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In a Slip, Israel?s Leader Seems to Confirm Its Nuclear Arsenal 
New York Times - Dec 11 5:56 PM
Ehud Olmert?s aides said that there was no change in Israel?s policy of refusing to confirm or deny whether it has nuclear weapons.Olmert says Israel among nuclear nations AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 6:01 PM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert listed Israel among the nations that have nuclear weapons in an interview aired on Monday but his office said the remark was misinterpreted.'Distant threats' push Israel to boost warplanes' range USA Today - Dec 11 5:58 PM
Israel's air force plans to enhance its air-refueling capabilities, increasing the range of its warplanes. The changes come as Iran emerges as an increasing threat.Olmert, in Europe, hints Israel has nuclear arms Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 3:08 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stumbled into controversy during a visit to Germany on Monday, implying for the first time Israel had nuclear weapons.Israel denies Olmert hinted nuclear aspirations Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 12:46 PM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared in an interview broadcast on Monday to acknowledge Israel has atomic weapons or aspirations to acquire them, but a government spokeswoman denied that was his intent.Olmert admits Israel has nuclear weapons Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 11:59 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, lifting the veil over Israel's policy of nuclear ambiguity, appeared in an interview broadcast on Monday to admit that the Jewish state had atomic weapons.Tutu criticises Israel's blockage of his UN mission to Beit Hanun AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 9:08 AM
South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu has sharply criticised Israel's failure to cooperate with a UN human rights fact-finding mission into the killing of 19 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.Israel blocks Tutu's UN mission to Beit Hanun AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 4:31 AM
Israel has blocked a UN human rights fact-finding mission led by South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu into the killing of 19 Palestinians in their homes in the Gaza Strip.Israel blocks Tutu fact-finding mission AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 2:30 AM
Israel has blocked a U.N. fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip that was to be led by Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu, officials said Monday.Israeli firm in 2bn dollar deal with Egypt-Israel gas consortium AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 3:10 AM
Israel's private Dorad Energy firm has signed a two billion-dollar deal for Egyptian natural gas with an Egyptian-Israeli consortium.Israel stocks hit new high, led by Israel Chemicals, Delek Market Watch - Dec 11 10:52 AM
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israel's benchmark stock index closed at another new high on Monday, led by strength in Israel Chemicals, Delek Group, Elbit Systems and the real-estate sector. Israeli PM hints Israel has nuclear weapons People's Daily - 25 minutes ago
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert implied that Israel has nuclear weapons, a departure from Israel's longtime nuclear policy of ambiguity, although other Israeli officials immediately denied it.Olmert hints Israel has nuclear arms The West Australian - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has stumbled into controversy during a visit to Germany, implying for the first time that Israel has nuclear weapons.Israel 'blocks Tutu Gaza mission' BBC News - Dec 11 4:06 AM
Israel blocks a UN mission to Gaza that was to be led by Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, the UN says.Israel denies PM Olmert hinted at nukes AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Dec 11 1:29 PM
Israel's prime minister appears to have acknowledged Israel has atomic weapons or aspirations to acquire them, but the government is denying it.Tutu hits out at Israel over blocked mission Mail and Guardian - 6 minutes ago
South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Monday sharply criticised Israel's failure to cooperate with a United Nations human rights fact-finding mission into the killing of 19 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.'Lost Tribe' returns to Israel BBC News - Dec 11 1:05 AM
Members of the Jewish Bnei Menashe tribe settled in India are now returning to Israel after 2700 yearsCity firm signs MoU with Israel for 1,000-bed hospital Yahoo! India News - Dec 11 3:53 PM
Even as the CPI(M) fires at Israel for its policies on Palestine and Lebanon, the Left Front government here is quietly doing business with Israeli firms. On Monday, an agreement was signed between the city-based Ambuja Realty Group and Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd (EMI) of Israel to build a 1,000-bed state-of-the art hospital at Chakgheria on Eastern Bypass. The hospital, to be called 'Neotia Elbit Carter - Truth about Palestine, Lies about Israel Scoop.co.nz - Dec 11 4:59 PM
