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Israel gripped by Syria war fears 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 22 6:55 AM
A reported Syrian troop build-up near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has fuelled speculation in Israel about a future conflict, more than three decades after the two enemies last went to war.Israel police to investigate Muslim cleric UPI - Feb 22 5:52 PM
A Muslim cleric who called for an uprising is facing a police investigation for inciting violence, Israel's Justice Ministry said. A ministry spokesman ...Syrian troops move closer to Israel border: report AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 22 1:41 AM
Syrian armed forces appear to be moving closer to the border with Israel and the military is being strengthened with Iranian help, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday.Israel: Virtual reality used in physiotherapy NDTV - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
In Israel, virtual reality is being used to offer the disabled a new life of better mobility. By immersing a patient in a virtual reality sensation, physiotherapists are helping them improve their balance and even learn to walk again in some cases.UN Commissioned Report: Israel Occupation Resembles Apartheid Nasdaq - Feb 22 10:54 AM
GENEVA (AP)--An independent report commissioned by the United Nations compares Israel's actions in the West Bank and Gaza to apartheid South Africa - charges that drew angry rebukes from Israel and were sure to revive charges that the U.N. Human Rights Council is biased against the Jewish state.Arabs say Israel is not just for Jews Los Angeles Times - Feb 22 12:17 AM
A manifesto argues that the nation's minority is entitled to share power in a binational state. NAZARETH, ISRAEL A broadly representative elite of Israel's Arab minority has rejected the idea of Israel as a Jewish state and demanded a partnership in governing the country to ensure that Arab citizens get equal treatment and more control over their communities. Arabs in Israel reject 'Jewish' state and demand power Gulf News - Feb 22 1:33 PM
Nazareth, Israel: A broadly representative elite of Israel's Arab minority has rejected the idea of Israel as a Jewish state and demanded a partnership in governing the country to ensure that Arab citizens get equal treatment and more control over their communities.StandWithUs offers Israel 101 guide to help students confront anti-Zionist rhetoric The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Feb 22 1:40 PM
Roz Rothstein wanted nothing more than to relax after a long flight from Los Angeles to New York. Instead, the head of StandWithUs, a Los Angeles-based Israel advocacy group, found herself face to face with the anti-Zionist attitudes she and her organization work to eradicate.Israel gripped by Syria war fears Middle East Times - Feb 22 7:20 AM
JERUSALEM -- A reported Syrian troop build-up near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has fueled speculation in Israel about a future conflict, more than three decades after the two enemies last went to war.HIZBULLAH ORDERS BOMBINGS IN ISRAEL Middle East Newsline - Feb 22 12:29 PM
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has ordered its Palestinian agents to launch mass-casualty attacks in Israel. Israeli security sources said Hizbullah has been financing more than 20 plots to conduct suicide and other bombings inside the Jewish state.How to choose an Israel summer program The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Feb 22 1:43 PM
Teens on BBYO's Passport to Israel program riding camels through the Negev. Photo by Ofer Ribak Josh Ungar will never forget the first time he laid eyes on the Western Wall.IFF: Tinseltown opens arms and wallets to Israel counterparts The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Feb 22 1:44 PM
When it started, the Israel Film Festival was a New York-based institution showing strictly feature films.Israel's Olmert urges tough stand in region The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 22 12:06 AM
Israel's prime minister spelled out a tough line yesterday against Iran, Syria, and an emerging Palestinian government, urging the international community to take a firmer stance against Tehran's nuclear ambitions and saying the Jewish state had no interest in talking to those who supported violence.A free trip to Israel -- custom-made for you! The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Feb 22 1:43 PM
What's more enticing than a free trip to Israel? A free trip to Israel tailor-made for your interests.Israel seeks an alliance with Turkey against Iran Payvand Iran News - Feb 22 8:10 AM
Preparing for an attack on Iran, prime minister Olmert wants to see Turkey on Israel's side. As the full extent of the alliance against Iran becomes concrete, the true nature of military agreements between the two countries will eventually become clear. -Milli GazeteIsrael's PM: No Compromise on Hamas, Iran and Syria Payvand Iran News - Feb 22 8:09 AM
Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said Wednesday he will maintain contacts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but that achieving peace with the Palestinians will be difficult because a majority of Palestinians support Hamas. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem the Israeli leader also had tough words for Iran and Syria.Syrian armed forces appear to be moving closer to the border with Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday. Al Jazeera - Feb 22 8:50 AM
The liberal Haaretz daily also claimed that the Iranian government is funding the Syrian military. "It appears that the Syrians have moved forces closer to the border with Israel on the Golan Heights."Palestinians appeal to Quartet but Israel intransigent AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 5:21 AM
Palestinians urged major powers meeting in Berlin on Wednesday to give their incoming unity government a chance as Israel kept up the pressure for a continued boycott of the administration.Israel building 3,000 new settler homes: watchdog Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 4:09 AM
Israel is building more than 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank despite a commitment under a U.S.-backed peace plan to stop such expansion, the Peace Now group said in a report on Wednesday.Israel denies entry into Gaza Strip The Scotsman - Feb 22 4:00 AM
ISRAEL'S army has denied a Palestinian report that its forces had entered the southern Gaza Strip searching for smuggling tunnels.Hearing set for Israel president on rape allegations AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 4:58 AM
A hearing for Israel's disgraced President Moshe Katsav over rape and sexual harassement allegations, a final step before deciding whether to indict him, has been scheduled for May 2.Israel set to work with Singapore on research activities Channel NewsAsia - Feb 22 5:23 AM
SINGAPORE : Israeli scientists are set to work together with Singapore researchers. Representatives from the Israel Institute of Technology were in Singapore recently to visit research facilities at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).Israel aims rhetoric at allies and adversaries The Monterey County Herald - Feb 22 3:15 AM
Israel's prime minister spelled out a tough line Wednesday against Iran, Syria and an emerging Palestinian government, urging the international community to take a firmer stance against Tehran's nuclear ambitions and saying the Jewish state has no interest in talking to those who support violence.Arabs say Israel isn't for Jews alone rediff.com - Feb 22 3:12 AM
Leaders believe Israel's Arab citizens need to have more say in how they are governed.Israel kills Islamic Jihad man behind foiled bombing Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 2:00 AM
Israeli undercover forces killed an Islamic Jihad commander on Wednesday, a day after a Palestinian suicide bomber he had sent to Israel was apprehended near Tel Aviv.'Blinkered' Israel defence minister faces new media mockery AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 22 10:58 AM
Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz may have looked the proud commander surveying his troops during key war games this week but he could not have been more in the dark about the manoeuvres.Israel says talks will be limited if Palestinian unity deal goes through Fox21 - Feb 22 2:09 AM
JERUSALEM Israel has ruled out holding Mideast peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas once he forms a coalition with Hamas militants.Quartet discusses helping Israel, Palestine start dialogue Interfax - Feb 22 12:23 AM
MOSCOW. Feb 22 (Interfax) - Helping Palestine and Israel begin dialogue was given special emphasis at a meeting of the Quartet of International Mediators for the Middle East settlement in Berlin on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its website on Thursday.ISRAEL - PALESTINE Palestinian Authority cannot be real peace interlocutor - Asia News AsiaNews.it - Feb 22 5:13 AM
Asia News ISRAEL - PALESTINE Palestinian Authority cannot be real peace interlocutor ISRAEL PALESTINE war Attention is persistently focused on the PNA and the Road Map but it is only the PLO that could take part in an international conference to pave the way for two States .Ashraf P Butt files petition in Sindh High Courts for special permission for Christians to visit Israel. Pakistan Christian Post - Feb 22 7:00 AM
The petition filed under section 199, of constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan against Federation of Pakistan through Foreign Ministry, Interior Ministry, Director general of Passports and Justice Ministry of government of Pakistan urges to include Israel in passports issued to Pakistani Christians or to grant special permissions to visit Israel.Israel stocks mixed; Nice higher, midcaps and real estate off Market Watch - Feb 21 7:09 AM
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israel stocks were mixed to lower in late trading, led down by Oil Refineries in its first day on the bourse and dragged further by sharp declines in the MidCap 30 and Real Estate indexes. Israel tries to increase immigration USA Today - Feb 20 5:45 PM
