Food Prices Soar in Israel

January 13, 2014 Groceries in Israel cost 25 percent more than the European average, according to a recent Knesset Research and Information Center report. Israelis also pay 40 percent more for dairy products and for non-alcoholic drinks than the average country in the 34-member Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Jewish Doctor Makes Free House Calls to Arab Israelis in Disputed Territories

January 8, 2014 Although Western media often presents an entirely negative picture of Jewish-Arab relations, here in Israel, the reality on the ground can often be positive. Dr. Yitzchak Glick is one Jewish doctor whose labor of love has earned him the appreciation of the Arabs.

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World’s Largest Hanukkah Menorah

December 5, 2013 What is believed to be the world’s largest Hanukkah menorah was lit last night in Tel Aviv on the eighth and final night of the holiday. Municipalities throughout Israel also lit their own public menorahs, but the Tel Aviv menorah is by far the largest.

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Rambam Hospital Builds Underground Facility

November 25, 2013 The northern Israel city of Haifa has not forgotten the repeated rocket attacks that it withstood during the 2006 Second Lebanon War. In that conflict, major municipal sites were attacked as well as private residents. Rambam Medical Center, Haifa’s main hospital, was also targeted. Rockets were fired at it for the entire month of conflict.

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Israel Hair Drive Beats Guinness World Record

November 20, 2013 Last week, Israel broke the Guinness world record for donating the most hair to cancer victims in a single drive. About 250 women donated their hair so that children with cancer can wear natural hair wigs. The record-breaking five-hour event resulted in an astonishing 117 pounds of hair, beating the previous record by 10 pounds.

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Israel Creates Arab Scholarship Program

November 6, 2013 To help increase the numbers of Arab students in disciplines in which they are underrepresented, the Israeli government has launched a scholarship program geared to help Arab students. The program, which will award 650 scholarships annually, in the amount of NIS 10,000 ($2,840), beginning with the current academic year is expected to distribute grants totaling NIS 300 million ($85 million) over the next 6 years.

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Israel’s First Bedouin Tank Commander

November 6, 2013 The first Bedouin in Israel's Armored Tank Corps just completed his training to become the first Bedouin tank commander. “The course was difficult,” 19-year-old Corporal Mustafa Tabash said. “It involved being in the field a lot, and showering once a week,” he said. “We do everything with a smile and encourage one another.” (JPost)

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Israel Releases 26 Terrorists as Part of Peace Talks Deal

November 6, 2013 Last week, Israel let go 26 more of the 104 terrorists to be released as part of the deal for peace talks, a deal brokered by US Secretary of State John Kerry. This second of the four-stage release went forward despite anguished objections by the families of the terrorists' victims.

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Israel in Prophecy: A Key End-Time Event – the Balfour Declaration

November 5, 2013 Today, some Israelis and friends of the Jewish State around the world will mark the 94th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, which is part of the fulfillment of end-time Biblical prophecy, and the amazing story of the rebirth of Israel as a nation. "Thus says the Lord God: 'Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own Land.'" (Ezekiel 37:21) The Balfour declaration (1917), which is named after Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary during the World War 1, influenced the Jewish communities of the world to believe that Great Britain would support the creation of a Jewish state in the Middle East.

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Rihanna’s Diamonds Tour Comes to Tel Aviv

October 30, 2013 In spite of pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement not to perform in Israel, over 50,000 fans of pop singer Rihanna enjoyed her music in an open-air concert at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park. Seats went for $100 apiece and up when she appeared as a part of her “Diamonds” world tour.

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