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{image_1}Russia’s energy minister said his country is considering helping Syria build a nuclear reactor for producing energy. The minister made the statements as he accompanied Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on his landmark visit to Damascus. “Cooperation on atomic energy might gain new momentum,” Medvedev said in a joint press conference he held with Syrian President Bashar Assad. The curious move came as the Russian leader called for a nuclear-weapons free Middle East.
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{image_1}Hizbullah has opened a theme park glorifying its battles against Israel on a mountaintop in southern Lebanon. The launch of the tourist site was timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Israel’s unilateral pullout from Lebanon, for which Hizbullah claims credit. The site itself—at Mlita, about 20 miles [32 kilometers] north of the Israel–Lebanon border—was a secret underground Hizbullah base during the years Israeli troops patrolled southern Lebanon.
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{image_1}Syria has provided Hizbullah with a supply of M600 missiles during the past year, according to the head of research for Israel’s Military Intelligence. The Syrian copy of an Iranian design has a range of 187 miles [301 kilometers], which places Tel Aviv, Israel’s largest city, within Hizbullah’s sights. The weapon carries an explosive payload of up to one-half ton. The majority of Israel’s population is clustered within the greater Tel Aviv area.
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{image_1}Deadly violence erupted May 31 as activists on one of the boats claiming to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip attacked Israeli soldiers after they boarded the flotilla to enforce Israel’s naval blockade of Hamas-run Gaza. According to press statements from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), at least nine activists were killed in the confrontation and seven Israeli soldiers were wounded, four moderately, of which two were initially in critical condition. During the confrontation, two guns belonging to the Israeli soldiers were taken by the activists and used against the IDF.
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{image_1}Arguably, one of the least appreciated foods throughout human history has been the eggplant. Originating in the southeast Asian region that is today India and Pakistan, it was domesticated over 4,000 years ago. Since then, it has spread throughout the world and has met with a wide variety of reactions on its journey. The first written record of the eggplant comes from China about AD 500 where it is described as “the food of emperors.” The Chinese developed their own unique varieties, coming up with smaller fruited plants as well as differing shapes and colors. In the eighth and ninth centuries, the eggplant appears in the Middle East as far west as Egypt and northward into Turkey where it became exceptionally popular. The Turks alone are believed to have over 1,000 native recipes using eggplant in a wide variety of ways.
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I’m a young adult volunteer for Bridges for Peace. When asked if I would like to represent Bridges for Peace in a cycling event in Israel, I jumped at the opportunity. I love to cycle and because it would be a three-day event, it poised a challenge that I could not pass up.
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{image_1}One year after Tel Aviv celebrated its 100-year anniversary, Israel’s communal kibbutz movement—in many ways the opposite of Tel Aviv’s modern mega-city—is celebrating their 100th birthday. In March, Israel’s first kibbutz, Degania Alef, hosted the kick-off ceremony for the year’s celebrations, as they gear up for the big, national celebration of the kibbutz on October 4. While the kibbutz community’s founding principles of egalitarianism, communal living, and an agriculture-based society are by no means unique to Israel, the kibbutz movement’s role and significance in the creation of Israel’s modern state help set it apart from similar movements around the world.
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{image_1}After four years of construction, the Hurva Synagogue, in the center of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, was rededicated on March 15 and 16. Since 1977, the ruins of its destruction by the Arabs in 1948 have been marked by a single memorial arch. Now it stands again, reconstructed in its original design, both outside and inside. As previously, its 82 foot (25 meter) high dome is once again a distinctive part of the Old City’s skyline. The date of the dedication was carefully chosen—the first day of the biblical month of Nisan, the day the tabernacle was erected in the wilderness (Exod. 40).
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{image_1}Tel Aviv University scientist Professor Nathan Nelson has studied the complex structure of the pea leaf and how it manufactures its sugar energy and suggests that it may contain an unexpected source for solar energy. When crystallized and studied at high resolution, he was able to see its intricate structure in detail.
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{image_1}A white crystalline powder, TATP is a peroxide bomb detonator and an explosive of choice for airport bombers. If it had been detected in the Amsterdam airport last year, the “underwear” bomber would have been foiled much sooner. But underwear and shoe bombers beware: a technology developed by Israelis and Americans is now your nightmare.
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