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Death toll mounts as Israel presses Gaza incursion 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 2:04 PM
At least 15 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched a fresh incursion into Gaza Wednesday aimed at halting militant rocket fire from the impoverished coastal strip, medical sources said.Death toll rises to 17 as Israel presses Gaza incursion AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 12:45 PM
A Palestinian woman killed by Israeli tank fire while protesting outside a mosque was among another 11 people killed in Israel's continued incursion into Gaza, medical sources said.Another five killed as Israel presses Gaza incursion AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 11:35 AM
A Palestinian woman cut down by by Israeli tank fire while protesting outside a mosque was among another five people killed in Israel's continued incursion into Gaza, medical sources said.Death toll rises to 14 as Israel presses Gaza incursion AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 10:11 AM
A Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli tank fire as she and a handful of other women demonstrated outside a mosque in Beit Hanun, witnesses said, bringing the death toll from Israel's incursion into Gaza to 14.Death toll rises to 13 as Israel presses Gaza incursion AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 9:07 AM
Israel continued an incursion into Gaza which has killed 12 Palestinians and a soldier in little over a day in one of its largest operations since militants seized a soldier in June.Israel marks 11 years since Rabin assassination AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 6:58 AM
Israel has commemorated 11 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin by a Jewish extremist with a series of memorial services across the country.Four more dead as Israel presses Gaza incursion AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 5:36 AM
Israel has kept up an incursion in Gaza, which has killed 12 Palestinians and a soldier in little over a day in one of its largest operations since militants seized a soldier in June.Israel seeking to pressure UN with Lebanon flights AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 4:37 AM
Israel is keeping up its overflights of Lebanon in defiance of the international community in a bid to pressure it to do more to stop Hezbollah rearming and secure the release of two soldiers, army has radio said.Israel stocks decline; Teva down, Discount Investments climbs Market Watch - Nov 02 1:03 PM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Israel stocks dropped across the board, with the TA-25 slipping from its historic high, led by a 2.1% drop in Teva Pharmaceutical shares and limited by a 3.9% jump in Discount Investments. Two more dead as Israel presses Gaza incursion AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 1:26 AM
Israel has kept up an incursion in Gaza that has seen 10 Palestinians and a soldier killed in barely 24 hours in one of its largest operations since militants seized a soldier in late June.Iran Tests Shahab Missile Capable of Reaching Israel (Update6) Bloomberg.com - Nov 02 10:44 AM
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Iran announced the test-firing of a Shahab-3 ballistic missile capable of traveling 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles), a range that puts Israel's major cities within reach.Israel Unplugged antiMUSIC - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
(PR) Oklahoma born, Arkansas based reggae artist Joseph Israel (www.Josephisrael.com) will be hitting Malibu, Ventura and Long Beach next week for a trio of special acoustic shows in advance of his debut CD "Gone Are The Days" (UMe/New Door Records) which will be released January 30, 2007. For fans of the classic albums from Gregory Issacs, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley, this is a must Iran Tests Shahab Missile Capable of Reaching Israel (Update5) Bloomberg.com - Nov 02 9:32 AM
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Iran, after international pressure to scrap its nuclear program, announced the test-firing of a Shahab- 3 ballistic missile capable of traveling 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles), a range that puts Israel's major cities within reach.Israel s angry response against Hezbollah was justified Collegiate Times - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Stone s article ( Better terrorism through technology and engineering CT, Oct. 31) starts out with a common mistake the war fought over the summer in the Middle East was not between Israel and Lebanon, it was between Israel and the terrorist organization Hezbollah ( Party of God ).What hope for talks between Hezbollah and Israel? BBC News - Nov 02 6:15 AM
The Hezbollah leader says serious talks are being held with Israel over the fate of two captured Israeli soldiers. Send us your comments.Death toll mounts as Israel presses Gaza incursion Japan Today - Nov 02 4:51 PM
BEIT HANUN, Gaza Strip At least 15 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched a fresh incursion into Gaza Wednesday aimed at halting militant rocket fire from the impoverished coastal strip, medical sources said.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.Iran fires missiles 'that could reach Israel' Daily Telegraph - Nov 02 11:32 AM
Iran has flexed its military muscles by test firing dozens of missiles including the Shahab-3, a long range device capable of hitting Israel or American bases in the region.Israel steps up offensive in Gaza Strip Calcutta News - Nov 02 12:37 PM
Four Palestinians, including two civilians were killed Thursday during heavy fighting in the northern Gaza Strip. Ten Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed on Wednesday, in the heaviest fighting in Gaza since Israel withdrew from the territory last year.Israel kills 14 Palestinians Business Recorder - Nov 02 3:55 PM
