• The Sopranos star James Gandolfini dies in Italy

  LOS ANGELES - James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking cable TV ...

• Nuclear expert Israeli warheads are a threat to its own security

  Israel has 80 to 100 warheads, "more powerful than what was used in Hiroshima," says nuclear expert; research finds even a limited nuclear war would lead to world's temperature dropping, result in widespread ...

• Peres Criticized for 90th Birthday Extravaganza

  , Orbach jokingly suggested that the Peres’s 91st birthday next year should be the main theme at the annual torch-lighting ceremony on Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence ...

• Free Syrian Army Accuses Hizbullah of Using Chemical Weapons

  The opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) reported on Wednesday that chemical weapons had been used in a Damascus town by Hizbullah terrorists and forces loyal to President Bashar ...

• New York KKK member designs death ray against enemies of Israel

  A KKK member from upstate New York was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly designed a "death ray" that is meant to kill Muslims and other "enemies of ...

• Elkin Irans Elections Made a Mockery of Democracy

  "This is making a joke of democracy and talking about a fundamental change as a result of the elections is funny," he added. "There is no doubt, however, that the Iranian public expressed dissatisfaction with the current leadership, which proves again that the economic pressure on Iran weakens the regime and therefore the pressure on Iran should ...

• Abbas We Support Kerrys Peace Efforts

  Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said he supports U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to revive peace talks with ...

• Israel and Palestine Consequences of Deterrence

  "Deterrence has to be maintained," said Gabi Siboni, a colonel for strategic affairs at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. "It was only a question of time until this moment arrived." It seems the Palestinians are of like mind. As things stand, this latest round of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was probably inevitable. Escalation and ...

• Rebels Syrian forces used chemical weapons in attack on Zamalka

  Syrian rebels and their supporters accused government forces of launching a chemical weapons attack on Zamalka Wednesday, killing three people. The Syrian Network for Human Rights in London said three people died in the alleged chemical attack. The group, whose figures were not independently confirmed, said a total of 83 people were killed in fighting across the war-torn country Wednesday. ...

• Putin First Soviet government was mostly Jewish

  Russian President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, June 13, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Aleksey Nikolskyi/RIA ...

• Syrian Rebels Weve Received Heavy Weapons from Saudis

  The first delivery of heavy weapons has arrived on Syria’s front lines following President Barack Obama’s decision to put Western military might behind the official opposition, rebels told the ...

• Lapid Bennett is Wrong on Palestinian State

  Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) indicated on Wednesday that he disagrees with Economy Minister Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) about the idea of a Palestinian ...

• Israel urges parents to vaccinate children after polio traces found

  Parents in southern parts of Israel, whose children are not vaccinated against the polio virus, rushed Wednesday to local health centers after traces of the virus were found last week in sewage waters near their communities.Last week an inspection into the sewage system in Israel's southern communities led to the discovery of the polio virus, a deadly virus that is almost eradicated ...

• The Palestinian ambassador to the UN said on Friday that the Israeli regime has often demonstrated that they prefer the expansion of Jewish settlements instead of peace and security. The construction on Palestinian land has been criticized even by allies

  The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Riad Mansur said on Friday (3rd) that the Israeli regime has demonstrated on numerous occasions that they prefer the expansion of Jewish settlements instead of peace and security. The construction on Palestinian land has been constantly criticized, even by allies of Israel, as detrimental to a "peace process" that the United States ...

• US arming of Assads foes forces Iran to bleed resources in Syria

  The fact that Iran, Hezbollah are sending militias, arms and money into Syria is a sign they are worried the regime might fall. Keeping them engaged and pouring resources into Syria weakens them ...

• Summers predicts US economy will return to 3 growth this year

  The United States economy will reach a 3 percent growth rate by the end of 2013, Larry Summers, former US Treasury secretary, predicted Wednesday night.Speaking on a panel of distinguished economists and thinkers at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, Summers praised US President Barack Obama for policies that are beginning to bear fruit in the economy.Obama's stimulus push ...

• Cyprus aims for gas plant deal with U.S.-Israeli interests

  NICOSIA: The Cypriot Cabinet approved Wednesday plans to sign for a deal with a U.S.-Israeli partnership to build a liquefied natural gas plant on the island to exploit untapped energy riches. "The Cabinet has approved the decision to sign the memorandum of understanding ...

• PM Netanyahu on Decision to Increase to 60 Natural Gas for Israeli

  PM Netanyahu's Remarks on the Decision to Increase to 60% the Amount of Natural Gas Designated for the Israeli Market (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Yair Lapid, Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom, and Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer, today (Wednesday, 19 June 2013), decided to increase to ...

