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An American missile ship set to dock at Haifa Port on Monday is equipped with an anti-missile defense system that could be deployed in the region in the event of an Iranian missile attack against Israel. The USS San Jacinto is an AEGIS cruiser in the Ticonderoga Class and was commissioned in 1988. It carries the most advanced underwater surveillance system available today and is equipped with the AEGIS missile defense system, which was developed by Lockheed Martin to protect against aircraft and missiles. The ship will remain in Haifa for three days. While the IDF developed and operates the...

Did prehistoric man come from Haifa?Last update - 23:34 06/09/2007 By Fadi Eyadat The audience, the stage and the set are ready. Only the guest of honor is missing - "and everyone is waiting for him," says Prof. Mina Evron, a researcher in the Archaeology Department of the University of Haifa and the codirector of excavations at Misliya Cave, southwest of Mt. Carmel. The 'guest' that she and a team of researchers are seeking in the cave area is a skeleton that could represent early humans. "We have found everything here: large quantities of the tools they used, hand-held stone...

In October 1933, Erich and Marga Cohen leave their home in Germany on an organized trip to the Land of Israel, as Nazis' rise to power. They arrive in Haifa and travel across the country. Their daughter, Miriam Hazeh, shares the photos from that trip with Ynet readers. First part

Video: Freedom Journal Iraq 591 This edition features stories on progress in the Haifa street area of Baghdad, Iraqi police and citizens setting up checkpoints to keep out terrorists and Iraqi police conducting Operation Police Victory to clear a town of terrorists. Hosted by Spc. John Sheldon.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi and U.S. troops chased militants in and out of alleys and conducted house-to-house searches Wednesday in a central Baghdad neighborhood, a day after fierce fighting that killed 50 insurgents. An Iraqi army officer said 15 suspects had been arrested in Baghdad's troubled Haifa Street section. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns. U.S. and Iraqi forces spent the day Wednesday in a mopping up operation, trying to ensure that insurgent forces were cleared from the dangerous neighborhood. The Haifa Street region has come under attack by Americans several times in the war, only...

I got this via email from: http://gabriellegoldwater.com http://www.jerusalemonline.com/newyear.asp <<<< direct link to video   Hassan Nasrallahin a Special Videofor the New YearClick here to watch Send to your friends Ms. G. GoldwaterSwitzerland, Genevaiii44@aol.comInternet Correspondent and Commentatorhttp://www.gabriellegoldwater.com << under constructionMember of "Funding for Peace Coalition" [FPC][www.euFunding.org ]FPC REPORT EXPOSES MASSIVE CONTRADICTIONS IN EUROPEAN AID TO PALESTINIANS http://eufunding.org/FPC2004Report.pdfThe world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. --Albert Einstein To paraphrase one of the greatest moral insights of the Talmud, those who show mercy to the cruel will be cruel...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday warned all Israeli Arabs to leave the port city of Haifa so the militant group could step up attacks without fear of shedding the blood of fellow Muslims. Haifa, Israel's third-largest city, has been the frequent target of Hezbollah's rocket attacks. "I have a special message to the Arabs of Haifa, to your martyrs and to your wounded. I call on you to leave this city. I hope you do this. ... Please leave so we don't shed your blood, which is our blood," Nasrallah said. The Shiite cleric...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 8/8/06 - Sahlav, Suleiman, Kfar Giladi, Kiryat Shmona, al-Aramsha, Tarshiha, Haifa, Mrar, Aita al-Shaab, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon, Debbin, Blat, Hallaniya, Bekaa Valley, Chiah Beirut, Tyre, Masnaa, Baghdad, Sadiquiyah, Kandaksai, Kabul Israeli Response to many years of Hamas and Hizb'allah terror using Iranian/Syrian technology in 'Kofi's War' in Civilization's War on Terror. BREAKING: Somewhere in Lebanon - 'Sahlav' military post in Lebanon BREAKING: Somewhere in Lebanon - Hizb'allah terrorist Hussein Ali Suleiman in the raid that ignited the current conflict BREAKING: Somewhere in Lebanon - Israeli commando raid targets Hizb'allah "safe house" BREAKING:...

Reuters has withdrawn a second photograph and admitted that the image was doctored, following the emergence of new suspicions against images provided by the news organization. On Sunday, Reuters admitted that one of its photographers, Adnan Hajj, used software to distort an image of smoke billowing from buildings in Beirut in order to create the effect of more smoke and damage.

