Islamic Jihad Commander Majed Harazin is dead following a missile strike on the car he and several other militants were driving. The vehicle, ladened with explosives, ignited, in a blast that could be heard from several miles away.
Archeologists renew excavations at Mugrabi-
Archeologists have renewed excavations under the old Mugrabi Gate bridge. There had been plans to build an elaborate structure at the site, but work was halted due to international concerns. The Israeli Cabinet ordered that a limited work plan be completed as soon as possible, with transparency, and consultation with relevant parties.
Palestinians win $7 billion in pledges-
Palestinian's won international pledges topping $7 billion dollars at a donor conference in Paris, money earmarked to help build the economy of a Palestinian State. The largest figures came from the European Union, at $630 million dollars, $555 million from the Americans and close to that figure as a gift from the Saudis. Norway and Japan are putting in about $120 million dollars each.
The Israeli Prison Authority released a senior female Hamas terrorist and her new-born baby, after she reportedly completed her 28 month sentence. Convicted on charges of giving aid to militants in the West Bank, upon tasting freedom she wasted no time calling on her fellow activists to abduct more Israeli soldiers.
Iran receives enriched uranium from Russia-
Iran reportedly received an initial shipment of enriched uranium from Russia, to fuel it's Bushehr nuclear power plant. According to signed agreements, the Iranians are required to return the fuel after it's been spent, to assure that none of it gets diverted for weapons development. US President George W. Bush came out in support of the Russian/Iranian program saying that if the Islamic Republic truthfully has only peaceful nuclear ambitions, it won't mind allowing the enrichment process to take place in another country.
World's oldest human being dead at 116-
The world's oldest human being died at the age of 116. Hryhoriy Nestor, a Ukrainian, accounted for his long life on that fact that he had never been married.
Reform Movement head laments weak Shabbat observance-
The head of the Union for Reform Judaism called on that movement's members to embrace Shabbat and observe a full 24 hour day of rest. Speaking to about 5000 adherents, Rabbi Eric Yoffie explained that Shabbat morning has too often become a private ceremony for Bar and Bat Mitzvah families, and that it was time to reclaim Shabbat morning for prayer, saying "In our 24/7 culture, the boundary between work time and leisure time has been swept away...for our stressed-out, sleep deprived families, the Torah's mandate to rest looks relevant and sensible". He acknowledged though, that changing the entrenched Reform Shabbat morning service would be difficult, in part because the Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremony is for many parents their most meaningful congregational experience and they expect the service to be a private affair. Any new theological changes, he said, will emphasize the 'Thou shalts', and will not engage a "endless list of negative prohibitions."
Astronomers spot black hole beaming jet of cosmic radiation-
Astronomers from NASA reporting in the Astrophysical Journal say they've spotted a super-massive black hole beaming a nearby galaxy with a high-energy jet of cosmic radiation, sort of the way one could imagine a galaxy looking right down the barrel of a gun. Though highly disruptive, the massive influx of energy and radiation may actually serve the function of compressing inert gas together to form new star systems. Hazardous radiation and ultra-violet light bombards planets constantly, but life on earth is sheltered by a layer of protective ozone that absorbs up to 99 percent of that exposure.
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