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Iran: Palestinian Rejects Recognizing Israel 
New York Times - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
The visiting Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniya, told a supportive Iranian audience that his Hamas-led government would never recognize Israel and would not respect agreements with it. ?The U.S. and Zionist regime want us to recognize the usurpation of Palestinian land and stop our struggle,? he told thousands at Friday Prayer at Tehran University, the ISNA news agency reported. Mr. Haniya Haniyeh: Hamas won't recognize Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 11:37 AM
The Palestinian prime minister vowed his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will fight for Jerusalem, telling a crowd at an Iranian mosque on Friday that he will resist U.S. pressure to moderate.Israel frets over Iraq report, sends FM to Washington AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 7:41 AM
Israel's foreign minister has travelled to the United States amid worries the Jewish state's main ally could shift course after a report urged Washington to step up Middle East peacemaking efforts.Israel frets over Iraq report, dispatches FM to Washington AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 7:28 AM
Israel's foreign minister has arrived in the United States amid worries that the Jewish state's main ally could shift course after a report urged Washington to redouble Mideast peacemeaking efforts.Manhunt recaptures Israel rapist BBC News - Dec 08 3:54 PM
Israel's biggest-ever manhunt captures a serial rapist who escaped police custody two weeks ago.Haniyeh: Hamas will not recognize Israel USA Today - Dec 08 5:25 AM
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told thousands of Iranians on Friday that his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will continue to fight for the "liberation of Jerusalem."Blow to Blair mission as Palestinian PM vows never to recognise Israel Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
Tony Blair's hopes of securing a Middle East peace settlement in his final days as prime minister were dealt a blow yesterday when the senior Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, vowed in Iran that he would never recognise Israel and would fight on until Jerusalem was liberated.Hamas PM rules out Israel move BBC News - Dec 08 4:55 AM
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya reiterates that his Hamas-led government will not recognise Israel.Haniyeh: Hamas Won't Recognize Israel ABC News - Dec 08 6:01 AM
Ismail Haniyeh Says Hamas-Led Government Won't Ever Recognize Israel, Will Fight for JerusalemIsrael blocks Tutu massacre inquiry Daily Telegraph - Dec 08 5:24 PM
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who is heading a United Nations fact-finding mission into the Beit Hanoun massacre, was prevented yesterday from visiting the town by Israel.Palestinian prime minister vows not to recognize Israel Fox21 - Dec 08 6:01 PM
TEHRAN, Iran On a visit to Iran, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (IHS'-may-el hah-NEE'-yuh) said his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel.Palestine Prime Minister Vows Never To Recognize Israel Nasdaq - Dec 08 12:52 PM
(RTTNews) - Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian Prime Minister, at Friday prayers in Tehran said he would never recognize Israel and would not give up the Jihad movement until the complete liberation of Jerusalem and Palestine land is achieved.Jews remember Kirkpatrick, 80, as friend of Israel, moral beacon JTA - Dec 08 1:27 PM
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (JTA) She was an ardent defender of the State of Israel in one of the world s least hospitable environments. But those who knew her say Jeane Kirkpatrick, who died Friday at age 80, was comfortable swimming against the current.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.*Palestine Prime Minister Vows Never To Recognize Israel Nasdaq - Dec 08 12:53 PM
(RTTNews) - Palestine Prime Minister Vows Never To Recognize Israel.Israel accused of provoking arms race News Interactive - Dec 08 1:21 PM
ISRAEL'S reputed nuclear arms arsenal has provoked an atomic weapons race in the Middle East, a senior Saudi official said overnight in apparent reference to Iran.Israel Yet To OK Tutu Fact-finding Gaza Trip -Officials Nasdaq - Dec 08 9:08 AM
GENEVA (AP)--A U.N. fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip that was to be led by Desmond Tutu is in doubt because Israel has yet to grant the Nobel laureate the necessary travel clearance, officials said.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.Palestinian prime minister, in Iran, vows not to recognize Israel Boston Herald - Dec 08 8:54 AM
TEHRAN, Iran - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told thousands of Iranians on Friday that his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will continue to fight for the "liberation...Haniyya vows not to recognize israel The Daily Star Lebannon - Dec 08 1:33 PM
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya told Iranians on Friday that his people would never bow to pressure to recognize Israel and would keep fighting - thanks in part to support from Tehran.Addressing worshippers at Friday prayers in Tehran, where he arrived on Thursday for a four-day official visit, Haniyya said.Livni begins American trip amid fears that US policy shift will cut Israel down to size The Daily Star Lebannon - Dec 08 1:33 PM
Israel's foreign minister arrived in the United States Friday amid worries that the Jewish state's main ally could shift course after a report urged Washington to redouble Mideast peacemaking efforts. Tzipi Livni will meet with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other officials during her visit.Israel leader says Iran stalling on nukes UPI - Dec 08 11:22 AM
JERUSALEM, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A nuclear Iran would pose a threat to Israel and could seriously threaten Europe, the deputy chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces warned Friday.Local Paramedic Volunteering In Israel WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul - Dec 08 10:44 AM
