Israel conducts massive controlled blast
NEGEV, Israel, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Israel conducted a massive controlled explosion to calibrate instruments at seismic monitoring stations worldwide, officials said.
Israel conducts massive controlled blast
NEGEV, Israel, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Israel conducted a massive controlled explosion to calibrate instruments at seismic monitoring stations worldwide, officials said.
Film on Israeli school nominated for Oscar
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- An American filmmaker said he is thrilled a documentary on the lives of pupils and teachers at a Tel Aviv school received an Oscar nomination.
Report jeopardizes Israeli chief of staff
JERUSALEM, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A report by Israel's state comptroller shows several alleged improprieties that could derail the appointment of incoming Chief of Staff Maj. Gen Yoav Galant.
Psychopathy, brain damage -- common traits
HAIFA, Israel, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- People diagnosed as psychopathic have difficulty showing empathy and behave as though they are suffering frontal brain damage, Israeli researchers say.
Israel warned on Iran nuclear capabilities
JERUSALEM, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Israel's military intelligence head says sanctions against Iran's nuclear program are not working and that Iran could have nuclear weapons in one or two years.
Mob attacks al-Jazeera office
RAMALLAH, Israel, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A Palestinian mob, angry at an al-Jazeera report on concessions allegedly made to Israel, vandalized the network's office, onlookers said.
Israeli Army probes checkpoint shooting
HEBRON, West Bank, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Soldiers shot and critically wounded an Israeli Arab they thought was trying to ram a vehicle into a military checkpoint near Hebron, the army said.
Macy Gray asks fans about Israel boycott
LOS ANGELES, La., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- In a posting on her Facebook page, pop star Macy Gray has asked her fans to decide whether she should perform in Israel next month or boycott the country.
'Killer' paper could improve food safety
RAMAT-GAN, Israel, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Israeli scientists say they've tested a "killer paper" packaging material with silver nanoparticles to preserve foods by combating bacteria that cause spoilage.
Israeli defense minister quits Labor Party
JERUSALEM, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced Monday he was leaving the Labor Party to set up a new faction called Atzmaut (Independence)
Jerusalem housing units to be approved
JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A Jerusalem planning commission is expected to approve the construction of 1,400 housing units in a neighborhood on its southwestern outskirts, officials said.
Report says Israel tested nuke virus
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Israel tested the Stuxnet virus in its nuclear facility in Dimona before it was used on Iran's nuclear facilities a New York Times report said.
Germany tops in hunting Nazis, center says
JERUSALEM, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Germany for the first time received the top grade by the Simon Wiesenthal Center for its efforts to prosecute Nazi war criminals, the center said.
Thirdhand smoke may be even bigger hazard
HAIFA, Israel, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- "Thirdhand smoke," the remains of cigarette smoke that clings to surfaces, may be a bigger health hazard than previously thought, a researcher in Israel warns.
Foreign Press threatens boycott in Israel
JERUSALEM, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The Foreign Press Association in Israel has threatened a boycott after a reporter said she was asked to remove her bra during a security check.
Israel possible culprit in EU spy scandal
BRUSSELS, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- A Belgian intelligence committee's best guess is that Israel was behind an old European Union bugging scandal, a member of the panel said Tuesday.
Ultra-Orthodox women to join Israeli Army
JERUSALEM, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The Israeli Army Intelligence Corps has approved the enlistment of 10 married ultra-Orthodox Jewish women, a military official said.
Gaza violence escalates claiming victims
JERUSALEM, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- An Israeli soldier was killed, four soldiers, three foreign workers and an Israeli driver injured in a spate of incidents along the Gaza border, the army said.
Palestinian man killed in Israeli raid
HEBRON, West Bank, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A 65-year old Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Hebron to arrest wanted Hamas operatives, officials said.
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