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Israel stands by vague nuclear policy 
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 1:59 PM
Israel held firm Thursday to its policy of not admitting it possesses nuclear weapons, in the face of an acknowledgment from the incoming U.S. Defense Secretary that Israel has the bomb.Israel Disputes Connection to Iraq Turmoil New York Times - Dec 07 11:33 AM
The Iraq panel is wrong to see a linkage between the Israeli-Arab conflict and the problems in Iraq, Israel?s prime minister said today.Olmert rejects link between Iraq crisis, Israel's conflicts CNN.com - Dec 07 6:46 AM
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Thursday rejected a U.S. advisory group's conclusion that a concerted effort to resolve Israel's conflict with its neighbors will help stabilize the situation in Iraq.Israel rejects US panel report recommendations on Mideast AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 5:52 AM
Israel has rejected the conclusions of a high-level US panel report on Iraq, which urged Washington to step up efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict.Israel to keep mum on nuclear weapons capacity AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 4:54 AM
Israel will continue to keep mum on whether it has atomic weapons, officials have said after the incoming US defense secretary described the Jewish state as a nuclear power.Israel seeks to downplay policy shifts in US panel report AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:14 AM
Israel was seeking to downplay a high-level US panel report that urged a renewed push by Washington to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict, but observers admitted the Jewish state's main ally could shift direction as a result.BMD Focus: Israel's New BMD dilemma by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Dec 07, 2006 Space War - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are fiercely competing for an Israeli order for very short range anti-ballistic missile defense systems. Israel desperately needs such a system.Israel brushes off Iraq report, no to Syria talks Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:36 AM
Israel's prime minister on Thursday said it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with woes in the Middle East and ruled out any immediate talks with Syria despite a U.S. report urging negotiations.Israel rejects Iraq study ideas BBC News - Dec 07 6:31 AM
Israel dismisses a proposal by the Iraq Study Group in the US that it resume peace talks with Syria.Israel Rejects Iraq Study Group Proposals CBS News - Dec 07 7:38 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert doesn't see a link between the Iraq War and Israel's problems with its neighbors, and doesn't want to open talks with Syria. Palestinian leaders were more receptive to the American report.Israel rejects Iraq study ideas BBC News - Dec 07 6:01 AM
Israel dismisses a proposal by the Iraq Study Group in the US that it resumes peace talks with Syria.Israel says 2 captured soldiers wounded AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 06 8:08 PM
In their first comment about the fate of two soldiers whose capture triggered a monthlong war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas last summer, Israeli officials said Wednesday the two were seriously wounded raising the prospect they may no longer be alive.Prime minister to visit Israel for talks in final push for peace Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
Tony Blair confirmed in Washington yesterday that he is to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories before Christmas, in a final push for Middle East peace before he leaves office next year.Baker Report Asks Israel to Give Up Land 'Vital To Survivability' Crosswalk.com - Dec 07 12:44 PM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - In exchange for Syrian help in calming the situation in Iraq, the Iraq Study Group is asking Israel to give up land "vital to its survivability," a senior Israeli lawmaker said Thursday.Prime minister to visit Israel for talks in final push for peace Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
Tony Blair confirms a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories before Christmas, in a final push for Middle East peace before he leaves office next year.The Israeli interest in Iraq: who has the answer? - Haaretz - Israel News Haaretz Daily - Dec 07 5:30 PM
The Israeli interest in Iraq: who has the answer? If you want to know how difficult it is for Israelis to decide what American policy in Iraq would be best for Israel, take a look at the question we asked our The Israel Factor panel, as a complimentary question to those we asked about the candidates in the fourth survey we published yesterday.Olmert rejects linking Iraq issue and Israel's conflicts with its neighbors Boston Herald - Dec 07 12:53 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday rejected a U.S. advisory group's conclusions that Israel must talk to Syria and solve its conflict with the Palestinians to help the Bush...Territorial concessions by Israel a major focus of Baker report World Tribune - Dec 07 11:44 AM
