Posts Tagged: Shimon Peres
Different Coalition Possibilities Considered as 19th Israeli Knesset Inaugurated
Israel's new 120-member Knesset was sworn in Tuesday two weeks after the country's parliamentary election. "The public's eyes are on you, members of Knesset, in the...
Peres in Knesset Opening Speech: Israel’s Enemies Should Not be “Mistaken About Our Abilities Both Overt and Covert”
Israeli President Shimon Peres opened the 19th Knesset today with a warning: "I recommend to our enemies not to be mistaken about our abilities both...
In Knesset Opening Ceremony, New Members Sworn In, Record Number of Women
The 120 members of the 19th Knesset were sworn in Tuesday in an opening ceremony presided over by Labor's Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, the senior-most MK...
EU Commission Pledges More Than 1 Billion Euros to Brain Project Israeli Scientists Are Participating In
The European Union has selected the Human Brain Project, in which the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is participating, as one of two Future and Emerging...
Obama: I Will Only Visit Israel if I See Diplomatic Progress
Times of Israel - US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he would be happy to visit Israel during his second term, but...
Peres: “I Stand in Awe” of Warsaw Ghetto Fighters
The President of the State of Israel, President Shimon Peres, took part in a ceremony to commemorate 70 years since the outbreak of the Warsaw...
Jerusalem Blanketed by Heaviest Snowfall in Two Decades (PHOTOS)
Jerusalemites woke up to a world of white on Thursday morning, as the city experienced its heaviest snowfall since 1992, Israel Hayom reported. Jerusalem municipal official...
Bayit Yehudi: Don’t Blow This Opportunity
Over 20 years ago, I published a booklet titled Religious Extremism: A Threat to the Future of the Jewish People, which was translated into...
Fatah Incites Terror on Facebook to Celebrate Anniversary
As Fatah celebrates its 48th anniversary it has taken the opportunity to incite terror against Israel. According to Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian political party has...
Ignorance, Hypocrisy and Double Standards
I was more saddened than angered when I learned that the North American Board of Trustees of the Union for Reform Judaism condemned Israel's plans...
Not So Random Questions, Facts, and Observations about Gaza and Israel
If foes in Mexico - drug cartels, for instance - were firing rockets and missiles into an area roughly covering 25% of the United States this...
Hamas Releases Video Showing Rapid Rocket Fire from Gaza (VIDEO)
New video released by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, purports to show the terrorist group launching rockets from Gaza into southern Israel. The...
Israeli President Seeks History Lesson for Ahmadinejad After UN Speech
Following the speeches Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave at the United Nations earlier this week, in which he said the state of Israel has no...
Israel’s President Sends Obama Letter of Condolence After Deadly Libyan Attack (PHOTO)
Following the deadly attack in Libya at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, where U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed, along with 3 other staff members,...
