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Israel Hopes to Complete Its Withdrawal From Lebanon on Friday 
New York Times - 58 minutes ago
Israel is clearly reluctant to stay much longer in southern Lebanon, even though U.N. troops are still short.Sudan blames Israel and Jews for many of its woes Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 5:22 PM
Sudan's president said on Tuesday his country would never allow U.N. peacekeepers into Darfur and charged that the West wanted to dismember his country in order to help Israel.Israel to withdraw all troops by weekend AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 11:32 AM
Israel's army chief said Tuesday that he expected to pull his troops out of Lebanon by the weekend, which would meet a key requirement of the cease-fire that halted a 34-day war against Hezbollah guerrillas.Israel urged to give more info on bombs AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 11:22 AM
The United Nations on Tuesday urged Israel to hand over detailed information about cluster munitions it used in Lebanon during the war with Hezbollah, saying at least 350,000 unexploded bomblets still pose a deadly risk.Israel names day for final pullout from Lebanon International Herald Tribune - Sep 19 2:49 PM
Israel hopes to pull its last troops out of Lebanon by sundown Friday, which marks the beginning of the Jewish new year, the chief of the Israeli military said.Herzl's children, buried in France, to be moved to Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 9:25 AM
Two of Theodor Herzl's children, buried in the Jewish cemetery of Bordeaux in 1930, will at long last be transferred to Israel in keeping with the wishes of the late 19th century founder of Zionism.Israel wants permanent Abbas dialogue AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 6:48 AM
Israel wants to reopen a serious dialogue with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and work with him to establish a Palestinian state, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Tuesday.US, Israel caution Abbas over unity deal with Hamas AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 7:05 AM
The United States and Israel have put pressure on Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas not to cut a deal with a Hamas government that refuses to renounce violence and recognize Israel.Israel cluster bomb use in Lebanon "outrageous": UN Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 5:42 AM
Israel scattered at least 350,000 unexploded cluster bomblets on south Lebanon in its war with Hizbollah, mostly when the conflict was all but over, leaving a deadly legacy for civilians, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.Israel's cluster bomb use "outrageous": U.N. Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 4:56 AM
Israel dropped at least 350,000 cluster bomblets on south Lebanon in its war with Hizbollah guerrillas, mostly when the conflict was all but over, leaving a deadly legacy for civilians, a U.N. official said on Tuesday.Israel seeks to reopen dialogue with Abbas AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 12:26 AM
Israel wants to reopen a serious dialogue with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and work with him to establish a Palestinian state, Israel's foreign minister said Tuesday.United States, Israel reach out to Abbas AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 18 11:26 PM
The United States and Israel sought on Monday to shore up a sometimes strained relationship with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is trying to form a working alliance with Hamas officials who refuse to recognize the Israeli government.Israel: 3 Hezbollah Members Charged New York Times - Sep 18 11:14 PM
Three Hezbollah members seized by Israel in the recent fighting in Lebanon were charged with murder and other crimes. One, Hussein Suleiman, is accused of involvement in the July 12 cross-border raid in which three Israeli soldiers were killed and two were seized, precipitating the month of fighting. The others, Muhammad Sarour and Maher Qurani, were involved in border attacks against Israeli Israel to Withdraw All Troops by Weekend ABC News - Sep 19 8:49 AM
Israel's Military Chief Says Country Will Pull All Remaining Troops in Lebanon by the WeekendIsrael pressed on cluster targets BBC News - Sep 19 6:43 AM
The UN urges Israel to say exactly where it fired cluster bombs during the recent conflict with Hezbollah.As Bush, Iranian Clash at U.N., Israel Comes Under New Pressure The New York Sun - 21 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS What was billed as a clash at the United Nations between President Bush and President Ahmadinejad over Iran's nuclear ambitions is being at least partially upstaged by new calls for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. Mr. Bush and the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, both spoke here yesterday at the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Ahmadinejad's Shakers: Business risk is low in Israel, Buffett says International Herald Tribune - Sep 19 1:46 AM