Jimmy Carter tells the truth about the impact of the Israeli Occupation on Palestine in "Palestine: Peace not Apartheid." In Gaza, Israel is practicing a slow form of genocide where the people are sealed off from the world and encounter non-stop military assaults, he points out.Israel blocks UN mission to probe killings in Gaza People's Daily - Dec 11 4:49 PM
A UN rights mission to probe Israeli's killing of 19 Palestinians last month in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun has been canceled because Israel did not authorize the trip, a UN official said here on Monday.Israel denies Olmert hinted nuclear aspirations AlertNet - Dec 11 1:03 PM
Source: Reuters (Adds denial by government spokeswoman, foreign minister) JERUSALEM, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared in an interview broadcast on Monday to acknowledge Israel has atomic ... Netanyahu Seen as Future PM in Israel Angus Reid - 26 minutes ago
- Many Israeli adults regard the current Likud leader as a head of government in waiting, according to a poll by Geocartographia released by Israel Radio.Olmert appears to admit Israel has nuclear weapons AlertNet - Dec 11 12:03 PM
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, lifting the veil over Israel's policy of nuclear ambiguity, appeared in an interview broadcast on Monday to admit that the Jewish ... Israel says its problem is not with the members of Tutu s team but with the Human Rights Council Aljazeera - Dec 11 10:09 AM
Desmond Tutu, a Nobel laureate, says that Israel has refused him permission to lead a fact-finding mission to investigate Israeli-Palestinian violence.Israel blocks Tutu mission to probe Beit Hanoun massacre The Daily Star Lebannon - Dec 11 1:08 PM
Israel has blocked a UN human-rights fact-finding mission led by South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu into the killing of 19 Palestinians in their homes in the Gaza Strip, a UN official in Geneva said Monday. Israeli authorities will not grant Tutu and his team the necessary travel authorization, added the official, who declined to be identified, added.Israel slams Holocaust conference News Interactive - Dec 11 9:54 AM
ISRAEL today slammed a conference questioning the Nazi Holocaust being held in Tehran, with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert branding it as "sickening".Olmert breaks Israel s 40-year silence on its nuclear capability DEBKAfile - Dec 11 11:37 AM
Israel doesn t threaten any country. Iran openly, explicitly and publicly threatens to wipe Israel off the map. Can you compare that when they aspire to obtain nuclear weapons like the US, France, Israel and Russia? he asked.Tutu angry after Israel blocks killings probe Gulf Daily News - Dec 11 5:11 PM
GENEVA: South African Nobel prize winner Desmond Tutu said yesterday he was distressed that Israel had blocked his planned mission to Gaza to investigate last month's killing of 19 Palestinian civilians by Israeli shells.Tutu criticizes Israel's blockage of his UN mission Middle East Times - Dec 11 7:18 AM
GENEVA -- South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu Monday sharply criticized Israel's failure to cooperate with a UN human rights fact-finding mission into the killing of 19 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.UN Says Israel Blocks Fact-Finding Mission to Gaza Voice of America - Dec 11 5:22 AM
United Nations officials say Israel has blocked a U.N. fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip. Former South African Anglican archbishop and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu was to begin leading a six-member team over the weekend in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun.Tutu Distressed by Israel Block on Gaza Mission Common Dreams News Center - Dec 11 8:40 AM
Tutu Distressed by Israel Block on Gaza MissionIsrael bans Tutu's UN mission to Gaza AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Dec 11 3:04 AM
Israel has refused to allow a UN mission led by South Africa's Desmond Tutu to probe last month's deaths of 19 civilians in Gaza under Israeli shelling.Israel firm in $2bn deal with Egypt-Israel gas group Middle East Times - Dec 11 5:32 AM
JERUSALEM -- Israel's private Dorad Energy firm has signed a $2 billion deal for Egyptian natural gas with an Egyptian-Israeli consortium, its spokesman said Monday.PM puts Israel on nuclear list for first time AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 1:43 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared to list his country for the first time among states which have the nuclear bomb, before his official spokeswoman issued a denial.Israel's Olmert visits Europe amid new peace push Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Dec 11 1:00 AM
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's prime minister heads to Germany and Italy on Monday where he will press for greater efforts to curtail Iran's nuclear programme and maintain a Western aid boycott of the Hamas-led Palestinian government.US rabbi: Israel, root of all bloodshed in Middle East Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 11 8:36 AM
