Grooming future Nobel laureates
Aug 27, 2012
Jayalalithaa plays Santa, sponsors free trips to Jerusalem
Dec 21, 2011
Want baby Moshe to be an Indian citizen too, says his grandfather
May 27, 2011
3,400-year-old document found in Jerusalem
Jul 12, 2010
Israel police ban Jews from Jerusalem holy site
Associated Press | Thursday May 16, 2013
Israeli police have temporarily barred Israeli Jews and tourists from entering the most hotly contested Jerusalem holy site after Palestinian demonstrations.
Israeli PM criticized for installing bed on plane
Associated Press | Sunday May 12, 2013
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customized bed on a recent flight to London, officials close to the Israeli leader said.
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu to visit China to enhance ties
Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 5, 2013
"We see this visit as an excellent opportunity to establish economic ties, promote Chinese investments in Israel, encourage them to open research and development centres in Israel and invest in infrastructures," he told AFP.
US believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria: reports
Reuters | Saturday May 4, 2013
The United States believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, CNN reported on Friday, citing two unnamed US officials.
Google recognises 'Palestine' on homepage
Jerusalem | Friday May 3, 2013
Internet giant Google has recognised the Palestinians' upgraded UN status, placing the name "Palestine" on its search engine instead of "Palestinian Territories," the US company said on Friday, raising the ire of Israel.
Fire erupts at Israeli prison holding ex-president
Associated Press | Sunday April 28, 2013
Israel's prisons service says a fire has broken out at the facility where former President Moshe Katsav is serving time.
Israel airport security 'allowed to read tourists' email'
Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 25, 2013
Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion airport are legally allowed to demand access to tourists' email accounts and deny them entry if they refuse, the country's top legal official said on Wednesday.
Pentagon chief stresses Israel's right to hit Iran
Associated Press | Monday April 22, 2013
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope on Sunday for a non-military way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized Washington's willingness to let Israel decide whether and when it might strike Tehran in self-defen...
Israel's Mossad is recruiting online, wants 'creative people who love challenges'
Press Trust of India | Friday April 19, 2013
Israel's espionage agency Mossad has launched an online recruitment campaign appealing for creative people who love challenges to apply for an "interesting, out of the ordinary and dynamic job".
Israel bars Gaza runners from Bethlehem marathon
Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 18, 2013
Israel has refused to grant permission to 26 runners from the Gaza Strip to travel to the West Bank to run in the first Bethlehem marathon on April 21, officials said today.
Two rockets hit Israeli resort town of Eilat: police
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 17, 2013
At least two rockets exploded in Israel's Red Sea resort town of Eilat early on Wednesday causing no casualties but prompting the authorities to close the airport, police said.
Israel detains five women over prayer at Western Wall
Associated Press | Thursday April 11, 2013
Israeli police on Thursday detained five women at a Jerusalem holy site for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men.
Associated Press | Sunday April 7, 2013
Israel's media is reporting that the country's websites are under cyberattack, but most targeted sites do not appear to have been affected.
Israel launches air strikes on Gaza; first since truce
Reuters | Wednesday April 3, 2013
Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first such attacks since an eight-day war in November, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls the territory, and Israel's military said.
Christians mark Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday
Associated Press | Friday March 29, 2013
Hundreds of Christians streamed through the cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, hoisting wooden crosses and chanting prayers to mark the crucifixion of Jesus.