A local paramedic is taking his skills overseas and will volunteer in Israel for the next six months. Video: REPORTER Reports More Minnesota News Palestinian PM Vows Not to Recognize Israel Voice of America - Dec 08 6:31 AM
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh says his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will continue resistance until the Palestinians, as he put it, "liberate" Jerusalem.Israel frets over Iraq report, dispatches FM to US Middle East Times - Dec 08 7:17 AM
JERUSALEM -- Israel's foreign minister arrived in the United States Friday amid worries that the Jewish state's main ally could shift course after a report urged Washington to redouble Mideast peacemaking efforts.UN Rts Council Slates Israel For Ignoring Recommendations Nasdaq - Dec 08 5:22 AM
GENEVA (AP)--The U.N. Human Rights Council passed a seventh resolution criticizing Israel Friday, this time for the Jewish state's failure to act on earlier recommendations it end military operations in the Palestinian territories and allow a fact-finding mission to the region.Palestinian prime minister vows not to recognize Israel KVII 7 Amarillo - Dec 08 10:05 AM
(AP) -- TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - On a visit to Iran, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel.Mordechai Vanunu spent 18 years in prison for revealing details of Israel's nuclear programme Aljazeera - Dec 08 7:03 AM
Israel has said it will remain silent on whether it has nuclear weapons, after Robert Gates, the incoming US defence secretary, described the Israel as a 'nuclear power'.Haniyeh: Hamas-led gov't will never recognize Israel CNews - Dec 08 12:20 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) The Palestinian prime minister vowed his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will fight for Jerusalem, telling a crowd at an Iranian mosque on Friday that he will resist U.S. pressure to moderate.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.EHUD: DON'T LINK ISRAEL TO THE WAR New York Post - Dec 08 2:46 AM
TEL AVIV, Israel - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday 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...PA PM vows Hamas wil never recognize Israel Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 08 11:18 AM
The western world may not be listening, but Palestinian Authority prime minister Ismail Haniyeh stated emphatically Friday that his organization will never recognize Israel.Hamas Leader Tells Iranians Hamas Will Never Recognize Israel Free Internet Press - Dec 08 10:57 AM
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told thousands of Iranians on Friday that his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will continue to fight for the "liberation of Jerusalem". Making his first visit abroad since the militant group took power in March, Haniyeh blasted U.S. demands that Hamas recognize Israel as a basis for renewed peace talks and before international aid to 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 says its conflicts, Iraq not linked Pioneer Press - Dec 08 1:16 AM
JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has rejected the assertion that peacemaking between Israel and its neighbors is linked to stabilizing Iraq. The concept is one of the Iraq Study Group's key findings revealed Wednesday.Palestinian prime minister vows Hamas will not to recognize Israel CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Dec 08 1:39 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh vowed on Friday that his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will continue to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem.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.Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia checks in from Israel Desert Sun - Dec 08 10:15 AM
I am in Israel at the invitation of the Jewish Federation based in Los Angeles on their Legislative Mission. We left California on Wednesday morning via Los Angeles and arrived in Tel Aviv late Thursday afternoon.BMD Focus: Israel's New BMD dilemma by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Dec 07, 2006 Space War - Dec 07 7:25 PM
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.Palestinian prime minister vows not to recognize Israel Fox 6 News San Diego - Dec 08 5:49 AM
On a visit to Iran, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel.Palestinian prime minister vows not to recognize Israel Fort Wayne News Channel 15 - Dec 08 5:30 AM
TEHRAN, Iran On a visit to Iran, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (IHS'-may-el hah-NEE'-yuh) said his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel. Haniyeh...Olmert disputes report's Iraq-Israel link Deseret Morning News - Dec 07 11:25 PM
Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said Thursday that he disagreed with a central point in the Iraq Study Group's report that drew a strong link between the turmoil in Iraq and the need to resolve the conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors.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.Iraq Study Group's proposal met with skepticism by Bush, Israel Miami Herald - Dec 08 12:22 AM
The bipartisan Iraq Study Group's proposals for an urgent course change in Iraq were met with skepticism on Thursday from President Bush, some U.S. senators, Iraqi leaders and Israel's government.No Time to Kill Time: Britain, the US, and Israel Middle East Online - Dec 08 4:08 AM
The Iraq Study Group report was greeted with relief in Britain, whose positions it vindicates, and was met with grief by Israel whose views it repudiates. But will it prompt Blair and Bush to change course, or will they stall, killing chances for peace in the Middle East? Asks Marwan Bishara .Palestinians never to recognize Israel's legitimacy - PA MP Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 08 6:03 AM
Haniyeh - Israel - Legitimacy Palestinian Prime Minister Esmaeil Haniyeh said here Friday, "We would never recognize the usurper Zionist regime as a legitimate state."Israel Sees Iranís Hand In Beirut Baltimore Jewish Times - Dec 08 6:52 AM
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.PNA: Government Will Never Recognize Israel India Daily - Dec 08 8:24 AM