Israel is offering new incentives to attract more American immigrants in response to its steadily declining Jewish majority. Immigration is at an 18-year-low, and members of Israel's Arab minority are having children at a faster rate than Jews.Report: Syrian troops moving closer to the border with Israel Al Bawaba - Feb 21 11:57 PM
The Syrian armed forces have been strengthened in an "unprecedented way" with the help of Iran and its troops appear to be moving closer to the border with Israel, the Tel Aviv-based Haaretz newspaper reported in its headline on Thursday.Syrian troops move in on Israel Sunday Times - Feb 22 2:05 AM
JERUSALEM - Syrian armed forces appear to be moving closer to the border with Israel and the military is being strengthened with Iranian help, an Israeli newspaper reported.Syria moving troops closer to border with Israel: report EARTHtimes.org - Feb 22 12:25 AM
Tel Aviv - Syria has moved its forces closer to the border with the Israel-occupied Golan Heights, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday.My clout will make Netanyahu PM says Israel's wannabe kingmaker The Scotsman - Feb 21 5:33 PM
A RUSSIAN-BORN billionaire wanted by French authorities for alleged arms trafficking yesterday positioned himself as potential kingmaker of Israel by announcing a new "social movement" that will give expression to his growing political clout.Quartet Repeats Need For Palestinians To Recognize Israel Nasdaq - Feb 21 1:52 PM
BERLIN (AP)--The revived Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators - the U.S., U.N., European Union and Russia - underscored its demand that any Palestinian government recognize Israel, and vowed Wednesday to hold another meeting in an Arab country.Israel's PM: No Compromise on Hamas, Iran and Syria Voice of America - Feb 21 11:18 AM
Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said Wednesday he will maintain contacts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but that achieving peace with the Palestinians will be difficult because a majority of Palestinians support Hamas.OIC Chief Raps Israel Over Al-Aqsa Excavations Arab News - Feb 21 4:30 PM
JEDDAH, 22 February 2007 The secretary-general of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, yesterday expressed his anguish and dismay at the world s silence on Israel s blatant moves to Judaize Jerusalem and change the holy city s historic character.Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and Embassy of Israel in London Announce Successful Opening of the Israel Opportunity 2007 ... [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 22 12:00 AM
LONDON----The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and Embassy of Israel in London announce the successful opening of the Israel Opportunity 2007 investor conference in London today.Rangers in clear despite fans' one-arm salutes in Israel Independent - Feb 21 4:17 PM
Rangers have avoided punishment after satisfying Europe's governing body Uefa with their explanation for the one-arm salutes made by supporters in Israel last week.Israel building 3000 new settler homes News Interactive - Feb 21 10:39 AM
ISRAEL is building 3000 homes in Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank and their continued growth could make a viable Palestinian state impossible, the Peace Now group said today.Israel building 3000 new settler homes The Australian - Feb 21 10:34 AM
The anti-settlement watchdog said the number of settlements had not risen in 2006 but their population rose by five per cent - three times the growth in Israel.Israel sees talks curbed by Palestinians AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 20 11:54 AM
Israel on Tuesday ruled out holding Mideast peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas once he forms a coalition with Hamas militants, saying the new unity government must give in to international demands to recognize Israel's right to exist.Israel threatens to ignore Abbas AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 20 10:48 AM
Israel said Tuesday it would stop dealing with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if he goes ahead with plans to join Hamas in a new government, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Arab allies sought a way to break the Hamas logjam and push forward the stalled peace process.Colautti completes CSKA downfall CNN.com - Feb 22 1:42 PM
Former winners CSKA Moscow bowed out of the UEFA Cup on Thursday as a 1-0 defeat in Israel sent Maccabi Haifa through to the last 16.Israel in Golan war games News Interactive - Feb 21 10:39 AM
ISRAEL launched war games on the occupied Golan Heights overnight in a bid to learn the lessons of last summer's conflict in neighbouring south Lebanon.Israel in Golan war games The Australian - Feb 21 10:33 AM
