There are now 7,465,000 people living in Israel, the central bureau of statistics reported on Wednesday. The figure represents a rise of 1.8 percent over last year.
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Events are fast pushing Israel toward a pre-emptive military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, probably by next spring. That strike could well fail. Or it could succeed at the price of oil at $300 a barrel, a Middle East war, and American servicemen caught in between. So why is the Obama administration doing everything it […] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday the time had come for tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, but the European Union believes such a move is best left until after negotiations. At the moment we’re looking towards the possibility of a meeting between the Iranians and the 3+3 (U.S., Russia, China, […] Vladmir Putin on warned against the use of force or new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, according to the Russian prime minister’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Full Story… At least two Katyusha rockets struck open fields near Nahariya on Friday. There have been no reports of casualties. The rockets were fired from southern Lebanon and Israel Radio has reported that the Israel Defense Forces have launched retaliatory artillery into southern Lebanon.
More… In yesterday’s edition of the Rapture Report we discussed the mysterious 10 hour "disappearance" of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. As you will recall the PM’s office refused to list his whereabouts despite numerous media inquiries. Finally, the PM’s office released a statement that the PM had been on "tour" of military facilities with two high […] Just a day after Iran presented world powers with a proposal for new talks, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Teheran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), suggested on Thursday that any negotiations with Western powers would not address the Islamic republic’s nuclear program, according to a report carried by Iran’s state-run al-Alam television station cited […] Settler leaders plan to step up their fight against a planned freeze of construction in West Bank settlements, including a sit-down protest in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home later this month. Read more…. TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) — Israeli stocks rose for a third day, with strength in Israel Chemicals offset by continued weakness among the real estate stocks. Full Story… Hamas on Sunday warned Arab states to be wary of Israel’s proposal to temporarily halt settlement construction in exchange for normalization of ties, describing it as a "dangerous equation". Full Story… |
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