The Palestinian government will never recognize Israel, Palestinian National Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Dec. 8 while speaking to Friday worshippers at Tehran University in Iran.Palestinian PM vows not to recognise Israel Daily Mail - Dec 08 4:36 AM
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh vowed today that his Hamas-led government will never recognise Israel and will continue to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem Palestinian PM says not to recognize Israel People's Daily - Dec 08 3:53 AM
Visiting Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya said on Friday that his government would never recognize Israel and would continue struggle for the liberation of Jerusalem.Khatami: Lebanese events follow Israel's 33-day war Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 08 3:18 AM
Iran - Lebanon - Khatami Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said here Friday that ongoing events in Lebanon are in fact a follow-up of Israel's 33-day war on the country.Palestinian prime minister says his government will never recognize Israel International Herald Tribune - Dec 08 1:48 PM
Ismail Haniya, speaking in Tehran, also said Hamas would fight to liberate Jerusalem.Israel and Holy See Plan 2 Key Meetings Catholic Times - Dec 08 2:29 AM
Catholics and Israelis are awaiting with hope a pair of meetings of the Israel-Holy See Permanent Bilateral Commission on key issues in the Church-state relationship.Palestinian premier vows not to recognize Israel Khaleej Times - Dec 08 3:35 AM
TEHERAN - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya vowed on Friday not to recognize Israel and to continue fighting to liberate Jerusalem, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported.Hamas will never recognize Israel, says Haniyeh EARTHtimes.org - Dec 08 6:18 AM
The Hamas-led government in Palestine will never recognize Israel, asserted prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, and it will continue to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem.Iran nuclear programme also a threat to Europe: Israel general AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 8:18 AM
Iran could threaten the whole of Europe if it is allowed to develop an atom bomb, an Israeli general said in the Jewish state's latest salvo against its archfoe's nuclear programme.Israel uncertain on 2 abducted soldiers EARTHtimes.org - Dec 08 5:18 AM
Speculation was running high in Israel Thursday on the fate of two wounded Israeli soldiers kidnapped in border fighting by Hezbollah fighters in July.Palestinian rocket hits Israel Khaleej Times - Dec 08 12:05 AM
JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at southern Israel Friday, violating a fragile 13-day old ceasefire, an army spokesman said.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 remains mum over nukes News 24 South Africa - Dec 08 12:13 AM
Israel has maintained its policy of not admitting it possesses nuclear weapons, despite US comments that it has the bomb.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 takes issue with key finding Denver Post - Dec 07 11:41 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that he disagreed with a central point in the Iraq Study Group's report that drew a strong link between the turmoil in Iraq and the need to resolve the conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors.Incoming Sec. of Defense tells Senate panel Israel has nukes Haaretz Daily - Dec 08 12:17 AM
Incoming U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told a Senate committee on Thursday that Israel has nuclear weapons, and that this partially explains Iran's motiviation to acquire nuclear weapons.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 - Dec 07 7:06 PM
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.Haniyah: We Will Never Recognize Israel Israel National News - Dec 08 2:30 AM
(IsraelNN.com) PA (Palestinian Authority) Prime Minister (Hamas) Ismail Haniyah told reporters in Iran that he and his colleagues will never recognize Israel.Israeli police nab escaped serial rapist AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
Police captured an escaped serial rapist in northern Israel Friday night, ending a two-week saga that caused nationwide panic.Israel downplays US panel report No cause for concern, says mass-selling Israeli newspaper Daily Dispatch - Dec 07 11:03 PM
ISRAEL sought yesterday to downplay a high-level United States 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.Religion update: Leaders say relations improved over Israel El Paso Times - Dec 07 11:06 PM
American Jewish leaders and a top executive of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) say their relations have taken a "significant turn" for the better after a crisis over the Protestant group's policy toward Israel.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 - Dec 07 6:55 PM
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 - Dec 07 9:40 PM
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.Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter defends book's criticism of Israel policy CP via Yahoo! Canada News - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
ATLANTA (AP) - Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter defended his harsh criticism of Israeli policy in his latest book, saying he hopes to erode the "impenetrable wall" that blocks the U.S. public from seeing the plight of Palestinians.Palestinian PM vows never to recognise Israel Guardian Unlimited - Dec 08 5:41 PM
Tony Blair plans final peace push but few believe he will succeed.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.Saudi warns of Mideast arms race Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 2:05 PM
Israel's nuclear arsenal may provoke an arms race in the Middle East in which even moderate states could get involved, the Saudi intelligence chief said on Friday.Palestinian PM vows never to recognise Israel Guardian Unlimited - Dec 08 4:12 PM
Blair plans final peace push but few believe he will succeed.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 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.