Did the owners let the registration expire and lose control of the domain name or has the site always been hosted in Israel? Domain Name: ARTOFCREDIT.COM Registrar: COMMUNIGAL COMMUNICATIONS LTD Whois Server: whois.communigal.net Referral URL: http://www.galcomm.com Name Server: NS2.FWD.CO.IL Name Server: NS1.FWD.CO.IL Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK EPP Status: clientDeleteProhibited EPP Status: clientTransferProhibited EPP Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 30-Jan-2006 Creation Date: 24-Jun-2003 Expiration Date: 24-Jun-2011 Registrant Contact Information : Admin Site Eruach Atarim *****@artofcredit.com PO Box 65351 Tel Aviv 61653 IL 972 3 REGISTRAR-LOCK: The sponsoring registrar sets this status. The domain can not be modified or deleted. The registrar must remove REGISTRAR-LOCK status to modify the domain. The domain can be renewed. The domain will be included in the zone.
Art of Credit website The owner of AoC is an Israeli national who splits his time between Florida and either Haifa or Tel Aviv, I forget which one, so that doesn't shock me to see the registration held in Israel. AoC has been a terrific help to a lot of people. Though I'm no longer associated with them, I'm proud to have been deeply involved in it's founding and formation. It's hard to imagine what kind of hardware failure could take this long to remedy, but I wish them the best of luck and success.