Dear Everybody, Yesterday was a terrible day for Israel. Losing 12 soldiers to one katyusha attack is a national tragedy for this country. For the U.S., our loss of 2,500+ soldiers is hardly noted except as a statistic. It’s not even allowable to photograph the coffins coming home. Our soldiers die almost anonymously. The average American didn’t know any of the dead, and Americans’ lives are not essentially changed by the Iraq war. But Israel is more like one big neighborhood than a country. School kids go all through school together (no constant moving around like in the U.S.), and...

I'm watching the TV pictures from Haifa and the people are speaking Arabic. Hezbollah have hit an Arab neighbourhood and I'm seeing religious Jews and Arabs, side by side, digging people out and saving lives. The TV news (Sky and Fox at least) don't know that this is an Arab building. I don't care, they are people and they are Israelis. Hezbollah are just as happy to directly kill Muslims in Israel as they are to ensure that Muslims in Lebanon are killed. Either way they are happy. I don't have the language to describe these people. Pray for a...

So, the "civilian village of Qana is responsible for the deaths of Israelis. Full Scale War, baby.

Witness: Victims did not take shelter after siren; at least 5 rockets hit Haifa residential areas Three people were killed and some 40 others were wounded in Haifa on Sunday evening in what was described as the heaviest rocket strike on Israel's third city since the attacks began on July 12. The strikes came several hours after 12 Israel Defense Forces reservist soldiers were killed and 12 others were wounded, four of them seriously, in a direct hit on an open area in the northern community of Kfar Giladi, as Hezbollah renewed its rocket fire against Israel with an enormous...

One reported dead so far...more to follow.

Hezbollah rockets kill 12 in Israel By JOSEPH PANOSSIAN, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah guerrillas unleashed their deadliest barrage of rockets yet into northern Israel, killing at least 12 people...as fighting only intensified despite a draft U.N. cease-fire resolution. Hezbollah and its allies rejected the draft resolution, saying its terms for a halt in fighting do not address Lebanon's demands — in a signal that the nearly 4-week-old battle will burn on. Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets late Sunday on the port city of Haifa, injuring dozens of people, in the heaviest attack on...

Hezbollah Iran Missiles Slam Hadera Israel - Nuclear War Approaching? By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Tel Aviv----August 5......The only good thing about the terror group Hezbollah (Hizbollah) or Islam Party of God is that they keep their promises. Just two days ago Hezbollah terror leader Hassan Nasrallah said from Lebanon that he would strike Tel Aviv, Israel with missiles if the Israel Defense Forces attacked parts of central Beirut. A few hours ago, Hezbollah launched three Iran missiles at the Israel city of Hadera. Hadera is 70 miles south from the Lebanese border and 30 miles north from Tel...

Received 8/1/06 Dear Everyone, Sixty rockets hit within one hour this morning, about 300 since dawn, and it’s only lunchtime. No deaths, but a lot of casualties. For every person who is physically injured, many more suffer shock and are taken to the hospital for treatment. Mental health services are also being made as available as possible by the Israeli government. War is very noisy. That’s probably the worst part of the war for people huddled in bomb shelters. Walking to work today, I could hear the boom, boom, booming of rockets to the north. Spin. I subscribe to Time...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 8/3/06 - Aita al-Shaab, Lebanon, Kfar Kila, Maroun al-Ras, Avivim, Chebaa Farms, Kiryat Shmona, Nabatiyeh, Beirut, Qana, Beirut, Tyre, Bekaa, Damascus, Tehran, Jakarta, Seattle Israeli Response to many years of Hamas and Hizb'allah terror using Iranian and Syrian technology in 'Kofi Annan's War' in Civilizations War on Terror BREAKING: Aita al-Shaab, Lebanon - War on Terror BREAKING: Kfar Kila - War on Terror BREAKING: Maroun al-Ras, Lebanon - Terrorists routed BREAKING: Avivim - War on Terror BREAKING: Chebaa Farms - War on Terror BREAKING: Kiryat Shmona - War on Terror BREAKING: Nabatiyeh...