Iran - Holocaust - Conference US rabbi, Arnold Kohen stressed here on the sidelines of the Holocaust Conference that Israel is the root of all bloodshed in the Middle East region.Israel has 'problem' with UN Gaza mission Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Dec 11 5:02 AM
Israel confirmed it would not allow a UN human rights fact-finding mission led by South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu into the killing of 19 Palestinians in their Gaza homes, saying it had "a problem" with the mission's platform.PA Newspaper Reports Israel Offers Too Few Prisoners for Shalit's Release Israel National News - Dec 11 12:21 PM
(IsraelNN.com) The Palestine Authority's official publication Al-Ayyam reports that the release of captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit has been held up because Israel has agreed to free only 1,000 Arab prisoners and not 1,400, as Hamas has demanded.Olmert Acknowledges Israel's Nuclear Arsenal Israel National News - Dec 11 11:06 AM
(IsraelNN.com) In an unprecedented move on Monday, PM Ehud Olmert admitted that Israel possesses nuclear weapons. In an interview with the German TV network SAT 1, Olmert was asked about the statement by US defense minister Robert Gates regarding Israel's nuclear ability.Tutu distressed by Israel block on Gaza mission AlertNet - Dec 11 3:18 AM
Source: Reuters (Recasts with Tutu news conference) By Richard Waddington GENEVA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - South African Nobel prize winner Desmond Tutu said on Monday he was distressed that Israel had blocked his ... Jewish author speaks critically of Israel The Salt Lake Tribune - Dec 11 12:17 AM
As the Jewish granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, author Anna Baltzer's view of Israel differed little from that of many Americans. "My image of Israel was of a small, victimized country that wanted peace if only its anti-Semitic Jew-hating Arab neighbors would leave it alone," she said Sunday during a speech at the Salt Lake City Library sponsored by Utahns for a Just Peace in the Holy Israel blocks UN mission to Beit Hanoun - Al Jazeera - Dec 11 5:47 AM
The Israeli government has blocked a UN human rights fact-finding mission led by South African Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu that was formed last month to investigate Israel s killing of 19 Palestinian civilians in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun.Israel blocks UN rights mission led by Nobel laureate Tutu INQ7.net - Dec 11 3:39 AM
GENEVA -- Israel has blocked a UN human rights fact-finding mission led by South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu into the killing of 19 Palestinians in their homes in the Gaza Strip, a United Nations official in Geneva said Monday.Israel's Olmert visits Europe amid new peace push AlertNet - Dec 11 12:33 AM
Source: Reuters By Allyn Fisher-Ilan TEL AVIV, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Israel's prime minister heads to Germany and Italy on Monday where he will press for greater efforts to curtail Iran's nuclear programme ... Dead Sea Bike Rally Unites Jordan and Israel Israel National News - Dec 11 10:36 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Plans have been finalized for the first ever international bicycle rally around the Dead Sea, set for Jordan and Israel January 24-26. The rally is intended to increase global awareness for preservation of the Dead Sea and its environment.UN mission to probe killing of 19 Palestinian civilians blocked by Israel Al Bawaba - Dec 11 7:21 AM
A U.N. mission to be led by South Africa's Desmond Tutu to probe last month's killing of 19 civilians in Gaza Strip by Israeli shelling has been called off because Israel did not authorize the trip, a spokeswoman said on Monday.Enrique and Kournikova's million-dollar Hannuka performance in Israel Yahoo! India News - Dec 11 2:00 AM
New York, Dec 11 (ANI): Spanish crooner Enrique Iglesias and his ladylove Anna Kournikova, are leading a contingent of jet-setters to Israel to help billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak celebrate Hanukkah, for a million dollars. The singer and his Russian beauty, who was once a top-10 tennis player, need 30 luxury hotel rooms for their entourage, and they've already requested that mineral water and Israel blocks UN fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun: report People's Daily - Dec 11 3:19 AM
Israel has blocked a UN fact finding mission to the Gaza Strip to probe into the killing of 19 civilians in Beit Hanoun last month, local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on its website on Monday.Israel 'offers to release militants' ITV.com - Dec 11 3:12 AM
Israel has said it is prepared to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for one of its soldiers seized by militants last June. Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, said even those serving lengthy terms could be released if a deal was reached.Israel blocks Tutu fact-finding mission Independent Online - Dec 11 2:33 AM
