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Senior US officials on peace mission in Israel as fighting flares 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 1:06 PM
Two senior US officials visited Israel trying to revive peace efforts as Israeli forces carried out a major attack on the Palestinian Gaza Strip, officials said.US national intelligence director in Israel for talks AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 7:32 AM
The director of US national intelligence, John Negroponte, has arrived in Israel for talks with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and intelligence service chiefs.Israel must treat Gaza like Russia does Chechnya: hardliner AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 4:27 AM
Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's hardline new minister for strategic affairs, has said the Jewish state should use the same methods in Gaza that Russia had in Chechnya.Israel, Denmark are Egypt's worst enemies AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 2:29 AM
Israel and Denmark are Egypt's worst enemies, according to a poll measuring Egyptian attitudes to various countries published this week by a government body.Israel vows to continue Lebanon flights AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 2:14 AM
A defiant Israel has vowed to continue controversial flights over Lebanon despite mounting international protests that the action violates the UN-brokered truce that ended this summer's war.Talks progress on Hezbollah-Israel prisoners' swap: Nasrallah AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 2:28 AM
UN-mediated negotiations for a prisoners' swap between Israel and Hezbollah have made progress, the leader of the Shiite Lebanese militant group said.Israel fighter jets stage mock raids AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 31 8:38 PM
Israel's fighter jets roared over Hezbollah strongholds Tuesday, staging mock raids in its strongest show of force since its war with the guerrilla group ended more than two months ago.Israel defense minister eyes Arab plan AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 31 7:53 PM
Israel's defense minister said Tuesday that a dormant Saudi initiative for Mideast peace could be a "basis for negotiation," indicating a new possibility for talks with the Palestinians after years of stalemate.Extreme Makeover, Israel Edition Jewish Week - Nov 01 6:14 PM
A new effort is under way to rebrand the Jewish state s militaristic image, but will anyone buy it? Tel Aviv If the State of Israel were a brand like Nike or McDonald s, what images would it evoke among the average American?Israel s Marathon Minyan Jewish Week - Nov 01 6:14 PM
As national chairman of Beit Halochem, Israel s organization for disabled veterans, Moshe Matalon has for several years encouraged members to take up hand cycling as a form of recreation and therapy.Taking Stock / Six years for Israel's Enron Haaretz Daily - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
The whole sordid affair really is worthy of the sobriquet, "Israel's Enron." Okay, the figures aren't really comparable. The collapse of the La Nationale insurance company thundered throughout the land - but this is a tiny land, and the figures were commensurately modest.Telecom Israel 2006 Conference Partners With IsraelHighTech.TV to Bring Israeli Technology News to the World via Global SYS-CON Media - Nov 01 3:54 PM
November 6th through 8th, the Telecom Israel 2006 Conference and Exhibition will partner with internet TV start-up IsraelHighTech.TV to execute a groundbreaking three-day live internet broadcast. The most extensive webcast ever done from Israel, exclusive reports on the future of global telecommunications, though interviews with many telecom industry thought-leaders and demos of cutting-edge Talks on Israel prisoner swap have begun: Hezbollah Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 31 3:24 PM
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday indirect negotiations between his group and Israel over a prisoner exchange had begun through a U.N.-appointed mediator.News Analysis From Israel - The Evil Will Come From the North: Part 3: THE IMMINENCE OF WAR Blogcritics.org - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
Ma'aleh Levona, Israel 11 Heshvan 5767; 1 November, 2006 In the Hebrew Bible, in the book BaMidbár, known in English as Numbers, Bila'am, the seer hired by King Balak of Moav to curse the Children of Israel, tells his employer, "I shall advise your people what this people will do to your people in the End of Days" (BaMidbár/Numbers 24:14, in part). He continues, "I shall see him, but not now, Israel launches major Gaza raid BBC News - Oct 31 10:52 PM
Eight Palestinians and an Israeli soldier are killed as Israel launches a major raid into northern Gaza.Israel Khan loses Nehru collar case Trinidad Express - Nov 01 5:28 PM
