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Iran's president predicts end of Israel 
USA Today - Dec 12 6:11 PM
Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was. His remarks drew applause from participants at a conference called to cast doubt on the Holocaust.Iran: Israel will be 'wiped out' CNN.com - Dec 12 3:54 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a conference casting doubt on the Holocaust.Iranian president says Israel's days are numbered Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 1:54 PM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday told delegates at an international conference questioning the Holocaust that Israel's days were numbered.Olmert's nuclear slip creates uproar in Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 11:29 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sparked an uproar after an apparent slip of the tongue in which he for the first time listed Israel as a nuclear power, but few expected the blunder to alter the Jewish state's "policy of nuclear ambiguity."Israel and Germany call for tough line on Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 10:57 AM
Israel and Germany called for a strong international front on Iran's contested nuclear program as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned a Holocaust conference in Tehran.Ahmadinejad predicts Israel will disappear 'like USSR' AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 10:39 AM
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted Israel would suffer the same fate as the USSR, as Iran faced a barrage of condemnation for hosting a conference casting doubt on the Holocaust.Israel's Olmert under fire over nuclear remarks Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 8:19 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert triggered a domestic firestorm on Tuesday after publicly implying, in an apparent reversal of a decades-old secrecy policy, that Israel has the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal.Three rockets fired at Israel from Gaza AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 8:58 AM
Three rockets have been fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip in violation of a fragile two-week-old truce between the army and militant groups.Israel nuke comment sparks controversy AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 5:20 AM
A slip of the tongue by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert about Israel's nuclear policy ballooned into a domestic crisis Tuesday for the Israeli leader, who came under criticism from across the political spectrum.Israel Will `Vanish' Just Like Soviet Union, Ahmadinejad Says Bloomberg.com - Dec 12 4:42 PM
Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Israel will `vanish' just like the Soviet Union collapsed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a conference in Tehran that questions the Holocaust.Israel Assailed At Holocaust Conference CBS News - Dec 12 2:01 PM
Iran's hard-line president drew applause from a gathering of Holocaust deniers by again predicting that Israel will be "wiped out." Iran is sponsoring a Holocaust conference in Tehran. Ex-Klan leader David Duke is among the participants.PM dismisses Israel nuclear row BBC News - Dec 12 10:15 AM
Israel's PM reiterates his country's position of nuclear weapons ambiguity amid a row over an apparent slip-up.Iran: Israel 'will end like USSR' BBC News - Dec 12 11:15 AM
Iran's president tells a forum in Tehran questioning the Holocaust that Israel's days are numbered.Nathan Gardels: Jimmy Carter takes on Israel's Apartheid Policies and the Pro-Israeli Lobby in the US. HuffingtonPost - Dec 12 10:51 AM
There is not much room in American political life, whether Democratic or Republican, for trying to save Israel from its mistakes and the mistakes of AIPAC, its impressively effective lobbying arm in the United States. Former president Jimmy Carter is virtually the lone voice, along with his former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, willing to criticize Israel for its own good, in the ...Iran president says Israel will be "wiped out" like the Soviet Union Seattle Times - Dec 12 4:09 PM
Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants...Israel stocks off records; banks down, Camtek and Elron higher Market Watch - Dec 12 9:07 AM
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israel shares slipped from records, held back by weakness in the banks and Israel Chemicals. Iran President: Israel Will Be Wiped Out San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 12 1:58 PM
Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a conference casting doubt on the Holocaust. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments were likely to further... Israel Horovitz Shorts to Begin at Theatre Row Jan. 3 Playbill - Dec 12 12:56 PM
Israel Horovitz's New Shorts: nine actors, nine new plays has announced new dates: The work will begin Jan. 3, 2007, open Jan. 11 and end Jan. 21 at Theatre Row.Blair seeks to get Palestinians to negotiate with Israel Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
Tony Blair revealed yesterday he intended to set out a political and economic offer to the Palestinians when he visits the Middle East, detailing what they can expect in return for negotiations with Israel.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 urged to quit after letting slip what everyone knows: Israel is a nuclear power Daily Telegraph - Dec 12 6:05 PM
Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, faced calls from opposition MPs to resign yesterday after he let slip during a television interview that his country had 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.Iran's leader says Israel 'will be wiped out soon' USA Today - Dec 12 1:31 PM
Today at the Holocaust-denial conference in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Israel "will be wiped out soon the same way the Soviet Union was," the Associated Press reports, citing the official IRNA news agency. By eliminating the "Zionist regime,"... Israel and Germany call for tough line on Iran IranMania.com - 10 minutes ago
LONDON, December 13 (IranMania) - Israel and Germany called for a strong international front on Iran's contested nuclear program as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned a Holocaust conference in Tehran, AFP reported.'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.Ahmadinejad tells Holocaust deniers Israel will be "wiped out" like the Soviet Union Boston Herald - Dec 12 2:34 PM
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a conference casting doubt...Israel's PM under fire over nuke remarks AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Dec 12 12:01 PM
Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has triggered a domestic firestorm after publicly implying that Israel has the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal.Palestinians win legal right to sue Israel for damages Independent - Dec 12 4:17 PM
The Israeli supreme court has overturned part of a 17-month-old blanket ban by the government on Palestinians seeking compensation for harm inflicted by the Israel Defence Forces.Israel's days are numbered: Iran leader AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Dec 12 12:07 PM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told delegates at an international conference questioning the Holocaust that Israel's days are numbered.Iran's president tells meeting of Holocaust deniers Israel will be 'wiped out' CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Dec 12 1:03 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hardline president said Tuesday that Israel will be one day be "wiped out" just like the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a world conference casting doubt on the Nazi Holocaust during the Second World War .Olmert Comments Set Off Firestorm of Criticism in Israel Voice of America - Dec 12 11:36 AM
Comments by Israel's prime minister that apparently imply the Jewish state has nuclear weapons have set off a firestorm of criticism in Israel.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 admits to having nuclear weapons Ashland Daily Tidings - 2 hours, 57 minutes ago
JERUSALEM For half a century, military censors have struggled to defend Israel s worst-kept secret that the country possesses atomic weapons. Olmert's Nuclear Slip Sparks Reaction in Israel Turks.US - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in Germany for an official visit, has sparked uproar after a slip of the tongue in which he for the first time listed Israel as a nuclear power, information kept secret by the country for over a decade.Former U.S. president accuses Israel of human rights violations People's Daily - Dec 12 4:38 PM
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter accused Israel of making "horrible, despicable human rights abuses" in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.Olmert's nuclear slip creates uproar in Israel Japan Today - Dec 12 3:06 PM
JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sparked an uproar Tuesday after an apparent slip of the tongue in which he for the first time listed Israel as a nuclear power, but few expected the blunder to alter the Jewish state's "policy of nuclear ambiguity."Three rockets fired at Israel Sunday Times - 11 minutes ago
JERUSALEM - Three rockets have been fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip in violation of a fragile two-week-old truce between the army and militant groups, the army said.Olmert implies Israel has nuclear weapons / For decades, nation has been coy on subject San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 12 4:02 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared to acknowledge inadvertently during a TV interview shown Monday that Israel has nuclear weapons, an issue on which the Jewish state has sought to maintain ambiguity for decades. However, Olmert's aides said... Ahmadinejad predicts Israel will disappear 'like USSR' Japan Today - Dec 12 3:07 PM
TEHRAN Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday predicted Israel would suffer the same fate as the USSR, as Iran faced a barrage of condemnation for hosting a conference casting doubt on the Holocaust.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 has come in for criticism in Israel after his remarks on German TV on Iran's nuclear programme Aljazeera - Dec 12 11:15 AM
