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Israel has no plans against Iran 
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 5:18 PM
Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres says that Israel does not intend to use military force against Iran, which Israel suspects is building nuclear bombs.Israel logs first same-sex marriage Planet Out via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 5:37 PM
SUMMARY: Avi and Binyamin Rose wed in Canada and return a married couple, thanks to a November ruling that Israel must recognize foreign same-sex marriages.Former Israel justice minister convicted AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 3:02 AM
An Israeli court convicted former Justice Minister Haim Ramon of forcibly kissing a young female soldier a case that riveted the country's attention and added another layer of scandal to Israel's beleaguered leadership.Israel checks WWII Arab 'saviour' BBC News - Jan 31 9:53 AM
Israel's Holocaust memorial centre proposes the first Arab for recognition as a "righteous gentile" who saved Jews.Israel Philharmonic still resonating at 70 International Herald Tribune - Jan 31 6:47 AM
The orchestra, under the direction of Zubin Mehta, began its U.S. tour with a concert at Carnegie Hall. Its 70th-anniversary concerts, which began in Israel last month, included guest artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Evgeny Kissin, Kurt Masur, and Valery Gergiev.Israel ponders barrier extension BBC News - Jan 31 6:08 AM
Israel says it is considering plans to include two small settlements within the route of the West Bank barrier.First same-sex marriage recognized in Israel The Advocate - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
The Jerusalem interior ministry has recorded Israel's first same-sex marriage, following a court order to register same-sex unions from abroad.Israel's Peres: Cluster bombs a mistake Turks.US - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
Shimon Peres, Israel's deputy prime minister, has told Al Jazeera that his country's use of cluster bombs in Lebanon during last year's war with Hezbollah was a "mistake".Israel's Former Justice Minister Convicted of Sexual Misconduct Voice of America - Jan 31 11:13 AM
Israel's former Justice Minister has been convicted of indecent acts for kissing a young female soldier against her will.U.S. worried about Israel's intellectual property laws Haaretz Daily - Jan 31 4:00 PM
"The American government and American companies are very concerned about the state of intellectual property rights in Israel, and we hope Israel will address these concerns," said U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary David Sampson yesterday in an interview with TheMarker.African countries to turn out for Israel tourism fair Haaretz Daily - Jan 31 4:00 PM
The number of African countries scheduled to be represented at Israel' s annual tourism exhibition is the highest ever. Angola, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Mozambique have all planned booths at the 12th International Mediterranean Tourism Market.Israel Considers Moving Security Barrier Farther into West Bank Voice of America - Jan 31 8:28 AM
Israel's government says it is considering moving the West Bank security barrier eastward, farther into the West Bank to enclose two Jewish settlements. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, Palestinian officials have condemned the proposal.Israel sets dubious record for use of deadly cluster bombs The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 31 1:44 PM
Israel's use of cluster munitions in South Lebanon was the most extensive anywhere in the world since the 1991 Gulf War, Human Rights Watch said earlier this week. "We've investigated cluster munitions in Kosovo, Afghan-istan, and Iraq, but we've never seen use of cluster munitions that was so extensive and dangerous to civilians," said.Cluster-bomb report weighs on Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 30 11:52 AM
Washington's conclusion that Israel likely misused U.S.-made cluster munitions by firing them at civilian areas in Lebanon has brought new pressure on Israel to review its wartime practices.A Junket to Israel The Weekly Standard via Yahoo! News - Jan 30 10:48 AM
For independent-minded journalists, there are better ways to see the world than media junkets. But--and my accounting department will back me up here--there aren't many better ways to pay for it. So two weeks ago, I set out for Israel on the dime of the American Israel Education Foundation, affiliated with the American Israel Political Affairs Committee.Israel resort determined to bounce back after bombing AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 30 8:29 AM
Israel's glittering Red Sea resort of Eilat is determined to bounce back after its first suicide bombing this week shattered its reputation as a safe holiday destination.U.S. looking at Israel's bomblet use The Columbus Dispatch - Jan 31 5:18 AM
JERUSALEM (AP) Israel is facing renewed pressure to review its wartime practices after Washington concluded that it likely misused U.S.-made cluster munitions by firing them at civilian areas in Lebanon.Human Rights Watch: U.S. should Cut Off Cluster Munition Sales to Israel and Compel Israel to Provide Strike Data Payvand Iran News - Jan 31 8:10 AM