Israel has blocked a United Nations fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip that was to be led by Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, officials have said.Israel should hold talks with Syria: Israeli official AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 1:46 AM
Israel should restart peace talks with Syria, a senior military official has been quoted as saying, in comments that are at odds with recent statements by the country's political leaders.Hamas wants 10 years to prepare for Israel's destruction Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 11 6:21 AM
Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal Monday said the Palestinian Arabs were willing to extend a 10-year ceasefire to the Jews and establish their state alongside Israel for now.Ambuja Realty enters into tie-up with Israel's EMI The Hindu - Dec 11 3:59 AM
KOLKATA: Ambuja Realty Group on Monday entered into a strategic tie-up with Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd (EMI) of Israel to develop 1,000-bed multi-specialty hospital in the metropolis.IDF: Syria not planning for war with Israel in summer Haaretz Daily - Dec 11 1:23 AM
The Israel Defense Forces has no intelligence regarding Syrian plans to initiate a war against Israel next summer, the army announced last night in an official statement.Foreigners Investing More in Israel Israel National News - Dec 11 6:36 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Foreign investment continued to grow in November, according statistics released Monday by the Bank of Israel. Direct foreign funds invested in the country reached $661 million (2.78 billion shekels) last month.Israel blocks Desmond Tutu mission to Gaza Gulf News - Dec 11 2:38 AM
Geneva: Israel has blocked a planned Desmond Tutu-led UN mission to investigate the deaths of 19 Gaza civilians from Israeli shelling last month. The South African anti-apartheid campaigner was not granted the necessary travel clearance, UN officials said.Israel downplays chance of conflict with Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 5:29 AM
Israeli officials have downplayed the chance of armed conflict with Syria, a day after a senior intelligence officer said Damascus was preparing for war with the Jewish state.Jimmy Carter Says Newspapers Ignoring Book -- Or Hitting It As 'Anti-Israel' Editor & Publisher - Dec 10 10:21 PM
NEW YORK Former President Jimmy Carter's new book is an instant bestseller and also something of a lightning rod. "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," published last month by Simon & Shuster, has drawn praise as well as considerable criticism from pundits and reviewers who claim it is "anti-Israel."Enrique and Kournikova's million-dollar Hannuka performance in Israel New Kerala - Dec 11 1:54 AM
New York, Dec 12: Spanish crooner Enrique Iglesias and his ladylove Anna Kournikova, are leading a contingent of jet-setters to Israel to help billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak celebrate Hanukkah, for a million dollars.Temple Israel hosts Hanukkah bazaar Pocono Record - Dec 10 9:45 PM
More than 100 people singing Hanukkah songs shared a wonderful afternoon with synagogue members at Temple Israel of the Poconos Hanukkah bazaar Sunday, Dec. 3. Rabbi Mel Glazer enthusiastically led candle-blessing practice preparing for the lighting of the Menorah during the Hanukkah holiday.Ambuja Realty enters into tie-up with Israel's EMI New Kerala - Dec 11 3:32 AM
Kolkata, Dec 11: Ambuja Realty Group today entered into a strategic tie-up with Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd (EMI) of Israel to develop a Rs 1,000 crore 1000-bed multi- specialty hospital in the metropolis.U.N. Says Israel Blocked Beit Hanoun Probe Israel National News - Dec 11 2:06 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The United Nations mission led by South African Desmond Tuto has cancelled its investigation of accidental IDF artillery shelling of Beit Hanoun because Israel refused to authorize the trip, a U.N. spokeswoman said Monday.Deaths of 3 children threaten Gaza peace AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
As violence between the two main Palestinian factions has intensified, hopes are fading for a Palestinian national unity government seen as a precondition for renewed negotiations with Israel. Olmert is offering the Palestinians far-reaching concessions and a state of their own if they choose the path of peace talks.Jordan, Israel, PA launch study to rescue Dead Sea Gulf Times - Dec 10 10:52 PM
SHUNEH, Jordan: Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority yesterday launched a feasibility study to help save the rapidly vanishing Dead Sea, a joint statement said.Gates causes worry in Israel EARTHtimes.org - Dec 10 11:35 PM
Israeli officials want to know why U.S. Secretary of Defense-designate Robert Gates made a statement to Congress that Israel has nuclear weapons.Approach Israel-Iran relations with rational mindset The Daily Iowan - Dec 10 10:17 PM
