http://grantsisrael.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is the process of entering the Gaza Strip that strikes you most. At the Erez checkpoint you go into what looks like a modern airport terminal. Leaving it you move through a winding maze of gates and walls and emerge, like a time-traveler transported backwards, on a dirt track. ... http://grantsisrael.com/lessons-from-a-gaza-trip-2.html (IsraelNN.com) El Al and Turkish Atlasjet airlines have signed an agreement that will include daily flights between http://grantsisrael.com/el-al-flying-to-turkey-again.html (IsraelNN.com) Gaza terrorists fired a short range rocket at Israeli civilian centers Sunday evening. The rocket exploded south of the coastal city of Ashkelon, hurting no one and causing no damage.Prior to this attack, Sunday saw a lull in the rocket fire, after four rockets were fired at Israeli civilians ... http://grantsisrael.com/gaza-rocket-slams-into-israel.html (IsraelNN.com) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's recent health woes have caused anxiety and uncertainty in his country. Mubarak is in Germany recovering from surgery to remove his gall bladder.Mubarak, 81, has been in power for almost 29 years, and it is unclear who will succeed him. According to the BBC, ... http://grantsisrael.com/mubaraks-ailment-causes-anxiety-in-egypt-2.html (IsraelNN.com) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's recent health woes have caused anxiety and uncertainty in his country. Mubarak is in Germany recovering from surgery to remove his gall bladder.Mubarak, 81, has been in power for almost 29 years, and it is unclear who will succeed him. According to the BBC, ... http://grantsisrael.com/mubaraks-ailment-causes-anxiety-in-egypt.html (IsraelNN.com) Arab gunmen opened fire Sunday evening on an IDF patrol near Adorayim, south of Hevron. No one was hurt and no damage was caused. IDF soldiers are combing the region.Muslims attacked civilian Jewish traffic in several places in Judea and Samaria, in the hope of causing fatalities and injuries. ... http://grantsisrael.com/shots-fired-at-idf-patrol-near-hevron-none-hurt-2.html (IsraelNN.com) Arab gunmen opened fire Sunday evening on an IDF patrol near Adorayim, south of Hevron. No one was hurt and no damage was caused. IDF soldiers are combing the region.Muslims attacked civilian Jewish traffic in several places in Judea and Samaria, in the hope of causing fatalities and injuries. ... http://grantsisrael.com/shots-fired-at-idf-patrol-near-hevron-none-hurt.html (IsraelNN.com) First time in 62 years: Hundreds gathered for Sabbath prayers at the renewed, majestic Hurva synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem.Puah Shteiner, who spent her early years in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter and was exiled as a little girl when Jordan captured and largely destroyed the area, ... http://grantsisrael.com/first-sabbath-at-the-hurva-then-and-now-2.html (IsraelNN.com) First time in 62 years: Hundreds gathered for Sabbath prayers at the renewed, majestic Hurva synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem.Puah Shteiner, who spent her early years in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter and was exiled as a little girl when Jordan captured and largely destroyed the area, ... http://grantsisrael.com/first-sabbath-at-the-hurva-then-and-now.html (IsraelNN.com) Rabbi David Grossman, renowned for his work on behalf of underprivileged children, and industrialist Stef Wertheimer, one of the wealthiest men in Israel, have come together to work on a new project: the creation of Israel's first vocational high school for hareidi-religious young men. The two men Sunday with ... http://grantsisrael.com/rabbi-industrialist-plan-hareidi-vocational-school-2.html