Business risk is low in Israel, Buffett saysUS may ban sale of cluster bombs to Israel Independent - Sep 19 5:02 PM
The discovery of hundreds of US-made cluster bombs among the tens of thousands of unexploded munitions carpeting the south of Lebanon, has led to calls on Washington to impose a moratorium on sales of the weapons to Israel.Israel seeks Palestinian dialogue BBC News - Sep 19 2:13 AM
Israel's foreign minister says she wants permanent channels of dialogue with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.Sudan blames Israel for its woes Stuff - Sep 19 6:26 PM
UNITED NATIONS: Sudan's president said his country would never allow United Nations peacekeepers into Darfur and charged that the West wanted to dismember his country in order to help Israel.Israel's use of cluster bomb in Lebanon "outrageous" : UN official People's Daily - Sep 19 5:09 PM
A visiting UN official denounced on Tuesday Israel's actin of dropping large number of cluster bombs on south Lebanon during its offensive against Hezbollah, calling it "outrageous."Israel Says It Will Complete Lebanon Withdrawal by Friday Voice of America - Sep 19 10:05 AM
Israel's military chief says the last Israeli troops in Lebanon will leave that country by Friday.Israel Seeks to Reopen Dialogue With Abbas ABC News - Sep 19 12:49 AM
Israel Says It Wants Permanent Channel of Dialogue With AbbasIsrael hosts Turkey in critical match tonight Haaretz Daily - Sep 19 5:08 PM
Israel's women's team will host Turkey in Sofia, Bulgaria tonight; it needs both to win its match and to have Ukraine down Slovenia in order to retain a chance of qualifying for the 2007 European Championship going into the final round of matches.Israel to withdraw all troops by weekend Boston Globe - Sep 19 4:36 AM
Israel's military chief said Tuesday that Israel will withdraw all remaining troops from Lebanon by this weekend, a lawmaker said.Teva and Procognia (Israel) Ltd. Sign an Exclusive Collaboration Agreement for the Development Of Biopharmaceuticals [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 44 minutes ago
JERUSALEM & ASHDOD, Israel----Sept. 20, 2006--Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Procognia Ltd. announced today that they had entered into a collaboration agreement covering two biopharmaceuticals, for which Procognia Ltd. will supply Teva services and access to its proprietary glycoanalysis technology on an exclusive basis.Israel plans to withdraw all troops by weekend Baltimore Sun - Sep 19 6:57 AM
Move would end more than two-month military presence in Lebanon Israel's military chief told lawmakers today that it plans to withdraw all its remaining troops from Lebanon by this weekend, meeting a key requirement of a cease-fire that ended the 34-day war against Hezbollah guerrillas. Israel to withdraw all troops by weekend Syracuse.com - Sep 19 11:59 AM
JERUSALEM (AP) Israel's military chief told lawmakers Tuesday that it plans to withdraw all its remaining troops from Lebanon by this weekend, meeting a key requirement of a cease-fire that ended the 34-day war against Hezbollah guerrillas.Israel urged to give more info on bombs Syracuse.com - Sep 19 11:44 AM
MAJDAL SELLEM, Lebanon (AP) The United Nations on Tuesday urged Israel to hand over detailed information about cluster munitions it used in Lebanon during the war with Hezbollah, saying at least 350,000 unexploded bomblets still pose a deadly risk.Israel ready to talk to Mahmoud Abbas Hindustan Times - Sep 19 11:31 AM
Israel's foreign minister said on Tuesday, the government wants to resume talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to help him reach his goal of leading the Palestinians to independence.UN urges Israel to hand over coordinates of bomb strikes Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 19 6:59 AM
The United Nations yesterday urged Israel to hand over coordinates of the cluster bombs fired by Israeli forces in Lebanon, saying the failure to do so was hampering efforts to clear up the deadly legacy of the recent conflict. -Report: Israel willing to release Palestinian prisoners in return for captured soldier WLUC TV 6 - Sep 19 1:51 PM
CAIRO, Egypt Egypt's president says Israel seems willing to free a "larger than expected" number of Palestinian prisoners in return for an abducted Israeli soldier.Judge rules Israel scientists invented Erbitux patent: AP Market Watch - Sep 18 8:08 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A federal judge has ruled that three scientists from Israel are the true inventors of a patented formula used in Erbitux, ImClone Systems Inc.'s blockbuster cancer drug, according to a media report Monday evening. Letter to Senator Arlen Specter re. Israel, cluster bombs and peace News From Bangladesh - Sep 19 11:27 AM
I very much appreciate receiving your letter today on the above subject. You mentioned abduction of Israeli soldiers as being the major cause behind Israel's latest invasion of Lebanon.Herzl's children, buried in France, to be moved to Israel AFP via Yahoo!7 News - Sep 19 4:39 AM
