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A new study conducted by the Hebrew University revealed that in the past six years, the poverty levels in Jerusalem have increased by 4%. The study further showed that among the ultra-Orthodox and Arab populations, the poverty rate has reached 70%. In 1999, the rate of poor families in Jerusalem came to 26%, whereas about two years ago, the rate had risen to 33%. Every second child in Jerusalem is defined as poor, as opposed to every third child in the rest of the country.
Continue Reading »While 2006 may not have been a particularly impressive year for aliyah [immigration to Israel] due to the war in Lebanon—to which many attribute the 9% drop in immigration figures (19,200 compared to 21,042 in 2005)—the and Nefesh B’Nefesh are still very pleased with this year’s statistics, citing a massive increase in immigration from North America and Britain.
Continue Reading »A unique building, not found anywhere else in Israel, was uncovered in an Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) excavation in Mishmar David between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The round structure, built of ashlar stones, is about 33 feet (10 meters) in diameter. The structure’s floor is paved with a multicolored mosaic decorated with geometric patterns and a palm tree motif.
Continue Reading »Israel has risen 12 places in an international listing to become the world’s 36th largest economy. So reports Globes, based on a survey by The Economist. Israel was also cited as the fifth fastest growing economy. The survey graded nations’ economies in the years 2001–2005 as compared with 20 years earlier.
Continue Reading »An Israeli company has patented a way to turn oil shale rock into high quality oil and natural gas—a project that may bring jobs to the Negev and low-cost energy to the Jewish state. The Hom Tov (Hebrew for “good heat”) process, the brainchild of A.F.S.K. Hom Tov CEO Yisrael Feldman, involves mixing the bitumen residue left over after refineries produce crude oil together with oil shale rock.
Continue Reading »We are dedicating this center spread to Yom Hashoah or Holocaust Memorial Day, which falls this year on April 15. At a time when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is asserting that the Holocaust is a Jewish myth, we believe it is vitally important to publish the truth. Thousands will be participating in a March of the Living in Poland, walking 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from Auschwitz to Birkenau, two of Hitler’s concentration camps, in remembrance of the 6 million Jews who died during the Holocaust. In Israel, at the sound of a siren, everyone will stop to observe two minutes of silence, and memorial ceremonies will take place throughout the Land.
Continue Reading »In the year-long excavation conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) at the western end of the Western Wall Plaza, a treasure trove has been uncovered. The prize includes a section of the lower aqueduct that conveyed water from Solomon’s Pools, three miles (five kilometers) southwest of Bethlehem, to the Temple Mount; a rock-hewn, plastered mikveh (place of ritual immersion); the remains of a magnificent, colonnaded street; and a covered row of shops.
Continue Reading »An Azerbaijani news Web site reported that Turkey and Israel have agreed in principle to build a water and gas pipeline system connecting the Black Sea to the port of Eilat on the Red Sea. The ambitious project involves the building of oil, gas, and water pipelines, as well as electricity and fiber optic cables, as part of a seabed pipeline system in the eastern Mediterranean. Passing through Turkey and bypassing Syria and Lebanon—countries which are hostile to Israel—the pipeline will reach the Israeli port of Ashdod, where an existing pipeline terminates at Eilat.
Continue Reading »When the police use dogs to sniff for explosives or drugs, they are taking advantage of the complex structure of a dog’s nose. Dogs have hundreds of millions of tiny fibers in their noses, and these fibers contain receptors that identify substances. The large number of fibers and the way they are arranged in the nasal cavity forms a large internal field that enables very high sensitivity, even to low concentrations of substances.
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Fatah: “Our strategy is not to leave the Islamic alliance [Iran] alone against the enemy. All Palestinian organizations will work together in shooting rockets, suicide bomb attacks, and other steps and actions decided closely.”
––Abu Ahmed, the northern West Bank chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, military wing of Fatah, February 26, 2007
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