During meeting in Jordan Israel presented, for the first time, its principles regarding the borders of a future Palestinian state. Elad Benari Israel presented this week, for the first time, its principles regarding the borders of a future Palestinian state. The borders were presented during Wednesday’s meeting in Jordan between attorney Yitzchak Molcho and the [...]

Muslim Brotherhood’s party has 47% of votes, Salafi party has 25%. Gil Ronen Islamist parties won a large majority of the votes in Egypt’s election to parliament, held Saturday. The Head of the Election Committee said that the Freedom and Justice party, which represents the Muslim Brothers in Egypt, received 47% of the total vote, [...]

The Fogel family will hold a memorial that will be open to the public at the Yeshurun synagogue. Gavriel Queenann A memorial marking eleven months since the massacre of five members of the Fogel family in Itamar will be held next Thursday at the Yeshurun ​​Synagogue in Jerusalem. The five victims – Ehud, 36, Ruth, [...]

Civil Administration and police forces raid the outpost of Oz Tzion, demolish a family home. Mitzpe Avichai also raided. Elad Benari Civil Administration and police forces demolished a family home in the outpost of Oz Tzion, near Givat Assaf late, late Wednesday evening, the Tazpit agency reported. According to the report, the two tractors which [...]

Jewish Population In Yesha Set to Pass 350,000 in 2012 The Jewish population in Judea and Samaria soared to 342,000 last year, a yearly increase of 4.3 percent. For 2012, 350,000 an easy mark. Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu The Jewish population in Judea and Samaria soared to 342,414 last year, a yearly increase of 4.3 percent, [...]

7 Israelis Rescued From Wrecked Cruise Ship At least seven Israelis are among those rescued from a luxury cruise ship that ran aground and sank near Italy’s Giglio island. Chana Ya’ar At least seven Israelis are among those rescued from a luxury cruise ship that ran aground on an sandbar and is now sinking near the [...]

Uniformed IDF Soldiers Visit Temple Mount For the first time in a decade, uniformed soldiers were permitted to ascend the Temple Mount. Elad Benari For the first time in a decade, Israeli soldiers in uniforms ascended to the Temple Mount this week and toured the Al Aqsa Mosque. The tour for the uniformed soldiers was [...]

Dr. Aaron Lerner Source: Makor Rishon The following is a comparison of data for the IDF draft of December 2011 for Samaria (“settlers”) to the national average: Percentage of males drafted into IDF: Samaria 81.2% National 74.8% Of those males drafted in December 2011, percentage drafted into combat roles: Samaria 67.1% National 39.5% Percentage of [...]

LOOKING FOWARD TO TOURISM IN 2012: IN THE YEAR 2011, 3.4 MILLION VISITORS ARRIVED IN ISRAEL – DESPITE THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE GEO POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE AREA, THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VISITORS EVER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2010 3.4 million visitors arrived in Israel in the year 2011 – 2% [...]

In a twist, Israel’s Matrix is acquiring a U.S. startup – and hopefully in time to prevent the next round of credit card theft. TechIsrael Staff It came a bit late to prevent the latest breach of internet security in Israel – the swiping of 15,000 names and passwords of Israeli credit car users – [...]