Israel Active

Yes, you read it correctly – The United Nations named Israel as one of the top 20 countries for the provision of government services through the Internet. Israel even beat Germany and Japan. It also came 4th for active citizen engagement with government through the Internet.

Just minutes after kibbutz children boarded their school bus, a terrorist rocket from Gaza smashed into their bus stop. This, and other miraculous near misses, occurred on the last day of school in the week when Southern Israel was hit indiscriminately by over 100 rockets.

Here are two detailed analyses of Israel’s 7th Prime Minister who passed away last week aged 96. Shamir was “a roaring tiger” in protecting Israel’s security. His immigration and financial policies transformed Israel’s economy from near meltdown to one of strength.

Documents and photographs from a 1927 excavation on Temple Mount have just been uncovered from archives hidden in the Rockefeller Museum in East Jerusalem. They show that a Jewish ritual bath (“mikva”) dating from the Second Temple had been unearthed beneath the Al-Aqsa mosque.

While Hamas runs summer camps that teach kids to hate Jews, Israeli children are learning how to build robots and bridges. “Tech-Know-Play” is the summer camp Shaiel Yitzchak runs in Jerusalem for kids who are interested in all things scientific and mathematical.

New information that the American country music great visited the Jewish State five times from 1966 to the mid 1990s. A devout Christian, Cash recorded complete albums of inspirational hymns about the holy land and made films about his journeys to Biblical sites.

Hip-hop pioneer, Russell Simmons, has arrived in Israel for his first visit, in an effort to promote Muslim and Jewish reconciliation. Simmons, is one of USA Today’s most 25 influential people of the past 25 years, and chairman of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU).

Israeli archaeologists have discovered 140 Roman gold and silver coins, earrings, rings and sticks of silver that probably were hidden by a wealthy woman around the time of the Bar Kochba revolts. The find was uncovered near Kiryat Gat.

He looked a lot younger, however, as he celebrated with residents and visitors in the streets of Tel Aviv.

You can watch the whole event below. And the transcript of President Peres’ speech – which differed slightly from the actual speech he made.