WASHINGTON The Bush administration should pressure Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights as part of a U.S. effort to win Syrian cooperation on Iraq, the Iraq Study Group report said.Israel Says It Will Not Hold Talks with Syria Voice of America - Dec 07 10:31 AM
Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, says he has no intention of opening peace talks with Syria, and that it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with efforts to stabilize Iraq - as called for by members of the Iraq Study Group in their report released on Wednesday.Enlightenment Contested, by Jonathan Israel Independent - Dec 07 5:07 PM
In Radical Enlightenment, the great revisionist study which Enlightenment Contested continues, Jonathan Israel made an irrefutable case for the Amsterdam philosopher Baruch Spinoza as the instigator of modern "Western Atlantic" values, with individual liberty, universal equality, democracy and rationalism at its core. A previous notion of the Enlightenment was based on a more moderate programme, Israel Rejects Iraqi Study Group Call For Peace Talks With Syria Nasdaq - Dec 07 11:09 AM
(RTTNews) - Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, indicated he had no intention of initiating any peace talks with Syria as recommended in the Iraq Study Group Report. The report also suggested that Israel should return the Golan Heights to Syria in return for a secure peace agreement.Israel rejects United States advisory panel report on Iraq New Kerala - 4 minutes ago
Harinder Mishra, Jerusalem, Dec 7: Israel today rejected a US advisory panel's report which said that efforts to find a solution to its conflict with Palestine could have a conciliatory effect on the Iraqi situation and insisted that there was no linkage between the two issues.Israel clings to 'policy of ambiguity' after Gates lists Jewish state as nuclear power The Daily Star Lebannon - Dec 07 2:32 PM
Israel will continue to keep mum on whether it has atomic weapons, officials said Thursday after the incoming US defense secretary described the Jewish state as a nuclear power. "Israel won't say, or not say, whether we have nuclear weapons," Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres told public radio.Carter: New book not about Israel UPI - Dec 07 4:07 PM
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said at a Lawrenceville, Ga., signing for his controversial new book that the book is not about Israel.*Israel Rejects Iraqi Study Group Call For Peace Talks With Syria Nasdaq - Dec 07 10:52 AM
(RTTNews) - Israel Rejects Iraqi Study Group Call For Peace Talks With Syria.State, Israel trade notes on freeing barriers, water Yahoo! India News - Dec 07 12:23 PM
AGRICULTURE and water management dominated the bilateral meet between delegates from Israel and India on Thursday. Eliyahu Yishai, the deputy Prime Minister of Israel, showed interest in a visit during Vibrant Gujarat, 2007 along with a promise to free trade barriers. The meeting, which was attended by Minister for Water Supply and Water Resources Narottam Patel, Minister for Agriculture and *Israel Rejects Iraqi Study Group Recommendation For Peace Talks With Syria Nasdaq - Dec 07 10:37 AM
(RTTNews) - Israel Rejects Iraqi Study Group Recommendation For Peace Talks With Syria.Updated schedule for Amnesty International's Secretary General mission to Israel and the Occupied Territories 7 - 11 Amnesty International - Dec 07 9:26 AM
Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, is currently leading a mission to Israel and the Occupied Territories (including the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) to discuss human rights issues with members of the government and civil society.Israel still ambiguous about its nuclear weapons CNews - Dec 07 12:05 PM
JERUSALEM (AP) Israel held firm Thursday to its policy of not admitting it possesses nuclear weapons, in the face of a clear statement from the incoming U.S. defence secretary that Israel has the bomb.UN Expert Invited To Visit Israel Scoop.co.nz - Dec 07 1:31 PM
An independent United Nations expert on safeguarding human rights while fighting terrorism is to visit Israel at the invitation of its Government, possibly during the first half of next year.Israel brushes off Iraq report Stuff - Dec 07 12:27 PM
TEL AVIV: Israel's prime minister said today it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with wider problems in the Middle East and ruled out any immediate talks with Syria despite a US report calling for them.Israel reports 2 soldiers captured by Hezbollah were injured International Herald Tribune - Dec 06 3:46 PM
The two Israeli Army reservists whose capture in a cross-border raid triggered Israel's war with Hezbollah this summer were found to have been wounded seriously in the attack.Israel's War With Iran New York Times - Dec 06 9:21 AM
Summary: The recent fighting in Lebanon may have looked like yet another Arab-Israeli battle, but it also pitted Jerusalem against Tehran for the first time. Why did Israel strike when it did? What did it accomplish? And what should it do now to prepare for the next showdown with Iran? .Israel to keep mum on nuclear weapons capacity Middle East Online - Dec 07 10:07 AM
