Tag Archives: Cyprus

Israel’s natural gas revolution

Posted on 7 December 2014 by

In the last few weeks Israel’s newly-developed natural gas industry has taken several leaps forward in export proposals. In an ironic twist, Israel has begun pitching a massive natural gas pipeline to Europe – ironic because Europe is the center … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 9 August 2013 by

It’s time for another Good News Friday installment and I apologize for publishing so close to Shabbat. My first item for this week is all about Israeli researchers who have engineered a heart of gold – literally! Scientists at Tel … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 5 July 2013 by

Here’s my latest Good News Friday installment. We’ll start with some news from the last week or two concerning Israel’s natural gas discoveries. Delek and Noble Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Cypriot government to build a liquefied … Continue reading →

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More Middle Eastern complications

Posted on 11 April 2013 by

In a very interesting turn of events, Bahrain has become the first Arab country to blacklist the Hezbollah terrorist group: Bahrain on Tuesday became the first Arab country to officially blacklist the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, … Continue reading →

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Israel begins its energy independence as natural gas flows from Tamar field to Ashdod

Posted on 31 March 2013 by

This news is too good to hold on to for a whole week until my next Good News Friday post.  Israel’s Tamar offshore natural gas field began pumping its gas to Ashdod’s intake center, four years after its discovery: The … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 15 February 2013 by

Here’s the latest installment in my Good News Friday series. My first item comes from the world of literature against the background of “BDS syndrome”. The Spanish writer Antonio Munoz Molina received the Jerusalem Prize and refused to give in … Continue reading →

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