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P5+1 Cuts Nuclear Deal with Iran in Geneva

November 25, 2013 Yesterday, after five days of intensive talks, an historic six-month interim deal was signed in Geneva calling for Iran to curb uranium enrichment in exchange for relief from international sanctions. Some hope that the deal will prove to be a turning point in decades of hostility between Washington and Tehran.

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New USA Network TV Series Dig Filmed in Jerusalem

November 25, 2013 A groundbreaking conspiracy series featuring archaeology in Jerusalem is set to appear in late 2014 on the USA Network in the United States, Universal Cable Productions (UCP) recently announced. The six-episode action series called “Dig” will spotlight ongoing archaeological excavations in the City of David, just south of the Temple Mount wall. “It has a kind of Indiana Jones meets ‘The Da Vinci Code’ vibe,” said Jeff Wachtel, the chief content officer for NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, which owns the USA Network. (NYT)

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Granddaughter of Hamas PM Sent to Israeli Hospital

November 25, 2013 Last week, the one-year-old granddaughter of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, who has been calling for a third Palestinian intifada (civil uprising) in Judea and Samaria, was sent to Israel to receive care at Schneider Children’s Hospital in Petah Tikva. Amal arrived at the hospital in critical condition. The young girl was suffering from a severe gastro-intestinal disorder that had impacted her nervous system, according to doctors in Gaza. (Al Ahram)

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Rambam Hospital Builds Underground Facility

November 25, 2013 The northern Israel city of Haifa has not forgotten the repeated rocket attacks that it withstood during the 2006 Second Lebanon War. In that conflict, major municipal sites were attacked as well as private residents. Rambam Medical Center, Haifa’s main hospital, was also targeted. Rockets were fired at it for the entire month of conflict.

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Israeli Builds Field Hospital in Typhoon-ravaged Philippines

November 20, 2013 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) set up a field hospital in the Philippines last Wednesday after Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the Philippines, killing 3,982; injuring 18,175; and displacing four million others, leaving them without food, shelter and water. As well, 1,602 are still missing. Since Friday, the field hospital has been treating 300 patients a day, including patients with advanced-stage cancer. The six Israeli medical and logistics experts already on the ground were joined by 148 Israeli doctors, nurses, lab technicians, soldiers and search-and-rescue workers. (IDF)

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Secret US-Iran Deal Cause for Concern

November 20, 2013 Nuclear talks designed to place restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program will resume today between Iran and the P5+1 in Geneva. It is the third round of negotiations in a month, and they are taking place nearly two weeks after an accord that would Iran's nuclear activity in exchange for the easing of sanctions was almost reached. Of the six P5+1 world powers at the last meeting—the US, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany—France alone objected when the US brought forward the deal, claiming that the terms were "too soft" on Tehran.

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Israel Hair Drive Beats Guinness World Record

November 20, 2013 Last week, Israel broke the Guinness world record for donating the most hair to cancer victims in a single drive. About 250 women donated their hair so that children with cancer can wear natural hair wigs. The record-breaking five-hour event resulted in an astonishing 117 pounds of hair, beating the previous record by 10 pounds.

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Palestinian Teen Slays Israeli Private

November 20, 2013 Last Wednesday, a newly enlisted 18-year-old Israeli soldier was stabbed repeatedly in the throat as he napped on a bus. The bus had just made a stopover at the Afula station in Israel. Most of the passengers had left the bus to stretch their legs when Eden Atias was murdered by a Palestinian youth. Passengers on the bus managed to stop the 16-year-old terrorist, but Atias died of his wounds not long afterward.

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PA Negotiators Quit Peace Talks

November 20, 2013 Last week, Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator for the peace talks, along with his fellow negotiator, Muhammad Shtayyeh, the minister in charge of the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction, resigned from peace negotiations with Israel. In response, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas rejected the resignations, asking them to continue the negotiations and re-asserted the PA commitment to the peace process. "The delegation to the talks handed in its resignation, which we have still not accepted," Abbas said. (Israel HaYom)

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1,700-Year-Old Curse Tablet Discovered

November 13, 2013 A rolled up sheet of lead inscribed in Greek with a curse was recently uncovered in excavations at the City of David, south of the Old City wall in Jerusalem. The curse is apparently linked to a legal action against the opponent of a woman named Kyrilla. The curse tablet is thought to be 1,700 years old.

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