Jewish state keeps silent after incoming US defense secretary describes Israel as nuclear power.Israel says it won't hold talks with Syria EuroNews - Dec 07 11:44 AM
Israel has brushed off recommendations made by the Iraq Study Group to hold immediate direct talks with Syria.Israel sees Iran, Syria threat in renewed Lebanese unrest J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Dec 07 12:51 PM
jerusalem | Deeply troubled by menacing Hezbollah-led mass demonstrations in Beirut, Israel has been weighing what it can do to help prevent Lebanon s moderate government from falling.Israel to keep mum on nuclear weapons capacity Middle East Times - Dec 07 6:47 AM
JERUSALEM -- Israel will continue to keep mum on whether it has atomic weapons, officials said Thursday after the incoming US defense secretary described the Jewish state as a nuclear power.Israel brushes off Iraq report Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Dec 07 4:39 AM
Israel's prime minister said on Thursday it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with wider problems in the Middle East and ruled out any immediate talks with Syria despite a U.S. report calling for them.For pro-Israel crowd, Iraq report has some unwelcome proposals J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Dec 07 12:50 PM
washington | The Iraq Study Group s near-term recommendations for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict international conferences and dealings with Syria and Iran already are raising hackles in some pro-Israel quarters.Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran: AIPAC head sees headaches for Israel J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Dec 07 12:49 PM
In December 2004, Howard Kohr told Bay Area audiences that a nuclear Iran was Israel s biggest worry. In December 2005, Kohr warned audiences of the menace facing Israel and the West from a nuclear Iran.Jewish, pro-Israel groups lament Bolton s resignation J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Dec 07 12:50 PM
washington | The bluntness and take-no-prisoners rhetoric that cost John Bolton his job as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is what endeared him to pro-Israel groups.Two captured soldiers were badly wounded, Israel says The Columbus Dispatch - Dec 07 4:46 AM
JERUSALEM In their first comment about the fate of two soldiers whose capture triggered a monthlong war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas last summer in Lebanon, Israeli officials said yesterday that the two were seriously wounded raising the prospect that they might no longer be alive.Israel brushes off Iraq report Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Dec 07 7:16 AM
Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, says it is wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with wider problems in the Middle East and has ruled out any immediate talks with Syria despite a US report calling for them.Lebanese Adults: U.S. and Israel Caused Recent War Israel National News - Dec 07 3:30 PM
(IsraelNN.com) A new Gallup poll shows that 40-percent of Lebanese adults blame Israel for the 34-day war that followed the kidnapping of IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev this summer. Some 24-percent said, however, that the United States was most responsible.Olmert rejects linking Iraq issue and Israel's conflicts with its neighbors Leesville Leader - Dec 07 7:32 AM
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday rejected a U.S. advisory group's conclusion that a concerted effort to resolve Israel's conflict with its neighbors will help stabilize the situation in Iraq, saying there is no connection between the two issues.Olmert rejects linking Iraq issue and Israel's conflicts with its neighbours CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Dec 07 3:16 AM
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that he disagreed with a U.S. advisory group's linkage of efforts to stabilize Iraq with new moves to end Israel's conflict with its neighbours.Prominent Israel critic leaves Stanford for Egypt J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Dec 07 12:49 PM
Professor Joel Beinin, a former president of the Middle East Studies Association who advocated for the curtailing of American aid to Israel, recently left the post at Stanford University he s held for more than 20 years, and is now the director of Middle Eastern Studies at the American University in Cairo.Palestinian rocket hits Israel on 11th day of truce AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 06 7:43 AM
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired a rocket at southern Israel afternoon, causing no damage or casualties, in the latest violation of a frail 11-day ceasefire.2 soldiers who led to war may be dead, Israel hints San Jose Mercury News - Dec 07 3:23 AM
In their first comment about the fate of two soldiers whose capture triggered a monthlong war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas last summer, Israeli officials said Wednesday the two were seriously wounded -- raising the prospect they may be dead.Iraq Study Group: Israel-Palestinian Issue Key to Iraq Peace Fox News - Dec 06 4:56 PM
