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Former big leaguers to pioneer baseball in Israel 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 2:40 PM
A trio of retired Jewish major leaguers will try to help grow professional baseball in Israel in this year's opening season of the Israel Baseball League, organizers said Monday.Managers named for new Israel League AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 2:42 PM
Ken Holtzman, Ron Blomberg and Art Shamsky are among the former major leaguers who will manage teams in the new Israel Baseball League.Israel to hold nationwide nuclear attack drill AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 8:03 AM
Israel will next month stage its first-ever nationwide drill simulating a nuclear and chemical missile attack on its cities, rescue services said Monday.Senators eye curbs on cluster bombs, widening matter beyond Israel s use The Hill - Feb 26 5:03 PM
Several Senate Democrats are renewing their push to curb the U.S. military s use of weaponry responsible for civilian casualties in conflicts around the world notably during the summer war between Israel and Lebanon a proposal that has split the party s presidential frontrunners.Gulf countries: No air space for Israel UPI - Feb 26 8:56 AM
The Arab League says three Arab Gulf countries have denied an agreement with Israel allowing it to use their air space to strike Iran.Israel Vazquez: The fuse is lit! Fightnews.com - 46 minutes ago
Rafa (Marquez) has proven himself as a great fighter but he s never been hit by someone like me, said Israel Magnifico Vazquez as he finished preparations for his fight against bantamweight king Rafael Marquez.Major strike due in Israel this week UPI - Feb 26 7:26 AM
Israel's Labor Federation is threatening to begin a major strike this week that could virtually cut Israel off the rest of the world.Two-state solution basis for negotiations with Israel: Abbas People's Daily - Feb 26 4:44 PM
Visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that the two-state solution was the basis for negotiations with Israel.Likud First, Gaydamak Ties Labour in Israel Angus Reid - 15 minutes ago
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The Likud party is Israel's most popular political organization, according to a poll by Maagar Mochot released by Channel 10. The results suggest Likud, led by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would secure 27 seats in the next election to the Knesset.Russia urges dialogue with Israel at talks with Hamas Russian Information Agency Novosti - Feb 26 10:48 AM
MOSCOW, February 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia urged the resumption of a dialogue with Israel at talks with a delegation of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas Monday.Court asked: Israel still 'occupying' Gaza? The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! Canada News - Feb 26 1:00 AM
Israel's Supreme Court must weigh the country's security concerns against Palestinians' commercial livelihood.Israel wraps up deadly West Bank incursion AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 1:28 PM
Israeli troops were pulling back from the West Bank city of Nablus after a deadly two-day crackdown which the Palestinians warned was threatening US-led efforts to rekindle the peace process.Israel, U.S. to discuss new annual aid program Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 25 5:08 AM
Israel and the United States will hold talks this week on formulating a new annual U.S. aid package, the Israeli Finance Ministry said on Sunday.ISRAEL INTEL COMMUNITY DIVIDED OVER SYRIA Middle East Newsline - Feb 26 6:25 AM
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's intelligence community has been divided over whether Syria was preparing for war in 2007.The European path for Israel? Haaretz Daily - Feb 26 7:50 AM
Two years ago, Israel and the European Union decided to upgrade their relations through a comprehensive joint action plan, in the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy.IKEA Israel to continue providing free plastic bags Globes Online - Feb 26 10:36 AM
IKEA Israel: Our plastic bags can be recycled.Israel denies seeking US go-ahead for Iran strike Space War - Feb 25 5:34 PM
Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 24 - Israel on Saturday denied a report in a British daily that it is seeking permission from the United States to fly its bombers over Iraq to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. Europeans prefer not to invest in Israel Globes Online - Feb 26 2:48 AM
Investment Promotion Center chief: The US media has been very supportive of Israel, and this has affected investor sentiment.Tourist Stays In Israel -7.4% In Jan Vs Year Earlier The Forex Market - Feb 26 4:54 AM