Preliminary US government findings that Israel violated agreements with the United States by its use of cluster munitions in Lebanon last summer should lead to an immediate cutoff of all US cluster munitions sales to Israel, Human Rights Watch said today.Suicide bomber strikes: 3 killed in first attack in Israel in nine months The Davis Enterprise - Jan 31 8:16 AM
Published Jan 29, 2007 - 19:20:38 CST. EILAT, Israel - A Palestinian suicide bomber attacked a bakery in this southern Israeli resort town on today, killing three people and himself, police said.US Questions Israel's Use of Cluster Bombs in a Rare Rebuke The Palestine Chronicle - Jan 31 12:54 PM
The Reagan administration imposed a six-year ban on cluster weapon sales to Israel in 1982, after a congressional investigation found misuse of the weapons during Israel's war that year with Lebnon.Israel's Peretz says 2007 critical year on Iran Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 1:47 PM
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said on Wednesday this year would be "critical" for the international community in dealing with Iran's nuclear program.Israel strikes Gaza after suicide attack AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 30 5:43 AM
Israel has launched its first air raid on the Gaza Strip in two months after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three people in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, shaking a fragile truce.Iranians visit Israel's Holocaust Web site Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 30 6:12 AM
Israel's central Holocaust memorial said on Tuesday over 2,000 people in Iran and thousands of other people, including Iranians, had visited its new Farsi Web site documenting the mass murder of 6 million Jews.Magal Receives a $6 million Order to Protect Military Bases in Israel SYS-CON Media - Jan 31 7:23 AM
Magal Security Systems, Ltd. (NASDAQ GM: MAGS; TASE: MAGS), today announced that it has received an approximately US$6 million order for a turnkey project to protect several military bases in Israel. As part of the project, Magal will implement its Taut Wire Intrusion Detection Systems and its FORTIS Integrated Command & Control system.Ex-minister is convicted in Israel International Herald Tribune - Jan 31 1:52 PM
Sexual misconduct ruling adds to scandal surrounding the government and may prompt Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to shuffle his cabinet. Israel and the occupied territories: Foreign Office amends travel advice Government News Network - Jan 31 9:05 AM
The Foreign Office today removed the advice against all travel within the area 2km south of Israel's border with Lebanon. However we continue to advise against all travel to the Sheba'a Farms and Ghajar because of on-going military operations.Israel: No Direct Peace Talks With Hamas India Daily - Jan 31 8:31 AM
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres has rejected a proposal made by Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani to conduct direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority government led by Hamas, Gulf News reported Jan. 31. Peres said recognition of Israel by Hamas is a necessary precondition to direct peace talks.Reese attack on Israel was slanderous The Kentucky Standard - Jan 31 4:33 AM
It s a good thing for Charlie Reese that countries can t sue individuals or Israel would take him to the cleaners. Reese s claim that Israel engineered the U.S. invasion of Iraq is slanderous.Israel mixes rhetoric with realism Asia Times - Jan 31 3:01 AM
WASHINGTON - When Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared last week that his country could not risk another "existential threat" such as the Nazi Holocaust, he was repeating what has become the dominant theme in Israel's campaign against Tehran - that it cannot tolerate an Iran with the technology that could be used to make nuclear weapons, because Iran is fanatically committed to the ...Cluster-Bomb Report Weighs on Israel ABC News - Jan 30 1:48 PM
New Pressure on Israel to Change Military Tactics After U.S. Report on Cluster Bomb UseISRAEL-LEBANON: US inquiry into use of cluster bombs AlertNet - Jan 31 1:20 AM
Source: IRIN Israel may have violated agreements regarding the use of American-made cluster bombs during its war in Lebanon in July 2006, the US State Department said on Monday. Israel Examines Moving Separation Barrier The Daily Comet - Jan 31 2:05 AM
That route would leave thousands of Palestinians on the Israeli side of the fence. Palestinian officials immediately condemned the plan as an attempt by Israel to annex territory they claim for a future independent state.Israel wants Bibi back Jerusalem Newswire - Jan 31 5:44 AM
The nation of Israel, reeling from the one-two punch of its famed IDF losing the battle against Hizb allah last July, and of political leader after political leader being accused of corruption and immoral conduct in recent months, is ready to sweep Likud Party leader and former prime minister, Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu, back into power.Magal Receives a $6 million Order to Protect Military Bases in Israel FinanzNachrichten - Jan 31 2:15 AM
