Based on recovered body parts, the Bulgarian government has released a composite computer generated photo of the suicide bomber who murdered five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver on July 18 at the Burgas international airport. Dozens of others were wounded in the attack, including three who were critically injured. The image, released Wednesday,
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has written his first letter to his Israeli counterpart, responding to one sent by President Shimon Peres. The letter maintained a cordial tone similar to that of Peres, thanking the Israeli president for his Ramadan greetings. Morsi then pointedly said that he is looking forward to Egypt helping to
Teams from the Consumer Protection Division of the Palestinian Authority’s National Economy Ministry destroyed during the first week of Ramadan close to 75 tons of expired products, spoiled products and products that are prohibited from being marketed because they were made in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron). The National Economy
The Justice and Development Organization for Human Rights in Egypt has called to release Gaza from under the rule of Hamas, which violently seized power in a 2007 coup. The organization released a statement on Monday in the city of Minya, in which it argued that Hamas is an illegal entity and is the
In what appears to be another expression of the strengthening of Islam under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood, Channel 2 News reported on Sunday of a new initiative in Egypt which encourages “sharia tourism.” The new project, initiated by local businessmen, is directed at the religious sector in Egypt and allows it to
Terrorists who attacked workers at the Sinai border fence, murdering one, had hoped to infiltrate Israel and slaughter Jewish families. The terror group had already picked its target: the town of Nitzana, near the Israel-Egypt border. The Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group behind the June 18 attack revealed its full plan in a video published online.
The Italian Olympic team at the London Olympic Games made a noble gesture Sunday and stood in silence outside the quarters of the Israeli team, in memory of the 11 athletes slain in the Munich Olympics 40 years ago, Voice of Israel radio reported Sunday. About 30 Italians were present at the ceremony, including
President Barack Obama’s national security adviser has briefed Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a U.S. contingency plan to attack Iran should diplomacy fail to curb its nuclear program, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday. The Haaretz newspaper said that the U.S. adviser - Thomas Donilon - had described the plan in talks with
Knesset Member Professor Aryeh Eldad is proposing that Israel “cut up and move” the Al Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount "when the third Temple will be built." The MK, referred to the time of the Messiah, when the Third Holy Temple, or the Beit HaMikdash HaShlishi, as it is called in Hebrew, will
An Islamic Jihadi group based in Egypt’s Sinai has posted a video showing it carried out a cross-border attack in June, killing one Israeli at a border barrier construction site and raising doubts over Egypt’s security control over the desert peninsula. Since the overthrow of U.S.-aligned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, the