"Conducting these exercises in this area does not at all mean that they are connected to a possible conflict," Defence Minister Amir Peretz told public radio, referring to media reports of impending military confrontation with Syria, from which Israel seized the Golan in the 1967 Middle East war.Basketball: For once, Maccabi Tel Aviv really does represent Israel's hoopsters Haaretz Daily - Feb 21 4:41 PM
Maccabi Tel Aviv Chairman Shimon Mizrahi likes to say his team "represents Israel," but for years the connection between the state of affairs at Maccabi and that of Israeli basketball has been tenuous at best. This season there is a symbiosis between the two. Both are a flop.Israel in Golan war games to learn Lebanon lessons Middle East Times - Feb 21 9:35 AM
JERUSALEM -- Israel launched war games on the occupied Golan Heights Wednesday in a bid to learn the lessons of last summer's conflict in neighbouring south Lebanon, defense minister Amir Peretz said.Israel warns Abbas that a Hamas tie would end talks Boston Globe - Feb 21 1:28 AM
AMMAN -- Israel warned yesterday it would stop dealing with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if he goes ahead with plans to join Hamas in a new government, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Arab allies sought a way to break the Hamas logjam and push forward the stalled peace process.Israel building 3,000 new settler homes - watchdog AlertNet - Feb 21 7:21 AM
Source: Reuters (Adds Olmert, Peace Now comments, previous JERUSALEM) By Dominic Evans HILLTOP 468, West Bank, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Israel is building 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank and ... Syria denies moving troops toward Israel UPI - Feb 22 6:24 AM
Syria denied a published report that it is building up its troops along the Israeli border. Israeli Radio reported that Syrian Parliament member ...Israel: No peace talk with Hamas coalition The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 21 12:12 AM
Israel yesterday ruled out holding peace talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas once he forms a coalition with Hamas, saying the new unity government must give in to international demands to recognize Israel's right to exist.Israel says talks will be limited if Palestinian unity deal goes through WHO-TV 13 Des Moines - Feb 21 9:28 AM
JERUSALEM Israel has ruled out holding Mideast peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas once he forms a coalition with Hamas militants. Israel says the new...Israel backs off after deal between Abbas, Hamas The Plain Dealer - Feb 21 4:16 AM
Jerusalem- Israel on Tuesday ruled out holding Mideast peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas once he forms a coalition with Hamas militants, saying the new unity government must give in to international demands to recognize Israel's right to exist.Israel rebuffs hard-line Palestinian coalition The Columbus Dispatch - Feb 21 4:33 AM
Israel yesterday ruled out peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas once he and Hamas militants build their coalition, saying the new unity government must recognize Israel s right to exist.Reform youth convention focuses its love on Israel, warts and all JTA - Feb 22 1:37 PM
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) Americans may love a hero, but will they still love a hero showing all its warts? The North American Federation of Temple Youth is betting they will.Israel closes Diaspora Affairs office: Should Jews abroad feel snubbed? JTA - Feb 22 12:52 PM
TEL AVIV (JTA) The Israeli government office charged with overseeing the country s relations with the Jewish Diaspora dwindled from an office overseen by a Cabinet minister to an office without a minister or even any workers.Israel probes Islamist chief over Jerusalem protests Middle East Times - Feb 22 2:20 PM
JERUSALEM -- Israeli prosecutors ordered an investigation Thursday into an Arab-Israeli Islamist leader who is suspected of inciting violence over controversial works near Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site.Palestinians want Arabs to cut Israel ties over dig Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 20 7:11 AM
The Palestinian parliament urged Arab states on Tuesday to cut ties with Israel in protest at excavation work near Islam's third holiest site which has triggered Muslim protests.Israel in Golan war games to learn Lebanon lessons Khaleej Times - Feb 21 8:44 AM
JERUSALEM - Israel launched war games on the occupied Golan Heights Wednesday in a bid to learn the lessons of last summer s conflict in neighbouring south Lebanon, Defence Minister Amir Peretz said.Israel stages Golan war games News 24 South Africa - Feb 21 11:16 AM
Israel is conducting its most important war games in five years on the Golan Heights, the strategic plateau seized from Syria 40 years ago.Israel building 3,000 new settler homes - watchdog AlertNet - Feb 21 4:07 AM
Source: Reuters By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Israel is building more than 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank despite a commitment under a U.S.-backed peace plan to ... Zeiler to Haaretz: If my suspicions are correct, Israel is becoming Sicily Haaretz Daily - Feb 21 10:26 AM