Israel's minister for strategic affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, is charged with one of the most salient jobs in the Israeli government. His key task is to formulate Israel's relationship with Iran. While Israeli-Iranian cooperation has more historical precedent than most people realize, any compromises between the two states at the present time is unlikely.Security Solutions International's 8th Group of US Law Enforcement departing for Israel on March 23rd for Homeland [Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 4:00 AM
(PRWeb) December 11, 2006 -- Security Solutions International (SSI), the Miami-based Homeland Security company, is taking yet another group of US Homeland Security First Responders to Israel.The Market For Pet Health Care In Israel Increased Between 2000-2005, Growing At An Average Annual Rate Of 6.1% [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 11 2:40 AM
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Pet Health Care in Israel to 2010" to their offering.Israel Is Not Linked to Iraq, Except That It Is New York Times - Dec 09 2:23 PM
Taking from the James A. Baker III Middle East playbook, Ehud Olmert is reaching out to the Palestinians and Iraq?s neighbors as Israel becomes more concerned about Iran.Iglesias, Kournikova head for lavish holiday in Israel New Kerala - Dec 10 11:46 PM
New York, Dec 11: Singer Enrique Iglesias and his wife Anna Kournikova are leading a group of people to Israel to help billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak celebrate Hannukah.Jordan, PNA, Israel agrees to work together to save Dead Sea People's Daily - Dec 10 5:20 PM
Officials from Jordan, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Israel met Sunday in Jordan and agreed to launch a two-year study to work together to save the Dead Sea shrinking body of water, local media reported here.Carter: Israel's Policy Worse than Apartheid Israel National News - Dec 10 10:06 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Former American President Jimmy Carter has continued to draw sharp criticism for more comments accusing Israel of a policy "worse than apartheid" toward Palestinian Authority (PA) Arabs.Security Solutions International's 8th Group of US Law Enforcement departing for Israel on March 23rd for Homeland [Press Release] PR Web - Dec 11 12:19 AM
Security Solutions International (SSI), the Miami-based Homeland Security company, is taking yet another group of US Homeland Security First Responders to Israel. This will be the 8th group traveling to Israel through SSI, making SSI the leader and most experienced provider of Homeland Security Training - even more than official Government level delegations. (PRWeb Dec 11, 2006) Post Olmert's Peace Proposal Splits Views in Israel Angus Reid - Dec 10 9:33 PM
- Israeli adults are divided over their prime minister's plan to reach a solution to the dispute with the Palestinians, according to a poll by Maagar Mochot released by Israel Radio.Jimmy Carter: Israel, Palestine, peace and apartheid Guardian Unlimited - Dec 11 5:38 PM
Jimmy Carter: Americans need to know the facts about the abominable oppression of the Palestinians.ISRAEL: G Willi-Food hit by lawsuit Just Food - Dec 11 4:35 AM
G. Willi-Food International, one of Israel's largest food importers, said today (11 December) that a purported class action lawsuit had been filed against the company.Israel sees al Qaeda hitting Lebanon peacekeepers Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Dec 10 9:40 AM
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Al Qaeda has recently boosted its presence in Lebanon and could attack foreign peacekeepers who have been stationed there since Israel's war with Hezbollah guerrillas, a top Israeli intelligence analyst said on Sunday.Holocaust conference begins in Iran AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 1:43 PM
Iran hosted Holocaust deniers from around the world Monday at a conference examining whether the Nazi genocide took place, a meeting Israel's prime minister condemned as a "sick phenomenon."Jordan, Palestinians, Israel launch Dead Sea study Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 10 9:18 AM
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan, the Palestinians and Israel agreed on Sunday to proceed with a feasibility study of a $2-4 billion project to top up the Dead Sea with water from the Red Sea, officials said on Sunday.Israel plays down Olmert's nuclear comments Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Dec 11 6:32 PM
Israeli officials are playing down a gaffe by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who has inadvertently broken his country's long standing policy of ambiguity on its nuclear capacity.Jordan, Palestinians, Israel Launch Dead Sea Study Planet Ark - Dec 10 4:45 PM
AMMAN - Jordan, the Palestinians and Israel agreed on Sunday to proceed with a feasibility study of a US$2-4 billion project to top up the Dead Sea with water from the Red Sea, officials said on Sunday.Recognize Israel? Never, Hamas pledges to Iranians Chicago Sun-Times - Dec 10 2:29 AM
TEHRAN, Iran -- The Palestinian prime minister vowed that his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will fight for Jerusalem, telling a crowd at an Iranian mosque Friday that he will resist U.S. pressure to moderate.Merkel sees hopeful signs from Israel over Mideast AlertNet - Dec 10 10:18 AM
