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  • France seeks to brand Hezbollah a ‘terrorist’ group

    France is to call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ...

  • Kerry To Meet With Netanyahu Abbas

    Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East. He's meeting with Israeli and Palestinians leaders in a new push to revive the moribund peace ...

  • PM to Kerry Peace talks top Israels agenda

    Reviving peace talks with the Palestinians tops Israel's agenda, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday as they met in Jerusalem at the start of the American diplomat's latest visit to the region."This is something that both you and I want, and I hope also the Palestinian want," Netanyahu said as they posed for the media at the ...

  • Israeli restaurateur faces deportation from US

    Israeli restaurateur goes viral with online meltdown His lawyer had no comment on how Bouzaglo ended up in immigration court proceedings, but it seems it has something to do with jail time the Moroccan-born Israeli did for drug distribution and extortion charges before his arrival in the US 13 years ...

  • Beit Shemesh Family Arrested in Jordan

    Eight members of a hareidi family from Beit Shemesh were arrested late Wednesday – in Jordan – after they crossed the border from Israel. A report on Channel Two Thursday morning said that the crossing took place in the area of Nachal Hayoun, in the Arava desert. Israeli officials are negotiating an arrangement to return the family to ...

Movie Review

Strapless [DVD]

Strapless [DVD]

David Hare's Strapless is both cynical and poignant in its examination of the opening stages of romance. It is cynical because it suggests that some people are incapable of moving beyond that opening stage; it is poignant because it is often adept at invoking the wonderful euphoria of a blossoming relationship, especially between adults who have been there before. ...

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  • Panel Releases Final Recommendations on Hareidi Army Service

    The Perry Committee on equal IDF service for all on Thursday filed its recommendations with the government. The recommendations include a series of policy ideas and proposals for changes in legislation, to encourage all segments of the population, including the hareidi Jewish sector, to serve a full or partial service term in the ...

  • Azrieli reports flat Q1 revenue

    AZRG ) reported flat revenue for the third quarter of 2012. Consolidated revenue was unchanged at NIS 2.25 billion for the first quarter, while revenue from real estate rose to NIS 354.6 million from NIS 343.7 million for the corresponding quarter of 2012. The company reported a net loss of NIS 7.8 million on the fair value of properties for the quarter. Net profit attributable to majority ...

  • Mazor Robotics to begin trading on Nasdaq next week

    MZOR ) will begin trading on Nasdaq Capital Market next Tuesday. The company will list American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each of which will represent two shares traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). The ADRs will be traded under the ticker "MZOR". Trading in the ADSs will be through the Bank of New York Mellon. Mazor develops and sells the Renaissance surgical navigation robot ...

  • Housing cabinet approves 150000 rental apartments

    The housing cabinet unanimously approved the construction of 150,000 rental apartments at its first meeting yesterday. "Lowering housing prices is one of the government's great tests," said Minister of Finance Yair Lapid. "We have a housing emergency, which threatens an entire generation of young people who are afraid to go out into the world if they ...

  • Ryanair considers Israel-Krakow flights for school groups

    Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair Ltd. (ISEQ: RYA, LSE: RYA, NASDAQ: RYAAY) is considering initiating flights between Ben Gurion Airport and Krakow in Poland, to serve the high demand for educational trips to Auschwitz and other former death camps by Israeli students. At a press conference earlier this week, Ryanair deputy CEO Howard Millar said that the airline had been mulling flights to Israel ...

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