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Gaza-Bound Boat with Rocket Materials Intercepted

February 15, 2015 Three suspected smugglers were intercepted and arrested at sea during the attempted transfer of rocket- and mortar-making materials from Egypt to Gaza last month. The Israeli Navy and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) co-released information this past week about the January 19 incident.

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Albanian Storyteller Kadare Wins Jerusalem Prize

February 15, 2015 Every two years, the Jerusalem International Book Fair (February 8–12, 2015) brings thousands of bound stories to the Israeli capital and rewards a writer who has woven together a narrative emphasizing "the freedom of the individual in society."

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Church of England Disciplines Rev. Sizer for Anti-Semitism

February 15, 2015 The Church of England's Diocese of Guildford last Wednesday, February 11, reined in Rev. Stephen Sizer after he issued online comments blaming Israel for 9/11. “The Diocese of Guildford has demonstrated that it will not tolerate bias and prejudice from its vicars. In doing so, it has taken a courageous stand against inflammatory rhetoric promoting the kind of hatred and violence that, unfortunately, seems to be increasingly prevalent," said ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman, formally expressing gratitude to the Diocese. (SDJewishWorld.com)

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IsraAID Support Grows for Iraq’s Christians, Yazidis

February 15, 2015 With winter temperatures a very real danger to the Christian and Yazidi refugees of Northern Iraq, the Israel-based IsraAID organization has intensified its relief efforts with more than 3,000 winter items distributed this season already.

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Parasha Mishpatim (Laws): Once We Were Slaves

February 13, 2015 Since the Israelites had just been released from slavery, the first of God’s mishpatim deal with servants and slaves. “When you acquire a Jewish bondsman, for six years he shall work and in the seventh year he shall go free...” (Exodus 21:2) Several verses later, the painful experiences of the Israelites in Egypt are highlighted again, this time to create empathy for the foreigner. God commands the Israelites that foreigners be treated with kindness and respect.

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Israel Ranks Fifth in Bloomberg Innovation Index

February 8, 2015 Israel has risen dramatically to 5th place on Bloomberg’s Innovation Index, which each year compares nations on such measures as research and development performance, technical education, number of patents held and other marks of technological performance. Last year it was ranked 30th.

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Detecting Cancer With Israel’s SniffPhone

February 8, 2015 Professor Hossam Haick of Israel’s Technion in Haifa will soon see his cancer sniffing NaNose breathalyzer technology installed in mobile phones called SniffPhone. The device uses a micro-sized smell-sensitive sensor installed as an add-on on smart phones that combined with uniquely designed software is able to actually “smell” cancer and other serious diseases on a user’s breath.

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Hamas Calls for Attacks from Lebanon and Syria on Israel

February 8, 2015 On Wednesday, co-founder of Hamas called for Palestinian military groups in refugee camps throughout Lebanon and Syria who are loyal to Hamas, to attack Israel. Hamas continues to invest it resources in the next battle with Israel even while children are dying from exposure and families struggle to survive amid the rubble created in last summer’s war.

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Africa’s Largest Solar Field Built With and Modeled After Israeli Ingenuity

February 8, 2015 Gigawatt Global, an American-owned Dutch company with an extensive research & design branch in Israel, has just powered 15,000 homes and some 12 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. The 28,360 panel solar field built in the form of the African continent stands on land owned by the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, a kibbutz-type orphanage for victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

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UNHRC War Crimes Head William Schabas Quits

February 7, 2015 On Monday, more charges of blatant bias toward Israel were made against William Schabas, who resigned from his position as the head of the United Nation Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) “war crimes” probe of Israel. His resignation follows the latest revelations that he did consulting work for the PLO in 2012, a terrorist organization, supporting allegations that his bias against Israel prevents him from fairly conducting the probe.

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