by Marcus Dysch, The Jewish Chronicle The discovery of a huge natural gas field off the coast of Haifa could secure Israel’s long-term energy security, according to experts. The 16 trillion cubic feet of gas, 80 miles away from the Jewish state under the Mediterranean,…
by Chana Ya’ar, Arutz-7 The year 2010 set a record in tourism to Israel, according to the Ministry of Tourism, with 3.45 million arrivals registered. Statistics released Monday showed 26 percent more visitors than Israel had seen a year earlier, and 14 percent more than…
by Hillel Fendel, IsraelNationalNews.com Tourism to Israel broke yet another all-time record in November, when 310,000 visitors entered the country – more than during any previous month in modern history. This was 23% more than in November of 2009, and 19% more than the same…
by Hillel Fendel, Arutz 7 Israel’s Tourism Ministry has launched a country-wide iPhone tourism application, providing immediate and updated information on sites, tours, accommodation and events in Israel. The new app, called iSrael, will find the user’s location and allow him or her to receive…
By Gayle Putrich, FlightGlobal President Barack Obama’s push to bring space exploration into the diplomatic arena has been boosted by the signing of a formal co-operation pact between NASA and the Israel Space Agency (ISA). The memorandum of understanding, signed in Washington DC by NASA…
by Israel Today The Givat Olam umbrella organization confirmed for investors in Jerusalem on Monday the discovery of a large commercially-viable oil field in central Israel. Hundreds of investors from around the world, many of them Christian Zionists, have been pouring money into Givat Olam…
by Baruch Gordon, Arutz-7 It’s taken millions of dollars to cap it, and it could take billions more to clean it up. BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is perhaps the environmental catastrophe of the century. But Tel Aviv University has a solution…
By Michael Muskal, LA Times With pressing diplomatic problems all over the Mideast, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greeted Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday for top-level talks including gefilte fish. Gefilte fish? Those pillows of fish poached in stock (think Yiddish quenelles)…
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