BEIT HANUN (November 03 2006): A Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli tank fire as she and a handful of other women demonstrated outside a mosque in Beit Hanun Thursday, witnesses said, bringing the death toll from Israel's incursion into Gaza to 14.PHR-Israel Call fors Protection and Responsibility in Beit Hanoun Palestine News Agency - Nov 02 2:21 PM
TEL AVIV, November 02, 2006 (WAFA) - Physicians for Human Rights-Israel called upon Israeli Minister Amir Peretz to abide by the Israeli High Court's decision issued during the fighting in Rafah two years ago regarding the state's obligations and the needs of civilian population during fighting.Israel mulls branding campaign to counter negative image J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Nov 02 1:34 PM
tel aviv | 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.Israel carefully watching as Russians move in J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Nov 02 1:34 PM
jerusalem | A Russian plan to send a separate peacekeeping force to Lebanon has raised eyebrows in Israel, yet officials say they have no objections to it.Death toll rises to 13 as Israel presses Gaza incursion Channel NewsAsia - Nov 02 9:03 AM
BEIT HANUN, Gaza Strip : Israel continued an incursion into Gaza on Thursday which has killed 12 Palestinians and a soldier in little over a day in one of its largest operations since militants seized a soldier in June.Stung by GOP ads on Israel, Dems defend their position J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Nov 02 1:34 PM
washington | An online Israel chat hosted by top Democrats in the U.S. Congress outlined sharp differences with the Bush administration and suggested that an aggressive GOP campaign portraying Democrats as cool on the Jewish state has made inroads.Iran testing missile that can reach Israel Yakima Herald-Republic - Nov 02 10:30 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran test-fired dozens of missiles, including the Shahab-3 that can reach Israel, in military maneuvers today that it said were aimed at putting a stop to the role of world powers in the Persian Gulf region.Israel hardens West Ban immigration AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 4:01 PM
Twelve years ago, Hanan Ramahi passed up a doctorate program in Middle Eastern studies at the University of Chicago and returned to her ancestral Palestinian homeland to set up a school for English-speaking students.Clal Finance downgrades Africa-Israel Globes Online - Nov 02 12:29 PM
Analyst Yuval Ben-Zeev said Africa-Israel s share had passed his target price and looked expensive.3 dead as Israel pushes to stop militant rockets CTV.ca - Nov 02 6:13 AM
The Israeli military has stepped up its incursion into the Gaza Strip, with helicopter gun ships, tanks and troops rolling into a northern Gaza town in an attempt to cut off the barrage of militant rockets into Israel.ISRAEL: Evacuated settlers fear years in limbo IRIN - Nov 02 7:56 AM
JERUSALEM, 2 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - More than a year after Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, former settler Laurence Beziz still keeps the key to her college office in what was the settlement of Neve Dekalim.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.Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Call for Protection and Responsibility in Beit Hanoun UN Observer - Nov 02 11:27 AM
2006-11-02 | Today, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel called upon Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz to abide by the Israeli High Court s decision issued during the fighting in Rafah two years ago regarding the state s obligations and the needs of civilian population during fighting.Israel kills 7 in Gaza, encircles gunmen Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 1:20 PM
Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians including four civilians and trapped scores of gunmen in Gaza on Thursday, witnesses said, in one of the army's biggest offensives in the strip in months. Zorlu Energy to Build Power Plant in Israel Turks.US - Nov 02 9:47 AM
Turkey s Zorlu Energy has signed a contract with Israel s Dorad Energy, becoming a 25 percent shareholder of an 800-megawatt combined cycle power plant project.Palestinian deaths in Gaza raid rise to 11 as Israel tightens grip on town CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Nov 02 1:59 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli helicopter gunships, tanks and ground troops tightened their grip Thursday on a northern Gaza town they overran a day before, killing three Palestinians in Israel's biggest push in months to stop militant rocket fire. Billion dollar energy deal in Israel Turks.US - Nov 02 9:47 AM
Zorlu Energy has signed shares agreements with three separate firms for natural gas stations of an 800 megawatt capacity in Israel. President of the Board of Directors of Zorlu Holding, Ahmet Nazif Zorlu stated, "We have taken on an energy investment deal of close to 1 billion US dollars.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.Full-Page New York Times Ad: 'Congress is in Thrall to the Israel Lobby' [Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 1:39 PM
The Council for the National Interest Foundation argues in a full-page New York Times ad scheduled to run this Sunday, Nov. 5, two days before the 2006 midterm elections, that the U.S. Congress is in thrall to the Israel lobby. The lobby's negative effects on U.S. Middle East policy, the ad argues, are demonstrated by the growing possibility that the U.S. will use its military might to curtail Shadow hangs over a nation as Israel slides from war to scandal Scotland on Sunday - Nov 02 2:55 AM
