Cable car in Jerusalem New means of transportation to allow tourists, visitors easier access to capital’s ancient sites jn1.tv The city of Jerusalem plans to build a cable car system that will allow tourists and visitors easier access to the city’s ancient sites. One of the lines would provide service between the Dung Gate near the Western Wall and the Mount of Olives, while the second would provide service between Dung Gate and the Khan Theater.
Ryan Jones In an article published in a local Israeli newspaper around the time of Israel’s 65th Independence Day, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Har-Noy puzzled over the fact that there are still so many Bible-believing Jews who refuse to celebrate the Jewish state’s modern rebirth. “Perhaps these dear Jews missed the words of Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik in his wonderful speech ‘Kol Dodi Dofek’ (The Voice…
Soldiers of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (AFP Photo / Atta Kenare) Iran will deploy 4,000 Revolutionary Guards to Syria to bolster Damascus against a mostly Sunni-led insurgency, media reported. Meanwhile, US F-16s and Patriots will stay in Jordan – speculatively, to help establish a no-fly zone to aid Syrian rebels. The deployment of the first several-thousand strong military contingent was reported by The Independent on…
Ryan Jones Earlier this week, the US government warned Americans to steer clear of Israel’s northern Golan Heights. Now the United Nations is cautioning that neighboring Syria’s ongoing civil war is likely to spill over the border. “US citizens are advised to defer non-essential travel…
Their applications for tax-exempt status are routed to an antiterrorism unit. By Eliana Johnson Applications of pro-Israel groups for tax-exempt status are routinely routed to an antiterrorism unit within the Internal Revenue Service for additional screening, according to the testimony of a Cincinnati-based IRS agent.…
Reuters / Bernadett Szabo The FDA is warning that implanted medical devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators, are often connected to networks that are vulnerable to cyber attacks that could shut down or manipulate the machinery. Hackers with malicious intentions could introduce malware into the…
Cone-shaped structure was apparently built on dry land some 6,000 years ago, resembles early European burial sites By Asher Zeiger The underwater structure discovered in the Sea of Galilee (photo credit: Professor Shmuel Marco, Tel Aviv University) A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University…
By Aryeh Savir Tazpit News Agency There has been a considerable increase in the theft of cattle by Arabs from the Israeli farmers of Judea and Samaria. Early Thursday morning an attempt to steal cattle at Mitzpe Danny, in Benyamin, was thwarted. The intruders cut…
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