• 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...
• Iran has enough uranium for three nuclear devices
Iran has accelerated its nuclear program and currently possesses a sufficient supply of enriched uranium to make three nuclear devices, assuming it speeds up enrichment to 90 percent, according to a new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The report was presented ahead of a discussion by the IAEA board of...
• Israel Prepares for Holiday Season, Remembers Tragedies of Past
Jews in Israel and around the world are preparing for the upcoming High Holy days, which begin Wednesday night (Sept. 8) with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah and culminate at the beginning of October. In Israel, it is a time for celebration but also a time to reflect on attacks that terrorists have carried out in the past to...
• Ahmadinejad: Israeli attack would mean its own demise
Iran's president said Sunday that any Israeli attack against his nation would mean the destruction of the Jewish state. The two nations have exchanged numerous threats and warnings in the confrontation over Iran's nuclear program, which Israel, the United States and other countries believe is aimed at developing weapons, despite...
• Anti-bacterial textiles to save lives
The same bacteria that make your sweaty socks smell are responsible for some 1.7 million hospital-associated infections in the US alone. An Israeli antibacterial fabric may offer a solution. What makes sweaty socks smell? It's not the moisture; it's the bacteria that grow in the damp fabric. If you could alter or banish those microbes...
• Forecasts predict this winter will be the driest in 6 years
Forecasts for the first part of the coming winter are exceedingly grim, Water Authority head Prof. Uri Shani told the audience at the Water Corporations Conference in Airport City on Sunday. “Right now, we could be looking at a harder year than any we’ve seen so far [in six years of drought]. Whoever thought that we were in dire straits...
• IDF shows Hizbullah removing arms from exploded home
New video footage released by the IDF on Sunday of a home in southern Lebanon where a Hizbullah arms cache accidentally exploded on Friday shows people removing long-range rockets from the structure and transferring them to alternative storage centers. The home, in the southern Lebanese village of Shehabiyeh, exploded...
• Lieberman explains: Abbas on shaky ground
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman continued to second-guess direct peace talks Monday morning after the Palestinian Authority blasted his recent comments as an impediment to peace. "Aside from the enthusiastic party there must be someone who cools down and lowers expectations," he told Israel Radio's morning...