SLEAZE claims amid the Lebanon fiasco see Israel's public lose faith in a "rudderless" government.Israel kills 5 in Gaza, encircles gunmen Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 10:42 AM
Israeli troops killed five Palestinians including three civilians and trapped scores of gunmen in Gaza on Thursday, witnesses said, in one of the army's biggest offensives in the strip in months.Israel continues operations in Gaza International Herald Tribune - Nov 02 10:45 AM
Israeli troops rounded up Palestinian men and battled militants for a second straight day in the northeastern corner of the Gaza Strip today.Israel may scrap planned gay pride march AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 10:34 AM
A week before a planned gay pride parade in Jerusalem, the city's religious Jews are warning of possible violence and a government minister said the march might have to be scrapped to keep the peace in the holy city.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.Hezbollah confirms Israel prisoner swap talks ITV.com - Nov 02 3:35 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.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.Jewish Reporters Join BBC's Israel Team Totally Jewish - Nov 02 6:35 AM
As the debate rages on over BBC bias in its Israel coverage, two Jewish journalists were this week appointed to join the corporation s reporting team in Jerusalem.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.Diplomat Defends Israel s Actions The Harvard Crimson - Nov 02 12:44 AM
An Israeli counselor for Middle Eastern affairs defended Israel s actions during this summer s conflict with Hezbollah at a Harvard Students for Israel event yesterday.Israel kills 5 Palestinians in Gaza Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 9:04 AM
Israeli troops killed five Palestinians including three civilians and trapped scores of gunmen in Gaza on Thursday, witnesses said, as the army pursued one of its biggest offensives in the strip in months.Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Announces 2006 Israel Grants Totaling over $1 Million [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 02 9:00 AM
LOS ANGELES----The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles today announced it has awarded grants to Israel-based initiatives totaling $1 million. Of the total, it has designated $750,000, in collaboration with other funding partners, to support programs in Israel such as early education, economic development and geriatric care.Israel Diary Totally Jewish - Nov 02 4:05 AM
What s happening to Israel s Labour Party? Leadership primaries are scheduled for May 2007, and already five or six candidates are being mentioned.Israel kills 4 Palestinians in Gaza Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 7:15 AM
Israeli troops killed four Palestinians including two civilians and trapped scores of gunmen in a Gaza town on Thursday, witnesses said, as the army pressed ahead with one of its biggest operations in the strip in months.Jerusalem officials say Israel ignoring U.S. plans to leave Iraq Haaretz Daily - Nov 02 12:16 AM
Israeli political and defense officials are ignoring the preparations to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, even though such a move is expected to have major strategic ramifications for Israel, said senior officials in Jerusalem on Wednesday.Official: Israel ignoring U.S. plan to leave Iraq Haaretz Daily - Nov 02 2:19 AM
Israeli political and defense officials are ignoring the preparations to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, even though such a move is expected to have major strategic ramifications for Israel, said senior officials in Jerusalem yesterday.Palestine Observer to UN: Israel Wages Brutal Military Campaign in Gaza Strip Palestine News Agency - Nov 02 2:34 AM
NEW YORK, November 2, 2006, (WAFA)- Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Dr. Riyad Mansour, said that Israel , the occupying power, continues to wage its brutal military campaign against the Palestinian Occupied Territory, especially in the Gaza Strip.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.Iran test-fires longer range missile AP via Yahoo! News - 11 minutes ago
Iran test-fired dozens of missiles, including the Shahab-3 that can reach Israel, in military maneuvers Thursday that it said were aimed at putting a stop to the role of world powers in the Persian Gulf region.Israel forges into Gaza Sunday Times - Nov 02 2:41 AM
GAZA CITY - Israel has kept up an incursion in Gaza Thursday that has seen 10 Palestinians and a soldier killed in barely 24 hours in one of its largest operations since militants seized a soldier in late June.Hardliner Urges Israel to Treat Gaza Like Russia Treats Chechnya Mosnews - Nov 01 11:40 PM
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, the AFP news agency reports.Extreme Makeover, Israel Edition Jewish Week - Nov 01 6:09 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?'Gay attack' on Israel synagogue BBC News - Nov 02 12:56 PM
A synagogue in Tel Aviv is vandalised by suspected gay rights activists ahead of a controversial march.Israel Khan loses Nehru collar case Trinidad Express - Nov 01 10:03 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.Israel s Marathon Minyan Jewish Week - Nov 01 6:09 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 - Nov 01 7:02 PM
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 3:58 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 Israel kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza: residents Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 01 11:23 PM
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday including a civilian, witnesses said, as fresh clashes erupted a day after some of the fiercest fighting in the coastal strip in months.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.Israel stages mock raids over Lebanon Fox21 - Nov 01 2:33 PM
