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Israel / News Briefs / The Environment

Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety Unveils Plan to Reduce Car Use by Half

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The goal is to persuade Israelis to do much more walking and cycling, and to take the bus and train when traveling.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Tesla Expected to Hit Israeli Roads, Launching in 2020

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The car’s starting price is expected to be around $72,300 (about NIS 250,000).

Terrorism / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Terrorist Opens Fire on Passing Cars

By Jewish Press News Desk

One of the drivers managed to shoot back at the terrorist.

Israel / News Briefs

Lag B'Omer Fires in UN Compound

By Jewish Press News Desk

Nine cars caught fire in the UN compound in Jerusalem, according to a report in Times of Israel. In the Armon HaNatziv neighborhood, firefighting crews battled the fire inside the UN compound that burned up between four to nine cars. The fire department believes the fires were started by sparks from bonfires in a nearby […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli Input Drives New Chinese Car

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“Made in Israel” won’t appear anywhere in the new Chinese Qoros sedan, but blue and white brains are under the hood. Israel Corp, which is also behind an electric car, holds 51 percent of Qoros.

Terrorism / News Briefs

One Injured Near Karmei Tzur

By Jewish Press News Desk

One person was injured, and a few cars and buses were damaged by Arab rock throwing near Karmei Tzur on Highway 60. The victim was treated by an IDF medical crew for a head injury at Karmei Tzur.  

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Thieves Steal IAF F-16 Engines

By Jewish Press News Desk

F-16 engines, worth millions of shekels, were stolen from an Air Force base in central Israel, according to Walla. Unlike previous incidents on IDF bases which included jeeps (in May) and large amounts of ammunition (in February) being stolen, this time there were no holes in the fence. It is suspected that the thieves had inside […]

Potpourri

Ride To Forever

By Chava Adams

The taxi driver was old and rather shriveled, with a crop of white hair fringing his head. Ah, I recognize this one, I thought with relief, hurrying to open the door. If I recall correctly, he knows Lakewood. You would think that a taxi driver, being that his/her job is, well, driving, and being that the town they are driving in is, well, Lakewood…

Travel

The Height of Beauty

By S. Y. Einhorn

As the cold weather settles upon us, snow and ice become our constant companions. Although it is often uncomfortable, both snow and ice are not always associated with freezing weather. In the Alps, which are located in various European countries, snow and ice can be found throughout the year in breathtaking forms.

News Briefs / Settlements

Today’s Incidents in Judea and Samaria

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Arabs from Isawiya in east Jerusalem rioted near the Har Hatsofim Hospital, on Mt. Scopus. The rioters threw stones at security forces, blocked the road and shot fireworks at the hospital compound. Spokesperson for the Border Police stated that the Border Police on site kept the rioters away, opened the blocked road and responded with […]

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Natural Gas in Israel - the Promise of Energy Independence

By Moshe Herman

Yishai is joined by Tamir Druz, the CEO of Israel CNG to discuss massive natural gas fields recently discovered in Israel. They talk about the discovery of the fields along with the potential uses for clean natural gas including its use in cars and buses throughout Israel.

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Islamists

Fuel Tanker Explodes in Saudi Arabian Capital, Killing 10

By Malkah Fleisher

A fuel tanker which slammed into a bridge at a busy intersection in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killed 10 people and injured at least 50 on Wednesday.

NY / News Briefs

New York Under Water

By Jewish Press Staff

As of early Tuesday morning, there are numerous reports of residents trapped in their homes facing the high waters that submerged many parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the Rockaways. The Fire Department is forced to reach those trapped by boat.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists

Jordan: We Stopped an al-Qaeda Plot against Western Diplomats and Commerce

By Jewish Press Staff

The Jordanian General Intelligence Department has foiled a major terrorist plot which was in the planning and preliminary stages, according to the Petra news agency. The plot, by a group of 11 terrorists associated with Al Qaeda, was designed to target and carry out attacks against vital targets in Jordan including shopping centers, residential areas, diplomats and foreign nationals.

Blogs

Even Without Shai Agassi, Better Place Offers a Great Deal

By Brian of London

On Monday, electric car company Better Place announced that Shai Agassi, up to now the face and driving force behind Better Place, was stepping back from his CEO rôle and would continue on as a member of the board and major shareholder. Evan Thornley, Better Place’s CEO in Australia, is stepping up to the global rôle. The news seemed to come out of the blue.

News Briefs

Maaleh Shomron Terrorists Caught

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF arrested three terrorists who were shooting at cars from Maaleh Shomron (near Ginot Shomron), as first reported by JewishPress.com. The three terrorists were from the nearby Arab village of Azun, and were shooting at the Maaleh Shomron cars with an AK-47 that the IDF also captured at the same time. It's not known at this […]

News Briefs

Shooting Attack on Road 55 (Maaleh Shomron)

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

At least two cars were shot at on Road 55 near Maaleh Shomron on Saturday night. One car was shot at on the curve leading into Maaleh Shomron. The shots were also heard by the guards at the Maaleh Shomron entrance. The marks on that car seemed to indicate the weapon used in the attack […]

Israel / News Briefs

Leap In Number of Tel Aviv Bicyclers

By Malkah Fleisher

More residents of Tel Aviv are taking to the streets to enjoy the fresh air and health benefits associated with bicycling than ever before.

News Briefs

Massive Rock Throwing Near Ofra - One Injured

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

On Thursday evening Arabs launched a massive rock attack on Israeli cars driving on Highway 60, near Ofra. Numerous cars were damaged and one Israeli was injured. MDA services treated the injured Israeli on the spot and then evacuated him to a hospital. IDF forces are searching the area for the rock throwers.

News Briefs

US Seizes $150 Million of Hezbollah Funds

By JTA

U.S. authorities announced the seizure of $150 million allegedly linked to a money-laundering scheme by the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. The Lebanese Canadian Bank and other unidentified institutions sent nearly $330 million to the United States between 2007 and 2011 to finance the purchase of used cars that were shipped to West Africa, according to […]

News Briefs

Shootout and Chase in Eilat

By Jewish Press News Desk

During an armed robbery overnight at the La Casa restaurant in Eilat, two policemen who arrived at the scene had their guns taken away by the thieves. The thieves then fled the scene, hijacked a taxi. Three addditional police cars began chasing them through the streets of Eilat. During the chase, policemen managed to shoot […]

News Briefs

Two Injured From Arab Rock Throwing

By Jewish Press News Desk

In an Arab rock throwing incident Sunday morning near Michmas in the Binyamin region, three cars were damaged and two Israelis were injured. One of the injured was treated on site, the second was transported to Hadassah-Har Tzofim hospital for treatment.

Potpourri

Before Color Photographs

By Lois Greene Stone

Horses and buggies? Gas lights on streets? Did my mother grow up in the Dark Ages of History? She told me about living in buildings without elevators, where no apartment had its own bathroom. Years later I decided it was like my college dorm in the 1950's when I had to climb stairs to my room on the 4th floor, and a bathroom with showers was at the end of each floor’s hallway; no big deal.

Business/Finance / SciTech

Is It A Car? Is It A Network? No -- It’s Both

By Brian of London

If Israeli electric car company, Better Place, only gave the world an electric car that could switch an empty battery for a full one in five minutes that would have been enough! But Better Place is also the key to making renewable energy production practical all over the world. Dai aynu!

News Briefs

Israeli Police Arrest 5 Suspected of Rock Attacks

By Jewish Press Staff

The individuals were members of the 'Milad Ayyish Battalion'.

Serials

Getzlight - Chapter I

By Ruchama Feuerman

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