Senior Counsel Israel Khan shreds his tie at his Port of Spain office yesterday, in disapproval of a ruling against him in a lawsuit against the Chief Magistrate concerning attorneys' code of dress in court.Sampoerna buys 20 pct of Israel's Harel Insurance Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Nov 01 8:51 AM
JERUSALEM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The Sampoerna Group has bought 20.2 percent of Israel's Harel Insurance Investments for $192.7 million, valuing the entire insurer at $954 million, the companies said on Wednesday.Israel insists on violations despite wide condemnation The Daily Star Lebannon - Nov 01 1:27 PM
Lebanese officials were united in their condemnation Wednesday of Israel's air violations of their country, while Israeli officials vowed the overflights would continue despite international pressure. "They can protest for as long as they like. Our reconnaissance flights will continue," Israel's deputy defense minister, Ephraim Sneh, told.Israel Labour leader ready for talks on Arab peace plan AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 31 11:29 AM
The leader of the second party in Israel's governing coalition, Defence Minister Amir Peretz, said that he was open to negotiations on a four-year-old Arab peace initiative.Speaker to discuss peace in Palestine, Israel and Gaza Albany Democrat-Herald - Nov 01 12:27 PM
CORVALLIS Non-violent resistance in Palestine, Israel, and Gaza will be the subject of a program presented by Joy Ellison at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Martha Room at the First United Methodist Church, 1165 N.W. Monroe Ave., Corvallis.Israel Steps Up Gaza Offensive to Halt Rocket Fire Crosswalk.com - Nov 01 3:52 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israel on Wednesday stepped up its raids on Hamas and other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip to put a stop to rocket fire aimed at southern Israel.Israel May Be Open To Saudi Peace Plan CBS News - Oct 31 5:01 PM
Israel's defense minister says a dormant Saudi initiative for a comprehensive Mideast peace could be a basis for talks with the Palestinians after years of stalemate.Hezbollah confirms Israel prisoner swap talks ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Nov 01 3:09 AM
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has confirmed UN-brokered talks with Israel over a prisoner swap deal are under way.Israel kills 7 Palestinians in Gaza Islamic Republic News Agency - Nov 01 8:48 AM
Israel - Palestine - Deaths Israeli incursion into Gaza Strip on Wednesday led to the death of seven Palestinians, hospital officials said. Israeli troops invaded northern Gaza in the morning laying siege on the town of Beit Hanoun, with helicopter gunships flying overhead.Israel vows to continue Lebanon flights Middle East Times - Nov 01 4:47 AM
JERUSALEM -- A defiant Israel vowed Wednesday to continue controversial flights over Lebanon despite mounting international protests that the action violates the UN-brokered truce that ended this summer's war.Talks progress on Hezbollah-Israel prisoners' swap: Nasrallah TODAYonline - Nov 01 7:50 AM
Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah speaks to a reporter on his party-run television Manar television, October 31. UN-mediated negotiations for a prisoners' swap between Israel and Hezbollah have made progress, Nasrallah said.Hezbollah confirms Israel talks BBC News - Oct 31 2:52 PM
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Nasrallah says "serious" talks on a prisoner exchange with Israel are under way.Israel stages mock raids over Lebanon Fox21 - Nov 01 6:14 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon Israel has carried out its heaviest show of air power over Lebanon since the war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas ended in August.Israel launches Gaza strike CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Nov 01 1:39 AM
Israeli soldiers attacked the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun on Wednesday in an effort to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets into Israel.Rapid left for Israel match without striker Burdujan Nine O'Clock - Nov 01 12:34 PM
Razvan Lucescu lost another player, one day before leaving for Israel. Lucian Burdujan sprained his ankle during the training held on Monday night and was unable to leave for Tel Aviv, as he is unavailable for the next three weeks. His place in Rapid delegation was taken by Marius Constantin.Israel defense minister eyes Arab plan Syracuse.com - Nov 01 4:09 AM
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) Israel's defense minister said Tuesday that a dormant Saudi initiative for Mideast peace could be a "basis for negotiation," indicating a new possibility for talks with the Palestinians after years of stalemate.ISRAEL EXPANDS SUPPORT FOR SAUDI PROGRAM Middle East Newsline - Nov 01 6:37 AM
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has expressed increasing support for a Saudi plan to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. Defense Minister Amir Peretz has endorsed the Saudi peace plan.Talks progress on Hezbollah Israel prisoners swap Khaleej Times - Nov 01 4:36 AM