BORDEAUX, France (AFP) - Two of Theodor Herzl's children, buried in the Jewish cemetery of Bordeaux in 1930, will at long last be transferred Tuesday to Israel in keeping with the wishes of the late 19th century founder of Zionism.Israel's population stands at 6,990,700 Pakistani Newspaper - Sep 19 11:56 AM
Tel Aviv, Sep 19: On the eve of Rosh Hashana (the Jewish new year) 5767, the population of Israel stands at 6,990,700, of them 5,313,800 are Jewish and 1,377,100 Arabs, the annual statistical summary of 2005 published on Tuesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) showed.Israel Kashtan names provisional Israel squad FIFA - Sep 19 2:55 AM
Israel coach Dror Kashtan on Monday named a provisional 20-man squad of locally-based players to begin preparing for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier away to Russia on 7 October.Israel, U.S. warn Abbas against reconciliation with Hamas Al Jazeera - Sep 19 7:05 AM
The United States and Israel are pressuring Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stall a coalition deal with Hamas as long as it refuses to recognize the Jewish state, AFP reported.EU Parliamentarians Establish an "Israel Lobby" Israel National News - Sep 19 12:57 PM
(IsraelNN.com) 300 European Union parliamentarians and supporters took part this week in a gala celebrating the establishment of a European "Israel Lobby", the first of its kind.Israel ready to release more prisoners than expected: Mubarak AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 18 5:48 AM
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said the number of Palestinian prisoners Israel is ready to release in exchange for a captured soldier is higher than expected.Israel to quit Lebanon by Friday: army chief AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 12:25 PM
Israeli forces will leave Lebanon by Friday in time for the Jewish new year, army chief Dan Halutz was quoted as saying, closing the curtain on a two-month presence in the war-battered south.The United States and Israel are pressuring Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stall a coalition deal with Hamas as Al Jazeera - Sep 19 6:50 AM
Israel Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Abbas in separate meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York that there is no compromise on the conditions they set for the Hamas-led Palestinian government.CORRECT: Buffett, in Israel, boosts Iscar Market Watch - Sep 18 4:53 PM
TEFEN, Israel (MarketWatch) -- The investor Warren Buffett, visiting Israel for the first time, expressed optimism about his recent $4 billion investment here while declining to discuss if and where in the country he might next put his money down. DCI USA Announces an Agreement to be the Lead Investor in a Clean Energy Wind Turbine Windmill Farm in Israel [Press Release] PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 19 3:34 PM
DCI USA, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the largest Israeli developers of wind turbine farms to be the Lead Strategic Investor in the takeover of an existing wind turbine farm in Israel.Israel indicts 3 members of Hezbollah USA Today - Sep 18 5:07 AM
Israel on Monday charged three Hezbollah members arrested in Lebanon during the recent war with murder for involvement in deadly attacks on soldiers.Israel cluster-bomb use in Lebanon 'outrageous' Mail and Guardian - Sep 19 8:32 AM
Israel dropped at least 350 000 cluster bomblets on south Lebanon in its war with Hezbollah guerrillas, mostly when the conflict was all but over, leaving a deadly legacy for civilians, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.Israel to Withdraw All Troops by Weekend WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - Sep 19 4:40 AM
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military chief said Tuesday that Israel will withdraw all remaining troops from Lebanon by this weekend, a lawmaker said.The army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, told the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the troops would leave by the start of the Jewish New Year, which begins at sundown Friday, lawmaker Ran Cohen told Israel Radio.Israel renews attempt to join OECD in Singapore Globes Online - Sep 19 6:56 AM
Representatives of international banks and analysts told the Bank of Israel governor that they were optimistic about the Israeli economy.IDC: Israel IT services market grew 16% in 2005 Globes Online - Sep 19 9:41 AM
Israel s IT services market returned to its 2000 level in 2005, reaching $1.5 billion.The Editors: Right to ask Mr Blair 'resignation questions' in Israel? BBC News - Sep 19 4:56 AM
Was it right to ask Mr Blair 'resignation questions' in Israel?UN slams Israel's cluster bomb use in Lebanon Independent Online - Sep 19 7:32 AM
UN officials claim Israel had scattered at least 350 000 unexploded cluster bomblets on south Lebanon in its war with Hezbollah, mostly when the conflict was all but over - leaving a deadly legacy for civilians.Israel charges three suspected Hezbollah members AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 18 3:25 AM
