On Wednesday morning Israeli President Shimon Peres delivered a speech during an awards ceremony for the Council for a Beautiful Israel held at his residence. President Peres asked the participants to stand for a moment of silence in memory of the six IDF soldiers who perished in the helicopter crash in Romania, and he spoke about [...]

The black box of the “Yasur” (CH-53) helicopter that crashed was found in the crash site. Examination of the box will shed the light on the circumstances that led to the accident. The box was found by Romanian rescue teams. The accident took place on Monday night. On Tuesday afternoon, all seven men who were on board [...]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman. Jordanian media reported that the two leaders discussed ways to move the peace process forward based on the two-state solution. According to the report, the two also discussed moves which could lead to an optimistic atmosphere between Israel and the Palestinians in a [...]

A senior US envoy warned the Palestinian president that he must move quickly to direct talks with Israel if he wants President Barack Obama’s help in setting up a Palestinian state, according to an internal Palestinian document obtained by The Associated Press on Monday. US Envoy George Mitchell told Abbas he should seize the fleeting opportunity [...]

Settlers held rallies at about 15 major Judea and Samaria junctions Monday night to protest earlier demolitions. Hundreds of rightist activists took part in the protest, dubbed “mutual responsibility.” The protestors prayed at the junctions and some of them proceeded to block roads. The settlers said they held the demonstrations “to protest Ehud Barak’s brutal acts of [...]

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday during a tour of the West Bank’s Jewish communities that “we are determined to return life to its proper course as of September.” In a visit in the Bruchin community Lieberman added, “We are not going to change demographics but if the community develops there shouldn’t be a big deal [...]

Yigal Amir, assassin of late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabinm, has filed a petition with the Petah Tikva District in a motion to be allowed out of solitary confinement. Amir noted in his motion that he wishes to pray in a minyan towards the High Holy Days. He added that he was being kept in solitary confinement [...]

Thousands of passengers, including hundreds of Israelis, are stranded in Greece due to a workers’ strike at the Athens airport. The local air controllers are demanding an improvement in their employment terms. Passengers on El Al flight 543 from Athens, which was scheduled to land in Tel Aviv on Sunday afternoon, have been waiting at the [...]

Israel transferred NIS 50 million (roughly $ 13 million) to banks in the Gaza Strip for salary payments, it was reported in the Political-Security Cabinet meeting. Banks in the Strip are suffering a cash shortage following an increase in trade which was made possible due to blockade easements. It was further reported that an additional NIS [...]

Noam Shalit, father of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, met with Defense Minister Ehud Barak in his office in Jerusalem. After the meeting was concluded, the campaign for Shalit’s release stated there were no new developments. Noam Shalit is slated to meet Wednesday afternoon with MKs Miri Regev and Shaul Mofaz. (Source: Ynet)