BEIRUT - UN-mediated negotiations for a prisoners swap between Israel and Hezbollah have made progress, the leader of the Shia Lebanese militant group said.Telecom Israel 2006 Conference Partners With IsraelHighTech.TV to Bring Israeli Technology News to the World via Global [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 01 10:42 AM
November 6th through 8th, the Telecom Israel 2006 Conference and Exhibition will partner with internet TV start-up IsraelHighTech.TV to execute a groundbreaking three-day live internet broadcast.Israel jets stage mock raids over Beirut AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 31 2:33 AM
Israeli fighter jets staged mock raids over Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut and two southern towns on Tuesday in the heaviest show of air power over Lebanon since an August cease-fire ended the war between Israel and the guerrillas.Hezbollah confirms Israel prisoner swap talks ITV.com - Nov 01 3:25 AM
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has confirmed UN-brokered talks with Israel over a prisoner swap deal are under way. The fate of the two Israeli soldiers whose capture provoked the 34-day war between Lebanon and Israel is included in the talks.AIPAC condemns Republicans for disloyalty' to Israel jibe Cleveland Jewish News - Nov 01 7:00 AM
(JTA) - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee condemned Republican activists who said failure to support their candidate amounted to disloyalty to Israel.'Israel, Denmark are Egypt's worst enemies' Independent Online - Nov 01 5:04 AM
According to a poll measuring Egyptian attitudes to various countries, over 92 and 60 percent respectively consider Israel and Denmark an enemy after cartoons of the Prophet were published in a Danish newspaper.Israel vows to continue Lebanon flights Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Nov 01 2:19 AM
A defiant Israel vowed to continue controversial flights over Lebanon despite mounting international protests that the action violates the UN-brokered truce that ended this year's war.Israel AGMnews - Nov 01 1:48 AM
agrees to end blockade against Lebanon. By Alistair Lyon. 07 September 2006. Israel has agreed to lift an eight - week - old air and sea blockade ...Israel's AGMnews - Nov 01 1:47 AM
verdict: We lost the war. By Donald Macintyre in Metulla, Israel . 15 August 2006. Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, was obliged to admit ...Israel Exercises Elimination and Planned Incursions in Gaza Strip Palestine News Agency - Nov 01 4:18 AM
RAMALLAH, November 1, 2006 (WAFA)-President Mahmoud Abbas described Wednesday afternoon the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip as a chain of dangerous and despicable series of acts as Israel is exercising elimination and planned offensive into the Gaza Strip.Israel AGMnews - Nov 01 1:47 AM
Olmert looks for Blair's support as violence in escalates. By Colin Brown and Eric Silver. 12 June 2006. The Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, ... Israel yielded to American pressure yesterday and agreed to let East Jerusalem Arabs vote in the Palestinian parliamentary elections on 25 January.Israel AGMnews - Nov 01 1:47 AM
Do you believe is doing the West's dirty work? And what do you think of Elvis's music? 28 August 2006 . . . . . . . . . ... Blair admits to cabinet splits over his support for Bush on Israel . By Colin Brown.ISRAEL: Super-Sol fined over pricing irregularities Just Food - Nov 01 4:27 AM
Super-Sol, Israel's largest supermarket chain, was fined ILS450,000 (US$104,895) for pricing irregularities. The chain was found guilty of over-pricing regulated products, inconsistencies between the price marked and the price charged at the cash register, and failure to mark price.Talks progress on Hezbollah-Israel prisoners' swap: Nasrallah AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 8:23 AM
The chief of Hezbollah has said progress is being made toward freeing two Israeli soldiers, whose capture by the Shiite party in July sparked a devastating assault on Lebanon by the Jewish state.Israel has a duty to defend itself, MacKay says Canadian Jewish News - Nov 01 4:41 AM
MONTREAL - Israel acted within international law in taking proportionate, measured steps in defending itself against Hezbollah attacks last summer and, in fact, had a legal duty to protect its citizens, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay told an appreciative audience at a State of Israel Bonds event last week.Israel Commits Collective Human Rights Violations against Palestinian People in OPT Palestine News Agency - Nov 01 2:48 AM
NEW YORK, November 1, 2006 (WAFA) - Counsellor on the issue of Human rights in the Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Committee of the United Nations General Assembly Ms. Nadya Rasheed said that Israel, the occupying Power, has committed systematic, individual and collective human rights violations against the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).Nasrallah confirms Israel prisoner swap talks Middle East Online - Nov 01 12:43 AM
