• Israel's vast amounts of oil buried deep
Noble Energy, senior partner in Israel's promising Leviathan gas drill, has estimated that the oil reserves located under the site's gas reserves may fill up to three billion barrels.
Noble's only reservation is that the reservoir is located under a deep layer of rock, and it is unclear whether it can be fully depleted. According to the company's...
• New Israeli treatment kills HIV cells
A new treatment that destroys HIV-infected human cells without damaging healthy ones has been developed by a team of Israeli researchers. Researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem may have made a major step forward in the race against AIDS. The therapy, developed by scientists from the university's Alexander Silberman...
• Hamas: Fatah protecting enemy
Hamas threatened the Palestinian Authority Thursday after members of the organization were arrested in relation to terror attacks that killed four and injured two in the West Bank. "This criminal campaign has crossed all red lines and constitutes direct cooperation with the enemy, in the clear light of day," said Hamas spokesman Fawzi...
• Israel gearing up for ‘mother of all flotillas’
Israel is preparing for what is being described in the IDF as the “mother of all flotillas,” which could include up to 20 different ships planning to set sail for the Gaza Strip in the coming months. The flotilla is being organized by a coalition of NGOs from Europe and the United States, including a group calling itself European Jews...
• Barak signs military deal with Russia
Israel and Russia made history on Monday, signing for the first time a military agreement that will increase cooperation on combating terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, but also could lead to the sale of Israeli weaponry to the Russian military. Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his Russian counterpar
• Shalom, Saeb Erekat here
In the hottest week of the year, the hottest in a 100 years, Ramallah is on winter time. The second you cross the Qalandiya checkpoint, you have to move your clock back an hour. "It's 42.5 degrees (about 108 degrees Fahrenheit) outside right now," the taxi driver Abu Issa proudly declares, "It's never been this hot here before." So why...
• Egypt's FM: Israel as 'Jewish state' cause for concern
Israel's demand to be recognized as a Jewish state is worrying, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the al-Arabiya television network. "If the international community defines Israel as a Jewish state – such a decision should be approved by the UN," Aboul Gheit said. In the interview, Aboul Gheit equated Israel's...
• The truth about our 'partners'
About a decade ago, upon the al-Aqsa Intifada's outbreak, I participated in a CNN panel with Diana Buttu, a renowned Palestinian attorney belonging to the PLO's negotiations department. The high salary she was received for her appearances, her fluency, and the significance she attributed to Palestinian propaganda prompted me...
