Hamerkaz, Israel News

Israeli scientists say the interval between the brain's registration of a visual stimulus and the conscious recognition of it is 1/3 to 1/2 second.

India's heaviest rocket - the 49-metre tall, 414-tonne Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle , powered by the indigenous cryogenic engine, will be launched in January 2010, making it a member of the select club of countries possessing this technology.

Israel's foreign ministry said Tuesday that a Swedish-led push for the European Union to call for the division of Jerusalem and the recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state would trip up Europe's own efforts to play a role in Middle East peacemaking.

"We would like to see the Europeans more involved and playing a role," but it will be more difficult for them to do so if they press ahead, says Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor. "The Swedish initiative does not contribute to promoting the peace process, and all it can do is to marginalize the European role."

A coating on windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt? Expanded battery storage capacities for the next electric car? New Tel Aviv University research, just published in Nature Nanotechnology, details a breakthrough in assembling peptides at the nano-scale level that could make these futuristic visions come true in just a few years.

President Barack Obama is delaying moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

A promising, independent Palestine is quietly being developed, with Israeli assistance.

Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Michael Downing said this week that Israeli organized crime was on the rise in Los Angeles and he mentioned the Oct.

An Israeli military delegation will visit India next week to boost defence ties and strengthen the joint counter-terrorism network, officials said.

The Israeli government Wednesday authorized the construction of another 84 new homes in West Bank settlements, despite the building moratorium it announced last week, Israel Radio reported.

Scottish trade unions called on supporters of Celtic soccer club to wave Palestinian flags at their Europa League home match on Wednesday against Hapoel Tel Aviv in "solidarity with suffering Palestinians". But the Glasgow club, whose fans often wave Irish flags because of their historic ties with Ireland and the Roman Catholic community, urged ...

This is the first longitudinal study to focus on sleep and puberty that employed objective sleep measures obtained in natural home environments A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that changes in children's sleep patterns that typically occur between the ages of 11 and 12 years are evident before the physical changes associated ...

Israel's prime minister emphasized Tuesday that his 10-month freeze on new housing in the West Bank is a one-time measure that will not be extended.

An 11-year-old girl, and two women aged 25 and 77 - all suffering from serious chronic illnesses - died on Monday after being infected with the H1N1 virus, the Health Ministry said.

A banner of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit is seen in the background as children play at a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli Jails, in Gaza City, Monday, Nov.

These are the things I think as I sit here in my resort hotel on the edge of the Dead Sea in Israel after the JavaEdge 2009 conference on Thursday: The JavaEdge hosts are, without a doubt, the most gracious hosts I think I've ever had at a conference.

"It must be emphasised that the exclusion of East Jerusalem and construction of public buildings from the freeze allows us to support the move,"Misezhnikov said at a cultural event in the city of Holon , south of Tel Aviv.

The 1,144 steps to a happy marriage: a lucky bride-and-groom-to-be couple win a free wedding after coming first in a skyscraper race in Israel .

Defense Minister Ehud Barak has suspended construction permits for West Bank settlements, officials said.

Gaza/Tel Aviv - Four Palestinians were injured Friday in Israeli shelling at the northern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabaliya, near the border with Israel, local Hamas sources said.

Simon Tisdall: The city of Quneitra is preserved in devastation as attempts to improve Syria's relations with its neighbours and the US stall Friday, 27 November 2009 Little has changed in the ruined city of Quneitra, former capital of the Syrian Golan Heights, since Israeli forces withdrew behind the barbed wire and minefields of the nearby ...