Israeli Gas Field Gets $3.75 Billion Investment in Latest Blow to BDS

Monday, 27 February 2017 | Developers of Israel’s Leviathan natural gas field committed on Thursday to investing $3.75 billion in the reservoir, marking a significant blow to efforts to economically attack the Jewish state, an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post. The development of the offshore field which is slated to take three years is

Israel Does Not Cause Anti-Semitism

Monday, 27 February 2017 | In a recent letter to the New York Times, the current Earl of Balfour, Roderick Balfour, argued that it is Israel’s fault that there is “growing anti-Semitism around the world.” Balfour, who is a descendant of Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary who wrote the Balfour Declaration a hundred years

Another Luxury Mall Opens its Doors in Gaza

27 February 2017 | Say the name “Gaza” and many the world over will automatically have mental pictures of abject poverty, suffering and lack. The international media does, after all, paint the situation in the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave as exceptionally dire, calling it “the world’s largest outdoor prison” and even comparing the living conditions to

Palestinian Kids at EU-Funded Festival: “Jihad is Needed, Pull the Trigger”

Friday, 24 February 2017 | The winning performance at a recent Palestinian youth dancing competition in Nablus called for violence against Israel and featured the lyrics “jihad is needed, pull the trigger,” the watchdog organization Palestinian Media Watch reported Monday. The event took place at the Yafa Cultural Center which is funded by Germany, Norway,

Upgraded Version of the Iron Dome Successfully Tested

Friday, February 2017 | An upgraded version of the Iron Dome missile defense system has successfully passed a series of tests in recent days in which the new jointly-developed Tamir interceptor missile destroyed several projectiles. The experiments are part of a set, annual program conducted by the Ministry of Defense and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

US Ambassador Meets with Parents of Fallen Israeli Soldier Captured by Hamas

Friday, 24 February 2017 | Washington’s envoy to the United Nations met on Wednesday with the parents of a fallen Israeli soldier whose body is being held by the Palestinian terrorist group, Hamas, The Times of Israel reported. Leah and Simha Goldin asked Ambassador Nikki Haley to help pressure Hamas to return the body of

The Offer that Turns the Gaza Strip into Singapore

Friday, 24 February 2017 | A novelist, a journalist and a university professor walk into a bar. Sounds like a joke, but it stops being funny when these three figures are the latest victims of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) crackdown on public freedoms, above all, freedom of expression. The crackdown is yet more proof of

Israel Allegedly Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Syria

Thursday, 23 February 2017 | Syrian and Lebanese media yesterday accused the Jewish state of carrying out an airstrike near the Syrian capital in the predawn hours of Wednesday morning. The reports claim that the Israeli jets targeted Syrian Army positions, including an arms convoy carrying a shipment of state-of-the-art weapons destined for the Shiite

Israel, World Bank Sign Three Agreements to Cooperate in Africa

Thursday, 23 February 2017 | Israel and the Word Bank will sign three agreements in the coming months to cooperate in helping African nations develop their water, cybersecurity and agriculture capabilities, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. “Cooperation with the World Bank is an opportunity for us to showcase some of the capabilities and innovation

Australian PM Welcomes Netanyahu on Historic Visit, Blasts UN’s Anti-Israel Bias

Thursday, 23 February 2017 | Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull greeted his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in a joint press conference in Sydney on Wednesday by highlighting the two countries’ historic friendship and criticizing the United Nations’ [UN] treatment of the Jewish state. Turnbull noted the support Australia has given Israel over the past century,

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