Google Israel Seeks to Inspire Working Mothers
Google’s Campus TLV in Tel Aviv hopes to inspire more women entrepreneurs with its new Campus for Moms program. Having run two successful courses already, other Google campuses worldwide are looking to follow suit. The Google Campus “is a hub for entrepreneurs and developers located in the heart of the startup nation.” It is a […]
PA Chief Negotiator Rejects Extending Peace Talks
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat announced that it will not take part in U.S. brokered peace negotiations with Israel beyond April. The United States has been attempting to extend peace talks beyond its April deadline after nine months of talks. Erekat told AFP that “There is no meaning to prolonging the negotiation, even for one […]
Israel: A Look Back in a Facebook Movie
Watch this creative take on the birth of the modern State of Israel through the lens of Facebook.
Archaeologists Uncover 3,200-year-old Silver Earrings in Israel
ABEL BETH MAACAH – A hoard of silver dating back to the time of the Biblical Exodus, was discovered by American and Israeli archaeologists last summer at Abel Beth Maacah, a 35-acre tel and the northernmost site in Israel. Among the artifacts discovered were five complete silver hoop earrings, three silver earring fragments, three ingots […]
Amnesty International Accuses Israel of War Crimes
According to a new report published by Amnesty International, “Israeli forces have displayed a callous disregard for human life by killing dozens of Palestinian civilians, including children, in the occupied West Bank over the past three years with near total impunity.” The report, called “Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank,” accuses […]
Hamas: Teaching Human Rights is Against Palestinian, Islamic Culture
Palestinian schoolchildren in the Gaza Strip have been denied the opportunity to learn about human rights after the Hamas government determined that such a subject “dangerously contravenes Palestinian and Islamic culture.” Hamas’s announcement came in response to an attempt by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to include a course on human rights […]
Drastic Activity Increase of Israeli Submarine Fleet
The Israeli Navy is typically mum on its activities. In a shocking reveal this week, the Israeli Navy admitted that most of its submarine fleet has been active and operational for the first time in years. According to data presented by the Navy, 58 percent of the amount of time Israeli submarines spent at sea […]
Hezbollah Vows Revenge Against “Zionist Enemy”
After an unusual silence from Hezbollah, the terrorist organization based out of Lebanon confirmed that it was indeed attacked by an Israeli airstrike. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television network broadcasted a statement that vowed revenge on Israel, calling the airstrike an attack on the whole of Lebanon. “The resistance will choose the right time and place to […]
Presbyterian Church Leaders Visit SodaStream on Fact-Finding Mission
The Presbyterian Church has been known for its support of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) within Israel, having voted in 2012 to boycott companies, such as Ahava and HaDikalim, producing products within Judea and Samaria. More recently, the Israel Palestine Mission Network, a working group under the Presbyterian Church’s administrative umbrella, published a pamphlet called […]
Hamas Denounces UN Textbooks: “Contaminates The Minds of Our Students”
JERUSALEM – “There is a tremendous focus on the peaceful resistance as the only tool to achieve freedom and independence,” Motesem al-Minawi, spokesman of the Hamas Education Ministry, complained about the latest UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) textbooks for high school students in Gaza. Earlier this month, Hamas called on Gaza’s teachers not to use […]