• National service in Arab sector up 76 over past year

  A ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Haifa Cinematheque to recognize the record-high 3,000 Arabs volunteering in the national service program this year.This represents an increase of 76 percent over last year, when 1,700 ...

• Common chiffchaff makes rare southern journey to nest in Israel

  Birders in the Hermon region have for the first time ever discovered a community of nesting common chiffchaffs, a type of leaf warbler that typically is found 700 kilometers north of this spot.Bird experts from the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel found a population of 20 pairs of the chiffchaffs nesting in the winter foliage of a remote valley in the Hermon.Until now, the ...

• Jerry Silverman We have to be one Jewish community

  In order to meet the acute challenges facing an increasingly fractured Jewish landscape, organized communal institutions are finding ways to evolve and adapt, Jerry Silverman, president of the Jewish Federations of North America, said on Wednesday.Speaking ...

• Israelis worry whether they will get care they need if fall sick

  Even though 83 percent of Israelis buy supplementary health insurance from their public health funds and 42% have commercial health insurance policies, only half of them feel secure they will get all the medical treatment they need if they become seriously ill.This is one of the findings of the ninth poll of Jerusalem's Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute on public satisfaction with service ...

• Red-Dead conduit to be jointly promoted by gov’t KKL-JNF

  Development of the proposed Red Sea-Dead Sea conduit will occur under the joint administration of the State of Israel and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund, leaders from both parties announced on Tuesday.Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom, KKL-JNF chairman Efi Stenzler and presidents of JNF chapters from all over the world agreed to the joint pursuit of this enormous project ...

• Agassi Green future inevitable – it’s cheaper

  As renewable technologies continue to become more efficient and affordable, industries and entrepreneurs will inevitably switch to cleaner fuel sources - even if not for environmental reasons, Shai Agassi said Wednesday.The founder and former CEO of the now bankrupt Better Place spoke at the Israeli Presidential Conference 2013 in Jerusalem on the panel "Is There Hope for a Green ...

• Shaalvim More than 50 Years of Jewish Education

  More than 250 people attended the annual alumni dinner for the graduates of Yeshivat Sha’alvim and Sha’alvim for Women, which took place in ...

• Mortar Shell from Syria Explodes in Israel

  The civil war in Syria once again spilled into Israel on Wednesday night, as a mortar shell that was fired during the fighting between President Bashar Al-Assad’s and rebels exploded in an open area in the Golan ...

• Israeli soldiers cross technical fence

  UNIFIL peacekeepers mobilized near the site of incident in response. A UNIFIL spokesperson said there was no violation of the Blue Line, created in the aftermath of Israel’s 2000 withdrawal from south Lebanon, adding that the situation along the demarcation was calm. Elsewhere, the Lebanese Army reported that three Israeli airplanes violated Lebanese airspace. One flew over areas of the ...

• Writings from Israel Nepal and Myanmar included in UNESCO world register

  Print 19 June 2013 &#150 Documentation on Holocaust victims, a collection of Buddhist scriptures written on stones from Myanmar, two rare manuscripts from Nepal and diaries belonging to Ernesto Che Guevara, are among 54 ...

• Iran’s president-elect may shift country’s policies toward Persian Gulf Israel

  TEHRAN, Iran - To understand the changes likely to occur under Iran’s new president, Hasan Rowhani, consider this summation of the outgoing regime by a veteran foreign policy analyst. Iran’s approach to the world was ideological and focused attention on the Arab-Israeli conflict and Lebanon – issues far from the country’s vital interests, said Davood Hermidas Bavand, a ...

• Senators pressure Obama on no fly zone in Syria

  WASHINGTON - Less than a week after the White House announced findings of chemical weapons use in Syria and the initiation of a policy that would allow the CIA to provide Syrian rebels with light weaponry and ammunition, President Barack Obama is answering critics who say that small arms are no longer enough to turn the direction of the war.In a letter from leading senators on foreign ...

• Cisco CEO Israel will be the first digital state

  Israel will be the first end-to-end digital nation, Cisco CEO John Chambers said on Wednesday in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Chambers agreed earlier in the day to establish a working group to explore how Cisco can help upgrade Israel's digital infrastructure.Whereas most countries upgrade one area at a time, Israel is moving to connect homes with fiber-optic ...

