An apprentice spy for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service was arrested by police during an abortive training exercise in Tel Aviv, AFP reports.
The novice spy was spotted on Monday planting a dummy bomb under a vehicle in the city by a woman passer-by who swiftly alerted a passing policeman.
It was only after questioning at the the local police station that the rumbled trainee assassin managed to convince his captors that he was indeed a member of …

According to Lonely Planet’s world’s top 10 party cities list, the best place to party in the world is Serbian capital Belgrade.
Lonely planet say that foreigners are now realizing what locals always knew – that Belgrade really rocks. “With an exuberant population and its legacy as an intellectual hangout, Belgrade offers varied nightlife, ranging from eclectic watering holes for those in the know, to the busy restaurants and bars of the Skadarlija district and the …

Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah’s missiles have now the capacity to reach Israel’s central region, including the capital Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv, Arutz 7 reports.
A small percentage of Hezbollah’s current arsenal of tens of thousands of missiles can reach almost 190 miles, IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi said yesterday, well over the distance from southern Lebanon to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Last week, Israel’s Military Intelligence chief Major General Amos Yadlin said that terror organizations …

Tel Aviv University students with right-wing views are afraid to speak out in class because of fears that their leftist professors will give them low grades, Arutz 7 reports.
Professor Nira Hativa, the head of the university’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction wrote in a memo that “there is no small number of students of lecturers with left-wing views who complain bitterly that they are extremely offended by the presentation of materials that oppose their views, …

Europe’s leading low-cost airline easyJet celebrated on Monday the launch of their London Luton-Tel Aviv route at Ben-Gurion Airport with the company’s top officials and the first 171 passengers arriving on the first flight, Ynet reports.
With 100,000 passengers expected for the first year, easyJet are operating a brand new Airbus A320 and will be flying six days a week, excluding Fridays.
In addition to the London-Tel Aviv route, easyJet introduced 25 new routes across their network over …

Israel’s Military Intelligence chief Major General Amos Yadlin says that terror organizations in Gaza have significantly improved their ability to attack Israeli population centres, and in recent days, several successful tests of Iranian-made rockets have been carried out, adding that the rockets have a range of up to 40 miles, which means that the Tel Aviv area is under threat of rocket fire from the Strip, Jerusalem Post reports.
Yadlin warned that Iran was continuing to …

Israel today remembers the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated, according to the Hebrew calendar, today 14 years ago.
Rabin was murdered in the evening 4th November, 1995, or on 12th Cheshvan, 5756 (as Jewish day begins on sunset, and the assassination took place after the sun had set). According to the Hebrew calendar, today is 11th Cheshvan, 5770, and 12th Cheshvan starts at sunset.
According to Ha’aretz, the annual state memorial service commemorating both …

Three Arab youngsters were charged Thursday with the first-degree murder of 59-year-old Israeli Leonard “Arik” Karp on the Tel Baruch boardwalk some two weeks ago.
The indictment was filed with the Tel Aviv District Court against Jaljulia residents Jamil Adas (25), Abd el-Rahman (21) and a 17-year-old boy whose identity has yet to be revealed. The three were also charged with aggravated assault and battery, Ynet reports.
According to the indictment, one of the suspects asked Karp …

The popular Tel Aviv club “Rogatka” that refused to serve Israeli Defence Forces’ soldiers in uniforms, is to be closed down, according to a commentator on The Empire Chronicles.
“Sometimes there is justice! This morning, according to Army Radio, Rogatka is to be closed down due to lack of license,” commentator “Linichka” wrote.
I haven’t got a confirmation yet as Israeli English-language websites don’t write about it yet, but if any of you see anything on the subject …

Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday condemned Saturday night’s deadly shooting attack at a gay community center in Tel Aviv and promised to bring the perpetrator to justice, Jerusalem Post reports.
“I unequivocally condemn the shocking murder,” Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. “I have spoken with Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch and stand by the police in searching for and finding the killer. We will bring him to justice and …

A masked man entered a club for gay teens in central Tel Aviv yesterday, pulled out a pistol and shot in all directions, killing two and wouding 15 people.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ha’aretz the man then holstered his pistol and fled the scene by foot to the busy streets of Tel Aviv.
The victims of the attack were named as Nir Katz, 26, of Givatayim, and Liz Troubishi, 17, of Holon.
Hundreds of police officers were …

A popular nightclub in Tel Aviv called “Rogatka” (slingshot) is refusing entry to Israeli Defence Forces’ soldiers in uniforms, because the uniforms are apparently associated with “oppression and genocide”, according to an Israeli blog called The Muqata.
According to the story, first reported by Army Radio, two IDF combat soldiers who visited the club last week were forbidden entry. They were told they could switch to civilian clothes and come in, but it was forbidden to …

A Ku Klux Klan member, American white supremacist and one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, 33-year-old Micky Louis Mayon found almost a perfect place on Earth to hide from the US authorities – he figured that the last place anyone would look for him would be Israel. He was right for more than a year, until today his luck ran out.
The Israeli immigration authorities captured Mayon today from a hostel room in Tel Aviv …

Low-cost airline easyJet has finally announced plans to fly to Israel six times a week starting from 2nd November, the Jewish Chronicle reports.
The airline will fly between London Luton and Tel Aviv Gen Gurion, and single fares will start from £71.98, return from £102.98, according to the report. Flights are on all weekdays except Friday, and tickets will go on sale on www.easyjet.com later today.
The Tel Aviv route is one of 23 new easyJet services …

Tel Aviv City’s Enforcement Department revealed that the metropolitan area of one of the largest cities in Israel is lacking a staggering 324,000 parking spots, Ynet reports.
It is also stated that the shortage results in over 3,000 parking tickets a day, most of which are given between 5pm and 7 pm, in central Tel Aviv.
Tel Aviv residents themselves own 152,000 vehicles, the newspaper says, but incoming traffic sees more than 450,000 cars enter the city …

April 2009 marks 100th anniversary of Israel’s second largest city Tel Aviv. The city that is sometimes referred to as Little New York, is Israel’s economic, cultural and academic capital and in my opinion one of the most beautiful cities I’ve been to.
Tel Aviv is mostly secular city, although there are many religious centres in Tel Aviv. But the secularity is probably most seen on a Friday night when despite of Shabbat, the city comes …