Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands were ranked at the top with the highest percentage of thriving people. The Palestinian Territories, which was listed as a “country,” was tied with a rank of 96th at 14% thriving, but ahead of Turkey, India and China. While the Forbes report noted that financial success was
Continue Reading »Mohammed Al-Araj, the economics minister in the first government formed after Hamas won the 2006 Palestinian legislative election, is believed to be one of the water park’s directors. Other partners are believed to be members of Palestinian political factions as well as “independent businessmen,” the British newspaper The Independent reported. Sitting on 14 dunams [3.5
Continue Reading »Despite his critique of Lebanon, Crowley mentioned repeatedly the need to gather more information to fully understand what happened. The incident occurred as Israel was engaging in what Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich called routine maintenance work done “on a regular basis” on the Israeli side of the border. She then
Continue Reading »He did not directly answer which was worse, citing potential, unintended consequences for each of the two scenarios. Mullen expressed the hope that other means short of military action, such as sanctions, would stop Iran’s nuclear drive. While noting that military activity against Iran is an “important option” that’s “well understood,” he also said of
Continue Reading »Full diplomatic relations between Israel and these two countries were only established in 1992. The export to the United States in the first half of 2010 was valued at US $5.7 billion. “First, this could be part of the global economic crisis. This has been a bad year for Europe so they are importing less,
Continue Reading »Lieutenant Colonel Dov Harari, 45, who commanded the IDF force, was killed in the skirmish, and 30-year-old reservist Captain Ezra Lakia was seriously injured. Two Lebanese soldiers and a local reporter were also killed. Israeli army officials believe the Lebanese force was operating under a company commander whose decision to open fire on the IDF
Continue Reading »The Jerusalem Post said the statement by Islamic Jihad to return to West Bank terror was in response to Israeli air strikes in Gaza, which in turn were in response to rocket attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip.
Continue Reading »“The Palestinians have used this as a sort of whip to say if we do not move ahead towards the two-state solution, then we will move ahead towards a one-state solution and everything will be lost for Israel by sheer force of democracy,” Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies at the Institute of Policy and
Continue Reading »The expected cooperation is part of Israel's process of drawing conclusions following the Goldstone Report, which accused the Israel Defense Forces of committing war crimes in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. Following his conversation with Ban on Monday, Netanyahu said that “Israel has nothing to hide. Quite the opposite. The State of Israel's national interest
Continue Reading »Israel's long history of coping with terror and formidable road accidents has prepared the country to deal with the worst, says Gila Hyams, who heads the Teaching Center for Trauma Mass Casualty Situations at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel. She and her team travel the world teaching medical staff and response teams how to deal
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