The United States government as agreed to sell Israel 25 F-35 stealth fighter jets for $15.2 billion. The Pentagon said that the sale is in the best interest of the US, as it is important for Israel to have a technological edge over hostile neighbors. The jets cost between $70 million and $80 million per [...]
Categories: Israel Defense Forces (IDF), United States of America
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Several world powers including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia have joined together to draft a UN resolution condeming Iran. The resolution, however, includes no new sancations. What is the point, apparently the US wanted to show unity with Russia on the issue. However, it is pretty much useless. It is like saying, [...]
Categories: Iran, Russia, United Nations, United States of America
An Israeli embassy attache said that there is a lot of Israeli interest in doing big business in Cambodia, a Southeast Asian nation. The Phnom Penh Post reports that Tzahi Selzer, an Israeli embassy spokesperson, said “There is huge interest in Cambodia [in Israel]. Businesses are looking to [the Israeli government] to open new markets [...]
Israelity, the blog of Israel 21c, has a post about an inspiring Israeli in Ma’ale Adumim who is organizing peaceful discussions with Arabs in neighboring Abu Dis. This is particularly interesting, as most Arabs view Ma’ale Adumim as an illegal settlement, though it is essentially a big Jerusalem suburb with a large Jewish population. Check [...]
Categories: Internet, Jerusalem, Settlements
According the the Guardian of the UK, Israel’s Prime Minister asked the Untied States to support an Israeli attack against Iranian nuclear sites. President Bush said no. One major fear expressed by the US is that Israel does not have the capacity to take out the sites in one swift attack, and that several days [...]
Categories: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, United States of America
The Jewish Agency announced Thursday how many Jews are living outside of Israel. 7.7 million Jews live around the world outside of our homeland in Israel. Additionally, 1.5 million families in North America are intermarried Jewish/non-Jewish. This inevitably leads to non-Jewish children, so the Jewish population outside of Israel is shrinking. This is not the [...]
Categories: Judaism
A group of 40 Chinese tourists left Beijing Thursday headed to Israel. This is the first group to travel to Israel under an agreement signed by Israel and China in October, 2007. Israel was added to the list of approved destinations by the Chinese government in the agreement. 40 additional tourists will head to Ben [...]
Israel-United States venture BrightSource Energy is working in California to provide clean electricity. The New York Times (and Israeli blog isRaelli) both covered the story. As oil prices rise and people begin to realize the true impact of climate change (often incorrectly called global warming), it is good to see Israelis doing their part to [...]
Categories: Environment, Natural Resources (Energy, Water), United States of America
According to a recent article by woman’s issue blog Jezebel, Tzipi Livni has to overcome sexism to become the next Prime Minister. Clearly they don’t understand Israeli politics. Jezebel quotes articles from Newsweek and Reuters that discuss Haredi communities around Israel. Because Haredi newspapers don’t feature images of women, Haredim don’t use the Internet or [...]
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