The Iraq Study Group report says any hope for a strong and peaceful Iraq will require securing peace in the larger Middle East and entails dialogue and political engagement between Israel and Iraq's moderate Arab neighbors.U.S.: No Aid to Hamas Until It Recognizes Israel Israel National News - Dec 07 3:00 PM
(IsraelNN.com) The United States Congress approved a bill on Thursday that bans aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority until the terrorist organization officially recognizes Israel s right to exist and renounces terror.Israel rejects US report recommendations on Mideast Middle East Times - Dec 07 4:02 AM
TEL AVIV -- Israel rejected Thursday the conclusions of a high-level US panel report on Iraq, which urged Washington to step up efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict.Israel brushes off Iraq report Independent Online - Dec 07 10:11 AM
Israel's prime minister says he expects to come under little US pressure despite a report urging Washington to push for Arab-Israeli peace as part of efforts to ease regional tensions.Israel rejects US advisory panel report on Iraq Outlook India - Dec 07 6:49 AM
Israel today rejected a US advisory panel's report which said that efforts to find a solution to its conflict with Palestine could have a conciliatory effect on the Iraqi situation and insisted that there was no linkage between the two issues.SBI to enter Israel, eyes Pakistan - chief Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Dec 07 1:45 AM
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - State Bank of India will start operations in Israel by March 2007 and wants to enter Pakistan, but India's largest bank has no immediate plans to buy banks abroad, Chairman O.P. Bhatt told Reuters on Thursday.Israel uncertain on 2 abducted soldiers UPI - Dec 07 6:22 AM
JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Speculation was running high in Israel Thursday on the fate of two wounded Israeli soldiers kidnapped in border fighting by Hezbollah fighter in July.Israel Brushes Off Iraq Report, No to Syria Talks Fox 6 News San Diego - Dec 07 4:38 AM
Key recommendations in Iraq report included a call for direct talks as soon as possible involving Israel, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinians.Israel's Elron to sell Partner shares for $40 mln Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 07 12:21 AM
JERUSALEM, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Israel's Elron Electronic Industries said on Thursday it would sell all its shares in mobile phone provider Partner Communications for $40 million.Israel not to negotiate with Syria soon - Olmert People's Daily - Dec 07 4:24 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday that Israel would not have talks with Syria in the near future, rejecting the recommendations in a report issued by the Iraq Study Group (ISG) regarding Syria, local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.Israel: Upset By Gate's Nuclear Comments India Daily - Dec 07 7:54 AM
Israelis were reportedly upset by comments made Dec. 5 by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who in his confirmation hearings mentioned Israel as a confirmed nuclear state, Reuters reported Dec. 7. Gates, speaking as to why Iran might be attempting to build nuclear arms, said "They [Iran] are surrounded by powers with nuclear weapons: Pakistan to their east, the Russians to the north, the Israel keeps silent on nuclear capacity Mail and Guardian - Dec 07 5:48 AM
Israel will continue to keep mum on whether it has atomic weapons, officials said on Thursday after the incoming United States defence secretary described the Jewish state as a nuclear power.Israel Diary Totally Jewish - Dec 07 6:41 AM
Apart from the treaties with Egypt and Jordan, the fragile balance between Israel and its neighbours rests on cease-fires and provisional accords. These can only lead to long term peace if the reasons for the conflict are addressed. No one s doing that at the moment.Israel uncertain on 2 abducted soldiers EARTHtimes.org - Dec 07 8:34 AM
JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (UPI) Speculation was running high in Israel Thursday on the fate of two wounded Israeli soldiers kidnapped in border fighting by Hezbollah fighter in July.Olmert rejects linking Iraq issue and Israel's conflicts with its neighbours Daily Mail - Dec 07 3:21 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today that he disagreed with the a U.S. advisory group's report that would link efforts to stabilise Iraq with new moves to end Israel's conflict with its neighbours Stephen Hawking Visiting Israel Israel National News - Dec 07 7:45 AM
(IsraelNN.com) World famous physicist Stephen Hawking is arriving in Israel tonight for a week of meetings with political leaders, scientists and Palestinian Authority students in Jerusalem.Geller turns into reality TV star in Israel Daytona Beach News-Journal - Dec 06 11:53 PM
JERUSALEM -- When the young Uri Geller packed his spoons and self-styled supernatural powers to seek fortune abroad, no one could have predicted he would return to his native Israel in triumph 35 years later as a reality TV star -- no one, presumably, except Uri Geller.Israel stocks fall; country underweighted at Citigroup Market Watch - Dec 06 9:01 AM
