Palestinian villagers living in desolate, off-grid areas in the West Bank have begun using Israeli-made biogas generators that supply free, clean energy by gobbling up organic waste. The portable, household “anaerobic digesters” made by Israeli start-up company HomeBioGas turn food leftovers and manure into methane for cooking and lighting. They can be taken along if…
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced his support for the Iran nuclear deal. Reid (D-Nev.) called the deal the “best way” to curtail Iran’s military ambitions, in an interview Sunday with the Washington Post. “This is the best way, the only way, to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon,” Reid said. Reid also told…
Nine Palestinians from eastern Jerusalem have been indicted for involvement in terrorist attacks against Jews, including throwing firebombs at an Israeli car and homes. The Palestinians, five adults and four minors, were indicted Sunday, though they were arrested about two weeks ago, the Shin Bet security service said in a statement. The members of the…
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak called Benjamin Netanyahu “weak” in recordings aired on an Israeli news channel. “Bibi is weak, he doesn’t…he doesn’t want to take tough steps unless he is forced to do so,” Barak said in the recordings aired on Sunday on Israel’s Channel 2. The recordings are part of series of…
Israel’s Shin Bet security service as issued restraining orders to ten right-wing Jewish activists that it believes have carried out attacks or are planning attacks against Palestinians. The extremists are banned from the West Bank for the next 10 months under the orders and are under house arrest at night. The recipients of the restraining…
The United States Embassy in Tel Aviv has warned U.S. citizens to avoid travel to Israel’s Upper Galilee and Golan Heights. The warning issued on Friday comes following the launching of rockets from Syria at Israel and Israel’s retaliation. “We urge U.S. citizens to carefully consider and possibly defer travel in the Upper Galilee area…
American Airlines announced that it will stop flying to Israel. The airline said it will halt its Philadelphia to Tel Aviv route in January because it is losing money, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. It is the only American Airlines route to Israel. The route was first inaugurated in 2009. The office of Philadelphia Mayor Michael…
A preschool in a West Bank settlement reportedly has refused to enroll a 2-year-old because her mother is not Jewish. The child is the daughter of a Jewish man and his partner, a non-Jewish woman from Kenya, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Sunday. Amit Hai Rubin has lived in the Avnei Hefetz settlement in the…
Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a striking signal of how Western ties with Iran have thawed since protesters ransacked the ambassador’s residence and burned the Union Jack nearly four years ago. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond watched the British flag being raised in the garden of the opulent 19th century building while the…
Gerald Bubis, who pioneered and shaped the field of Jewish communal service and was a passionate champion of a progressive Israel, has died. Bubis died on Friday evening at his Los Angeles home at the age of 91, following a series of lengthy illnesses. Bubis was born in Winnipeg, Canada, but as a youngster moved…
American Jewish reggae star Matisyahu sang his famous song “Jerusalem” as protesters waved Palestinian flags at a music festival in Spain. Matisyahu performed a 45-minute set early Sunday morning at the Rototom SunSplash Festival, two days after the festival apologized for canceling his performance in the face of pressure from the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and…
