Archive for March, 2016

UN: Jordan Valley land reclassification harmful to two-state solution

UN: Jordan Valley land reclassification harmful to two-state solution

The reclassification concludes a study by the Civil Administration into the ownership of the property, much of which was already assumed to be state land.… Read More ›

Russian envoy reassures Israel over pullout from Syria

Russian envoy reassures Israel over pullout from Syria

Rivlin in Moscow to discuss Geneva talks with Putin; Eisenkot: We didn’t know Russia’s plans in advance   Israeli officials are consulting with Moscow over… Read More ›

Israel Navy developing new command and control system

Israel Navy developing new command and control system

New system will bring sea-based firepower into the heart of any future conflict.   The Israel Navy is developing a new command and control system… Read More ›

Erekat: Palestinians would lose most if French peace push failed

Erekat: Palestinians would lose most if French peace push failed

“I can’t say that there is a French initiative, yet we are prepared to work with France, int’l community to ensure success of the idea… Read More ›

Stun grenade thrown into Palestinian elementary school

Stun grenade thrown into Palestinian elementary school

Residents say an army jeep pulled up, and a group of soldiers lobbed the device over the fence; IDF is investigating the incident   Israeli… Read More ›

The government has a ‘nuclear’ option in Apple fight: demand source code

The government has a ‘nuclear’ option in Apple fight: demand source code

  The latest filing in the legal war between the planet’s most powerful government and its most valuable company gave one indication of how the… Read More ›

Valeant is getting crushed after cutting its revenue guidance

Valeant is getting crushed after cutting its revenue guidance

  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. cut its revenue forecast for the year by about 12%, or $1.5 billion, citing slower growth in its US dermatology,… Read More ›

JEFFERIES: The perfect market storm has passed

JEFFERIES: The perfect market storm has passed

What a difference a few months make. 2016 began with a series of stock routs in China and a collapse in oil prices to below… Read More ›

London – New Virtual Reality App Timelooper Takes You Back In History

London – New Virtual Reality App Timelooper Takes You Back In History

  London – Imagine watching frantic shopkeepers busily extinguish the Great Fire of London, or sheltering from Nazi bombing raids during the Blitz. Now, thanks… Read More ›

New York – Study Questions Impact Of NYC Students’ Weight Report Cards

New York – Study Questions Impact Of NYC Students’ Weight Report Cards

New York – When New York City public schools began giving students report cards on their weight a decade ago, officials hoped the information would… Read More ›

Syria – Red-Berd ISIS Leader Al-Shishani Killed From US Strike Share Tweet Share Mail

Syria – Red-Berd ISIS Leader Al-Shishani Killed From US Strike Share Tweet Share Mail

  Syria – A top Islamic State commander and feared ethnic Chechen jihadi fighter Omar al-Shishani has died of wounds suffered in a U.S. airstrike… Read More ›

North Korea to test nuclear warhead, state media reports

North Korea to test nuclear warhead, state media reports

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered tests of a nuclear warhead in the “nearest future,” state-run news agency KCNA said Tuesday. According to… Read More ›

Mike Durant: More than just the ‘Black Hawk Down’ guy

Mike Durant: More than just the ‘Black Hawk Down’ guy

Huntsville, Alabama – “I can hear them coming … they are on their way and they are going to kill me.” Sitting in the cockpit of… Read More ›

Car explodes in Berlin; driver killed

Car explodes in Berlin; driver killed

One man died when an explosive device went off in a car Tuesday morning in Berlin, police said. The blast occurred around 8 a.m. (3… Read More ›

Knives found on 2 Palestinian women trying to enter Jerusalem

Knives found on 2 Palestinian women trying to enter Jerusalem

Residents of West Bank town of Abu Dis confess to planning stabbing attack, police say   Border Police officers and Military Police troops discovered several… Read More ›

Girl, 17, arrested with knife at West Bank junction

Girl, 17, arrested with knife at West Bank junction

Border Police had advance intelligence of planned stabbing at site which has been terror attack target   Border Police on Tuesday arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian… Read More ›

Police launch manhunt after stabbing attempt in Tel Aviv

Police launch manhunt after stabbing attempt in Tel Aviv

Suspect drives away after pulling knife on soldier outside Sde Dov military airfield; soldier escapes without injury   A soldier narrowly escaped a stabbing attempt… Read More ›

Attorney general to support relocating terrorists’ families within West Bank

Attorney general to support relocating terrorists’ families within West Bank

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit expected to approve forced relocation of terrorists’ families within the West Bank, arguing that expulsions to Gaza or Syria proposed by… Read More ›

Iran says missiles for self defense, tests do not violate nuclear deal

Iran says missiles for self defense, tests do not violate nuclear deal

Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif says the missiles tested last week would never be used in aggression; the US vows to continue pushing for UN Secuity… Read More ›

Russian begins pullout from Syria

Russian begins pullout from Syria

A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the withdrawal, images of personnel loading equipment onto transport aircraft were broadcast on Rossiya 24 TV station;… Read More ›