• AIPAC warns on Iranian president-elect Rohani

  WASHINGTON - In a memo to supporters, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee expressed deep suspicion of Iranian President-Elect Hassan Rohani, saying that he "has signaled no willingness to halt Iran's illicit nuclear program."The powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington said the Iranian people voted for Rohani because they saw him as the best chance for sanctions ...

• No Sanctions on Arab MK Who Denounced Apartheid

  Zahalka, who lectured in Toronto on March 30 in honor of the Arab Land Day, claimed that there is no democracy in Israel and that Arabs are victims of Israel’s "apartheid" ...

• Britain fails to put Hezbollah on EU terror list

  Britain failed to put Hezbollah's militant branch on the European Union's (EU) terror list on Wednesday, as several goverments expressed fears over the move fuelling more violence in the Middle East, diplomats told Reuters. Following an inconclusive meeting on June 4, when the UK pushed for the blacklisting of the Lebanese ...

• Cyprus Aims for LNG Facility Deal with US-Israeli Interests

  NICOSIA - The Cypriot cabinet approved on Wednesday plans to sign for a deal with a U.S.-Israeli partnership to build a liquefied natural gas plant on the island to exploit untapped energy riches. "The cabinet has approved the decision to sign the memorandum of understanding between Cyprus and companies Noble Energy Inc., Delek Drilling L.P. and Avner Oil Exploration Ltd. Partnership for ...

• Palestinians fire rocket at South shattering calm

  Shattering a lengthy period of calm, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired an unknown number of rockets at southern Israel, triggering air raid sirens in Ashkelon and surrounding areas early on Wednesday morning and awakening residents.As of Wednesday evening, the IDF, which launched a search of the area, found no projectiles in Israeli territory, and an army source indicated the rockets may ...

• Netanyahu recommends keeping 60 of natural gas

  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will propose to the cabinet on Sunday that Israel maintain 540 billion cubic meters of natural gas in its reservoirs - a 20-percent jump from previous government recommendations.Netanyahu presented the proposed export policy, which has been a contentious subject since the discovery of Israel's copious gas supplies, at a press conference in his Jerusalem ...

• IDF major gets 13-year sentence for selling drugs

  A former IDF major was sentenced on Wednesday to 13 years in prison, for selling hundreds of kilos of heroin and hashish that his unit seized from smugglers on the Sinai border.Eran Kabalo, a 33-year-old father of two, was convicted by the Southern District Military Court of conspiracy to commit a crime, dealing dangerous controlled substances, fraud and breach of ...

• Michigan Governor hopes Waze will reroute to his state

  recently purchased Israeli firm Waze to the US, why not to the search company's R&D facility in the state instead of its headquarters in Silicon Valley? That is a question Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder asked this week on a visit to GPS-based navigational app company Waze's headquarters in Ra'anana that he described as one of the highlights of his nine-day trade mission to ...

• The world’s preferred refugees

  For millions of refugees, World Refugee Day is a day like any other. From Mali to South Sudan and from Myanmar to Haiti, countless men, women and children will once again awaken today to an uncertain future.They are aided in their perilous journey by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which works with governments to advocate and seek asylum for all refugees. That is, ...

• Media Comment The media and their icons

  Media outlets report the news. They also serve as a platform for public debate and the exchange of views. Many critics see the media as also managing the news and setting agendas."The news" then morphs from being a collection of facts into an opinion-driven manipulation of events. A reporter and his/her editor, if biased, can alter reality.The academic literature has long ...

• What Really Happened to TWA Flight 800

  A documentary on the 1996 explosion that brought down TWA Flight 800 offers "solid proof that there was an external detonation," its co-producer ...

• Israeli Consul General Responds to Authors Boycott Calls

  Alice Walker’ s overt calls to boycott the Jewish state, noting that there is a "strange twist" is her efforts to undermine freedom and pluralism. In an open letter to Walker published Wednesday in ...

• Lebanese Suspects Re-arrested Over Hezbollah Arms

  By Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A criminal charge slammed against four Lebanese arrested in connection with an illegal arms cache discovered in Kano, Northern Nigeria, was on Wednesday struck out by Chief Magistrate Muyiwa Oyeyepo of Karu Magistrate Court in Abuja. The Department of State Security, SSS, had filed the charge on 5 June following the arrest of the Lebanese in connection with the unlawful ...

• Right-wing MKs slam pretentious Peres birthday celebration

  star-studded birthday party thrown in honor of his 90th birthday party.Knesset members on the Right called the 11 million shekel event a waste of money, even though it was funded by contributions and not ...

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