Global Index Ranks Israel 4th Best Country To Raise Children

 

Austria comes in best country, followed by Finland, Sweden, and then Israel according to the Family Life Index, carried out by the Inter Nations institute surveying 41 countries.

By i24news

 

Austria has been ranked as the best place in the world for expat families to bring up their children, according to the Family Life Index carried out by the Inter Nations institute.

Finland and Sweden came second and third respectively, with Israel finding itself in a very respectable fourth place after scoring highly in categories such as availability of childcare and education as well as family well-being.

“Swedish with Baby” was started in 2012 by two mothers on parental leave who wanted to help break young parents’ isolation in the home – Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/File

New Zealand came in fifth, with the US taking the 25th spot and Saudi Arabia coming in last at 41. Continue Reading »

Israeli Minister Seeks to Outlaw Groups That Monitor & Harass Jews on Temple Mount

 

The PA condemned Public Security Minister Erdan’s request Monday, asking Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to declare the Murabitat group, that shouts obscenities & incites against Jews, and who physically block non-Muslim visitors access to the holy site, as an unlawful association.

By Itsik Saban, Daniel Siryoti & Israel Hayom Staff

 

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Jewish State ‘very interested’ in assisting the Kurds

 

By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON

 

News published in theFinancial Times on Sunday that Israel imports most of its oil from Iraq’s Kurdish areas came as no shock to those following the secretive Israel-Kurd relationship.

“The news is not so surprising, as it has been going on for some time,” Prof. Ofra Bengio, editor of the book Kurdish Awakening: Nation-Building in a Fragmented Homeland, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

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Jewish Canadian Rescues Christian Sex Slaves From Islamic State Bondage

CYCI fundraising page

 

view videoSteve Maman’s rescue teams have helped save 128 Christian & Yazidi women & girls in Iraq, saying: ‘What motivates me is being Jewish. Being part of a people who survived the Holocaust, we waited 6 years for people to help us.’

By Tzipi Shmilovitz

 

Canadian Jewish businessman Steve Maman has earned the nickname “the Jewish Schindler” after establishing an organization that saves Christian and Yazidi-Kurdish women and girls in Iraq who were kidnapped by the Islamic State.

The CYCI (Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq) is a secret project that has so far led to the release of 128 young women and girls from ISIS captivity.  Continue Reading »

Obama’s Intervention Saves Convicted Terrorists Millions in Federal Case

 

Following White House intervention, a US District Judge orders PA/PLO to post a mere $10 million bond in terror case pending appeal for $655 million compensation to 10 American families.

By Ben Ariel

 

A judge in New York on Monday ordered the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to post $10 million in cash or bond while they appeal a jury’s finding that they supported terrorist attacks in Israel, Reuters reported.

At a court hearing in Manhattan, U.S. District Judge George Daniels said the defendants must also deposit $1 million each month pending the appeal of a February jury verdict worth $655 million in favor of 10 American families. Continue Reading »

Israeli Farmers Look to Medical Cannabis as Premium Crop

 

Many see the potential of medical marijuana, arguing it could be more lucrative to Israel than the newly found natural gas fields.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel is busy sorting out regulation for offshore natural gas reserves that are expected to be a boon for the local economy, while some argue that medical cannabis offers the Jewish state an even bigger financial opportunity.

Earlier this month, the Israel Loss Adjusters Association (ILAA) held a conference to discuss how Israel’s farmers could benefit from the growing global market for medical cannabis.

“The US cannabis market stands at $35 billion a year,” noted ILAA Chairman Doron Havkin.
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Israeli Wins Silver at World Athletics Championships

 

Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko receives congratulatory phone-call from Israel’s President Rivlin, on her win in the triple-jump at the athletics world championships in Beijing.

By i24news

 

Fourteen years after Israel’s last medal at the World Athletics Championships, Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko has won the silver medal in the triple-jump. She also broke the national record, achieving a jump of 14.78 meters.

Colombia’s Caterine Ibarguen comfortably retained her world title at the games in Beijing, stretching her winning streak to 29 competitions and achieving a best of 14.90 meters for the gold medal. Olympic champion Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan took the bronze.

Hannah Minenko – Photo: AFP

This is Israel’s third ever medal at the championships, with previous awards going to pole-vaulter Alex Averbukh, who won bronze in 1999 and silver in 2001. Continue Reading »

EU charged in court for funding illegal Palestinian construction

 

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

Settlers on Monday asked the High Court of Justice to order the demolition of 15 Palestinian homes in Area C of the West Bank, which they say are illegal and funded by the European Union.

The modular structures with cement floors located within the boundaries of the Kfar Adumim settlement were built in 2015 and house Palestinian Beduin.

Illegal EU funded Palestinian structures in the area of Kfar Adumim.

