An 18 year old Palestinian woman was caught on her way to carrying out a terror attack: She tried entering Israel from the Calandia Checkpoint without an entry permit and she was stopped. She then attempted enter Israel in posing as her sister that had a permit but she was stopped and incarcerated. Upon investigation she revealed she was on her way to carrying out a terrorist attack.
Teva will close its R&D center laying off 135 workers: Head of the Teva workers committee Haney Gilboa announced Teva’s intentions of closing the R&D center and laying off the workers and commented that this is the first R&D center in Israel to close.
Danger…sharks! The National Nature and Parks Authority issued a warning against diving near the Hadera Power Station. From December through April the warm water coming out of the power station into the Mediterranean is warmer than the rest of the sea water and it attracts sharks to the area. “Diving in this area is dangerous and should be avoided,” says the warning.
World news:
Passenger got on a wrong plane in Tokyo which was flying to Los Angeles. The Nippon Airways plane was four hours into the flight when the plane turned around and flew back to Tokyo for the passenger to disembark. Nippon Airways said this is according to their security rules and procedures.
Guatemala responds to criticism for moving its embassy to Jerusalem: “The United States did not press us to move our embassy to Jerusalem. This was a decision of our government and part of Guatemala’s foreign policy,” said Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel.
U.S. to sell warplanes to Nigeria: The Nigerian Air Force announced that it is purchasing 12 warplanes from the U.S. Nigeria will pay a half a billion dollars for the deal which is scheduled to be signed at the end of February.
