Posted By Mike Rosenthal on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
According to a survey conducted earlier this year, 55% of all Israelis have an extremely difficult time paying their mortgages.
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Most Israelis Cannot Pay Mortgages
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4.1 Earthquake Felt in Sharon and Galilee Regions of Israel
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on August 07, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Around noon today, a two to ten second long 4.1 earthquake was felt across the northern half of Israel, from Rehovot and Ashkelon to as far north as Haifa.
The earthquake’s epicenter was reported by both the Geophysical Institute and USGS to be about 20 miles west of Binyamina, in the Mediterranean Sea. Consequently, the tremor was felt by the entire coastal plain as well as the lower Galil, encompassing the Haifa, Ra’anana-Kefar Sava and Petah Tikva areas.
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Knesset Nixes Civil Marriage in Israel
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on July 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Knesset voted down a bill that would allow Israelis to choose between civil and religious marriage yesterday, sparking more controversy regarding current laws regarding marriage and divorce in the country.
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Israel Prepares for “Airtilla”
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on July 06, 2011 | Leave a Comment
In addition to the flotilla currently stuck in Greece, Israel faces the arrival of hundreds of activists arriving via plane from Europe on Friday in an aerial equivalent of the maritime flotilla. In response, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli Police and security establishment to prepare for any incidents stemming from the mass arrivals.
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Trust-Busting Or No Trust-Busting, That Is The Question
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
A few months ago, a bill was submitted to the Knesset that would potentially weaken the hold of monopolies on different sectors of the economy. The bill is up for debate and experts are divided as to the results.
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Israel extends “State of Emergency” status over ice cream
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment
In a strange move, the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense declared a “state of emergency” at the cabinet’s request yesterday. The reason was even stranger: In order to ensure government control over ice cream production and tickets to theatrical performances.
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Knesset to Debate Bill That Would Apply Israeli Law to Settlements
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment
A potential bombshell of a bill will be debated on Sunday in the Knesset – one that would apply Israeli law to West Bank Settlements currently subject to military law and make all future cosntruction freeze and evacuations impossible. It would also strip Defense Minister Ehud Barak of the ability to authorize and prohibit construction in Jude and Samaria as any construction would be then subject to the Ministry of Housing like construction projects within the Green Line.
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IDF Helps Palestinian Woman in Labor Give Birth
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on February 08, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Shirin Muhammad Salamin, a 27 year old woman from a Palestinian village south of Jericho is happy but exhausted as she recuperates from giving birth to a son in the Hadassah-Ein Kerem maternity ward in Jerusalem, as her experience was quite different from the typical Israeli.
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Herzl’s Essential Christian Support Recognized in London
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on February 03, 2011 | Leave a Comment
This week a previously unknown contributor to the Zionist cause and Theodor Herzl received his long overdue recognition in London. Rev. William Henry Hechler, a English tutor living in Vienna in the late 1890s, a close friend of Archduke Frederick I of Baden and tutor to his children, read Herzl’s work and viewed it as complimentary to his own religious beliefs.
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Right-wing Knesset Member to Head Probe into Left-wing NGOs
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
An initiative proposed by the Yisrael Beiteinu party to investigate where Leftist Human Rights NGOs are receiving their funding from has taken form and will be headed by Michael Ben-Ari, one of the National Union representatives in the Knesset.
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