YAHUD, Israel, January 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Magal Security Systems, ( Nachrichten ) Ltd. (NASDAQ GM: MAGS; TASE: MAGS), today announced that it has received an approximately US$6 million order for a turnkey project to protect several military bases in Israel.Sex trial to determine Israel cabinet reshuffle: officials TODAYonline - Jan 31 1:22 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert chats with Cabinet Secretary Israel Maimon (R) as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's Jerusalem offices.Orange Israel Passes 10% 3G Subscriber Mark Cellular-News.com - Jan 31 4:17 AM
Israel's Partner Communications, which trades under the Orange brandname, has reported revenues in 2006 of NIS 5.6 billion (US$1.3 billion), EBITDA of NIS1.8 billion (US$438 million) and net income of NIS682 million (US$161.5 million).Gilda s Club to open centres in Israel Canadian Jewish News - Jan 31 5:33 AM
Gilda s Club, an organization that provides drop-in centres and psychological, emotional and educational support for people fighting cancer and their families, is planning to expand to Israel.Israel stocks at record; Bank of Israel challenges banks on fees Market Watch - Jan 30 9:09 AM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Israel stocks closed at a record high on Tuesday, lifted by gains for Israel Chemicals and Teva Pharmaceutical but held back by the banks, which face a challenge from the Bank of Israel over their lucrative fee schedules. Israel's Philharmonic remains a steady source of pride International Herald Tribune - Jan 30 6:47 AM
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, celebrating its 70th anniversary, is one of the burnished centerpieces of Israeli cultural life, a distinguished institution that resonates powerfully with the Jewish diaspora whose sympathy and support remain so important to this small Jewish state.Israel May Have Misused Cluster Bombs, U.S. Says Washington Post - Jan 29 8:53 PM
The State Department notified Congress yesterday that Israel may have violated U.S. rules prohibiting the use of American-made cluster bombs in civilian areas during last summer's war in Lebanon. Israel's Olmert looks to extend West Bank barrier Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 5:34 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is investigating the possibility of extending a West Bank barrier to include two Jewish settlements that have been excluded from the project, his office said on Wednesday.Israel bombs tunnel after Palestinian suicide attack kills 3 USA Today - Jan 29 7:49 PM
A Palestinian suicide bomber killed three Israelis at a bakery Monday in the first such attack inside the country in nine months, and the two radical groups that claimed to have sent him said they were trying to end weeks of Palestinian infighting by taking aim at Israel instead.Israel welcomes first Muslim minister The Christian Science Monitor - Jan 31 3:30 PM
Raleb Majadele marked a milestone for Muslim Israelis when he was sworn in Monday as a minister. Israel weighs response to resort suicide attack AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 8:12 PM
Israel is weighing its response after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three people in the Red Sea resort of Eilat in the first such attack in the Jewish state in nine months.The disappointing message from Israel's foreign minister Haaretz Daily - Jan 30 11:56 PM
Since her appointment last year as Israel's minister of foreign affairs, it seemed to many observers inside and outside of Israel that Tzipi Livni may be about to bring to Israel's stagnant peace diplomacy a new openness, rationality and momentum that belie her ideological origins as a member of a leading founding family of the Irgun, the hard-line right-wing predecessor of the Likud.Use of U.S. cluster bombs by Israel called likely violation Los Angeles Times - Jan 30 8:45 AM
WASHINGTON The United States said Monday that Israel probably violated an agreement on its use of U.S.-made cluster bombs in July's war with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. N.Y. Court Rules Suicide Bombings in Israel Violate Int'l Law Israel National News - Jan 31 4:38 AM
(IsraelNN.com) A Federal Judge in New York has rejected a defense motion and ruled that suicide bombings in Israel violate international law. The ruling paves the way for relatives of terrorist victims to continue with their suit against the Arab Land Bank.Ex-Miami resident among Israel bombing dead Miami Herald - Jan 30 4:26 PM
A man with Miami ties is among the Israelis killed Monday in a suicide bombing of a bakery in the southern port city of Eilat, Israel.MPs call on UK Government to consider economic pressure against Israel Ekklesia - Jan 31 1:38 AM
In a move that has been welcomed by campaigners, including many Christians, an influential group of British MPs has called on the British government to consider using economic pressure against Israel over its treatment of the Palestinian people.Israel strikes Gaza after suicide blitz The Herald - Jan 31 1:16 AM