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israeli shares fell from their record highs on Wednesday, after Bezeq shares were downgraded at Deutsche Bank and Israel as an investment alternative was rated underweight at Citigroup. Peace Now Calling on Israel to Implement Baker-Hamilton Report Israel National News - Dec 07 4:15 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The left-wing Peace Now organization is calling on Israel to implement the Baker-Hamilton report which calls for Israel to retreat from the Golan Heights.Israel predicts no switch of US policy on Palestinians Financial Times - Dec 06 6:28 PM
Israel decided not to issue an immediate comment but weigh its response yesterday to the Iraq Study Group report, which called for a revived commitment to Arab-Israeli peace on all fronts and talks between Syria and Israel.Israel discusses Iran & his controversial agenda IranMania.com - Dec 06 11:04 PM
LONDON, December 7 (IranMania) - The newest member of Israel s center-left government seems out of place. Avigdor Lieberman is a West Bank settler who has advocated killing the leaders of the Palestinian group Hamas and reducing the number of Arabs who are Israeli citizens, New York Times reported.Artificial Life, Inc. Announces Launch of Mobile Products in Israel with Pelephone [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 07 6:35 AM
HONG KONG----Hong Kong-based Artificial Life, Inc. , a leading provider of award winning mobile technology and applications has signed a contract with Israel telecom carrier Pelephone to launch its 2G and 3G contents and games in Israel.Israeli Leader Rejects Link Between Iraq and Mideast Woes New York Times - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
Ehud Olmert disagreed with the Iraq Study Group?s report that linked the turmoil in Iraq with the need to resolve the conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors.For pro-Israel crowd, Iraq report has some unwelcome proposals JTA - Dec 06 4:12 PM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (JTA) 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.Textbooks In Israel to Designate West Bank Washington Post - Dec 05 6:09 PM
JERUSALEM, Dec. 5 -- Maps in future Israeli public school textbooks will show the boundary that existed between Israel and the West Bank before the 1967 Middle East war, Israel's education minister announced Tuesday. The move drew sharp protest from lawmakers, settler groups and religious leaders who claim the West Bank as part of the Jewish state.... US Congress approves bill to 'isolate' Hamas AFP via Yahoo! News - 53 minutes ago
The US Congress approved a bill barring US aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority as long as the Islamist movement refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist and renounce violence.Report: Israel, Iran holding debt talks AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 05 4:15 PM
While Iran continues to deny that Israel has the right to exist, representatives of the two countries are holding clandestine talks in Europe to settle an old Israeli debt, a newspaper reported Wednesday.Israel predicts no switch of US policy on Palestinians Financial Times - Dec 06 10:57 AM
Israel decided not to issue an immediate comment but weigh its response on Wednesday to the Iraq Study Group report, which called for a revived commitment to Arab-Israeli peace on all fronts and talks between Syria and Israel.Israel asked to release frozen Palestinian fund People's Daily - Dec 06 4:39 PM
The Council of Arab Economic Unity Wednesday called on the international community and the quartet committee to press Israel to release a frozen Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) fund of 550 million U.S. dollars.India-Israel to sign PTA shortly New Kerala - Dec 06 9:28 PM
New Delhi, Dec 6: With a view to boost bilateral trade, India and Israel have embarked upon negotiating a Preferential Trade Agreement eventually leading to a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA).France Calls on Israel To Halt Flybys Israel National News - Dec 06 9:30 PM
(IsraelNN.com) French President Jacques Chirac is calling on Israel to halt military intelligence flights over southern Lebanon that have become routine since the Second Lebanon War this summer.Carter Book on Israel 'Apartheid' Sparks Bitter Debate Washington Post - Dec 06 9:35 PM
A veteran Middle East scholar affiliated with the Carter Center in Atlanta resigned his position there Monday in an escalating controversy over former president Jimmy Carter's bestselling book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel stocks surge to records, led by Paz Oil IPO Market Watch - Dec 07 10:01 AM
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israeli shares closed at records Thursday, led by strength in a new offering, while the tech sector eased. France, Israel still at odds over Lebanon overflights The Daily Star Lebannon - Dec 06 1:22 PM
France and Israel failed to patch up differences concerning Israeli military flights over Lebanese airspace on Wednesday, which French officials call menacing but Israel claims are needed for security. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni defended the Israeli position, saying the flights were necessary to monitor alleged arms smuggling by Hizbullah.Olmert Rejects Linking Iraq to Israeli-Arab Disputes Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 12:46 PM