GOTTA SEE THIS WarEndur.Freedom 7/29/06 - Aamchit, Al-Karak, Avivim, Beirut, Hizb'Allah, Bekaa Valley, Byblos, Fassuta, Gaza City, Haifa, Jajoune, Kefar Jaouz, Kfarjouz, Khan Younis, Khiam, Kiryat Shmona, Kuala Lumpur, Majdel Krum, Manara, Marun Al-Ras, Moscow, Nabatiyeh, Nahariya, Qlaia Marjayoun,Ramat David, Rome,Tehran,Tel Aviv,Tulkarm,Tyre, Zefta Israeli Response to many years of Hamas and Hizb'allah terror using Iranian and Syrian technology in 'Kofi Annan's War' in Civilizations War on Terror BREAKING: Aamchit - precision retaliation BREAKING: Al-Karak - precision retaliation BREAKING: Jajoune - precision retaliation BREAKING: Kefar Jaouz - precision retaliation BREAKING: Nabatiyeh - precision retaliation BREAKING: Kfarjouz - precision retaliation and MSM...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/27/06 - Beirut, Bint Jbail, Lebanon, Byblos, Cairo, Dushanbe, Fassuta, Israel, Gaza City, Haifa, Khiam, Kiryat Bialik, Mogadishu, Multan, Nabatiyeh, Paris, Pittsburgh, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Soer, Tehran, Tyre, Zefta BREAKING: Khiam - Precise Israeli air retaliation against missles coming from UN-protected terrorists "safe" house BREAKING: Beirut - Jordanian military planes arrive BREAKING: Soer - Precise Israeli air retaliation BREAKING: Tyre - Precise Israeli air retaliation BREAKING: Tyre - UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) ordered to remain in place as human shields by Annan BREAKING: Zefta - Precise Israeli air...

Dear Everyone, This is the most recent free article from the Strategic Forecasting Web site (“stratfor”) and the last that I’ll send. You can go to the site and sign up for the free emails with analyses. Another good Web site is Debka Files. Just enter “debka”. The network news actually gives very little news. This is war, and for security reasons more information is withheld than given out. But if you study the material on stratfor and debka, you can learn a lot more about what is going on. Sunday was a nine-siren day, the most so far. I...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/26/06 - Paphos, Cyprus, Beirut, Tyre, Khiam, Maghar, Israel, Rihaniya, Kiryat Shmona, Nahariya, Tel Aviv, Avivim, Haifa, Gaza City, Khan Younis, Damascus, Syria, Moscow, San Jose, Calif, Kiev, Santiago Israeli Response to many years of Hamas and Hizb'allah terror using Iranian and Syrian technology in 'Kofi Annan's War' in Civilizations War on Terror BREAKING: Paphos, Cyprus, U.S. Air Force rescues American girl to Ramstein Air Base, Germany BREAKING: Beirut- U.S. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit rescue American citizens BREAKING: Beirut - Hassan Nasrallah admits over televison he told Beruit government...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/22/06 - Beirut, Rmeileh, Nabatiyeh, Maarjyounat, Zrariyeh, Chebaa Farms, Haifa, Nahariya, Israel, Avivim, Shlomi, Zaura, Jerusalem, Baghdad, Baquba, Haditha, Kirkuk, Muqdadiyah, Sadr City, Basra, Iraq, Aurora, Colorado Israeli Response to Hamas and Hizb'allah terror using Iranian and Syrian technology BREAKING: Beirut - U.S. Navy sailors and Marines rescue American adults and children out of Lebanon BREAKING: Beirut - southern suburbs of Hizb'Allah pounded BREAKING: Rmeileh, Lebanon - destroyed bridge, attacked by Israeli warplane missiles BREAKING: Nabatiyeh - precision retaliation by Israeli warplanes BREAKING: Maarjyounat - precision retaliation against terror BREAKING: Zrariyeh -...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/20/06 - Beirut, Lebanon, Aukar, Burj Barajneh, Dahyieh Junibiya, Ghazie, Nabi Sheet, Bekaa Valley, Soer, Zahle, Kiryat Shmona, Rosh Hanikra, Shlomi, Avivim, Safed, Haifa, Nahariya, Nazareth, Rafah, Gaza City Israeli Response to Hamas and Hizb'allah terror using Iranian and Syrian technology BREAKING: Beirut, Lebanon - US Marines bring grateful and happy evacuees out BREAKING: Aukar - U.S. embassy security position at the former U.S. Embassy which was bombed in the '80s BREAKING: Burj Barajneh southern suburb - precision Israeli retaliation BREAKING: Beirut - Hizb'allah-stronghold taken out BREAKING: Dahyieh Junibiya - precision Israeli...