The Israeli prime minister spent Tuesday trying to put the nuclear genie back in the bottle after an apparent slip-of-the-tongue. In an interview on German television, Ehud Olmert appeared to acknowledge that Israel has nuclear weapons or aspirations to acquire them.Israeli PM Seems to Admit That Israel Has Nukes Crosswalk.com - Dec 12 7:59 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was back-pedaling on Tuesday after he appeared to admit that Israel has nuclear weapons in a television interview in Germany.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.Israel Fading, Iran?s Leader Tells Deniers of Holocaust New York Times - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago
?The Zionist regime will disappear soon, the same way the Soviet Union disappeared,? President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.Tutu: Israel refused mission on violence Philadelphia Tribune - Dec 12 10:04 AM
GENEVA Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu said yesterday that Israel has refused him permission to lead a fact-finding mission to investigate Israeli-Palestinian violence.Nuclear hypocrisy at work in Israel Gulf News - Dec 12 2:05 PM
Three years after the invasion of Iraq, there are weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. But wait, where are the international inspection teams, the UN resolutions, and list of sanctions? When it concerns Israel, double standards are the norm.Israel Court Allows Some Suits by Palestinians New York Times - Dec 12 5:18 PM
Palestinians in the occupied areas who suffer harm by the army in noncombat operations may seek compensation from the government, the court ruled.FRANCE CONDEMNS IRAN LEADER'S COMMENTS ON ISRAEL The Tocqueville Connection - Dec 12 11:16 AM
PARIS, Dec 12, 2006 (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy on Tuesday condemned a claim by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Israel would "soon disappear" as shocking and unacceptable.Israel Assailed At Holocaust Conference CBS 2 Los Angeles - Dec 12 10:03 AM
Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will be one day be "wiped out" just like the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a world conference casting doubt on the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. CBS News: Lessons Of Auschwitz Olmert's nuclear slip-up sparks outrage in Israel Times Online - Dec 12 5:16 AM
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, faced calls for his resignation today after admitting - in an apparent slip of the tongue - that Israel has got nuclear weapons.Iran president says Israel's days are numbered Stuff - Dec 12 10:36 AM
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today told delegates at an international conference questioning the Holocaust that Israel's days were numbered.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.Olmert's nuclear slip creates uproar in Israel TODAYonline - Dec 12 9:51 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks at a press conference in Berlin. Olmert has sparked an uproar after an apparent slip of the tongue in which he for the first time listed Israel as a nuclear power, but few expected the blunder to alter the Jewish state's "policy of nuclear ambiguity."Israel, EU condemn Iran's Holocaust conference CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Dec 12 4:46 AM
Israel's prime minister, German leaders and the European Union's top justice official are among those who condemned Iran on Tuesday for hosting a controversial conference questioning the Nazi genocide of Jews.GCC gen-sec calls for sanctions on Israel Khaleej Times - Dec 12 11:07 AM
KUWAIT CITY - The chief of the organization grouping Arab Gulf countries urged the United States and the international community on Tuesday to press for sanctions on Israel for its nuclear program.'Israel will disappear' News 24 South Africa - Dec 12 1:00 PM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamadinejad says Israel will "soon disappear", as did the Soviet Union.Congress extends Israel loan guarantees Globes Online - Dec 12 11:40 AM
The US government may double the quantities of arms and military equipment that it holds for Israel for emergencies, to $800 million.Ahmadinejad denies Holocaust, says Israel to disappear EARTHtimes.org - Dec 12 1:50 PM
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking at a Tehran conference denying the existence of the Holocaust, said Israel will disappear like the Soviet Union.Israel Denies Policy Change After Olmert Nuclear Arms Hint Payvand Iran News - Dec 12 7:55 AM
Israeli officials are denying any change in policy after comments by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in which he appears to admit that Israel has nuclear weapons.Israel's Olmert under fire for atomic remarks Independent Online - Dec 12 9:42 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has triggered a domestic firestorm after publicly implying, in an apparent reversal of a decades-old secrecy policy, that Israel has the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal.Carter on Israel, Palestine, peace and apartheid Malta Star - Dec 12 11:05 AM
The many controversial issues concerning Palestine and the path to peace for Israel are intensely debated among Israelis and throughout other nations - but not in the United States.Olmert hints Israel has nuclear arms IBN via Yahoo! India News - Dec 12 2:39 AM
Experts have concluded that Israel has hundreds of nuclear bombs and is world s sixth-largest nuclear power.Adelson funds Israel birthright program Casino City Times - Dec 12 11:41 AM
