Geography of Israel

Special operation in the Gorge of Samaria and Kotsifou

Israeli archaeologists on June 22 unveiled a rare ancient mosque in the country's south that the antiquities officials said sheds light on the region's transition from Christianity to Islam.

Commenting on a report in the Jerusalem Post over the weekend regarding the "deportation" of an Israeli research ship near Cyprus by the Turkish Navy last month, a Cypriot source told the Cyprus News Agency on Monday that it had no part in the decision.

The incident occured on November 18, the official said. 

The U.S. Embassy in Israel has changed its Twitter handle to reflect the move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem next week.

Greek energy firm Energean said on Tuesday it signed three new deals to sell natural gas from the Karish and Tanin offshore fields to Israeli companies.

The deals were signed with Dorad Energy Ltd and two subsidiaries of the Edeltech Group, Ashdod Energy and Ramat Negev Energy.

The first foreign firefighting planes on Nov. 25 started helping Israel tackle a vicious wave of wildfires which have forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.

Faced for the past four days with fires across the country fed by drought and high winds, Israel has been promised airborne assistance by Russia, France, Turkey, Greek Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Croatia.

Leaders of Israel's 1.7 million Arabs declared a general strike throughout the country on Jan. 20 in protest at the recent deaths of two Bedouin men in confrontations with police.
      

Turkey is one of the biggest source of recruits for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants, the New York Times has reported