Postcard from Eilat

Put on your sunglasses and escape the winter blues, as you tour Israel’s southermost city, Eilat, with Shalom Sesame!
Worst Oil Spill in Israeli History Floods Eilat Nature Reserve

In what is being called the worst oil spill in Israeli History, millions of liters of crude oil were leaked into the Evrona nature reserve near the Israeli-Jordanian border just north of Eilat.
Rockets Hit Eilat Capping Off Violent Day in Israel

Late Monday evening, a rocket fired by Gaza-based terrorists set off Red Alert sirens in the southern city of Eilat.
IDF Deploys Patriot Missile Defense Battery in Eilat

In anticipation of probable violence from terrorists ahead of Israel’s Memorial Day and Independence Day holidays, the IDF has deployed the Patriot missile system battery in the southern region.
Egyptian Rebels Call to Sever Peace Treaty With Israel

When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; and when the […]
Iron Dome Intercepts Missile in Eilat for the First Time

Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flieth by day (Psalms 91:5) In what is the most recent event in the continuing trend of escalating threats to Israel from the south, the Iron Dome, Israel’s impressive  anti-rocket battery, shot down a missile headed for the resort city […]
Egypt, Media Finger Israel for Sinai Terrorist Strike

And they journeyed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai (Numbers 33:15) A drone attack that killed five al-Qaeda-linked terrorists on Friday has been pinned on Israel by a number of Egyptian officials as well as the international media. If the attack was, in fact, carried out by Israel, it would mark an […]