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Hamas Rattled as Report Shows ‘5-Star Gaza’ for Billionaire, Millionaires, & Middle Class

 

The Washington Post exposes the truth of Gaza’s pampered middle class, with details of luxury car dealerships, ritzy hotels and stellar gyms.

By Ari Yashar

 

Western media has often been criticized by Israel for only on rare occasions presenting Gaza as anything other than an open-air prison suffering from Israeli blockades, but an unusual glimpse into the glamorous life of Gaza’s middle class made its way to light on Sunday.

Articles such as an Economist expose in 2012 detailing golden Porsches and Hummer’s cruising the streets of Gaza under corrupt Hamas rule were joined by a Washington Post report, revealing on Sunday how the “other half lives” in the terrorist enclave. Continue Reading »

NYP Report: Oprah Winfrey Refused to Meet With BDS Activists

 

The New York Post reported Sunday that Oprah Winfrey snubbed a BDS “delegation” that appeared at the “O” magazine’s New York offices with a letter, urging Winfrey to publicly reject Israeli jeweler Lev Leviev’s products.

By Ruthie Blum

 

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey was among this month’s targets of BDS pressure, the New York Post reported on Sunday. But the TV network owner, best known for her world-famous talk show, refused even to meet with the representatives of Adalah-NY, an advocacy group focused on boycotting Israel and Israeli products, who showed up at the New York offices of her magazine, “O,”  bearing a letter they wished her to sign, publicly rejecting the products of Uzbeki-Israeli billionaire “King of Diamonds” Lev Leviev. Continue Reading »

UK Report: Israel Imports Over 75% of its Oil from Kurds

 

Financial Times reports much of the Kurdish oil is loaded onto tankers at Ceyhan Turkey, and then shipped to refineries at the Israeli port of Ashkelon.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Israel has imported as much as three-quarters of its oil from Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish north in recent months, The Financial Times reported on Sunday.

The move provides a vital source of funds to the cash-strapped region as it fights Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists, according to the report.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq – Reuters

The imports highlight the significant inroads that oil from Iraqi Kurdistan is making into world markets, with Italy, France and Greece also emerging as big buyers, the newspaper noted. Continue Reading »

AGAIN: White House Tries to Shame Israel To Manipulate Netanyahu

 

Conspicuously timed declassification of secret gov’t documents seems aimed at shaming Israel into supporting Obama’s dangerous nuclear deal with Iran by equating the Jewish state’s nuclear program with that of Iran’s.

By Israel Today Staff

 

While it flew somewhat under the radar of the mainstream news cycle, the Obama Administration last week apparently tried to shame Israel into supporting its dangerous Iran nuclear deal by declassifying historic documents regarding the Jewish state’s own nuclear program.

Many saw it as no accident that the Nixon-era State Department documents were made public just as Israel is leading the charge to have Obama’s Iran nuclear agreement defeated in Congress. Continue Reading »

Israeli engineer creates robotic unicycles for proficient delivery service

 

view videoWATCH: The single-wheeled robotic drone uses GPS & face recognition software for quick & cost-effective transfer of goods to customers.

By i24news

 

An Israeli student has created robots that might change the world of package deliveries for good.

Kobi Shikar, an engineering and design student at Shenkar School of Engineering in Ramat Gan, Israel, has designed a robotic delivery service, Transwheel.

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The Daily Mail reported that the robots are one- wheeled drones, which balance themselves by using a similar system to the popular Segway. They contain a facial recognition software to identify recipients and have a GPS system in order to make their way around. Continue Reading »

US State Dept: Travel warning for ‘occupied’ Golan Heights

 

In response to the Iranian backed rocket attack from Syria on Thursday, U.S. State Department warns American citizens about travel to Northern Israel, including the “occupied” Golan Heights, that Israel annexed in 1981.

BY Yoni Hersch & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Following Thursday’s rocket fire from Syria, the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for several parts of northern Israel, including what it called the “occupied” Golan Heights.

Israel took control of the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six-Day War in 1967. Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981, a move not recognized internationally.

An IDF vehicle in the Golan Heights, Thursday – Photo: Eyal Margolin/JINI

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Arabs living in Synagogue since 1948 evicted & illegally-built mosque to be demolished

 

Arabs families who have been occupying land in Jerusalem, purchased 100 years ago for Jews from Yemen, were evicted earlier this month, including a family living in an East Jerusalem Synagogue.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

Former east Jerusalem portfolio head and Meretz councilman, Dr. Meir Margalit, said on Sunday that if the municipality carry’s out reported demolition orders for an illegally-built east Jerusalem mosque, it will set off a conflagration of violence throughout the capital.

According to Majdi al-Abbasi, of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, the demolition orders were delivered by municipal officials on Friday for the three-year-old al-Qaaqaa Mosque, located in the flashpoint neighborhood of Silwan. Continue Reading »