JERUSALEM (Dow Jones)--Tourists' hotel stays in Israel totaled 498,800 in January, down 7.4% from January 2006, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Monday.Preemption option: a must for Israel The Christian Science Monitor - Feb 26 2:47 PM
Its missile defense system is not enough to defend against a nuclear or biological attack from Iran or other aggressors. Israel negotiates new US military aid deal AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 3:25 AM
An Israeli delegation has left for the United States to negotiate a new aid deal from the Jewish state's main ally and donor, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokeswoman said Monday.Palestine talks delayed, Israel no new proposals - Hamas leader Russian Information Agency Novosti - Feb 25 11:18 PM
MOSCOW, February 26 (RIA Novosti) - The leader of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas, on a visit to Moscow, said Monday Israel is delaying direct negotiations to create a Palestinian state.Hamas leader calls for more international pressure on Israel EARTHtimes.org - Feb 26 12:40 AM
Moscow - The radical Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas on Monday called on international negotiators for the Middle East to put more pressure on Israel.Court asked: Israel still 'occupying' Gaza? The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 12:00 AM
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice last week held up improvements in Gaza's only commercial link to the outside world as evidence of progress in Israeli-Palestinian relations.Report: Israel seeking corridor through Iran airspace to bomb Iran Fox21 - Feb 25 5:53 PM
LONDON Israel is denying a report today in Britain that it's seeking U-S permission to fly through Iraqi airspace to bomb Iran.Syria unlikely to launch war against Israel in 2007: official People's Daily - Feb 25 5:00 PM
Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Amos Yadlin said on Sunday that Syria was unlikely to initiate a war against Israel in 2007, the Ha'aretz daily reported.Israel to ask U.S. for more military aid Haaretz Daily - Feb 25 3:51 PM
Israel will ask the U.S. government to significantly increase its military assistance to the country as part of a new multi-year aid agreement.Mayumana, Israeli Movement Troupe, Bounces Into Union Square With 'Be' Playbill via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 3:16 PM
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.Hamas lawmaker slams Jordanian king's remarks on recognizing Israel People's Daily - Feb 25 4:29 PM
A senior Hamas lawmaker on Sunday slammed Jordan's King Abdullah II for asking forthcoming Palestinian national unity government to recognize Israel.ISRAEL: G. Willi-Food faces class action law suits Just Food - Feb 26 4:17 AM
G. WIlli-Foods, Israel s largest importer and distributor of kosher foods, has said that it is facing two class action suits over the reduction of tuna content in its containers.Israel ends West Bank crackdown iafrica.com - 4 minutes ago
Israeli troops were pulling back from the West Bank city of Nablus late on Monday after a deadly two-day crackdown, which the Palestinians warned, was threatening US-led efforts to rekindle the peace process.Israel Welcomes EU Reaction To Palestinian Power-Share Deal Nasdaq - Feb 25 8:36 AM
JERUSALEM (AP)--Israel Sunday welcomed the European Union's initial reaction to a Palestinian power-sharing deal, saying European leaders remain committed to their demands of any Palestinian government - recognizing Israel, renouncing violence and accepting previous peace accords.Egyptian charged with spying for Israel says he confessed under torture USA Today - Feb 24 12:30 PM
An Egyptian charged with spying for Israel pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial on Saturday and claimed he had confessed under torture, a court official said.Israel Wants to Fly Over Iraq to Bomb Iran Scoop.co.nz - Feb 25 1:06 PM
Tel Aviv - Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.Egyptian-Canadian Israel spy trial adjourned AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 24 11:41 AM
The trial of an Egyptian-Canadian accused of spying for Israel opened on Saturday amid tight security and was swiftly adjourned until February 28, an AFP photographer reported.Diamond in the rough: Israel launching a pro baseball league JTA - Feb 26 4:12 PM
NEW YORK (JTA) Modi in may not be the Mudville of Casey fame, but its Miracles will enter baseball lore when their pitcher unleashes his first fastball against the Petach Tikva Pioneers on June 24.OIC agreed in principle to isolate Israel, says Malaysia The Hindu - Feb 25 12:36 PM
