http://www.financeisrael.mof.gov.il/FinanceIsrael/Pages/En/News/20111225.aspx Ministry of Finance The Israeli economy continued to withstand the global economic crisis in 2011, which turned to be an important year for the Israeli economy also due to key socio-economic issues receiving more attention The following article summarizes key events and developments over the last year in the Ministry of Finance and the [...]

Defense Ministry orders the cancellation of the sale of advanced intelligence equipment to Turkey. Elad Benari The Defense Ministry has ordered Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems Ltd. to cancel the sale of advanced intelligence equipment to Turkey, Channel 10 News reported on Thursday. According to the report the canceled deal, which was signed in [...]

Graves belonging to Jews who fought for the British Army in World War I have been found in a Gaza cemetery. Elad Benari Graves belonging to Jews were recently found in a cemetery in Gaza, according to a Channel 10 News report on Wednesday. According to the report, the cemetery in question is the British [...]

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought” Straight from the Jerusalem Boardroom #158 1. Apple made its first Israeli acquisition, Anobit, for $400MN (Globes business daily, December 21, 2011). Apple will establish, in Israel, its first R&D outside the USA (Globes, Dec. 15). 2. The American CHS consortium acquired Israel’s Solbar for $133MN (Globes, Dec. 15). [...]

JewishPress http://www.jewishpress.com/news/second-stage-of-shalit-prisoner-release-complete/2011/12/19 At 10pm on Sunday, 509 Palestinian security convicts were released in the second phase of a massive prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel in exchange for captured soldier Gilad Shalit. Shalit was held for over five years by the terror group Hamas, who agreed to release him in exchange for a list [...]

Vandalism at the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery in Jerusalem was documented on video. Perpetrator sentenced to 3 months. Yoni Kempinski An incident of cemetery vandalism at the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery in Jerusalem was documented on video on November 29, 2011. The Arab perpetrator, who was consequently found guilty due to the video [...]

JewishPress http://www.jewishpress.com/news/idf-razes-buildings-at-mitzpe-yitzhar/2011/12/15 IDF troops tore down two buildings in the small Mitzpe Yitzhar neighborhood early Thursday morning. Forces included hundreds of IDF soldiers, police officers, and members of the Civil Administration. Local residents did not resist. Activists and supporters of the community attempted to reach the small enclave adjacent to Yitzhar in Samaria overnight in [...]

Technion Institute’s Professor Dan Schechtman received the Nobel Prize Saturday night in Stockholm from the King of Sweden. Chana Ya’ar Israel’s Professor Dan Schechtman was honored Saturday night by King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, who awarded a gold medal to the Technion Institute researcher, part of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in a ceremony [...]

Arabs Infiltrate Itamar, Beat Shepherds and Soldiers David Lev Arabs from the village of Akraba infiltrated an agricultural area in the town of Itamar on Thursday morning. The Arabs came looking for a fight – equipped with metal bars and sticks, stones and other items. The entered an area where some Jewish residents of the [...]

Deputy Mayor of Afula: “Mothers come to me and cry that their 12 and 13 year olds have moved into Arab villages.” Arutz Sheva A growing number of young Jewish girls are marrying Arabs, according to Dr. Boris Yudis, deputy mayor of the northern town of Afula. Yudis was interviewed for a report on intermarriage [...]