Danny Gillerman, Israel's outgoing ambassador to the UN, says that UNIFIL soldiers assigned to maintain the cease-fire that ended the Second Lebanon War are not carrying out their mandate and are potentially laying the groundwork for another round of violence between Israel and Hizbullah. 07/25/08
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IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, on his first official visit to Washington, warned Thursday that Israel would not rule out any course of action regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions. "We are all united in the view that Iran needs to be prevented from obtaining a nuclear weapon,” he declared adding that all options remain on the table. During his visit, Operation Brimstone, a massive naval exercise off the US coast is currently underway with 15,000 naval personnel from the US, France, Brazil, the United Kingdom flexing their war fighting capabilities. 07/24/08
The Latrun trappist monastery overlooks the road to Jerusalem and is located 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of Ramla. The Trappist or Cistercian monks who live in the monastery spend their days in study and prayers, and also work the olive groves, vegetable gardens and make wine. 07/24/08
Reports Thursday that the government intends to establish a new community in the Jordan Valley and has approved the construction of new housing units, generated headlines bound to irritate the US Administration who requested that Israel freeze all settlement activity. The community is Maskiot located in the north Jordan Valley. Dubi Tal, head of the Jordan Valley regional council, told Infolive.tv the community was established in 1982, and doesn't understand what all the fuss is about.07/24/08
A special series on Infolive.tv. People from all walks of life and origins, speak to Infolive.tv about how they feel as an Israeli, and what Israel means to them. 07/24/08
US Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived at the Western Wall on Thursday in the last stop on his 36 hour visit to Israel. Arriving at 5 am, Obama donned a white skull-cap and met with the Western Wall rabbi, Samuel Rabinowitz, who explained to him the historic and religious significance of the place. He then placed a note in the Wall's stones and read a chapter from the Book of Psalms. 07/24/08
Recently Israeli intelligence services have registered a dramatic increase in Israeli-Arab and Palestinian interest in international jihad organizations. Young men are radicalized through involvement in Islamic study circles and Islamic Internet websites - the same process which has radicalized Muslim communities in Europe and throughout the world. Thus Israel, which has been exposed to local terrorist organizations since its creation, is now being introduced to the global jihad. 07/24/08
U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Israel late Tuesday, facing a full schedule of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders after pledging to work for peace in the Middle-East as soon as he takes office. 07/23/08
Just a day after a Palestinian terrorist rammed his bulldozer onto a busy Jerusalem street injuring 18 people, U.S. Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama, arrived to Israel for a brief but meaningful visit. Both Israelis and Palestinians are closely watching Obama's every move, as both sides seek to clarify the stance of the U.S. presidential candidate on key issues in the region. 07/23/08
Tuesday's terror attack in Jerusalem has not only raised tensions in the capital but threatens to harm the co-existance of the city's residents, whether secular or ultra orthodox Jews, or residents of east Jerusalem or Israeli Arabs.07/23/08
Tuesday was a regular week day just like any other. But we live in the Middle East where within a split second reality changes. Within the space of hours the events went from planned rallies for the release of Gilad Schalit, peace talks between President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, to a terror attack in the heart of Jerusalem that occurred just meters from the King David Hotel where Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama will stay during his visit. 07/23/08
An Palestinian terrorist was shot dead in Jerusalem on Tuesday after injuring at least 16 people in the second bulldozer attack in Jerusalem this month. Tuesday's attack appears to be a copy of the July 2nd attack in which a Palestinian terrorist killed 3 people and wounded 30 others when he drove a bulldozer onto a busy Jerusalem street. 07/22/08
Footage taken at the site of Tuesday's terror attack shows the Bulldozer terrorist being shot by Yaakov Asahel, a father of nine and grandfather of six from the Hebron Hills. Seconds after Yaakov shot the terrorist, a Border Police Officer shoots the terrorist to ensure he is dead. 07/22/08
Over 15,000 naval personnel from four countries are participating in a Joint Task Force Exercise dubbed "Operation Brimstone", that is underway in North Carolina and off the eastern U.S. coast from Virginia to Florida. The nine day exercise began Monday and includes special forces from France, Brazil and the United Kingdom. 07/22/08
The recent murder of eight yeshiva students by an Arab resident of Jerusalem brought to the forefront the issue concerning the status of the Arab population who live in Jerusalem. Avi Melamed a former adiviser on Arab Affairs in the Jerusalem Municipality discusses the issue with Olivier Rafowicz, CEO of Infolive.tv. 03/13/08
A tractor driver from east Jerusalem was shot dead after he attempted to run over civilians near the entrance to Jerusalem's Liberty Bell Garden on Keren Hayessod Road. Eleven civilians were wounded. A gag order imposed in the afternoon prevents any identifying details of the terrorist from being published. 07/22/08
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