SINGAPORE: The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has agreed in principle that Muslim countries should cut off diplomatic links with Israel, according to Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar. Malaysia is the OIC Chair. Conceding that ...Israeli troops hunt for militant leaders AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 10:48 AM
Israeli troops cut off roads in the militant stronghold of Nablus and confined tens of thousands of people to their homes Monday for a house-to-house search for seven fugitives. One Palestinian was killed in Israel's largest military operation in the West Bank in months, winding up its second day.Israel wraps up deadly West Bank incursion Channel NewsAsia - Feb 26 2:07 PM
NABLUS, West Bank : Israeli troops were pulling back from the West Bank city of Nablus after a deadly two-day crackdown which the Palestinians warned was threatening US-led efforts to rekindle the peace process.OIC chair Malaysia says Muslim nations to sever ties with Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 24 7:50 AM
Malaysia, the chair of the 57-member Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), has said Saturday the grouping had agreed to sever ties with Israel over its works at the Al-Aqsa mosque.Israel sees little chance of facing war in 2007 Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 25 2:45 PM
Israeli intelligence officials were quoted on Sunday as saying they saw little chance of Arab neighboring countries, particularly Syria, launching a full-scale war against the Jewish state in 2007.Tomb could be of Jesus, wife and son: directors AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 10:06 AM
The burial site of Jesus has been found and suggests he had a wife and son, according to highly sensitive claims in a documentary by "Titanic" director James Cameron and Israel-born Simcha Jacobovici.Africa Israel's Russian unit eyes London IPO Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance - Feb 25 2:56 AM
Israeli conglomerate Africa Israel Investments said on Sunday a subsidiary which handles its operations in Russia plans to float its shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).Abbas-Mubarak discuss Palestinian unity gov't AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 8:06 AM
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday, aimed at building support for a new unity government and future negotiations with Israel.Israel puts Nablus under curfew to fight militants International Herald Tribune - Feb 25 1:14 PM
The operation, the Israeli Army said, was set up to "trim back" militant groups that had been stockpiling materiel and to arrest wanted militants.Israel denies report it is planning an Iran attack Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 24 4:20 AM
Israel's deputy defense minister denied on Saturday that Israel was in talks with the United States to use Iraqi airspace as part of possible plans to attack Iranian nuclear sites.Africa Israel's Russian unit eyes London IPO Reuters.co.uk - Feb 25 3:09 AM
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli conglomerate Africa Israel Investments said on Sunday a subsidiary which handles its operations in Russia plans to float its shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).ISRAEL AIR STRIKE BID Sunday Mail - Feb 25 6:03 AM
ISRAEL has asked America for permission to fly through US airspace in Iraq so it can launch pre-emptive strikes on Iran. The Israelis were reported yesterday to be planning attacks on nuclear facilities to stop them making a bomb.Israel denies unilateral move to attack Iran New Kerala - Feb 25 11:05 AM
Jerusalem, Feb 25: Israel has denied that it is negotiating with the US over a unilateral strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.Israel denies unilateral move to attack Iran India Daily - Feb 25 8:25 AM
Israel has denied that it is negotiating with the US over a unilateral strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.Report: Israel wants to fly over Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 24 3:56 AM
Israel opened negotiations to fly through U.S. controlled airspace in Iraq to carry out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a British newspaper reported Saturday. Israel's deputy defense minister denied the claim.Israeli union threatens general strike AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 4:34 AM
Israel's powerful workers' union has threatened a general strike this week to protest against long-delayed salary payments, saying that only Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could avert industrial action.Israel raids W. Bank city, imposes curfew Boston Globe - Feb 26 1:28 AM
NABLUS, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers sealed off this city yesterday , placed its densely populated center under curfew, and conducted house-to-house searches for Palestinian militants in the largest military operation in the West Bank in months.Israel home-sale event in N.J. sparks protest Home News Tribune - Feb 25 1:22 AM