Source: Reuters By Tom Armitage BERLIN, Dec 10 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday positive signals coming from Israel should be used to make progress towards securing peace in the Middle ... Israeli PM in nuclear arms hint BBC News - Dec 11 6:18 PM
Israel's PM appears to come close to admitting it has nuclear arms, but officials deny a change of policy.A Deterrence Strategy to Replace Israel s Lost Nuclear Ambiguity DEBKAfile - Dec 10 10:37 AM
Israel s prime minister Ehud Olmert embarks on a European tour this week that takes him first to Rome and the Vatican, then to Berlin Tuesday, Dec. 12.PM puts Israel on nuclear list for first time AFP via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 11 1:03 PM
BERLIN (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared to list his country for the first time among states which have the nuclear bomb, before his official spokesman issued a denial.Israel Our Home Favors Exchange, not Transfer Israel National News - Dec 10 4:36 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Knesset Member Esterina Tratman (Israel Our Home--Yisrael Beiteinu) stated Sunday she is against transfer of Arab residents out of Israel and favors an exchange of Arab and Jewish residents, according to the independent Arab Ma'an news agency.PM Olmert puts Israel on nuclear list for first time INQ7.net - Dec 11 3:24 PM
BERLIN -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday appeared to list his country for the first time among states which have the nuclear bomb, before his official spokeswoman issued a denial.Olmert, in Europe, hints Israel has nuclear arms AlertNet - Dec 11 3:18 PM
Source: Reuters (Recasts with Olmert's implied admission of Israeli nuclear weapons, previous TEL AVIV) By Allyn Fisher-Ilan BERLIN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ... Iran opens conference to discuss evidence of Holocaust USA Today - Dec 11 10:10 AM
Iran on Monday hosted a conference gathering prominent Holocaust deniers that it said would examine whether the World War II genocide of Jews took place, drawing condemnation from Israel and Germany.Israel s Ill-Kept Secret Is Finally Official Arab News - Dec 11 4:20 PM
Israelis are stunned. The incoming US Defense Secretary Robert Gates actually admitted their country has...wait for it...a nuclear arsenal. What a surprise!Jordan, Palestinians, Israel launch Dead Sea study AlertNet - Dec 10 8:03 AM
Source: Reuters AMMAN, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Jordan, the Palestinians and Israel agreed on Sunday to proceed with a feasibility study of a $2-4 billion project to top up the Dead Sea with water from the Red Sea, ... Threat of Palestinian civil war looms USA Today - Dec 11 11:47 AM
By threatening to ignite a Palestinian civil war, the killing of three children in the Gaza Strip on Monday has jeopardized Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's efforts to restart long-stalled peace talks. As the violence intensified, Palestinians moved further away from their hoped-for national unity government seen as a precondition for renewed negotiations with Israel.ISRAEL-OPT: Amnesty and Israel clash over arms and human rights AlertNet - Dec 10 5:48 AM
Source: IRIN The London-based human rights organisation Amnesty International has asked the European Union (EU) to block arms sale to Israel and Palestinians so as to stave off impending disaster in Israel and the Palestinian territories. PM Olmert puts Israel on nuclear list for first time Channel NewsAsia - Dec 11 1:26 PM
BERLIN : Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday appeared to list his country for the first time among states which have the nuclear bomb, before his official spokesman issued a denial.Wanted: producer for blockbuster on Egypt's 'October victory' AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 11 9:53 AM
President Hosni Mubarak wants a blockbuster movie made on the October 1973 war when Egypt launched a surprise attack on Israel and crossed the Suez, the official MENA news agency reported.Israel PM puts country on nuclear list Japan Today - Dec 11 2:34 PM
BERLIN Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared Monday to list his country for the first time among states which have the nuclear bomb, before his official spokeswoman issued a denial.MI officer: Syria preparing its army for war with Israel Haaretz Daily - Dec 10 8:08 AM
The head of the research division of Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Yossi Baidatz, said Sunday that Syrian President Bashar Assad is preparing for a war with Israel.Mideast may save Dead Sea with Red Sea USA Today - Dec 11 6:56 AM
Officials from Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority met along the shores of the Dead Sea to settle details of a study to save the shrinking body of water, agreeing to proceed with plans to draw water from the Red Sea.McCain: Iran possibly deranged MSNBC - Dec 11 5:13 PM
Israel and the world are threatened by a "possibly deranged and surely dangerous regime" in Iran, Sen. John McCain told a Jewish audience.