Without more highly trained hi-tech employees, Israel will not be able to maintain its competitive edge.

The Supreme Court injunction gave the state until July 11 to respond to the villagers' contention that they had been unfairly denied building permits.

As Iran suffers from economic stagnation, the country is ripe for more sustained protests and armed opposition to the regime.

"The conditions in the cave are tough," Admiral Apakorn Yuukongkaew, commander of the SEALS unit, told reporters.

The European Broadcasting Union told The Jerusalem Post it is busy organizing next year's contest in Israel.

The family’s “immigration visa application to the American consulate in Rotterdam was never processed.”

The High Court of Justice ruled in May that the village of tents and shacks, housing 52 members of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe could be razed because it was illegally constructed on state land.

So where should the line be drawn? For the one and only Jewish state, antisemitism is a good place to start taking a strong stand, as is the Holocaust.