ISRAEL As reported by the Haaretz: "Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his physician wife Miriam have announced that they will pay for 2,000 young Jewish adults to take part in the Taglit-birthright israel program, an initiative which gives Diaspora Jews a chance to visit Israel for free.Carter: Speaking Frankly About Israel And PALESTINE - Jimmy Carter says his recent book is drawing knee-jerk ... News From Bangladesh - Dec 12 10:28 AM
Carter: Speaking Frankly About Israel And PALESTINE - Jimmy Carter says his recent book is drawing knee-jerk accusations of anti-Israel bias.Israel and neighbors set up water study Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Dec 12 2:24 AM
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan -- 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 sea, agreeing to proceed with plans to draw water from the Red Sea.Court: Israel pays for Palestinian damages UPI - Dec 12 5:51 AM
JERUSALEM, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Israel's nine-member High Court ruled Tuesday the Israeli military is liable for civilian damages in the Gaza Strip and West Bank not considered part of war.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.Congress Passes Smith Bill that Includes Important Assistance for Israel [Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 1:29 PM
Important U.S. assistance programs for Israel are set to be reauthorized and extended as a result of legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and passed by Congress over the weekend.ANALYSIS: Israel's nuclear abilities - an end to the ambiguity? Moldova.org - Dec 12 7:04 AM
By Ofira Koopmans, DPA Tel Aviv - Israeli opposition leaders have reacted with outrage to a remark by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on German television, in which he listed Israel among nations possessing nuclear weapons. It has been interpreted by some as the first admission by an Israeli leader that the Jewish state is a nuclear power.Olmert's nuclear slip stirs uproar in Israel Middle East Times - Dec 12 2:08 AM
SLIP UP: Israel's PM Ehud Olmert addresses the annual Israel Business Conference in Tel Aviv December 11. (REUTERS) JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Tuesday sparked an uproar after an apparent slip of the tongue in which he for the first time listed Israel as a nuclear power, but few expected the blunder to alter the Jewish state's "policy of nuclear ambiguity."Italy, Israel: U.N. Control For Shebaa Farms? India Daily - Dec 12 9:05 AM
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will ask Israel to place the Shebaa Farms region under U.N. control, Agence France-Presse reported Dec. 12, citing diplomatic sources close to Prodi. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will visit Rome on Dec. 13.Olmert admits Israel has nuclear weapons Daily Telegraph - Dec 12 1:52 AM
A decades-long silence about Israel's possession of nuclear weapons has been broken in an apparent slip of the tongue by the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, during a visit to Europe.Iraq Group's Proposals Worry Israel Backers Baltimore Jewish Times - Dec 12 7:35 AM
The Iraq Study Group's near-term recommendations for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict -- international conferences, dealings with Syria and Iran -- already are raising hackles in some pro-Israel quarters.Olmert's nuclear slip stirs uproar in Israel TODAYonline - Dec 12 3:20 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gives a speech in Tel Aviv, December 11. Olmert has sparked an uproar after an apparent slip of the tongue in which he for the first time listed Israel as a nuclear power, but few expected the blunder to alter the Jewish state's "policy of nuclear ambiguity."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.VATICAN ISRAEL Olmert to tell Pope about Israel s high regard for Catholic Church, says Israeli diplomat AsiaNews.it - Dec 12 7:36 AM
Israel s ambassador to Holy See tells AsiaNews PM s visit to Benedict XVI and Secretary of State is important as bilateral talks between Israel and Holy See resume in Jerusalem. The Cenacle on Mt Zion and holy sites around the Sea of Galilee remain sticking points.Iranian President Promises Israel Will Disappear Soon Israel National News - Dec 12 9:19 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promised participants at a Holocaust denial conference held Monday and Tuesday in Teheran that Israel will soon be gone.Tutu hits out at Israel over blocked mission Mail and Guardian - Dec 12 4:47 AM
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.Rio Tinto eyes Israel for rough-diamond trade National Jeweler - Dec 12 5:15 AM
Ramat Gan, Israel A top-level delegation from Rio Tinto, one of the largest mining and natural-resource conglomerates in the world, met with the Israeli Diamond Industry from Dec.6-7 to learn about the industry there and to examine the possibility of expanding its rough-diamond customer base.Court tells Israel to compensate Palestinians Khaleej Times - Dec 12 1:51 AM