Gaza. Israel has launched its first air raid on the Gaza Strip in two months after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three people in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, shaking a fragile truce.Qatar sees Israel-Hamas peace possible AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Jan 30 1:51 PM
Israeli Vice PM Shimon Peres has quoted Qatar's emir as saying Palestinian group Hamas would make peace if Israel abandoned land it occupied in the 1967 war.Israel examines moving separation barrier AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 1:54 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office on Wednesday said the government is looking into moving a stretch of its separation barrier deeper into the West Bank to include two Jewish settlementsIsrael not likely to face sanction for breaching cluster-bomb pact JTA - Jan 30 2:07 PM
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (JTA) Israel probably violated the terms of its purchase of U.S.-made cluster bombs, U.S. officials say, but unlike the last time Israel used the deadly munitions in Lebanon it´s unlikely to face repercussions.Israel willing to give up more land, says Peres Gulf Times - Jan 30 9:59 PM
Staff Reporter ISRAELI Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres yesterday told some 300 students at the Qatar Foundation that his country was ready to give up more land for the sake of peace in the region. Israel had dismantled settlements in Gaza as a unilateral gesture, he said.Israel awaits key verdict in sex trial AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 1:50 AM
An Israeli court was to rule in the sexual harassment trial of ex-justice minister Haim Ramon, with the ruling key to a major cabinet reshuffle planned by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.U.S.: Israel may have misused bombs AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 4:18 PM
Israel probably misused American-made cluster bombs in civilian areas of Lebanon during the war against Hezbollah last summer, the State Department said Monday.Baker's Domino Peace Strategy Sees Hamas Recognizing Israel Israel National News - Jan 31 1:08 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Including Syria in peace talks will allow the United States to "get them [Syria] to stop arming Hizbullah [and then] get them to get Hamas to recognize Israel," former Secretary of State James Baker told a Congressional committee.Uniting Palestinians was motive for blast in Israel Detroit Free Press - Jan 30 9:06 AM
EILAT, Israel -- A Palestinian suicide bomber killed three Israelis at a bakery Monday in the first such attack inside the country in nine months, and the two groups that said they sent him said they were trying to end weeks of Palestinian infighting by taking aim at Israel instead.Israel plans to alter West Bank barrier route AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 1:56 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has approved altering the route of the controversial West Bank barrier in a move that will create two Palestinian enclaves, a newspaper has reported.Irish Foreign Minister in Israel Israel National News - Jan 31 12:08 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahren arrived in Israel Tuesday night for a two-day visit to Israel, the first leg of a four-day tour of the Middle East. He plans to visit the Palestinian Authority (PA), Egypt and Lebanon.Suicide blast kills bomber, three others in Israel Fox21 - Jan 30 5:54 PM
JERUSALEM It's the first suicide bombing in Israel in months. Police say a bomber attacked a bakery in the southern resort town of Eilat today, killing himself and three other people.Sex trial to determine Israel cabinet reshuffle: officials AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 12:51 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is planning a major cabinet reshuffle which largely depends on the verdict in the sexual harassment trial of former justice minister Haim Ramon.Israel holds fire as Gaza peace is shaken Times Online - Jan 30 11:53 AM
Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, decided today not to return to selective attacks on targets in Gaza following a Palestinian suicide bombing that killed three people in the Red Sea resort town of Eilat....Peres says Qatar sees Israel-Hamas peace possible AlertNet - Jan 30 1:21 PM
Source: Reuters By Odai Sirri DOHA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres on Tuesday quoted Qatar's emir as saying Palestinian group Hamas would make peace if Israel would abandon land it ... Israel may have broken US arms export laws: official AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 12:53 PM
A US investigation has found that Israel probably violated US arms export agreements last year when it dropped US-made cluster bombs among villages in Lebanon, the State Department said.Israel Hits Terror Tunnel Following Suicide Bombing Crosswalk.com - Jan 30 8:47 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israel said it remains committed to the ceasefire with the Palestinians on Tuesday, even as the Air Force bombed a tunnel in the Gaza Strip that could have been used to carry out a terror attack against Israeli civilians.U.S. says Israel cluster bomb use possible violation Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 12:58 PM
