best known from reality show “Master Chef,” to bring to Israel a tradition which is already well established in many countries of the world. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: agriculture, Tel Aviv

New Legal Precedent: Family Court Rules Equality Trumps Child Support Payments

Family Court judge rules ‘courts’ verdicts must be fitted to the sweeping changes in family relations in our times.’

Feminists aghast but gender equality
campaigners, delighted.

By Gil Ronen

A ruling by a Family Court judge in Rishon Letzion is being hailed as a precedent by campaigners for gender equality in divorce, reports Maariv.

Divorce (illustration) – Thinkstock

Judge Yaakov Cohen ruled that a divorced father will not have to pay child support money to his ex-wife, because they took equal parts in raising the children when they were married, and have continued to do so since their divorce. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Divorce law, Family Court