Dear Everyone, You know the day has begun when the siren sounds at 5:30 a.m. Not so bad. Gives me even more time for morning prayer and reflection, which is vital for starting the day. The process of adjusting to war is very interesting. I find that sirens are now sort of “normal”, and I mostly ignore them. At work I just keep on working. On the street I look for a stairwell to duck into for a few minutes. But there is also a noticeable lack of focus during the day as I keep checking the news sources I...

Dear Everyone, The enclosed is from Strategic Forecast (“Stratfor” on Google). It gives incredible insights into what is going on from a solely strategic viewpoint. No politics. I recommend running off hard copies and studying them. These reports end with 16 July, so you will have to search the Web site to find the ones from 17 July on. Yesterday was another five-alarm day, but nothing dropped on Haifa. Today no sirens, but we heard rockets hit, so they must have hit close by. But no warning siren. Figure that. Haaretz is your best online option for finding out what...

This was sent out Friday, July 14. Dear All, This is going to everyone I can think of so that I only have to write it out once. I am a writer, but……. Went to aerobics last night, and that cleared my head very nicely from the frazzles of the day, with my ballet CD safely in my backpack. Was on first base. Just keep going, says I. Settled in front of the TV with a nice dinner with Merlin curled up on my foot stool, watching my favorite program, BBC’s “Escape to the Country” where one family is selected...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes battered Lebanon on Tuesday, killing 31 people, and more Hizbollah rockets hit northern Israel, killing one, with no sign that diplomacy would halt the week-old conflict any time soon. Civilians on both sides were angry about the bombardment that has cost 235 lives in Lebanon and 13 in Israel, but Israeli and Hizbollah leaders showed no willingness to halt the fighting or heed proposals for a new U.N.-backed stabilisation force. "I don't even know where our neighbourhood was," said a Lebanese Shi'ite, looking for where his home had been on the edge of a bomb-blasted...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/18/06 - Haifa, Tirat Hacarmel, Kiryat Byalik, Holon, Nahariya, Kiryat Shmona, Kfarshima, Dahyieh Junibiya, Bourghlieh, Al Howsh Israeli Response to Hamas and Hizb'allah terror using Iranian and Syrian technology BREAKING: Haifa - more wounded Israelis, and in bomb shelters BREAKING: Tirat Hacarmel - funeral after a rocket attack in Haifa BREAKING: Kiryat Byalik- funeral after a rocket attack in Haifa BREAKING: Holon - funeral after Iranian Silkworm missile attack BREAKING: Nahariya, Israel - more wounded Israelis, and in bomb shelters BREAKING: Kiryat Shmona - Retaliation after letter writing and prayer BREAKING: Kfarshima...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/17/06 - Beirut, Dahyieh Junubiya, al-Ghubeiri, Beir al-Abed, Bourj Shimali, Choueifat, Jiyeh, Khiam, Nabatiyeh, Ouzai, Saida, Sawfar, Taanayel, Tyre, Kiryat Shmona, Zebqine, Masnaa, Jdaydet Yabous, Damascus, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Cyprus, Poriat, Kabul, Bagram, Fallujah, Baghdad, Samawa BREAKING: Israel ground forces enter Lebanon BREAKING: Beirut - Israeli airstrike on the terrorist strongholds BREAKING: Dahyieh Junubiya - Israeli airstrike on the terrorist stronghold BREAKING: Bourj Shimali - Israeli airstrike on the terrorist stronghold BREAKING: Choueifat - Israeli airstrike on the terrorist stronghold BREAKING: Jiyeh - Israeli airstrike on the terrorist stronghold BREAKING: Khiam -...

Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz said on Sunday afternoon that the more advanced Fajar missiles that were fired with a barrage of other rockets at Haifa on Sunday morning, killing eight people, were made in Syria. Meanwhile, the names of the eight victims of the Haifa attack were released for publication. The following people all died when a rocket hit a maintenance depot at the train station: Shlomi Mansora, 35, from Nahariya; Rafi Hazan, 30, from Haifa; Kiryat Ata residents Nissin Elharach, 43, and Reuven Levy, 46; Kiryat Yam residents Asahel Damati, 39, David Feldman, 28, and Dennis...