The United States said on Monday Israel may have violated an agreement with Washington in its use of U.S.-made cluster bombs during last July's war with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.Qatar's emir called for Israel to begin talks with Hamas [AFP] Aljazeera - Jan 30 12:14 PM
Shimon Peres, the Israeli deputy prime minister, has rejected a call by Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, for Israel to hold direct negotiations with the Hamas-led Palestinian government.Israel's former minister guilty of sexual misconduct Guardian Unlimited - Jan 31 5:14 PM
Haim Ramon convicted for forcibly kissing a young female soldier, the latest in a string of government scandals.New Reaction To Israel Attack WCSH 6 Portland - Jan 30 1:44 PM
An Islamic Jihad Web site says Tuesday's suicide attack in Israel was meant to bring rival Palestinian factions together.Israel bakery bomber kills three CNN.com - Jan 29 11:11 AM
EILAT, Israel (AP) -- A Palestinian suicide bomber attacked a bakery in this southern Israeli resort town on Monday, killing himself and three people, police said. It was the first suicide bombing in Israel in nine months.Israel's first Muslim minister sworn into office Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 11:58 AM
Israel's first Muslim cabinet minister was sworn in by parliament on Monday after a weeks-long battle over his nomination that drew fire from far-right parties as well as Arab lawmakers.Qatar sees Israel-Hamas peace possible Ararat Advertiser - Jan 30 2:59 PM
Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres has quoted Qatar's emir as saying Palestinian group Hamas would make peace if Israel abandoned land it occupied in the 1967 Middle East war.U.S: Israel may have misused cluster bombs CNN.com - Jan 29 10:41 AM
Israel's use of U.S.-made cluster bombs in last year's war in Lebanon may have violated agreements with the United States governing their use, the State Department said Monday.Terrorist warns Israel not to retaliate for bombing WorldNetDaily - Jan 30 10:05 AM
TEL AVIV If Israel retaliates for yesterday's suicide bombing with a large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian groups will use "all tools" at their disposal to attack the Jewish state, including American weapons recently transferred to security forces associated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah organization, a leader of Fatah's declared military wing ...US says Israel may have flouted cluster bomb rule Boston Globe - Jan 30 1:13 AM
WASHINGTON -- The United States said yesterday that Israel may have violated an agreement with Washington in its use of US-made cluster bombs during July's war with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.Exhibit to show unique village in Israel News Transcript - Jan 30 3:52 PM
FREEHOLD - The Court Street School Education Community Center will present "Pictures from a New World: An African American Village in Israel," Feb. 17-18 from 2-5 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children under 12. For tickets to the exhibition, call (732) 303-8724.Baker: Syria talks may help Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 30 7:17 PM
If the Bush administration opened a dialogue with Syria it could remove a major roadblock to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking Hamas' refusal to recognize the Jewish state former Secretary of State James A. Baker III said Tuesday.U.S. rebukes Israel over cluster bomb "misuse" The Hindu - Jan 30 11:49 AM
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Government delivered a mild but rare rebuke to Israel on Monday when the State Department concluded it might have misused American-made cluster bombs during its offensive against Lebanon last summer. A State Department ...Israel Planning To Extend West Bank Barrier To Include Two Jewish Settlements Nasdaq - Jan 31 2:38 PM
(RTTNews) - An Israeli left-wing news paper, the Haaretz, reported on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided to extend the West Bank barrier to include the two Jewish settlements of Nili and Na''aleh, which were earlier excluded from the project.Four killed in latest suicide bombing against Israel The Buffalo News - Jan 30 6:07 AM
JERUSALEM - A young Palestinian man set off an explosives-laden backpack Monday in a bakery in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, killing himself and three other people in the first suicide attack against Israel in nine months.Israel May Have Misused Bombs Time Magazine - Jan 29 8:59 AM
Israel likely misused American-made cluster bombs in civilian areas of Lebanon during the war against Hezbollah last summer, the State Department said Suicide bomber in Israel kills 3 others Boston Globe - Jan 30 1:14 AM
JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian suicide bomber struck yesterday in the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat, blowing himself up in a bakery and killing three others. It was the first suicide bombing in Israel in nine months, and the first ever in its southernmost city, which had been spared such attacks during more than six years of Israeli-Palestinian violence.U.S.: Israel may have misused bombs AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 8:50 AM