Three suspected Hezbollah fighters who were captured during the Lebanon war were charged in Israel with "murder" and belonging to a "terrorist organisation".Mubarak says Israel could free many Palestinians Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 18 2:55 AM
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Israel may release more Palestinian prisoners than expected as part of a possible deal covering the release of an Israeli soldier held by Palestinians.US, Israel press Abbas to shun Hamas Aljazeera - Sep 18 11:57 PM
The US and Israel have pressed the Palestinian president to reject any deal with a Hamas government that refuses to renounce violence, recognise past agreements with Israel and acknowledge its right to exist.Israel considers freeing prisoners if Palestinian gov't moderates its views USA Today - Sep 18 2:25 AM
Israel said Monday it will consider freeing Palestinian prisoners and releasing millions of dollars in tax rebates to Palestinians if their government moderates its hardline views.US, Israel Press Abbas to Shun Hamas The Palestine Chronicle - Sep 19 7:01 AM
The Israeli foreign minister confirmed that Israel wanted to maintain a dialogue with Abbas in order to get Hamas to moderate its anti-Israeli views.US, Israel caution Abbas over unity deal with Hamas TODAYonline - Sep 19 12:17 AM
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (L) meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The United States and Israel have put pressure on Abbas not to cut a deal with a Hamas government that refuses to renounce violence and recognize Israel.Prof. from Israel talks medieval religion with students, twice The Daily Free Press - Sep 19 5:39 AM
As Catholic and Islamic ideologies clash in violent debate abroad, professor Daniel Lasker of Ben-Gurion University, Israel, came to Boston University yesterday to explain to students how religious debate between Christianity, Judaism and Islam played out in the Middle Ages.Thousands rally in Israel to demand war inquiry Tiscali - Sep 19 3:58 AM
TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert order an independent state inquiry into his government s handling of the war in Lebanon.Israel explores R&D with TN News Today - Sep 19 4:17 AM
Israel Embassy Counsellor for Economic Affairs Tzakhi Selzer at an interactive session organised by the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Chennai yesterday. Also seen are SICCI officials Raghavan and Prasad Davidson.Abbas-Olmert meeting linked to release of soldier: Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 11:35 PM
Israel has connected any future meeting between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to the release of a soldier held by militants in the Gaza Strip.Israel says it will lift Lebanese blockade Madera Tribune - Sep 18 9:31 PM
JERUSALEM - Israel said it would lift its stifling air and sea blockade of Lebanon on Thursday, marking a crucial breakthrough in international efforts to rebuild from the war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.Israel to fully withdraw from Lebanon in days: MP Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 3:44 AM
The Israeli army will complete a pullout from Lebanon within a few days, a legislator quoted the military's chief of staff as saying on Tuesday.Syria: US-Israel relationship fuels terrorism Cleveland Jewish News - Sep 19 2:49 AM
(JTA) The US-Israel relationship helped fuel the attack on the US embassy in Damascus, Syrian officials in Washington said. "It is regrettable that US policies in the Middle East have fueled extremism, terrorism and anti-US sentiment, a statement issued Tuesday from the embasssy said.Israel's Jewish Majority Drops 1.8 Percent Israel National News - Sep 19 3:27 AM
(IsraelNN.com) According to the latest numbers released by Israel s Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel s Jewish majority has dropped 1.8% since 2000.Warren Buffett tours Iscar facility in Israel Market Watch - Sep 18 8:08 AM
TEFEN, ISRAEL (MarketWatch) -- Investor Warren Buffett, visiting Israel two-and-a-half months after investing $4 billion to buy metal-cutting tools company Iscar Ltd., spoke optimistically of his acquisition Monday but declined to specify any other potential targets in the country. For Israel, 5766 proved to be a particularly turbulent year JTA - Sep 18 4:26 PM
JERUSALEM, Sept. 6 (JTA) The Jewish year 5766 was one of the most dramatic in Israel s history: It saw a sitting prime minister dismantle his ruling party and then suffer a massive stroke that left him comatose; a terrorist group that refused to recognize Israel s existence elected to the pinnacle of Palestinian power; and a war with another terrorist group in which more than 100 rockets Israel Indicts 3 Members of Hezbollah ABC News - Sep 18 7:04 AM
Israel Indicts Three Members of Hezbollah Arrested in Lebanon Following Deadly AttacksU.N. Force in Lebanon Met With Skepticism Washington Post - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