Hezbollah chief says UN-mediated talks for prisoners swap with Israel have made progress.Hezbollah Confirms Israel Talks On Prisoner Exchange Nasdaq - Oct 31 7:28 PM
(RTTNews) - In a major development aimed at cementing the Middle East peace process, Hezbollah's chief has confirmed that "serious" indirect talks with Israel on a possible prisoner exchange are under way.Israel stocks advance to near records; Retalix slumps Market Watch - Oct 31 8:50 AM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Israel's main stock indexes rose, led by strength in Israel Chemicals and putting the benchmarks within small fractions of their closing records. Analysis: Israel prepares raids in Gaza UPI - Oct 31 8:15 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz Tuesday made an apparent effort to cultivate public opinion for military raids into the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian rocket attacks and prevent the development of a stronger military force there.Olmert Says Israel May Widen Military Role in Gaza New York Times - Oct 30 8:56 PM
Israel?s prime minister said the military operation would be intended to halt Palestinian rocket fire, not to reoccupy the territory.PM: Israel will stop Palestinian arms AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 7:56 PM
Israel will take action to stop Palestinian arms smuggling and rocket fire in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday, but he could not point to specific solutions.Palestine: Hezbollah confirms Israel talks AngolaPress - Nov 01 1:03 AM
Jerusalem, 11/01 - Hezbollah`s leader has confirmed that indirect talks with Israel on a prisoner exchange are under way, describing them as "serious".Beth Israel Medical Center Launches Latino Health Initiative to Fill Cultural and Health Need [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 01 4:00 AM
In an effort to remove cultural and communication barriers to quality health care in New York City's Hispanic community, Beth Israel Medical Center recently launched The Latino Health Initiative, one of the first hospital-based programs in the metropolitan region committing staff and resources to specifically address the health needs of the Latino market.Big Israeli Strike With Tanks Kills 8 Palestinians in Gaza New York Times - 33 minutes ago
Israeli soldiers exchanged fire with Palestinian militants in northern Gaza, the launching ground for many of the Palestinian rockets fired into southern Israel.Mutual acceptance key to peace: Israel Gulf Times - Nov 01 12:15 AM
AN OFFICIAL from Israel s ministry of foreign affairs has told the ongoing Sixth International Conference on New or Restored Democracies that no peace process in history has ever succeeded without each side recognising the legitimacy of the other.Israel proposes bunker-busters for Gaza weapons tunnels World Tribune - Oct 31 2:24 PM
TEL AVIV Israel has been mulling a technological solution to end arms smuggling along the Egypt-Gaza border. Military sources said the General Staff has drafted a plan to bomb the 14-kilometer Egypt-Gaza border.(AFX UK Focus) 2006-11-01 07:22 GMT: Israel to continue flights over Lebanon - official Interactive Investor - Oct 31 11:53 PM
JERUSALEM (AFX) - Israel will continue to carry out flights over Lebanon despite protests from the United Nations and Beirut, an Israeli minister told public radio Wednesday.Israel again buzzes German ships near Lebanon World Tribune - Oct 31 12:53 PM
LONDON Israel has confronted Germany near Lebanon in the latest of a series of incidents. For the second time in less than a week, Germany reported that Israel Air Force aircraft confronted a German Navy vessel off the coast of Lebanon.Olmert: Israel will expand military activities in Gaza Strip USA Today - Oct 30 5:10 PM
Israel will take action to stop Palestinian arms smuggling and rocket fire in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday, but he could not point to specific solutions.Six Palestinians killed in vast Israel operation in Gaza AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 12:48 AM
Six Palestinians were killed and 35 wounded when the Israeli army launched a massive operation in the Gaza Strip and seized control of a northern town, medical officials and witnesses said.Talks on Israel prisoner swap have begun -Hezbollah AlertNet - Oct 31 2:50 PM
Source: Reuters (Adds quotes, background) By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday indirect negotiations between his group and Israel over a prisoner ... Israel to continue flights over Lebanon: official AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 12:45 AM
Israeli warplanes will continue to overfly Lebanon despite protests from the United Nations and Beirut, an Israeli minister told public radio.Israel Kills 7 Palestinians in Raid to Stop Rockets (Update3) Bloomberg.com - Nov 01 8:32 AM
