by Tom Mountain Reject the lexicon of media-speak. In 1984, while living and working in Jerusalem and utilizing the services of the Government Press Office – which served as the primary source of information for foreign journalists in Israel – I distinctly recall that there were more than a few characters in the foreign press […]

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) The Netanyahu government’s choice for U.S. Ambassador is Dr. Michael Oren, who favors Israel withdrawing unilaterally from most of Judea and Samaria and razing most settlements. Speaking to the conservative JINSA institute earlier this year, Oren said he expected the Obama administration to use pressure on Israel to get Jerusalem to […]

by IsraelNN staff (IsraelNN.com) Israeli scientists working with Zenith Solar have discovered a way to harvest 50 percent of the sun’s radiation, compared with the standard 10 percent. The technology has been put into use in the creation of the world’s first commercial thermal-electric solar farm, located in Kibbutz Yavne in southern Israel.

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) According to a classified intelligence assessment handed to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama and his senior advisors wish to “incrementally diminish U.S. strategic cooperation with Israel.” A report in World Tribune quoted an Israeli source familiar with the intelligence assessment who said that “Obama wants to make friends […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) The People of Israel, born more than 3,500 years ago, began celebrating their modern country’s 61st year of independence Tuesday night. Celebrations began immediately after Israel concluded Remembrance Day for thousands who gave up their lives for the nearly six million Jews living in the Jewish state today. Twelve torches […]

His Majesty King Abdullah II King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Eli E. Hertz During the king’s recent visit to the U.S. he touched on the following: • Israel will face war within 18 months if it does not come to terms with the Arab demands • The establishment of a new Palestinian state […]

by IsraelNN staff (IsraelNN.com) Michael Levin, born and raised in Pennsylvania in the United States, came to Israel alone as a young man in order to realize his lifelong dream of serving in the Israeli army. He joined an elite paratrooper unit and fought in some of the IDF’s toughest battles. On August 1, 2006, […]

Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST It is a strange situation when Egypt and Jordan feel it necessary to defend Israel against American criticism. But this is the situation in which we find ourselves today. Last Friday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee that Arab support for Israel’s […]

Talk about one picture being worth a THOUSAND words. Is the world just plain stupid? An interesting questionnaire for Palestinian Advocates By Yashiko Sagamori If you are so sure that ” Palestine ” , the country, goes back through most of recorded history,” I expect you to be able to answer a few basic questions […]

by Yehudah Lev Kay (IsraelNN.com) Members of the U.S. Congress are worried by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s backpedaling on the issue of aid to a future Palestinian Authority (PA) government that would include Hamas. In her initial and widely publicized testimony, the Secretary of State told the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee last […]