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Israel Navy Sponsors Kashrut Competition

Next week, the Israel Navy will launch a competition between elite naval commando unit Shayetet 13′s missile ship crews to see who has the fewest violations of the laws of kashrut. The prize? A “fun day” in the IDF Rabbinate – including a tour of a heritage site, a talk with a rabbi, a full-length performance by the house troupe, ...

Israel must present two-state plan or prepare for violence, J Street warns

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must present a concrete plan for a two-state solution to Congress this month or face the prospect of fresh violence, J Street head Jeremy Ben Ami warned yesterday.Ben-Ami, who directs the left-wing version of the American pro-Israel AIPAC lobby, said Netanyahu was “trying to build momentum” to stall a Palestinian plan to seek United Nations backing ...

Israel must meet Hamas demands

Hamas official Khalil al-Hayeh said that Gilad Schalit will not be released until Israel meets all of Hamas’s demands while speaking at a Gaza rally Saturday. Al-Hayeh also said at the ceremony that Israeli intelligence is trying to gather information on the location of the kidnapped soldier, according to reports by Ma’an news agency. Al-Hayeh said Hamas security interrogators had ...

Israel Mourns Polish President, a ‘Great Friend’ of Israel

Israel is mourning the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed along with his wife and other officials in a plane crash in Russia. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu eulogized him as a “great friend of Israel.”“I knew President Kaczynski as a Polish patriot, as a great friend of Israel,” the Prime Minister said in an official statement on Shabbat. ...

Israel Marks 50 years to Eichman Trial in Wannsee

Seventy years ago, Nazi leaders met in Wannsee, Berlin, to decide on the Final Solution plan to eradicate the Jewish people in extermination camps. This week a formal Israeli delegation travelled to Wannsee to mark 50 years to Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.On Thursday, the delegation held a moving ceremony in the symbolic location to commemorate the event. Minister ...

‘Israel Like Iran’ in Freedom of Marriage

Severe restrictions on freedom of marriage put Israel alongside countries that are among the worst offenders of violating marriage rights, according to Worldwide Freedom of Marriage Project released by the Hiddush – Freedom of Religion for Israel association ahead of the “wedding season,” which begins on the Jewish Holiday of Lag B’Omer.A comprehensive study conducted in 194 countries (including most ...

Israel launches new spy satellite

In the face of Iran’s race to obtain nuclear weapons, Israel strengthened its foothold in space Tuesday with the successful launch of a spy satellite, which defense officials said would provide the IDF with unprecedented operational capabilities. Called Ofek 9, the satellite was launched at around 10 p.m. Tuesday from the Palmahim air base along the Mediterranean coast.Read More: @ jpost.comTags: israel ...

Israel, Jewish Agency launch global effort to locate property lost in Holocaust

The Israeli government and the Jewish Agency are launching a new worldwide initiative to identify Jewish property lost or stolen during the Holocaust with the goal of obtaining restitution for survivors or their heirs, Haaretz has learned. Called Project HEART − Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce, the initiative is chaired by Rafi Eitan, the former senior citizen affairs minister, and ...

Israel issues first gold coin

The Israel Coins and Medals Corp. on Wednesday unveiled the first Israeli gold coin, coinciding with Jerusalem Day.“There was great excitement among both international and Israeli coin collectors on the day of the initial offering of the first Israeli bullion coin,” the Israel Coins and Medals Corp. said in a statement Wednesday. “In the morning, the telephone lines at our ...

Israel is Sitting Pretty

Israel is sitting pretty. Sure she has problems, but her future is bright. Even her present is not too shabby.Of immediate concern, is the attempt by the PA to gain recognitions and membership in the UN in the upcoming session in September. To this end the PA has agreed with Hamas to unify, thinking it would strengthen their case at ...

Israel has ‘8 days’ to hit Iran nuclear site: Bolton

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Israel has “eight days” to launch a military strike against Iran’s Bushehr nuclear facility and stop Tehran from acquiring a functioning atomic plant, a former US envoy to the UN has said.Iran is to bring online its first nuclear power reactor, built with Russia’s help, on August 21, when a shipment of nuclear fuel will be loaded into the ...

Israel, Hamas reach Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal, officials say

Israel and Hamas have reached a prisoner exchange deal that will secure the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, officials at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Tuesday.Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office said that “a brief window of opportunity has been opened that would possibly lead to Gilad Shalit’s homecoming,” adding: “The window appeared following ...