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected the linkage made by the Iraq Study Group between resolving or reducing U.S. involvement in Iraq and finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.Israel: a Peace Offering New York Times - Dec 06 9:06 PM
An Israeli businessman is offering the Palestinian prime minister $1 billion if he and his Israeli counterpart can reach a peace agreement. Avi Shaked, who made his fortune in Internet gambling sites, says he has lined up international financiers who are ready to pay if a deal is struck. A down payment of $100 million would be made if Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of France, Israel Fail To End Dispute On Lebanon Overflights Nasdaq - Dec 06 7:38 AM
PARIS (AP)--France and Israel failed to patch up differences Wednesday over Israeli military flights over Lebanese air space, which French forces call menacing and Israel insists are needed for security.Olmert: Iraq, Mideast conflict unrelated AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 11:50 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday rejected a U.S. advisory group's conclusions that Israel must talk to Syria and solve its conflict with the Palestinians to help the Bush administration stabilize Iraq.EMC sees more investments in Israel Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 05 11:16 AM
EMC Corp. , the world's largest computer storage company, plans to be more active in Israel following a spate of acquisitions of Israeli companies, a senior executive said on Tuesday.Baker Report 'Strange and Disturbing' to Israel Crosswalk.com - Dec 07 12:14 PM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - In its recommendations regarding the Israeli-Arab conflict, the Iraq Study Group's report does not take into consideration the reality on the ground in the Middle East, analysts here said Thursday.Report: Israel soldier may be freed soon AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 06 5:37 PM
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said negotiations for the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants are in their final stage, according to a newspaper report on Wednesday.Iraq panel urges push for Israel-Arab peace Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 06 3:53 PM
President George W. Bush must push for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace as part of a U.S. effort to defuse broader regional tensions, an elite panel on the Iraq war urged on Wednesday.France, Israel Fail To Resolve Lebanon Overflight Issue Nasdaq - Dec 06 4:23 AM
PARIS (AP)--France and Israel Wednesday failed to patch up differences over Israeli military flights over Lebanese air space, which French forces call menacing and Israel insists are needed for security.Israel minister wants pre-1967 borders shown in textbooks AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 05 8:17 AM
Israel's dovish Education Minister Yuli Tamir has said she wants school textbooks to show the country's borders from before the 1967 Middle East war, stirring a storm of controversy.Olmert: Don't Link Syria-Israel to Iraq War NPR - Dec 07 2:49 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert makes clear he opposes any move to link Arab-Israeli peacemaking to efforts to stabilize the situation in Iraq, as recommended in the Baker-Hamilton report.Israel, India keen to expand two-way trade - minister Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Dec 06 4:10 AM
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Israel wants a preferential trade pact with India and would like to see two-way trade double to $5 billion in the next few years, senior officials said on Wednesday.ISRAEL-OPT: Vital Gaza food conduit to open, Israel says AlertNet - Dec 06 6:12 AM
Source: IRIN An important commercial crossing from Israel into the Gaza Strip could be re-opened next week, Israeli officials told IRIN, allowing vital food supplies into Gaza. Report urges direct Israel, Syria talks AlertNet - Dec 06 6:41 AM
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The bipartisan Iraq Study Group on Wednesday called for direct talks between Israel and Syria as part of a revived U.S. commitment to a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace & ... Roundup: Israel holds "different view" on ISG report People's Daily - Dec 07 4:07 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday responded to a U.S. report on the Iraqi issue by presenting "different view."The US report recommends that Israel hand over the Golan heights as part of a peace deal with Syria. Aljazeera - Dec 07 2:48 PM
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, has said he has no intention of opening peace talks with Syria, despite the recommendations of a top-level US panel.Blair to launch "even-handed" Middle East mission AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 9:07 AM
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he will soon launch a Middle East mission to show an "even-handed" US and British approach towards Israel and the Palestinians and the wider region.