Israel likely misused American-made cluster bombs in civilian areas of Lebanon during the war against Hezbollah last summer, the State Department said Monday.Future rescue vehicle -- the flying car CNN.com - Jan 31 10:31 AM
YAVNE, Israel (AP) -- Rafi Yoeli has an unconventional solution to saving people from burning high-rises or rescuing soldiers trapped behind enemy lines: a flying car.Irish Foreign Minister in Israel Israel National News - Jan 30 4:38 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern arrived Tuesday evening for a whirlwind visit to Israel.U.S. concern over Israel's use of weapons UPI - Jan 30 10:03 AM
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. government is concerned Israel violated an arms agreement by using U.S.-built cluster bombs in its 34-day war with Lebanon last summer.Israel names Muslim minister Denver Post - Jan 30 12:16 AM
Israel on Monday installed the first Muslim Cabinet minister in its 58-year history Monday, with parliament approving his appointment by a wide margin.White House tells Congress Israel may have erred over use of cluster bombs Calcutta News - Jan 30 9:14 AM
The U.S. State Department has advised Congress Israel may have violated arms agreements over the use of cluster bombs in the Lebanon war.Qatar, Israel, PNA: Al-Thani, Peres Hold Middle East Talks India Daily - Jan 30 12:31 PM
Israel must begin talks with Hamas in order to bring about peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani told visiting Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres on Jan. 30 in Doha. Peres responded by saying it was Hamas that refused to come to the table with Israel.State Dept. to report on whether Israel misused U.S.-made cluster bombs against Lebanon USA Today - Jan 29 8:01 AM
The State Department has completed a preliminary report on whether Israel misused American-made cluster bombs in civilian areas of Lebanon.ISRAEL RESORT DETERMINED TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER BOMBING The Tocqueville Connection - Jan 30 7:39 AM
EILAT, Israel, Jan 30, 2007 (AFP) - Israel's glittering Red Sea resort of Eilat was determined to bounce back Tuesday after its first suicide bombing this week shattered its reputation as a safe holiday destination.Israel strikes Gaza after suicide attack Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Jan 30 6:41 AM
Israel has launched its first air raid on the Gaza Strip in two months after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three people in the Red Sea resort of Eilat yesterday, shaking a fragile truce.France: Not The Time For Israel-Syria Talks India Daily - Jan 30 12:31 PM
France sees no reason to work towards a negotiated peace settlement between Syria and Israel because Syria continues to interfere in Lebanon, French Ambassador to the United States Jean-David Levitte said Jan. 30. Levitte also said French and U.S. views regarding Syria are very similar.Suicide Attacks: Many Attempts but Fewer Successes in Israel Crosswalk.com - Jan 30 3:47 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Although suicide attacks against Israel are less frequent than they used to be, there is no lack of motivation or attempts to carry out attacks, the Israeli prime minister's office said on Tuesday.Ex-Israeli justice minister convicted AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 10:43 AM
An Israeli court convicted former Justice Minister Haim Ramon on Wednesday of forcibly kissing a young female soldier, a stunning censure of a top official that could reshape the Israeli Cabinet. Ramon, who faces up to three years in prison, joined a growing list of politicians who have fallen from grace including Israel's president, who is facing rape charges.Las Vegas Notes: More Jews, but no more Judaism - Haaretz - Israel News Haaretz Daily - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
1. Look for signs of Jewishness in Las Vegas and you'll have no trouble concluding that it is not an easy think to do. Nevertheless, this is the fastest growing Jewish community in North America as a new study (subscription needed) just proved. It's a lengthy report, but I found it worth reading.Suicide Bomb Kills 3 at Bakery in Israel New York Times - Jan 29 6:13 AM
It was the first suicide bombing inside Israel in nine months. And the location made it even more unusual.Hizbullah bunkers found inside Israel territory World Tribune - Jan 31 10:43 AM
TEL AVIV Hizbullah succeeded in digging bunkers into Israeli territory without the knowledge of the military. Military sources said the Israeli military found two bunkers dug by Hizbullah within Israeli territory.India, Israel have historical similarities: Chouhan Central Chronicle - Jan 30 9:59 AM
Bhopal, Jan 30: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that India and Israel have many historical similarities. Both civilization are more then 5000 year old, both Countries attained independence after British rule at about the save time and both countries are fighting terrorism at present.