Survey: Israelis see business booming in Negev
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) More than 75 percent of Israelis believe that there have been positive changes for the Negev Desert region in terms of development, construction, and transportation in recent years, a new survey shows.
According to the survey, 67 percent of respondents said homes in the Negev will appreciate and 62 percent believe it is worthwhile to invest in the region. Moreover, 43 percent of the survey participants said the Negev offered business opportunities.
The survey was conducted by the market research firm Meida Shivuki C.I. ahead of the Sixth Annual Negev Conference, scheduled for Tuesday in Sderot.
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Ya’alon says Abbas ‘not a partner’ for permanent peace deal with Israel
(JNS.org) Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Saturday that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas “is not a partner for a permanent peace agreement” with Israel.
“Abbas has resorted to the Oslo trick, no recognition and no promises,” Ya’alon told Israel’s Channel 2 network. “Abbas is a partner who takes, not a partner who gives. He is not a partner for a permanent peace agreement that includes recognition of Israel as the national state of the Jewish people. He just takes back prisoners.” Israel has so far freed 78 Palestinian terrorist prisoners as part of the American-brokered peace talks.
Abbas recently said there is “no way” he would recognize Israel as a Jewish state, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called it a “mistake” for Israel to ask for such recognition.
“I am not sure Kerry is a fair mediator,” Ya’alon said. “We’ll see at the end of the process.”
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Jordanian boy has successful kidney transplant in Israel
(JNS.org) While the Jordanian street has expressed a great deal of animosity toward Israel over the killing of a judge who attacked an Israeli soldier at a border crossing, last week a 7-year-old Palestinian-Jordanian boy who had suffered critical kidney failure underwent a successful kidney transplant at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. His mother was the donor.
The complicated procedure was not possible in Jordanian hospitals. The boy, who is currently hospitalized in the intensive care unit for children at Rambam, had a healthy appetite after surgery, and there were no signs of rejection of the new kidney.
“We direct many patients from Jordan and the Palestinian Authority to Rambam and other hospitals as well,” said Israel’s Civil Administration Health Services Coordinator, Dalia Bessa, Israel Hayom reported.
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Hezbollah terror group? There’s an app for that
(JNS.org) The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, through its satellite news station, Al-Manar, has launched a news app in Apple’s iTunes store, according to a press release.
The free app, called LCG, claims that it is an “application that brings news from all around the world” and is available for download on the iPhone and iPad in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.
The U.S. Department of Treasury has designated Al-Manar as a “specially designated global terrorist entity television station” and an “arm of the Hezbollah terrorist network.” As such, the station is banned from being broadcast in America as well as in France, Spain, and Germany.
This is not the first attempt by Al-Manar to launch such an app. In July 2012, the terror satellite station launched an app for iTunes and Google’s Play Store, but Apple and Google removed it a few days later. At the time of the removal, a Google official said the company removes “applications that violate our policies, such as apps that are illegal or that promote hate speech.” Al-Manar blamed the removal on “Israeli incitement against Al-Manar TV.”
Apple did not immediately return a request for comment from JNS.org.
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