NEWARK An event at a Teaneck synagogue offering information on buying homes on Israel's West Bank is drawing opposition from an Israeli group, as well as pro-Palestinian organizations, who say such efforts undermine international peace efforts.Israel seeks US green signal for Iran attack Financial Express - Feb 25 8:02 AM
LONDON, Feb 24 (AFP): Israel is seeking permission from the United States to fly its jets over Iraq to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, The Daily Telegraph newspaper said Saturday, citing sources.Israel tightens grip on Nablus, curfew enters third day Calcutta News - Feb 26 10:37 AM
Israeli troops are enforcing a curfew in the West Bank city of Nablus for a third day as they conduct more house-to-house searches for Palestinian militants and weapons.Israel denies talks with US over Iran attack RTÉ News - Feb 25 12:00 AM
Israel's deputy defence minister, Ephraim Sneh, has denied that Israel was in talks with the US to use Iraqi airspace as part of possible plans to attack Iranian nuclear sites.Israel Rafalovich: Cluster Bombs Ban - A Step Closer ? UN Observer - Feb 26 1:56 PM
2007-02-26 | Forty six countries have adopted a declaration, in Norway, calling for a 2008 treaty banning cluster bombs; this declaration creates a sense of momentum.Israel arrests 2 Palestinians in settler killing AlertNet - Feb 26 7:32 AM
Source: Reuters (Recasts with arrests) JERUSALEM, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Israeli security forces arrested two Palestinians on Monday on suspicion of killing a Jewish settler in the occupied West Bank. The Shin Bet ... Iranian envoy blasts U.S., U.K., Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 24 12:38 AM
Iran accused the United States, Britain and Israel of making "baseless allegations" about its nuclear ambitions, insisting that it has always considered weapons of mass destruction to be "inhumane, immoral and illegal."Israel to get first acting Druze president EARTHtimes.org - Feb 25 4:25 AM
Tel Aviv - Israel will appoint its first acting Druze president this week, to replace incumbent Dalia Itzik who leaves for a week-long visit to the United States, the Yediot Ahronot daily reported Sunday.Images of Israel Birmingham Eccentric - Feb 25 4:12 AM
Spencer Partrich talks about Paul Goldman, the free-lance photographer whose black and white images captured the birth of Israel, as if he were a son.Israel Rafalovich: ICRC; Darfur Security Worsening UN Observer - Feb 26 12:11 PM
2007-02-26 | According to Mr. Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), "increased criminality in Darfur is preventing aid from reaching those in need".Jordan, Saudi Arabia slam Israeli incursion into Nablus IANS via Yahoo! India News - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Amman, Feb 27 (DPA) Jordan s King Abdullah II and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia have condemned Israel s incursion into the West Bank city of Nablus, according to a joint communique issued after the two leaders met in Riyadh.Israel seals Nablus, imposes curfew, hunts for militants The Record - Feb 26 2:54 AM
NABLUS, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers sealed off this city Sunday, placed its densely populated center under curfew and conducted house-to-house searches for Palestinian militants in the largest military operation in the West Bank in months.Person holed up in Northeast Austin home Austin American-Statesman - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
Austin SWAT members have responded to a Northeast Austin home where a person is barricaded, police Cpl. Derek Israel said. Israel said police were called to a home in the 900 block of East 51st Street about 8:30 p.m. He did not say why police were called.ISRAEL-OPT: Child fighters are defending their people, Palestinians say IRIN - Feb 26 6:41 AM
KHAN YOUNIS, 23 February 2006 (IRIN In-Depth) - M , an 18-year-old fighter with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, is sitting in his home in the Khan Younis refugee camp.Nablus under curfew for second day in Israeli raid AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 12:41 AM
The centre of the West Bank city of Nablus was under curfew for a second day on Monday as Israel continued a crackdown on militants that has left eight people wounded and scores arrested.Report: Israel seeks corridor through U.S. airspace in Iraq for strikes on Iran Southeast Missourian - Feb 24 11:01 PM
LONDON -- Israel opened negotiations to fly through U.S. controlled airspace in Iraq to carry out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a British newspaper reported Saturday. Israel's deputy defense...Israel and Turkey Have a Plan Strategy Page - Feb 25 2:42 AM
