Israeli police located and defused a car bomb parked near a busy shopping center in Haifa. The car, located near the Lev HaMifratz shopping center, contained an estimated 100 pounds of explosives. The shopping center was struck by a scud missile during the first Gulf War in the 1990s. A main charge partially detonated leaving [...]
Haifa is the third largest city in Israel, and sits on the Mediterranean coast in Northern Israel. It is known for a busy port, a beautiful Baha’i garden, a beach, and a nice climate. The metropolitan area of Haifa is home to 1.03 million residents, a mix of Jewish and Arab citizens. Haifa is often [...]
Categories: City Focus Israel, Haifa
The Jewish and Israeli people now have some closure after the prisoner swap with Lebanon. Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Ragev have been laid to rest in Nahariya and Haifa, respectively. These funerals close a dark chapter in Israeli military history. Say a brucha for the soldiers and their families.
Categories: Haifa, Kidnapped Soldiers
Yahoo’s Israeli facility in Haifa is up and running. This is great to see. The Haifa economy took a hit in 2006 during the war with Lebanon, and this is evidence that the world is not worried about Hezbollah and Lebanon. From Information Week: Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) on Tuesday opened a lab in Israel that [...]
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