Evidence indicates that erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra can aid performance and stiffen resolve in high altitude disciplines like mountain climbing.

Israeli military doctors have extended this theory to pilots, hoping their skills will grow as a result.

Suggestions that this is a drive by the Israeli Air Force to swell their ranks with more elderly and frustrated men have been refuted. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

The record for the world's largest flag now belongs to an Israeli banner produced by a Filipino evangelical Christian. The huge blue and white flag, measuring 2,165 feet long and 330 feet wide and weighing 5.7 tons, breaks the record for the world's largest. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

More than two dozen Israeli motorists manoeuvred around the dead body of a road accident victim lying in the middle of a busy intersection, failing to stop to help in an incident captured by a traffic camera. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A letter sent to Bush, signed by a formidable group of foreign policy experts outline ideas on making a peace treaty between Israel and Palestine possible. May be far-fetched, but you have to start somewhere. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

A wall mentioned in the Bible's Book of Nehemiah and long sought by archaeologists apparently has been found. A team of archaeologists discovered the wall in Jerusalem's ancient City of David during a rescue attempt on a tower that was in danger of collapse. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Israeli police arrested a woman who stole a pair of Crocs shoes when she returned to the store hours later to exchange them because they did not fit her son. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An Israeli medical team has started tests using the drug ecstasy as a treatment for conflict-linked post-traumatic disorders, according to reports in the Maariv daily. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A group of Israeli journalists were going to meet the Dutch foreign minister, so they emailed a preview of questions they'd be asking. However, they left the translation down to Babel Fish, causing much hilarity.

But we've seen Babel Fish's mistranslation before! picked by TheStep 11 months ago

An Israeli judge has ordered the country's prison authority to pay an inmate over $1,000 (488 pounds) in compensation after he complained of having to share a cell with cockroaches. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Seven young artists from Berlin are trying to stretch the boundaries of art by living in an Israeli museum for three weeks with lice in their hair. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

It's good that the law can reach this high up, if the charges are true. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Israeli police arrested on Tuesday a woman who pretended to be an army officer for five years, and even went to last summer's war in Lebanon, because it made her "feel good". picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

AN Israeli politician has blamed a spate of recent earthquakes in the Middle East on gays. Shlomo Benizri of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas Party said the only way to prevent the earthquakes was for parliament to stop liberalising laws concerning homosexuals. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

An Israeli man who hired a detective to find out whether his daughter was cheating on her husband was told by the investigator his wife was in fact the one being unfaithful. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The entire Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible has been etched onto a space less than half the size of grain of sugar. The text measures less than 0.5 square millimeters (0.01 square inches) picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

An Israeli tourist tired of wolf whistles from road workers in New Zealand stripped off her clothes in a show of defiance, police say. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A bulldozer driver, identified by police as an Israeli Arab, went on a murderous rampage in Jerusalem today, smashing into a city bus and trampling several cars before he was shot dead. At least four people died in the carnage, Israeli TV reported. picked by MeMe 3 months ago

Israeli police say they have broken up a gang of 8 neo-Nazis aged 16-21, all Israeli citizens. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

An Israeli woman accidentally bit off part of her boyfriend's tongue during a heated French kiss. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An Israeli airstrike on Syria last month targeted a partially built nuclear reactor that was years away from completion, the New York Times reported Saturday, citing U.S. and foreign officials. picked by wags273 12 months ago