Iranian Fajr Missiles Used in Haifa Attack 20:05 Jul 16, '06 / 20 Tammuz 5766 (IsraelNN.com) The rockets which caused death and destruction in Haifa on Sunday morning contained parts made in Syria, according to security officials. They were, however, Iranian-made 220 mm Fajr missiles, with a range of 40 kilometers, security sources said. In a statement read on al-Manar TV, Hizbullah’s television station, the terrorist organization said it had fired “a salvo of Raad-2 and Raad-3 rockets.” The terror organization added that it would target petrochemical plants in Haifa if the IDF continued air strikes in Beirut.

Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz said on Sunday afternoon that the more advanced Fajar missiles that were fired with a barrage of other rockets at Haifa on Sunday morning, killing eight people, were made in Syria. Meanwhile, the names of two of the eight victims of the Haifa attack were released for publication. Shlomi Mansora, 35, from Nahariya and Rafi Hazan, 30, from Haifa, died when a rocket hit a maintenance depot at the train station. Just two hours after the fatal attack, a second barrage of rockets landed in Haifa's port area and Nahariya. A third barrage...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/16/06 -Mar Mikhail, Safed, Balata, Dahyieh Junubiya, Rafik Hariri Airport, Gaza, Ghoubayri, Hazor, Jiyeh, Kiryat Shmona, Carmiel, Beirut, Jdaydet Yabous, Necore, Rafah, Saida, Sidon, Taanayel, Biddawi terrorist camp, Haifa, Meron, Adousiyeh, Asmiyeh, Tripoli, Tyre, Zahrani BREAKING: Haifa - target of Lebanese and Hizb'Allah terrorism BREAKING: Meron - target of Lebanese and Hizb'Allah terrorism BREAKING: Safed - target of Lebanese and Hizb'Allah terrorism BREAKING: Mar Mikhail - Israel shows restraint BREAKING: Balata - terrorists' training camp BREAKING: Dahyieh Junubiya - Hizb'Allah stronghold BREAKING: Rafik Hariri International Airport - Israel shows restraint BREAKING: Gaza...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli media report explosions have been heard in the northern city of Haifa.

The IDF has stationed three Patriot anti-ballistic missile batteries in Haifa Saturday, aimed at intercepting missiles launched at the area. Two of the batteries were deployed Saturday morning, and the third one was placed in the area in the afternoon. Patriot missiles were stationed across the country for the last time in 2003 during the Iraq War. The American-made Patriot batteries are part of Israel’s antiaircraft defense system. The Patriot system, which was initially designed to serve as an air defense platform, later assumed the role of an anti-ballistic system. The Patriot is still in use in Israel, and the...

Two rockets fired from Lebanon hit central Haifa; Katyusha rockets hit Nahariya, Safed and Carmiel By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service Two rockets slammed into the northern port city of Haifa on Thursday evening. The rockets hit the Stella Maris area near French Carmel. There were no reported casualties. Hezbollah denied firing the rockets at Haifa Thursday evening, after a day in which a woman in Nahariya was killed and another 120 people were wounded when scores of Katyusha rockets fired by Hezbollah guerillas rained down across northern Israel. Following the attack on Haifa, the IDF Home Front...

Hezbollah guerillas threatened today to attack the major Israeli port city of Haifa and its surroundings with rockets if Israel strikes the Lebanese capital Beirut and its southern suburbs. Such a strike would be the deepest ever into Israel by Hezbollah guerillas, who fired volleys of rockets against towns of northern Israel during the past day. It was not clear if Hezbollah rockets have the range to hit Haifa, located about 30 kilometres south of the border. The Israeli army said several Hezbollah rockets overnight had landed more than 20 kilometres south of the border, showing that Hezbollah has managed...

A rocket hit on the Israeli port city of Haifa was a "major, major escalation" in the situation, the Israeli ambassador to the United States said on Thursday. Ambassador Daniel Ayalon was in the middle of a lunch with reporters in Washington when he was told the news. The Israeli army said a rocket fired by Lebanese armed group Hizbollah hit the city. "This is a major, major escalation," Ayalon said. Israeli children play inside a shelter in Kiryat Shemona, at the Israeli-Lebanese border, July 13, 2006. Hizbollah guerrillas from Lebanon fired barrages of rockets into nearly 20 towns across...