Israel could be on its way to resembling Sicily, retired judge Vardi Zeiler told Haaretz in an interview following Sunday's publication of a damning report on police and prosecution malfeasance by the inquiry committee he headed.Peer cruises as Roddick and Murray launch campaigns AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 22 7:13 AM
Top-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel routed Milagros Sequera of Venezuela 6-0, 6-0 to book her WTA quarter-final berth on Wednesday.Mayumana, Israeli Movement Troupe, Bounces Into Union Square With Be , Feb. 23 Playbill - 31 minutes ago
Mayumana, the internationally acclaimed rhythm-dance-performance art phenomenon from Israel, will make its American premiere Feb. 23 with the first preview of its stage spectacle, Be.Israel's ChipX buys assets from Oki Semiconductor Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 21 2:01 AM
TEL AVIV, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Israel's ChipX Corp. has acquired the U.S. ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) business of Oki Semiconductor Co., a division of Oki America Inc., one of ChipX's shareholders said on Wednesday.Army chief says Israel may have to confront Hezbollah attempts to re-arm Pravda - Feb 21 5:56 AM
Israel's new army chief said Wednesday that Israel may have to confront Hezbollah to halt the guerrilla group's attempts to rearm after last summer's war in Lebanon.Israel says unity deal threatens peace talks Miami Herald - Feb 21 12:13 AM
Israel on Tuesday ruled out holding Middle East peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas once he forms a coalition with Hamas militants, saying the new unity government must give in to international demands to recognize Israel's right to exist.Yousef Alhelou on Israel/Palestine Agreements UN Observer - Feb 22 5:44 PM
The tripartite summit between US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem on Monday has not made any change to the political situation.Israel slams Polish MEP's anti-Semitic tract Eu Business - Feb 21 11:45 AM
(JERUSALEM ) - Israel on Wednesday strongly condemned an anti-Semitic tract published by a Polish member of the European parliament, and called on the Polish government to issue an official condemnation.Israel Rafalovich: U.S. Security Rules Have Protectionist Intent UN Observer - Feb 22 6:29 PM
A report, by the European Commission, that reviews transatlantic trade, says that the United States has been using national security as a pretext for protecting American companies and markets from European competition.Software That Will This Sentence Fix BusinessWeek - Feb 22 4:29 PM
Israel-based WhiteSmoke has devised a program that, by checking against a vast database, makes English text more fluent. Its top market? The U.S. Cluster bomb opponents push for ban at Oslo conference AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 22 6:31 AM
Dozens of countries pushing for a worldwide ban on cluster bombs met in Oslo on Thursday for two days of talks, but key nations Israel and the United States were noticeable by their absence.Israeli Envoy Calls for Resolve on Iran, Hamas NPR - Feb 22 2:57 PM
Sallai Meridor recently arrived in Washington to serve as Israel's ambassador to the United States. His tenure begins at an important juncture: The Middle East peace process is in a multi-sided stalemate. And the region is adjusting to the news that Iran has defied the United Nations in enriching uranium.Israel set to work with Singapore on research activities Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News - Feb 22 6:17 AM
SINGAPORE : Israeli scientists are set to work together with Singapore researchers.Israel in doubt over Hezbollah's status UPI - Feb 21 9:53 PM
Two top Israeli officials have differing assessments of Hezbollah's recovery from losses sustained last year during the war in Lebanon.Israel Sees Talks Curbed By Palestinians CBS News - Feb 20 12:08 PM
Israel on Tuesday ruled out holding Mideast peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas once he forms a coalition with Hamas militants, saying the new unity government must give in to international demands to recognize Israel's right to exist. Hoping to find a way to persuade Hamas to moderate its hardline position, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought the advice of Arab ...Analysis: Israel police reform not easy UPI - Feb 20 12:23 PM
In an attempt to shake up Israel's police, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter accepted the resignation of its chief and decided to remove its deputy ...Boxing - News & Results - USA Boxing News SecondsOut.com - Feb 22 6:23 PM
By Paul Upham: It is only eight days until the biggest fight of his career so far, but Israel Vazquez and manager Frank Espinoza do not know whether trainer Freddie Roach will be working his corner when he faces fellow Mexican Rafael Marquez on March 3 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California on Showtime Championship Boxing.Re-arming Race In Mideast by Joshua Brilliant UPI Correspondent Tel Aviv (UPI) Feb 22, 2007 Space War - Feb 22 5:48 PM