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 major Gaza raid BBC News - Oct 31 10:55 PM
Eight Palestinians and an Israeli soldier are killed as Israel launches a major raid into northern Gaza.News Analysis From Israel - The Evil Will Come From the North: Part 3: THE IMMINENCE OF WAR Blogcritics.org - Nov 01 6:48 PM
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, Iranian president decries Israel as a 'fake regime' Fox21 - Nov 01 2:38 PM
TEHRAN, Iran Iran's president is again urging Israel's demise, this time calling it a "fake regime."Rejecting criticism, Israel vows to press forward with Gaza offensive Fox21 - Nov 01 2:34 PM
JERUSALEM Israel says it won't let up on attacks in the Gaza Strip until Palestinian militants release a captured Israeli soldier and stop their rocket attacks.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 1:32 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.Threat deepens Lebanon political crisis AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 12:57 PM
Two months after its devastating war, Lebanon is again on the edge of crisis at the center of a power play involving the United States, Syria, Iran and Israel.Speaker to discuss peace in Palestine, Israel and Gaza Albany Democrat-Herald - Nov 01 12:31 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.UK Envoy:Hezbollah Seeks Price For Info On Israel Captives Nasdaq - Nov 02 2:38 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP)--Hezbollah has set a price for information about whether two Israeli soldiers kidnapped by the militant group are still alive, U.K.'s ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday.Israel's opposing religions unite to fight gay march The Scotsman - Nov 02 4:26 PM
ACTIVISTS are pressing ahead with plans for a gay pride march in Jerusalem despite vociferous opposition on the grounds that it will desecrate the perceived holy character of the city.Israel Steps Up Gaza Offensive to Halt Rocket Fire Crosswalk.com - Nov 01 3:59 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 4:50 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 8:41 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.Talks progress on Hezbollah-Israel prisoners' swap: Nasrallah TODAYonline - Nov 01 7:59 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.Palestinian toll from Israeli offensive in Gaza reaches 11 International Herald Tribune - Nov 02 7:45 AM
Israeli helicopter gunships, tanks and ground troops tightened their grip Thursday on a northern Gaza town, killing an elderly civilian and two militants in Israel's biggest push in months to stop Palestinian rocket fire.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.Israel encircles gunmen in Gaza offensive Stuff - Nov 02 2:42 PM
BEIT HANOUN: Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians including four civilians and trapped scores of gunmen in Gaza overnight, witnesses said, in one of the army's biggest offensives in the strip in months.Hezbollah confirms Israel talks BBC News - Oct 31 2:45 PM
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Nasrallah says "serious" talks on a prisoner exchange with Israel are under way.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 12:45 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: Evacuated settlers fear years in limbo AlertNet - Nov 02 11:56 AM
Source: IRIN Some 8,000 Jewish settlers who were evacuated from the Gaza Strip in August 2005 fear they could languish for years in temporary accommodation because the Israeli government has not yet begun building them new homes. Reign of Terror and the Heart of Israel Indymedia Chiapas - Nov 02 2:44 PM
Dwelling of Violence article Id=5631 was stolen 2001. I should never have to repeat this stuff so making it available on page 81 of archives is the most appropriate thing to do.Israel clamps down on Gaza town / 8 Palestinians and an Israeli killed in fierce gunbattles San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 02 3:58 AM
Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships remained in control of a northern Gaza town early today in one of the biggest raids into the Palestinian territory in recent months. At least eight Palestinians and one Israeli soldier died and 58... ISRAEL EXPANDS SUPPORT FOR SAUDI PROGRAM Middle East Newsline - Nov 01 6:39 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.Moroccan wins Holocaust cartoon contest AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 02 5:42 AM
Ignoring widespread condemnation, Iran awarded the top prize in a Holocaust cartoon contest to a Moroccan artist for his depiction of Israel's security wall with a picture of the Auschwitz concentration camp on it.Ruling Raises Bar in Lobbyists' Case Washington Post - Nov 02 5:28 AM
The federal judge who last week refused to throw out charges of conspiring to violate the 1917 Espionage Act against two former pro-Israel lobbyists simultaneously made it much more difficult for the government to prove its case against them, attorneys for the defendants and First Amendment... Israel keeps pressing with raid into Gaza Denver Post - Nov 02 2:25 AM
Israeli troops in tanks and on foot staged one of the largest raids into the Gaza Strip in recent months, killing six Palestinians and wounding more than 30 in gun battles with militants that began before dawn Wednesday and lasted much of the day.Rice Says Iran Understands Consequences of Its Missile Threat Bloomberg.com - Nov 02 4:44 PM
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, while Iran was trying to show it is ``tough'' by test- firing a ballistic missile able to hit Israel, any use of the weapon would invite consequences understood by Iranian leaders.Talks progress on Hezbollah Israel prisoners swap Khaleej Times - Nov 01 4:38 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.