Well it looks like we expect Hafia to be on the receiving end of some Russian made Hizbullah missiles, this thing is going to hell in a handbasket

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Tens of thousands attend huge Hamas celebration in Gaza Strip; group leader al-Zahar vows to continue ‘liberation journey until Islam’s flag is raised over Jerusalem,’ says Hamas would never agree to disarm. 'Zionist enemy only understands language of force,' he says Ali Waked Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar told tens of thousands of excited Palestinians at a Gaza Strip rally Tuesday his organization would continue to fight Israel following the withdrawal from Gaza, and vowed to liberate Haifa and Jaffa from the hands of its “Zionist occupiers,”. “We will win in Jerusalem and in Palestine, the whole of Palestine,” al-Zahar told...

Belmont Club History and history in the making Thursday, December 23, 2004 Haifa Street The execution of Iraqi election workers on Baghdad's Haifa street was probably not, properly speaking, a murder. It was a political act. There has been no suggestion that the killers of the electoral workers had any personal grudge against them. Probably any electoral workers would have done. While most killers seek to hide their faces and plan their attacks so no one can see them, these killers scorned masks and chose a busy street in Baghdad to carry out their work because they wanted to...

The Israel Air Force on Sunday positioned a battery of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles in the Haifa Bay area, in order to intercept any Hezbollah-operated drones launched from Lebanon. The decision to place the battery was reached after a Hezbollah drone invaded Israeli airspace over the town of Nahariya last month. The Iranian-made drone managed to fly in Israeli skies for about 15 minutes, undetected by the IDF's anti aircraft forces. At first, IDF officials interpreted the incident as a Hezbollah muscle flex. Later, however, the IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon said that such a drone could theoretically carry 50...

Translation from English to Hebrew by me The bag that was thrown out of the Palestinian taxi in Schem (or "Nablus") with an explosive belt was destined for a suicide terrorist attack of the Tanzim in Haifa. During IDF troop operations in Schem, due to terrorist attack warnings, soldiers observed a suspicious Palestinian taxi north of the Jewish community of Migdalim. The force told its passengers to stop, but they started to drive away with the car and threw behind them a bag suspected of being explosive-laden. Border Police bomb-squad units took care of the bag.

In what could signal a change of policy, a US warship from the Sixth Fleet held a quiet call at the port of Haifa this week. The USS Thorn, a 7,800-ton destroyer, departed Thursday, reportedly after a three-day stay. Its 300 crew members were not allowed to disembark for shore leave to the disappointment of Haifa's businesses. Israeli officials said this was for security reasons. Despite the low-profile visit, it does mark the first time that a large US naval ship has called at an Israeli port since late 2000. The US Navy's removing of Haifa Bay as a port...

(IsraelNN.com) Police have arrested Eliran Golan, suspected of placing bombs against Arab targets in the Halissa neighborhood of Haifa. The Haifa District Court has lifted the gag order on the arrest and investigation. Golan, 22, a resident of Haifa, is suspected of placing nine bombs against Arab targets in Haifa over the past three years. One bomb was intended to target a local mosque and another under the vehicle of MK Issam Makhoul. Makhoul’s wife started the car, detonating the vehicle, but she was uninjured. In three cases, a total of three persons were lightly injured. Police report the suspect...

"The Haifa Bay area is a ticking bomb, which will explode if and when an earthquake occurs," said Geological Institute Director Amos Bein yesterday. A former study by the Geophysical Institute of Israel found that a 7.0 Richter scale earthquake at Beit Shean would bring down buildings in Tel Aviv and Haifa. Israeli relief organizations vowed to send aid to earthquake victims in Iran, despite Iran's unwillingness to accept it. "Nearly the whole of Israel is along the fault line," said Chairwoman of the Knesset Science and Technology Committee MK Meli Polishook-Bloch (Shinui) yesterday. "An earthquake is a certainty; it...

A huge Israeli flag was unfurled along part of the renovated and refurbished building, while the edge of the car park opposite remained lined with dried wreaths, flowers and hundreds of burned-out memorial candles. Inside, the place was packed with diners of all ages and the kitchen was a hive of activity as cooks and waiters struggled to cope with the incessant flow of orders. Maxim's restaurant, alongside the Delek gas station at the southern access to Haifa, was back in business. It reopened on Monday exactly two months and two days after the attack by a Palestinian woman suicide...