February 25, 2007: Turkey and Israel are acknowledging that that are once again discussing the possibility of constructing underwater pipelines from the Turkish port of Ceyhan to the Israeli port of Ashkelon. The plural "pipelines" is important.Israel denies seeking corridor Knoxville News Sentinel - Feb 24 9:41 PM
Israel opened negotiations to fly through U.S.-controlled airspace in Iraq to carry out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a British newspaper reported Saturday.Israel denies reported Iran attack plan UPI - Feb 24 6:40 AM
A top Israeli official Saturday denied a published report that Israel has a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. Deputy Defense Minister MK Ephraim ...Israel denies seeking US go-ahead for Iran strike IranMania.com - Feb 24 11:04 PM
LONDON, February 25 (IranMania) - Israel has denied a report in a British daily that it is seeking permission from the United States to fly its bombers over Iraq to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, AFP reported.Israel denies it is planning to attack Iran Gulf Times - Feb 24 11:00 PM
JERUSALEM: Israel s deputy defence minister denied yesterday that Israel was in talks with the United States to use Iraqi airspace as part of possible plans to attack Iranian nuclear sites.Israel forces raid W.Bank city to arrest militants Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 25 3:57 AM
Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, putting 30,000 Palestinians under curfew as soldiers searched for wanted militants.Israel denies planning attack on Iran's nuclear sites The New Zealand Herald - Feb 24 5:05 PM
JERUSALEM - Israel's deputy defence minister denied today that Israel was in talks with the United States to use Iraqi airspace as part of possible plans to attack Iranian nuclear sites.Japan eyeing hosting 4-way meeting for Mideast peace in March: Aso Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 26 5:11 PM
_ Japan is arranging to host a four-way Cabinet-level meeting among Israel, the Palestinians, Jordan and Japan in Tokyo sometime next month to help bring peace to the Palestinian territories, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday.Cantor will live two dreams playing baseball in Israel The Journal News - Feb 24 11:32 PM
Scott Cantor was playing baseball in the high-level Westchester Rockland Wood Bat League when a scout watched him pitch. After the game, the scout told him about tryouts for a newly formed professional league in Israel. Cantor, who had always dreamed of playing baseball and always wanted to go to Israel, eventually made the cut.Israeli, Lebanese troops meters apart in border standoff World Tribune - Feb 26 5:19 PM
NICOSIA Israeli and Lebanese troops have been at risk of a confrontation along their joint border. The two armies were said to be on alert along the Israeli-Lebanese border during shooting incidents last week. Israel and Lebanese troops were within meters of each other.Fury as anti-Arab MP given cabinet post The Scotsman - Feb 26 4:26 PM
AN EXTREMIST politician termed "the ugly face of Israel" for her anti-Arab pronouncements is about to become the cabinet minister responsible for selling the country's attractions to the world.Father Musallam: Peace for Jerusalem, Jerusalem for Peace ArabicNews.com - 52 minutes ago
Parish Priest and Latin Convent, in Gaza, Father Manuel Musallam said that the new and evil deeds happening in Jerusalem, precisely around the Al-Aqsa Mosque revealed that Israel is preparing new war crimes, which will result in massive killings and destruction, bloodier than Sharon's mere provocative visit to the Al Aqsa Mosque.Panel finds 'no evidence' Israel used depleted uranium in 2006 war The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 26 12:54 PM
A panel of experts from the United Nations, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other international agencies announced a unanimous determination Monday that no depleted-uranium weapons had been used in the summer 2006 war in Lebanon. "To date, there is no evidence of depleted-uranium-ammunitions.U.N. human rights expert faults Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 23 2:34 PM
An independent report commissioned by the United Nations compares Israel's actions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to apartheid in South Africa charges that have drawn angry rebukes from Israel.Israel Denies Seeking Air Corridor for Iran Attack Arab News - Feb 24 4:20 PM
RAMALLAH, West Bank, 25 February 2007 The Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh yesterday denied a British newspaper report that Israel was in negotiations with the United States to secure an air corridor over Iraq should an attack on Iran s nuclear facilities become necessary.Malaysia proposes Islamic nations to cut ties with Israel People's Daily - Feb 24 4:29 PM
