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Israel / The Environment

4.3 Earthquake Shakes Eilat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Elections, storm, pandemic and now earthquakes...

Headline / IDF & Security

NATO Recognizes Israel as Key Medical Assistance Partner

By Yaakov Lappin

The announcement comes after joint drill where NATO vessels simulated medical emergencies at sea with the Israeli Navy.

Syria / Iran / Lebanon / Hezbollah / Iraq

Syria Opens Border Crossing with Iraq, Will Serve an Iranian Bridge to Lebanon

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The upgraded Albukamal crossing is expected to serve as an Iranian land bridge through Iraq to Syria and from there to Lebanon, posing a new threat to Israel’s security.

Featured / IDF & Security / Travel / Weather

Israel Navy Rescues Drifting French Sailor

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The sailor, Jean Francois Colas, 60, was taken to an Israeli hospital in Ashdod for further treatment.

Featured / Israel / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Haifa U Presents Earliest Proof of Marine Agriculture 3,500 Years Ago

By JNi.Media

The size of the fish indicated a transition to marine agriculture: as of 3,500 years ago, they were down to "plate size," about one pound in weight and 15 inches in length.

Israel / Travel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Six Goose-Beaked Whales Spotted on Israel's Northern Shoreline

By JNi.Media

"We saw a rare thing: the whales were in a restive state and swam in a group of six, when they are usually a reclusive species."

Government / Science and Tech

Israel to Offset 5-Year Drought with New Desalination Plants

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The plan will include the expansion of pipelines for use in agriculture, and is intended to help Israel to rehabilitate dried-up rivers.

Israel / Politics / Gaza / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Egypt

Gaza Businessmen to Meet with Egyptians on Improving Economic Situation

By JNi.Media

According to Human Rights Watch, the Egyptian authorities demolished at least 3,255 residential, commercial, administrative, and community buildings along the border, forcibly evicting thousands of people.

IDF & Security / Russia / News Briefs / Politics / Syria

Russian Armada Enters Mediterranean En Route to Syria

By JNi.Media

Russia’s Defense Minister noted that the fact that "certain countries" refused to let his ships dock in their ports did not hinder the mission.

Photo of the Day

Ancient Acco [photos]

By Photo of the Day

Acco is one of the oldest cities in the world.

IDF & Security / Syria / US / Politics / UK / News Briefs / Russia

Escalation: Russian Aircraft Carrier Headed for the Mediterranean

By JNi.Media

Once in the Mediterranean, the Kuznetsov will take up position off the coast of Syria for four to five months, possibly using its complement of 20 MIG 29, 12 SU-33, and Kamov helicopters to carry out airstrikes.

Israel / History / News Briefs / Archaeology

Fisherman’s House Discovered on Ashkelon Beach

By JNi.Media

As part of a project being led by the IAA and aimed at educating young people about their past, dozens of boys and girls were engaged in the challenging work of unearthing the coastal city’s past.

Israel / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Google under Attack for Deleting Palestine from Maps App

By JNi.Media

A search for "Palestine" in Google Maps does yield a proper reference to the entity, but with a blank map of Israel, with the areas of Gaza, Judea and Samaria marked with a broken borderline but not mentioned by name.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah / Rockets from Gaza

Report: Terrorists Tried to Attack Israeli Gas Rig during War in Gaza

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A security official told a Knesset committee the attack during Operation Protective Edge missed its objective of blowing up the rig.

Israel / News Briefs / Local

Sharks Circles Surfer Off Ashdod Coast

By Jewish Press News Desk

The surfer got back to shore and saw there had been two sharks circling him.

News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / ISIS

ISIS Sign Displayed in Arab-Israel City East of Netanya

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Arabs retain "freedom of expression" while Jews trying to pray on the Temple Mount are considered guilty of "incitement."

Terrorism / Analysis / Israel / Global / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt / ISIS

Analysis: ISIS Will Go Down to Defeat in Egypt

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel, like the non-radical Islamic world. will be happy see the ISIS beheaded for once.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Hamas Fires 3 Test Rockets

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas fired three test rockets on Friday into the Mediterranean Sea.

Travel / News Briefs

Tel Aviv Beach Season Opens

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tel Aviv beaches officially opened on Tuesday under the supervision of life guards and with the city distributing chess and checker board games for the beach crowd. There even will be a portable library for readers, and wireless Internet is available. Tel Aviv expects 9 million visitors before the official season ends on October 12. […]

Israel / News Briefs / Gulf States / UAE

HarperCollins Bows to Gulf States and Eliminates Israel in Textbooks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

HarperCollins is doing exactly what the Palestinian Authority is doing – creating fiction so that it might become a fact.

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology

Centuries before Hanukkah: Remains of 8,000-Year Old Olive Oil Found in Galilee

By Jewish Press Staff

“This is the earliest evidence of the use of olive oil in the country, and perhaps the entire Mediterranean basin."