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians and wounded 50 in a predawn raid in the Gaza Strip, part of an operation the army said is intended to stop rocket attacks. An Israeli soldier was killed in the operation.Israel TA-25 index at record high; Teva, Bezeq, Partner gain Market Watch - Nov 01 10:34 AM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's key index on Wednesday set one record -- finishing at a historic high -- but came up shy of another benchmark, just missing the 900-point level. Hoping to shed conflict image, Israel launches branding campaign JTA - Oct 31 11:03 AM
TEL AVIV, Oct. 31 (JTA) What kind of image does the average American have of Israel? According to recent focus groups, the picture of the Jewish state is a grim one: gray and fortress-like, militarized, male-dominated, uniformly religious and generally uninviting.Hezbollah says in talks on Israel prisoner swap AlertNet - Oct 31 2:05 PM
Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday indirect negotiations between his group and Israel over a prisoner exchange had begun through a U.N.-appointed ... Israel leaders boycott ceremony hosted by embattled president AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 8:19 AM
Senior Israeli officials stayed away from a ceremony hosted by President Moshe Katsav, who faces a possible rape indictment, marking the assassination of premier Yitzhak Rabin.Solomon Schechter schools complete project for Israel News Transcript - Oct 31 6:07 PM
MARLBORO - David Ben-Gurion once said, "In Israel, to be a realist, one must believe in miracles." Indeed, the themes of miracles, hope and community were what the seventh- and eighth-graders from the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Monmouth County, Marlboro, and the Solomon Schechter AcademTalks Progress On Hizballah-Israel Prisoner Swap Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Nov 01 1:20 AM
November 1, 2006 -- The leader of Hizballah says UN-mediated negotiations for a prisoners' swap between Israel and the Shi'ite Lebanese militant group have made progress.Israel kills 8 Palestinians in Gaza raid, but holds off on large-scale Gaza offensive San Diego Union-Tribune - Nov 01 4:15 PM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, 11:39 a.m. Nov. 1 (AP): Israeli troops seized a northern Gaza town Wednesday in one of the largest strikes against Palestinian rocket squads in months, imposing a curfew, deploying snipers on rooftops and patrolling streets in tanks. Eight Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed.US must press Israel: Saudi ambassador AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 12:15 PM
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States firmly urged the Bush administration to push Israel into opening final peace talks with the Palestinians.Israel kills nine Palestinians The Age - Nov 01 1:22 PM
Israeli forces backed by tanks killed nine Palestinians including at least five militants, and one soldier was also killed in one of the heaviest Israeli raids into the Gaza Strip in months.Israel Kills 6 Palestinians in Raid to Stop Rockets (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Nov 01 3:47 AM
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli forces killed six Palestinians and wounded at least 40 in a predawn raid on the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, part of an operation that the military said is intended to stop rocket attacks.Solana says Israel risks derailing Lebanon peace AlertNet - Oct 31 8:20 AM
Source: Reuters MADRID, Oct 31 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana made a fresh call on Israel on Tuesday to stop operations that risked derailing the United Nations-brokered ceasefire which ... Israel military action in Gaza kills 8 Palestinians ABC via Yahoo!7 News - Nov 01 1:00 PM
Renewed Israeli military action has left eight Palestinians dead in the Gaza Strip.Israel will fight arms buildup in Gaza Strip The Columbus Dispatch - Oct 31 4:39 AM
JERUSALEM Israel will take action to stop Palestinian arms smuggling and rocket fire in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday, but he did not offer specific solutions.Egypt pushes Hamas to hand over soldier, recognize Israel CNN.com - Oct 31 4:34 PM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- In an effort to resolve a deepening political crisis in the West Bank and Gaza, Egypt has stepped up pressure on Hamas to recognize the Jewish state and swap a captured Israeli soldier for Palestinian prisoners.Israel ultra-nationalist leader voted into gov't AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 7:48 AM
Israel's ultra-right party leader Avigdor Lieberman was voted in to join the government as police looked into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's alleged involvement in selling bank shares.Moroccan wins Iran's Holocaust cartoon contest Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 10:59 AM