Malaysia, as the chair of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), has proposed that Islamic countries having diplomatic relations with Israel sever the ties and recall their envoys in response to Israel's atrocities against the al-Aqsa Mosque.Israel denies report on asking for "air corridor" to attack Iran People's Daily - Feb 24 4:02 PM
Israel denied on Saturday that it was in negotiations with the U.S. authorities over permission for an "air corridor" over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported.ADL: Farrakhan 'Reading List' Includes Anti-Semitic and Anti-Israel Tracts [Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 9:28 AM
Minister Louis Farrakhan, the anti-Semitic and racist leader of the Nation of Islam, concluded his Saviours' Day address by recommending to his audience several notoriously anti-Semitic books, including "The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews" and Synagogue of Satan."Fischer cuts interest to 4% Haaretz Daily - Feb 26 4:22 PM
Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer announced yesterday that March interest rates would be lowered by 0.25 percent, to 4 percent. This is the fourth consecutive decrease in interest rates over the past four months.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - 24 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) The Bank of Israel has cut the prime rate by another one-quarter of a percent, bringing down the rate to 4 percent. Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer has indicated that further rate cuts are increasingly unlikely.Tomb could be of Jesus, wife and son: directors New Kerala - 18 minutes ago
New York, Feb 26: The burial site of Jesus has been found and suggests he had a wife and son, according to highly sensitive claims in a documentary by "Titanic" director James Cameron and Israel-born Simcha Jacobovici.Baseball: A whole new ballgame as Israel starts league International Herald Tribune - Feb 25 7:42 AM
Starting a new career is difficult enough, but doing it without the staples of one's life? That may be asking too much.KEEPING YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE TIMES Baltimore Jewish Times - 17 minutes ago
There has never been a better or more important time to keep in touch with the Jewish world, for news about your community and Israel that, quite simply, you won t get anywhere else.UN body slams plight of Arabs in Israel, occupied territories AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 23 1:56 PM
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Friday expressed concern about the plight of Arabs in Israel and the occupied territories.Israel, Hamas may swap prisoners UPI - Feb 25 7:40 AM
A deal may be in the works to swap captured Israeli soldiers for Hamas prisoners, the Haaretz news service reported Sunday. Israeli Defense Minister Amir ...Court orders Vita be allowed to take up post as state revenues director today Haaretz Daily - Feb 26 4:23 PM
Yehoshua "Shuki" Vita will take office as Israel's next state revenues commissioner today, the regional Labor Tribunal in Tel Aviv ruled yesterday. He will then immediately take a paid vacation. OIC states to sever ties with Israel Dawn - Feb 24 7:47 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24: Malaysia, the chair of the 57-member Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), said on Saturday the grouping had agreed to sever ties with Israel over its works at the Al Aqsa mosque, according to the state media.Out of Gaza, settlers in the cold Los Angeles Times - Feb 26 12:13 AM
In a sign of the group's falling clout in Israeli politics, evacuees feel abandoned as they try to rebuild their lives. NITZAN, ISRAEL The wood-framed photo stands atop the television set, an obstinate reminder of what Avi Burstein's family lost. Police make arrest in deadly I-91 crash WTNH-TV New Haven - Feb 26 2:54 PM
(Wallingford-WTNH, Feb. 26, 2007 5:30 PM) _ Twenty-nine year old Israel Quintero arrived to court Monday in a wheelchair. He is facing numerous charges in the crash that claimed the life of a West Haven minister.Report: Israel seeks corridor through Iraq for strikes on Iran Baltimore Sun - Feb 24 7:53 AM
Bombers would need to fly through U.S. controlled airspace Israel has opened negotiations to fly through U.S. controlled airspace in Iraq in the event that it would decide to carry out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a British newspaper reported Saturday. Israel's deputy defense minister denied the claim. Forward.com Forward - Feb 26 12:26 PM
There are Jews who smell antisemitism whenever non-Jews criticize Israel, and blame Israel s Jewish critics for abetting them.