BAZOURIYA, Lebanon -- There are two faces to the U.N. force today in Lebanon, ensuring a cease-fire that ended 33 days of war with Israel. One has a certain swagger: more than 4,800 soldiers, 14 French battle tanks, four 155mm artillery guns, 10 Italian amphibious assault vehicles and an array of...Sondrel Expands Presence in Israel [Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 5:00 AM
Theale, UK (PRWEB) September 19, 2006 -- Sondrel Ltd, Europe s leading IC consultancy, today announces that it has expanded its presence in Israel with the appointment of Adi Snir as general manager of its operations in the region.Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel Appoints Alice Kolman President [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 19 5:00 AM
The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel announced the appointment of veteran Jewish organizational leader Alice Kolman as President, a newly created position. As a member of the BYFI executive committee, Kolman's mission is to develop post-fellowship programs and activities for BYFI alumni, provide administrative leadership as BYFI grows, and work with donors to expand the organization's public Israel Urged to Give More Info on Bombs ABC News - Sep 19 12:34 PM
U.N. Officials Urge Israeli Military to Provide More Information on Cluster BombletsIsrael to Complete Lebanon Withdrawal by New Year Israel National News - Sep 19 1:42 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Israel will complete it withdrawal from southern Lebanon before Rosh HaShana, Jewish New Year, which begins Friday night. On Friday, Hizbullah is holding a celebration of its victory over Israel. Hezbollah to mark 'victory' over Israel USA Today - Sep 17 7:27 PM
Hezbollah's leader called Sunday for a massive rally in Beirut's bombed out southern suburbs to mark the militant group's "victory" over Israel during the monthlong fighting this summer.Israel 36th in economic freedom for 2006 Haaretz Daily - Sep 18 4:37 PM
Israel came out in 36th place out of 161 countries ranked in the 2006 Economic Freedom Index published by the Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation.Imprisoned Teenage Land of Israel Activist's Trial Pushed Up Israel National News - Sep 19 12:27 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Apparantly due to public pressure, fifteen-year-old Land of Israel activist Tirza Sariel s court date has been pushed forward. The teenager was transferred to a full-fledged prison ahead of her trial. She has now been brought to Jerusalem s Russian Compound ahead of her hearing.Israel keen to partner Tamil Nadu in water technology New Kerala - Sep 18 10:24 PM
Chennai, Sep 18: Israel was looking at partnering Tamil Nadu Government in water technology, Tzakhi Selzer, Counsellor for Economic Affairs, Embassy of Israel, said today.Magal Security Gets $5M Israel Contract AP via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 18 4:27 AM
Magal Security Systems Ltd., an Israeli maker of computerized security systems, said Monday it received a $5.5 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense to build a perimeter intrusion detection system across the northern border of Israel.Israel hints at payoff if Palestinians abandon hard line The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 18 5:17 PM
Israel said Monday it will consider releasing millions of dollars in froozen tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority and freeing Palestinian prisoners if the government moderates its hard-line views. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been trying to persuade the ruling Hamas movement to moderate its views through the formation.Israel to release more-than-expected Palestinian prisoners: Mubarak People's Daily - Sep 18 4:55 PM
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said that Israel showed readiness to release a bigger-than- expected number of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a captured soldier, the official MENA news agency reported on Monday.Stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process back in UN spotlight AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 3:01 PM
The moribund Mideast peace process returned to center stage at the United Nations as major powers linked the need to revive negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians with efforts to end instability across the Middle East and beyond.Buffett's Israeli Acquisition Forbes - Sep 19 3:11 PM
The Oracle of Omaha has purchased an 80% stake in the Israel company Iscar Metalworking.Sondrel Expands Presence in Israel [Press Release] PR Web - Sep 19 12:31 AM
Sondrel Ltd, Europe s leading IC consultancy, today announces that it has expanded its presence in Israel with the appointment of Adi Snir as general manager of its operations in the region. (PRWEB Sep 19, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/RW1wdC1FbXB0LVBpZ2ctSG9yci1JbnNlLVplcm8=Israel to Consider Freeing Palestinians ABC News - Sep 18 1:34 AM