A Moroccan won first prize on Wednesday in Iran's International Holocaust Cartoons Contest, which had sparked outrage in Israel, the West and among Jewish groups.Israel may expand offensive in Gaza AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 7:42 AM
Israel plans to expand its military offensive in the Gaza Strip and will decide soon on the what kind of operation it will conduct, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday.Israel kills Palestinian in Gaza: security sources Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 31 4:25 PM
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian on Wednesday in an air strike in northern Gaza and wounded half a dozen gunmen in a separate gun battle, security sources and witnesses said.Senior US officials visit Israel People's Daily - Nov 01 5:28 PM
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs David Welch is traveling in the Middle East on the peace mission, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Wednesday.Israeli attack kills seven Palestinians in Gaza International Herald Tribune - Nov 01 7:52 AM
An Israeli soldier was also killed in one of Israel's largest strikes against militants since re-entering the Gaza Strip four months ago.Moody's rates State of Israel's $750m global bond A2 Globes Online - Oct 31 11:00 AM
Moody's Investors Service analyst Kristin Lindow: Israel's rating trajectory remains positive.Israel Troops Kill Seven Militants Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Nov 01 10:55 AM
Israeli troops have killed seven Palestinians in one of the largest strikes against militants since re-entering the Gaza Strip four months ago.Israel kills 8 Palestinians in Gaza Baltimore Sun - Nov 01 10:04 AM
Operation targeting militants could last days Israeli troops, backed by tanks and helicopter gunships, killed eight Palestinians today in one of the military's largest strikes against militants since re-entering the Gaza Strip four months ago. Israel kills 8 Palestinians The Peninsula - Nov 01 4:30 PM
Gaza Israeli forces backed by tanks killed eight Palestinians including at least five militants yesterday and one soldier was also killed in one of the heaviest Israeli raids into the Gaza Strip in months.FRANCE CALLS ON ISRAEL TO STOP MILITARY FLIGHTS OVER LEBANON The Tocqueville Connection - Oct 31 8:02 AM
PARIS, Oct 31, 2006 (AFP) - France on Tuesday called on Israel to cease military overflights of Lebanon, describing them as a "violation of Lebanese sovereignty".Olmert says Israel may widen role in Gaza Orange County Register - Oct 31 3:30 AM
JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said Monday that the Israeli military may expand operations in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to halt Palestinian rocket fire, but that there was no intention to reoccupy the territory.Kazakh oil fund to pour millions in Israel Middle East Times - Oct 31 5:17 AM
JERUSALEM -- A $1 billion Kazakh oil fund will invest millions of dollars in Israel, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Karim Masimov said Sunday.Suez crisis: Israel's forgotten war Middle East Online - Oct 31 6:43 AM
Forgotten war strengthened Israel s resolve to build up its armed forces, triggered improved ties with US.Avigdor Lieberman: rising star of Israel's right AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 6:08 AM
Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's ultra-nationalist poised to join the cabinet, is an immigrant from the former Soviet Union whose hardline stances have won him admiration from supporters and charges of racism from critics.Israel Jets Stage Mock Raids Over Beirut phillyburbs.com - Oct 31 1:58 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israeli fighter jets staged mock raids over Hezbollah strongholds in south Beirut on Tuesday in the heaviest show of air power over Lebanon since an August cease-fire ended the war between Israel and the guerillas.Israeli strikes kill 6 Palestinians, wound 45 Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 5:03 AM
Israel killed six Palestinians including five militants and wounded 45 people in a series of air strikes and gun battles in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.Israel hints at fresh talks on basis of Saudi plan: Syria declared potential partner Dawn - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago
RIYADH, Nov 1: The Saudi initiative for Middle East peace could be a basis for negotiation, says Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz, indicating possibility for fresh talks with the Palestinians after years of stalemate.Croatia squad unchanged for Israel CNN.com - Oct 30 5:34 AM
Croatia coach Slaven Bilic named an unchanged squad on Monday for the Euro 2008 qualifier away against Israel in Tel Aviv on November 15.Israel fighting in Gaza may affect swap UPI - Nov 01 1:46 PM
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A Palestinian official Wednesday said he hoped Israeli military operations in Gaza had not derailed soldier-prisoner exchange discussions in Egypt.