- Arson used as terrorist waepon against Israel
- Jun 3 '13 The article below was originally published by the Algemeiner and deals with the use of arson as terrorist weapon in the Jerusalem area. In other parts of Israel however, arson attacks are on the rise too. Last Saturday for example arson caused a huge fire in the area of the city of Ramot on the Golan Heights. The fire eventually reached the…
- Unique pictures of snow in Jerusalem
- Jan 10 '13 Israel experienced extreme winter weather this week. This caused a record rise in the level of the Sea of Galilee, Israel’s main fresh water basin. The lake has been severely depleted since the last wet winter in 2003. Now the level of the lake has already risen by more than…
- Catherine Ashton and the facts about Pisqat Ze’ev and Ramot
- Nov 10 '12 On Thursday EU high commissioner Catherine Ashton issued a statement in which she condemned the issuing of tenders for some 1200 new housing units in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Pisqat Ze’ev and Ramot. Ashton labeled these neighborhoods ‘settlements’ and called them ‘illegal under international law’. She furthermore claimed that…
- Seven things you and the EU should know about Gilo
- Oct 3 '11 A new international outcry about the latest building plan in Jerusalem has led to a mini crisis in German Israeli relations. Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly called Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in order to criticize a building plan in the Gilo neighborhood. Last week the plan received initial approval…
- Why the EU erred in the latest Ramat Shlomo building row
- Aug 14 '11 EU commissioner Catherine Ashton erred when she said that the Ramat Shlomo building plan in Jerusalem is threatening the two state solution. http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=233558 Ashton apparently never looked at the map of Jerusalem or read about past negotiations between Israel and the PA. Ramat Shlomo is a Jerusalem neighborhood just…
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