The Bible – Road Map to Israel’s Oil

December 3, 2006

Oil spurted from a drilling site north of the Dead Sea recently. Drilling partners, Ginko Oil Exploration and Lapidot (20%) estimate they have about 6.5 million barrels of crude oil, worth about US $300 million. The oil was struck at a 1,800 meter-depth (5,906 feet). It is a small quantity by world standards, providing 100 to 150 barrels per day. Number one producer Saudi Arabia produces nine million barrels a day, but Eli Tannenbaum, geologist for Ginko, said there are signs that larger amounts of crude are nearby.

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Israeli Invention Fights Bio-terrorism

December 3, 2006

Anthrax unleashed into the ventilation system of a shopping mall or convention center is a terrorist ploy, which can produce mayhem, chaos, and death. An Israeli inventor has produced a detector, which he believes will save lives.

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2000-Year-Old Olive Press Discovered During the War

December 3, 2006

Haifa was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons during the war with Hizbullah. The region was peppered with Katyusha rockets and towns like Kiryat Shmona became household names because of television coverage of the bombing and destruction. One miracle to emerge from the war was the preservation of archaeological sites and the discovery of a new one.

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Choose Islam or Death

December 3, 2006

Muslim religious leaders in Gaza warned Pope Benedict XVI that he must “accept” Islam if he wants to live in peace. A previously unknown group, calling itself the Huda (“guidance”) Army Organization, threatened to kill all Christians in the Gaza Strip. “We will target all crusaders in the Gaza Strip,” the group announced by leaflet. The group also threatened to attack churches and Christian-owned institutions and homes and to strike with an iron fist all those who defend the crusaders.

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Recycled Glass Roads

December 3, 2006

A Technion-Israel Institute of Technology team has discovered a new use for recycled glass. In September, after 18 months of research, 20 tons of ground-up waste glass was mixed with 400 tons of asphalt to compose the upper layer of a road in Haifa. Glass smaller than 15mm (0.6 inches) and 6mm (0.24 inches) was tested, with no significant difference. Up to 10% of the mixtures can be glass.

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Medicine’s Magic Wand

December 3, 2006

A new radiation-free, portable device invented in Israel claims to supply instant, non-invasive diagnoses of a wide variety of illnesses. It was invented by Dr. Alex Kanevsky, a former Russian immigrant Israeli physician.

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Changes Ahead for Temple Mount?

December 3, 2006

In October, Jordan’s King Abdullah announced that a fifth minaret would be constructed on the eastern wall of the Temple Mount near the Golden Gate. Shortly thereafter, MK Uri Ariel, a member of the Knesset (Parliament), unveiled his plan to build a synagogue on the Temple Mount. Both plans were published in Israel’s newspapers the same week.

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Axis of Evil

December 3, 2006

In January 2002, when President Bush first identified the Axis of Evil nations and the threat they pose to the world order, most of the world’s Western and democratic nations were united in their desire to stop them. Now, only a few years later, most of those same nations seem united in a spirit of complacency and inactivity against the Axis of Evil. This trend has and continues to allow these nations to build up and arm themselves with some of the most deadly weapons known to man. Growing Islamic fanaticism only fans the fire for these nations to use them against Allah’s enemies. A current investigation of some of these Axis of Evil nations shows that Israel and the world could be in for prophetic times ahead.

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Tom and Jerry Were Zionists!

December 3, 2006

Iranian TV has discovered a catastrophe greater than nuclear weapons. It’s Disney! The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has given those of us outside Iran the shattering news that Tom and Jerry were Zionists.

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If Coins Could Only Speak

December 3, 2006

Most of us go through a stage when we collect coins. Quite a few make a great career of it. Israel has some interesting coins to make any collection sparkle.

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Touching Hearts and Lives

December 3, 2006

The war is over, but its legacy goes on. As we drove through northern Israel, a visible trail of destruction reminded me that despite the sun and breathtaking mountain views, all was not well in the Land. There were forests of burnt trees standing like dead men in a world of ashes. But deeper than this, there were many whose livelihoods had been, and are still, plunged into turmoil, as families struggle to make a living on an uncertain economic rollercoaster. And, of course, there are those who have lost loved ones, and their lives will never be the same.

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I want a better life: “This is the thought that never left my mind”

December 3, 2006

“This is the thought that never left my mind,” writes Natalya as she tells us her story of how she made aliyah (immigration to Israel). Life in Ukraine was hard for her and her husband. Sometimes they “had only bread and water to live on and went on foot to work, as there was not money for public transport fees.” They had no money to pay for utilities, and their debt grew. There was no money for home repair, so after ten years, “our apartment looked like a shed.” Proper food and new clothes were like a “far off dream” for them. “I went mad,” she said whenever she thought of ways to improve their life, because there were no options.

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