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Factbox: Strait of Hormuz: the world’s most important oil artery
(Reuters) – Iran’s ambassador to Britain warned against escalating tensions on Sunday, a day ahead of an expected response from the UK which could include fresh sanctions on Tehran or other steps after its seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker. Britain has called the capture of the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz on …
Israel is the only country in the world killing Iranians, senior Israeli minister boasts – Israel News
Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi said on Sunday morning that “Israel is the only country in the world that has been killing Iranians for two years now.” Speaking in an interview with Kan Bet radio about escalating tensions with Tehran, Hanegbi added that Israel “strikes the Iranians hundreds of times in Syria, sometimes admits …
Israel mosque find: Archaeologists unearth 1,200-year-old ruins in desert
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The mosque was found in the Israeli Bedouin town of Rahat in the Negev desert One of the world’s earliest known mosques, built around 1,200 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists in Israel’s Negev Desert. The remains, dating from the 7th or 8th century, were found in the …
Israelis call for education minister to resign over gay conversion remarks | World news
Hundreds of demonstrators have called on Israel’s new education minister to resign after the far-right politician said he supported gay conversion “therapy” and had even attempted it himself. Ministers and other politicians also condemned Rafi Peretz, a former chief military rabbi who heads a religious nationalist party, who was asked by local Channel 12 news …
‘Underground terror tunnel dug from Gaza into Israel’ discovered, military says
An “underground terror tunnel dug from Gaza into Israel” was discovered in the southern part of the Gaza strip, Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday. “IDF troops just revealed an underground terror tunnel dug from Gaza into Israel,” The Israel Defense Forces tweeted on Monday. “How’d we find it? While building an underground security barrier. …
Breaking the silence about rape – Israel News
“It has been almost three years now, but there has not been even one day, when I have not been haunted by what happened,” Indian author Sohaila Abdulali recounted in an article published for an Indian women’s magazine in 1983. The article described Abdulali‘s horrific experience of being gang-raped in India at the age …
Israel preparing for possible ‘military conflagration’ with Iran, official says
Israel is preparing to potentially intervene in any possible military clash in the Gulf region as tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to escalate, a top Israeli official said Tuesday. “It should be taken into account that mistaken calculations by the (Iranian) regime…are liable to bring about a shift from the ‘gray zone’ to the …
Hebrew U, Tel Aviv, Technion among world’s top 300 universities – Israel News
The Computer Science Faculty building at Technion University in Haifa, Israel. (photo credit: BENY SHLEVICH/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS) X Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, like ours, are being forced to look for …
Egypt to Pay $500 Million Fine For Breaking Gas Deal With Israel
Workers on the Israeli Tamar gas-processing rig some 25 kilometers off the Israeli southern coast of Ashkelon. Noble Energy and Delek are the main partners in the gas field, estimated to contain 10 trillion cubic feet of gas. June 23, 2014. Photo: Moshe Shai/Flash90. JNS.org – Egypt reached a settlement with Israel on Sunday to …
Carpenter Technology and Israel Aerospace Industries Announce Collaboration to Produce Commercial Aircraft Additive Parts
Le Bourget, FRANCE, June 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today announced their collaboration to produce additively manufactured components for a serial production commercial aircraft. This collaboration will result in IAI’s first metallic additively-produced parts, which are expected to provide significant manufacturing benefits and lay the groundwork …