Israel has offered to waive nearly $55 million in US aid for its missile defense programs, the Defense News website reported over the weekend.
Iron Dome battery deployed in North – Photo: Ben Hartman
Defense officials in Israel declined to comment on the report.
According to US-based Defense News, in light of the considerable cuts Washington has made to its defense budget, Jerusalem has sought to shoulder its part in the new, harsher financial reality.
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SodaStream International Ltd. says its second-quarter net income jumped 36%, boosted by strong demand fueled by its launch at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
BDS has boycotted SodaStream because some of its machines are built in contested territory. Meanwhile, the company employs hundreds of Palestinians.
The company raised its revenue and profit outlook, pushing shares higher in morning trading.
SodaStream makes beverage carbonation systems that enable consumers to easily transform tap water into carbonated soft drinks and sparkling water. Continue Reading »
By Elior Levy
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said that on August 13 Israel will release 26 Palestinian prisoners it has been holding since before the signing of the Oslo agreement.
Erekat , Kerry and Livni – Photo: Reuters-Jonathan Ernst
Palestinian media outlets published Erekat’s comments on Saturday. He was quoted as saying that the 26 prisoners will be released in the first of four phases that will see a total of 104 inmates freed by Israel as a gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of the official resumption of direct peace talks. Continue Reading »
By Gil Ronen
La Belle, a seven-year-old Asiatic elephant, gave birth to female calf, handlers at the Safari Park discovered Friday morning.
The newborn elephant – Tibor Yaeger
The birth followed a 22 month long gestation period.
The father is Motek, a 53 year old Asiatic elephant. The maternal grandmother, 25 year old La Petite, is behaving in a pushy manner since the birth and has tried to suckle the calf. Handlers explained that since this is La Belle’s first birth, her mother may be trying to teach her how to care for the calf. Continue Reading »
International Relations Minister Yuval Stinitz referred to Finance Minister Yair Lapid as “boastful and arrogant” on Saturday, in response to Lapid’s request late last month that Steinitz be removed from a security cabinet meeting.
Outgoing finance minister Steinitz and incoming minister Lapid at office change over, March 19, 2013. – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post
Steinitz, who is not a member of the security cabinet, was incensed after he was forced by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to leave the meeting in question at Lapid’s request, according to a Channel 2 report. Continue Reading »
By Ynetnews
Members of Congress have introduced legislation that would transfer the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, sending a message of commitment and resolve to Israel and also presenting the US government with a cost-saving measure at a time of major budget cuts.
U.S. Embassy building on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv, – Photo: Ariel Schalit
The bipartisan bill, known as the Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act (H.R. Continue Reading »
By Yossi Yehoshua
The fiery debate over the place of cellular phones in the IDF exploded in the Paratroopers new recruits base, when the base commander banned the use of cellular phones at the base and on field training, to the unit commanders’ dismay.
Paratroopers drill (Archive) – Photo: Yoav Zitun
So far soldiers were forbidden from using cell-phones when on the field, and were only allowed to use it on the base’s premises, and only on their private time. Continue Reading »
Amar’e Stoudemire, the New York Knicks star who claims Hebrew roots and is currently touring Israel, is seeking Israeli citizenship.
U.S. NBA’s New York Knicks basketball player Amare Stoudemire, shakes hands with Israel’s President Shimon Peres. – Photo: AP
Stoudemire’s agent, Happy Walters, told New York magazine that the Knicks’ power forward is in the process of becoming an Israeli.
“He’s getting citizenship,” Walters said. Continue Reading »
Destroying Israel is the interest of the entire Arab world, Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah declared on Friday.
Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah – AFP photo
AFP reported that the head of the Lebanese terror group made a rare public appearance at a Beirut rally held to mark Iran’s Quds Day.
It was a first appearance in public r for Nasrallah who, according to AFP attended the rally in Rweiss, in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
In his speech, Nasrallah thanked “Iran and Syria for all they are doing for Palestine and Jerusalem, and for all they have given to resistance movements (fighting Israel) in Lebanon and Palestine”. Continue Reading »
By Caroline B. Glick
ERUSALEM— Standing next to US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday morning, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni gushed that through his indefatigable efforts to bring Israeli and Palestinian officials to Washington, Kerry proved that “nothing can stop true believers.”
Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
As usual, the cognitively-challenged Livni told us something she hadn’t intended to say. The term “true believer” was coined by Eric Hoffer in his classic work The True Believer from 1951, which Livni has obviously not read. Continue Reading »
By Kobi Nachshoni
After days of rumors and public ads in Mea Shearim regarding the arrest of a Hasid suspected of spying for Iran, the residents of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem began coming to terms Thursday with the indictment of a Neturei Karta member charged with contacting a foreign agent and intention to commit treason. Continue Reading »
U.S. embassies that would normally be open this Sunday – including those in Tel Aviv, Cairo and Amman – will be closed that day because of unspecified security concerns, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.
U.S. Embassy building on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv, – Photo: Ariel Schalit
CBS News reported that the embassy closings were tied to U.S. intelligence about an Al-Qaida plot against U.S. diplomatic posts in the Middle East and other Muslim countries. CBS said the intelligence did not mention a specific location. Continue Reading »
US President Obama on the phone [illustrative] – Photo: Reuters / White House
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