Israeli scientists help fight fatal disease in Arab infants Discovery of Beduin gene may be key to anemia breakthrough The intensive medical treatment that premature infants receive often saves their lives. But along with the good comes the bad – many of these delicate infants eventually suffer from anemia, because of the frequency that blood […]

Jerusalem police raised the level of security in the city on Wednesday due a terror attack alert in the capital. Roadblocks have been placed in central Jerusalem and at entrances to the city. A level of alert was also in place at the Erez crossing, in the northern Gaza Strip, due to threats of militants’ […]

The holiday of Purim begins on Saturday night in most of the world, and on Sunday night in Jerusalem. Several other cities, such as Tiberias, will c elebrate aspects of Purim on both days. The holiday of Purim begins on Saturday night in most of the world, and on Sunday night in Jerusalem. Several other […]

DENVER, March 2 — The sign in front of Lovingway United Pentecostal Church reads, “Jews killed the Lord Jesus,” a passage from a letter written by Paul the apostle some 1,900 years ago.Underneath the quote is the single word, ” Settled!”, an unequivocal statement reflecting a highly-charged and very contemporary concern — that a new […]

A report by the New Yorker credits Israel with intercepting coded communication between Pakistan and Iran leading to the exposure of the international black market for nuclear-weapons material. \x{201C}Israeli signals-intelligence agency, known as Unit 8200, broke a sophisticated Iranian code and began monitoring communications that included talk between Iran and Pakistan about Iran\x{2019}s burgeoning nuclear-weapons […]

Hebrew University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation Were it not for the cruel fate of actor Christopher Reeve, who was paralyzed in a fall from a horse in 1995, it’s questionable whether scientists seeking ways to restore movement to victims of paralysis would be getting the considerable attention they are these days. But Reeve has […]

Construction of new homes and apartments was down 8% throughout Israel last year – but in Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha), it rose by 35%. The numbers released today by the Central Bureau of Statistics show that the number of homes started last year was less than 29,700 – the lowest number since 1989. The […]

IDF Chief of Staff Yaalon, Shabak Head Dichter, and Intelligence Chief Farkash are just some of the top defense sources featured in a full-page ad warning of the dangers of Ariel Sharon’s planned unilateral withdrawal. The ad, published by the < a target="_blank" href="http://www.myesha.org.il/default.asp?lang=E" class="wntu"> Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, includes […]

ROME, Feb. 29 (JTA) — Just a few weeks before Passover, a real and potentially devastating plague of locusts may be hitting the Red Sea coast and other parts of the Middle East and Africa. In a warning issued last week, the Rome-based U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said a locust outbreak is “in progress […]

In an alarming development, IDF troops uncovered a terrorist cell made up of two 13-year-olds as well as a 14-year-old who were in the midst of planning a terror attack. The three had left letters for their parents about their decision to become ‘martyrs’. The three young terrorists were on their way to carry out […]