Israel Says It Will Consider Gestures if Palestinians Government Moderates Its ViewsHerzl children flown to Israel as dispute ends over remains Times Online - Sep 18 11:06 AM
The remains of two children of Theodore Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, are to be removed from a Jewish cemetery in Bordeaux today and flown to Israel for reburial in keeping with their father s will.More Palestinians Desire Peace with Israel Angus Reid - Sep 18 9:34 PM
- More residents of the West Bank and Gaza Strip believe the Palestinian Authority should reach a truce with Israel, according to a poll by Near East Consulting.Report: Israel willing to release Palestinian prisoners in return for captured soldier ABC 7 El Paso - Sep 18 3:08 PM
CAIRO, Egypt Egypt's president says Israel seems willing to free a "larger than expected" number of Palestinian prisoners in return for an abducted Israeli...Israel Charges 3 Captured Hezbollah Fighters With Murder Voice of America - Sep 18 9:35 AM
Israeli authorities on Monday charged three Hezbollah militants captured in Lebanon with murder and other terrorism-related crimes. Israel says its forces captured the three Lebanese men, who are all in their 20's, during its recent intervention against Hezbollah in Lebanon.Palestinian-Americans Say Israel Denies Them Visas Voice of America - Sep 18 8:50 AM
Some of the leading members of the business community in the Palestinian territories are citizens of other countries. Now, they say, Israel is denying them visas to live and work near their businesses and families.Israel sets up panel to investigate its handling of the Lebanon conflict International Herald Tribune - Sep 17 12:43 PM
After a month of debate in Israel, the government on Sunday established a committee to investigate the political and military leadership's handling of the invasion of Lebanon.Buffett visits 'remarkable' Iscar, Israel metalworking acquisition Lincoln Journal Star - Sep 18 1:06 PM
TEFEN, Israel Legendary investor Warren Buffett visited his first overseas purchase on Monday, traveling to an industrial tool manufacturer in northern Israel, which was pelted last month by rockets fired by Hezbollah guerrillas.Kashtan names provisional Israel squad for Russia match Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports - Sep 18 8:10 AM
JERUSALEM, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Israel coach Dror Kashtan on Monday named a provisional 20-man squad of locally-based players to begin preparing for the Euro 2008 qualifier away to Russia on Oct. 7.Israel indicts three members of Hezbollah arrested in Lebanon Boston Herald - Sep 18 7:19 AM
JERUSALEM - Israel on Monday charged three Hezbollah members arrested in Lebanon during the recent war with murder for involvement in deadly attacks on soldiers. In an indictment police submitted to...Am I pro-Palestine or pro-Israel? Haaretz Daily - Sep 18 4:31 PM
The Israel Defense Forces sets out to detain a Palestinian suspected of concealing Qassam missiles in his home. The missiles are seized and Khaled, the owner of the home, is arrested. It appears that the good guys have won.U.S.-Israel: A crisis of faith over Christian Evangelicals' help Frost Illustrated - Sep 18 2:48 PM
OAKLAND, Calif. (IPS/GIN)- As support for Israel grows among Christian evangelicals in the U.S., conversion of Jews to Christianity continues to be a thorny issue for both Christians and Jews.Lebanon's ancient ruins suffer from Israeli bombing AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 11:53 AM
Archeologists excavating a necropolis uncovered by construction workers in Beirut only two weeks before war broke out between Hezbollah and Israel had to stop work this summer when Israeli bombs started falling on the country.Israel says 'a few months' to avoid nuclear Iran Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 10:39 AM
Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Sunday that the world may have as little as "a few months" to avoid a nuclear Iran and called for sanctions.Muslims from Israel bring fresh views to Hub Boston Globe - Sep 18 1:34 AM
NEWTON -- Al Qasemi College , which was founded in 1989 as the first institute of Islamic higher education in Israel, is trying to export revolutionary openness and liberalism to the wider Islamic world, leaders of the faculty told educators, Jewish leaders, and local Muslims during a four-day visit to the Boston area that ended yesterday.Analysis: Israel eyes pupmed storage UPI - Sep 18 8:53 AM
KFAR SZOLD, Israel, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- An Israeli company may have the answer for the beleaguered state-run Israel Electric Corp.'s recent inability to meet demand -- hydroelectric power stations in the form of pumped storage.Israel approves Lebanon war inquiry Stuff - Sep 18 10:13 AM
JERUSALEM: Israel's cabinet has appointed a commission to investigate the way the government and military handled the Lebanon war, bowing to calls for an inquiry but rejecting veterans' demands for an independent probe.