Photo of the Day

The Old Man and the Sea

By Photo of the Day

I couldn't help myself after I saw the photo above. The context is that on Tuesday, PM Netanyahu and Yair Lapid were in Southern Ashdod laying a cornerstone for a new seaport.

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology

‘Sunken Treasure Chest’ of Ancient Pottery found in Woman’s Basement

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Hello, Israel Antiquities Authority? Look, I am cleaning out my basement and there is a whole bunch of pottery and other stuff here that my family of fishermen left me. Maybe you guys want the junk so my grandchildren can see it in the future?” That is not a direct quote, but is closer to […]

Israel / News Briefs

Official Winter Forecast Indicates Kinneret May Reach Flood Level

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It has been more than 20 years since the dam at the Kinneret had to be opened to prevent flooding. Thanks to desalinated water, the flood gates may have to be opened again this year.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Air Force Drone Crashes South of Tel Aviv Coast

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Israeli Air Force drone crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast south of Tel Aviv Tuesday, the second drone crash in three months. The Navy picked located the debris of the Hermes 450 UAV and brought it experts to analyze the reason for the malfunction, which probably was in the engine, according to […]

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / US / Global / News Briefs / Islamists

US to Question Al Qaeda Suspect Terrorist on Ship in Mediterranean

By Jewish Press News Desk

American authorities said Monday they will question an Al Qaeda terrorist,  re-captured in Tripoli over the weekend, while he is on a Navy ship in the Mediterranean Sea and without reading him his rights, making it impossible to use the information at a trial. If the terrorist, Abu Anas al-Libi, reveals the same information after […]

Israel / News Briefs

Shark Attacks Fish Pond Worker

By Jewish Press News Desk

A shark attacked a fish pond worker at the port city of Ashdod Sunday and bit off part of his hand before he was rescued and rushed to a hospital in Tel Aviv., where his is recovering from moderate wounds. The man, described to be in his late 20s, was working in fish cages when […]

Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

New Israeli Oil Find near Gaza Could Drive Hamas, Abbas into War

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel may have struck it rich twice – once with indications of oil off the southern coast and twice with the prospect of Hamas and Abbas fighting it out over probable claims to the Israeli discovery.

IDF & Security / Syria / US / News Briefs

Israeli-US Missile Test Spikes Tensions (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A joint US-Israel missile launch is not such a big deal - unless it comes when Obama plans an attack on Syria. If the test was designed to scare the dickens out of everyone, it was a huge success.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / Lebanon

Photos of Damage from Missile Attack on Northern Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Photos show property damage from a missile the exploded at a kibbutz in the north Thursday. A miracle saved people from injuries.

IDF Blog

Trading In Maryland for the Mediterranean

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

It is not everyday that a young man from Potomac, Maryland travels for tens of thousands of miles to join the Israel Navy.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs

Rebels Claim Israel Bombed Russian-Made Anti-Ship Missiles

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Syrian rebels have implicitly fingered Israel for the bombing of Russian-made Yakhont anti-ship missiles near the Syrian port of Latakia last week, a bombing that the Assad regime has blamed on a group linked with Al Qaeda terrorists. It was not the FSA [Free Syrian Army] that targeted this," the rebels’ army spokesman Qassem Saadeddine […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

F-16 Breaks Up in Mid-Air near Gaza, Pilot and Navigator Rescued

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Drama off the Gaza coast: The pilot and navigator of an F-16i training jet were rescued from sea one after after their plane's engine died and broke up on Sunday.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Turkey

Israeli Air Force Shoots Down Hezbollah Drone

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hizbullah is playing games again – war games. It is dragging Lebanon into the Syrian war by fighting rebels. Today, the Air Force downed a drone flying towards Israel, presumably sent by Hizbullah.

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Archaeology

Hamas Bulldozes UN Heritage Site for Terrorist Training Grounds

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

After Israel threw out Jews from Gaza and gave greenhouses to the Palestinian Authority to prosper, the PA turned them into terror training camps. Now Hamas does the same at a World Heritage site.

Blogs

Confronting the Unpleasant Truth about Two States

By Vic Rosenthal

Survival of a Jewish state requires both geographical and demographic domination of the area between the river and the sea

Photo of the Day

The 'Back to the Ocean' Movement

By Jewish Press Staff

Odelia, a 100 lbs. loggerhead sea turtle, makes her way back to the Mediterranean Sea after her release at Palmachim beach, near the city of Rishon Lezion last Thursday. Odelia, was cast to shore on Palmahim beach and found by Odelia from kibbutz Palmahim. Since then she has been treated by the medical clinic of […]

Serials

Getzlight - Chapter I

By Ruchama Feuerman

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