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JERUSALEM—If Avigdor Lieberman's appointment as foreign minister seemed odd when it was made, recent developments cast more doubt over his capacity to function as Israel's top diplomat. More ... Kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is "fine," Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said. "I believe there were contacts [with Shalit] and that soldier Shalit is fine, and I hope that in the upcoming period, maybe, not in the long term, the issue of soldier Shalit will end, More ... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the term "two states for two peoples" during a meeting of his Cabinet. Netanyahu used the phrase, for the first time in public since assuming office, during remarks on his first 100 days in office. More ... Israel and the United States have agreed that 2,500 housing units now under construction in the West Bank can be completed, an Israeli newspaper reported. The Ma'ariv daily cited unnamed sources in a recent frontpage report on the deal. Israeli officials did not comment on the report. More ... A natural gas reserve off the coast of Haifa is larger than first thought. The Tamar 2 drilling site is nearly 30 percent larger than previously estimated and could reach 180 billion cubic meters, according to prospect partner Nobel Energy Inc., the Israeli business newspaper Globes reported. The value of the field could reach $30 billion. More ... Israeli archeologists uncovered an ancient quarry whose stones were likely used to build the Temple walls. The stone quarry, uncovered during excavations on Shmuel Hanavi Street in Jerusalem prior to the construction of residential buildings, dates from the end of the Second Temple period. More ... JERUSALEM — A Knesset committee approved a "drought tax" to force Israeli households to conserve water. The measure passed last Wednesday by the Knesset Finance Committee will impose a penalty of about $5 on every cubic meter of water used above a set ceiling, more than double the regular price. More ... |
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