JERUSALEM - Israel s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the state must compensate Palestinians for damage caused to their property by the army during non-combatant operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.German Chancellor: PA Must Recognize Israel Israel National News - Dec 12 7:34 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The Palestinian Authority government must officially recognize the State of Israel, declared German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday afternoon.Olmert's nuclear slip stirs uproar in Israel Mail and Guardian - Dec 12 3:02 AM
Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday sparked an uproar after an apparent slip of the tongue in which he for the first time listed Israel as a nuclear power, but few expected the blunder to alter the Jewish state's "policy of nuclear ambiguity".Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Receives Approval for State's Only Lung Transplantation Service [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 12 8:39 AM
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, has received approval from the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish the State's only lung transplantation service.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. Jihadist s Daughter Advocates for Israel The Harvard Crimson - Dec 12 12:06 AM
The daughter of a shahid an Arab martyr sharply criticized extremist jihads last night, asking people to speak out in support of Israel in order to achieve peace in the troubled Middle East.Olmert: Iran seeking to develop nuclear bomb, 'like America, France and Israel' Haaretz Daily - Dec 12 12:23 AM
Israel's policy of ambiguity over its nuclear capabilities appears to have taken another step toward clarity following a statement made by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in an interview on the German news channel N24. Olmert said that Israel should not be compared to Iran "when they are aspiring to have nuclear weapons, as America, France, Israel, Russia."Olmert says no change in Israel's nuclear policy AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 7:00 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has reiterated his country's longstanding position that it will not confirm or deny having nuclear weapons.Casino magnate, wife to fund 2,000 birthright trips to Israel Haaretz Daily - Dec 12 3:37 AM
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his physician wife Miriam have announced that they will pay for 2,000 young Jewish adults to take part in the Taglit-birthright israel program, an initiative which gives Diaspora Jews a chance to visit Israel for free.U.S. Doubling America s Emergency Stockpile in Israel Israel National News - Dec 12 5:04 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The U.S. Congress gave its approval this week to double the amount of American emergency equipment stockpiled in Israel. As part of the agreement, Israel is allowed to use the equipment in case of its own emergency, as happened this summer in the second Lebanon War.Olmert hints Israel has nuclear arms Independent Online - Dec 12 12:39 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has implied that Israel has the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal.Secretary-General Annan Plans Harsh Criticism of Israel, Aides Say The New York Sun - Dec 11 10:01 PM
UNITED NATIONS As part of a series of speeches meant to summarize his 10-year U.N. tenure, Secretary-General Annan plans to criticize Israel today in much harsher tones than he has used in the past, aides said. The address at the U.N. Security Council follows a speech in Missouri yesterday in which Mr. Annan implicitly criticized President Bush while lauding the United Nations and its ideals. ...Olmert hints Israel has nuclear arms Times of Malta - Dec 11 11:22 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stumbled into controversy during a visit to Germany, implying for the first time Israel had nuclear weapons. ...Jewish Biollionaire Sending Young Jews to Israel Israel National News - Dec 12 4:19 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson has donated $5 million to bring 2,000 young Jews to Israel for the first time through the Birthright Israel program.Israeli PM hints Israel has nuclear weapons People's Daily - Dec 11 9:19 PM
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.Tutu raps Israel for blocking visit The Star - Dec 12 2:02 AM
Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu has sharply criticised Israel's failure to co-operate with a UN human rights fact-finding mission into the killing of 19 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.Israel agog at Olmert's "nuclear slip" of tongue Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 2:21 AM
Israeli media are calling it a "nuclear slip" of the tongue. Aides to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert deny any change in policy.City firm signs MoU with Israel for 1,000-bed hospital Indian Express via 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 ...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.Lying low USA Today - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
When Israel invaded Lebanon this summer, thousands of Dearborn Arab-Americans shook off their fears and rallied in the streets to protest. Denise Hazime, an aspiring law student, was among those outraged by attacks on civilians and by what she viewed as the U.S. government's tacit support of Israel.