Six months after the attacks against Lebanon, Syria, Hezbollah and Israel are all beefing up their forces, preparing for another round of hostilities though none seem imminent.Analysis: Rearming race in Mideast UPI - Feb 22 11:52 AM
Six months after the attacks against Lebanon, Syria, Hezbollah and Israel are all beefing up their forces, preparing for another round of hostilities ...Palestine, Israel must make real steps to settle conflict - Lavrov Interfax - Feb 20 11:18 PM
MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Russia will insist on the lifting of economic restrictions imposed by Israel when the Quartet of international mediators in the Middle East settlement meets in Berlin on Wednesday.Iranian students torch flags at nuclear rally AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 22 2:34 AM
Iranian students torched British, American and Israeli flags at a rally in Tehran on Thursday in a show of support for the country's nuclear programme and a protest against the United States and Israel.Israeli Arabs demand binational state UPI - Feb 22 11:09 AM
A coalition of Arab community leaders in Israel has drafted a manifesto demanding the country's Jews share power in a binational state. "The Future Vision ...Syrian armed forces appear to be moving closer to the border with Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday. Al Jazeera - Feb 22 8:35 AM
The liberal Haaretz daily also claimed that the Iranian government is funding the Syrian military. "The Syrian armed forces are being strengthened in an unprecedented way in recent memory with the help of generous funding from Iran," wrote Zeev Schiff, the military affairs correspondent for Haaretz.Syria beefing up its arsenal in wake of last year's Israel-Hezbollah Lebanon war, report says Leesville Leader - Feb 22 8:05 AM
JERUSALEM (AP) - Syria has embarked on an unprecedented'' effort to bolster its armed forces with Iranian and Russian help, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Thursday.Israel's eye in the sky watches for dig protests Independent - Feb 22 4:28 PM
Ultra-orthodox Jews watch the launch of an Israeli observation airshipfrom the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem yesterday.Israel hopes ME Quartet sticks to conditions Independent Online - Feb 21 2:50 AM
Israel has reiterated its hope for major powers, meeting in Berlin on the Middle East peace process, to stick by conditions imposed on the Palestinian government for any lifting of a punishing aid boycott.Dekel Bor Trio Tours Israel This Week All About Jazz - Feb 22 4:02 AM
The Dekel Bor trio is one of the most prominent and visible groups of the New York jazz scene, performing an average of 150-200 concerts a year to enthusiastic audiences. At a time where forward-looking,dedicated working jazz bands are rare, the Dekel Bor Trio is pushing the envelope of modern jazz.Israel sees talks curbed by Palestinians Boston Globe - Feb 20 12:52 PM
Israel on Tuesday ruled out holding Mideast peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas once he forms a coalition with Hamas militants, saying the new unity government must give in to international demands to recognize Israel's right to exist. Hoping to find a way to persuade Hamas to moderate its hardline position, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought the ...Suspicion of UN troops grows in south Lebanon Guardian Unlimited - Feb 22 6:44 PM
International forces are favouring Israel, say locals.Oldest kibbutz breaks with past BBC News - Feb 22 7:17 AM
Israel's oldest kibbutz turns its back on its socialist principles after almost a century, the BBC's Martin Patience reports.Yoron Israel Weekly Dig - Feb 22 4:55 PM
When 02/23 9pm Where Ryles 212 Hampshire St. Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Cost $10 Venue Contact Phone: 617-876-9330 www.rylesjazz.comAnti-wall protests hit second anniversary Guardian Unlimited - Feb 22 6:43 PM
Israelis and Palestinians gather for the anniversary of their most high-profile joint campaign against Israel's barrier.Defense in ex-AIPAC staffers case can cite U.S.-Israel ties, judge rules JTA - Feb 22 12:07 PM
WASHINGTON (JTA) For the former AIPAC officials defending themselves against charges of sharing classified information, a Valentines Day ruling by the judge was like a heart stuffed inside a summons.Occupied Gaza like apartheid South Africa, says UN report Guardian Unlimited - Feb 22 4:21 PM
UN investigator offers forceful criticism of Israel's occupation.Analysis: No Israel solution with Hamas UPI - Feb 21 2:07 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signaled Wednesday there would be no agreement with the Palestinians as long as the majority there supports the Islamic ...US, Europe may split on Palestinian aid UPI - Feb 22 8:39 AM
The United States and other Middle East peace negotiators agreed in Berlin that a new Palestinian government should recognize Israel. But Washington and ...
