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Reuven Rivlin, the Knesset Speaker, says he believes elections will be moved ahead of the November 2013 date. Rivlin said that he believes elections will be earlier than the expected date in November of 2013. “I do not believe we will reach November 2013,” Rivlin said, “since politics can create […]
Israel’s got the defense technology. China is in the market. But Israeli defense executives are wary of getting their hands sullied again, burned once by the US looking warily over its shoulder at advanced weapon sales it forced Israel to cancel. Nevertheless, when Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff […]
Source / Courtesy: The Jerusalem Post Eighty-one congressmen, or about 20 percent of the US House of Representatives, will visit Israel over the next three weeks during Congress’s summer recess, with the first group of 26 Democrats scheduled to arrive on Monday. The Israel Factor: The Republican presidential candidates Most […]
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald The Norwegian who admitted to the Oslo bombing and Utoya island massacre that killed 77 people had traces of drugs in his blood at the time of his arrest. Samples were taken from Anders Behring Breivik after his arrest on July 22, his lawyer said […]
Scholars from different religions answer the question Question: What role does humour play in life? ABDUL RASHID is a member of the Ottawa Muslim community, the Christian-Muslim Dialogue and the Capital Region Interfaith Council. Humour is a natural human characteristic and an essential component of a complete human personality. Although […]
Pope Benedict XVI urged the international community Sunday to “revive” their search for a peace plan for Libya, saying force was not the answer. “I exhort the international organisations and those who bear political and military responsibility to revive with conviction and determination the search for a peace plan for […]
A new study has suggested that the height of a child may be determined, in part, by knowing how far apart the mom and dad were born. If the mom and dad were born in the same town, their children are slightly shorter on average than the kids of parents […]
Day after 300,000-strong protests across Israel Netanyahu warns ‘government can’t satisfy everyone’ PM announces formation of special economic team to address soaring costs of living; team includes government ministers, academics and experts from private sector. …. “We will listen to everyone,” Netanyahu said at a government meeting Sunday. “We won’t […]
The British Foreign Office has condemned Israel’s plan to build 930 new housing units in the illegal settlement of Har Homa in the southern East al-Quds (Jerusalem). “I condemn yesterday’s announcement by the Government of Israel to approve the construction of over 900 housing units which will expand significantly the […]
Israel’s Supreme Court has opened deliberations on former Israeli President Moshe Katsav’s appeal of his seven-year sentence for rape and other sexual offenses. The hearing Sunday is pivotal for Katsav, who was sentenced in March for raping an employee when he was a Cabinet minister in 1998. He was also […]
Senior doctors join more than 1,000 residents who have resigned over wages, endangering system Hundreds more residents handed in their resignations Sunday, effectively joining the 1,000 who already resigned at the end of last week. Joining the residents were also 100 specialists from Rambam Hospital in Haifa. Senior doctors at […]
…. The site added a feature where parents-to-be can include their unborn child on the list of family members on their profiles. In the family member section, the user can select “Expected: Child.” “For years, people have been using Facebook to share the joyous news of expecting a child and, […]
Source: NorthJersey.com IF YOU know a Muslim, you are sure to have heard about Ramadan and the tradition of fasting in Islam. Ramadan is the ninth and holiest month of the Islamic calendar, and it began Aug. 1 in the United States. Millions of Muslims across the country and many […]
Source: Salon On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Gallup has released a major new study on attitudes of the Muslim community in the United States, as well as views of Muslims among other religious groups. The report, which is based primarily on polling conducted in […]
Source: The New York Times HOUSTON — Standing on a stage surrounded by thousands of fellow Christians on Saturday morning, Gov. Rick Perry called on Jesus to bless and guide the nation’s military and political leaders and “those who cannot see the light in the midst of all the darkness”. […]
Source: APA Pick up the phone and hear, “Hey, what’s up?” Chances are, those few words are enough to recognize who’s speaking – perhaps unless you have dyslexia. In a surprise discovery, researchers found adults with that reading disorder also have a hard time recognizing voices. The work isn’t just […]
Source: Telegraph An entire police force of 26 officers quit their posts in a northern Mexican town after two of their colleagues were killed in an armed attack. The mass resignation follows several attacks in recent weeks on police in the town, which lies on major drug-trafficking routes to the […]
Source: NPR Salt is a delicious devil ingrained in our diets, with implications for taste and health. Cutting back on salt is a challenge, even for the youngest eaters, it turns out, because processed foods contain so much of the stuff. In fact, as many as 70 percent of 8-month-old […]
Source: Bloomberg New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is defending his pick of a Muslim for a state judgeship, saying critics of a lawyer who represented suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are “ignorant” and “crazies”. Sohail Mohammed, 47, was sworn in July 26 as a Superior Court judge in Passaic […]
Most of the people passing along Jl. Pekojan Raya, Tambora, West Jakarta, probably do not realize about the presence of an old mosque with high historical values located at the left side of the road. The mosque is not only known as a place where Islamic teachings spread from […]