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AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 28 12:33 PM
A candidate for Israel's Cabinet from a stridently anti-Arab party withdrew her nomination Wednesday after key parts of her resume turned out to be false.Israel's first Arab president has Web abuzz The Washington Times - 35 minutes ago
TEL AVIV -- Israel got its first Arab president this week, a temporary position in a largely ceremonial post. It was a minor item in most newspapers and television, but the buzz on the Internet reflected deep divisions in the Jewish state, where one in five citizens are Arab.Israel would-be minister gives up UPI - Feb 28 12:26 PM
Israel's tourism minister candidate bowed out Wednesday after a wave of criticism over her false claims to academic degrees. Esterina Tartman's party, ...Israel pushes U.N. on Syrian weapons UPI - Feb 28 10:11 AM
Israel is considering using force along the Syrian-Lebanese border if the United Nations fails to stop weapons smuggling.Israel programs report upswing, as abnormality becomes normality JTA - Feb 28 5:43 PM
Birthright israel participants pose for a photo with Israeli soldiers on a Jerusalem promenade.In Israel, economy more scary than prospect of Iraqi missiles JTA - Feb 28 5:42 PM
An Israeli woman turns to look at a man begging in the street near Jerusalemīs central bus station March 17. As Israel braces itself for a U.S.-led war against Iraq, residents are more concerned about their sagging pocketbooks than about donning gas masks.Egyptian-Canadian charged with spying for Israel says he confessed under torture San Diego Union-Tribune - Feb 28 4:07 PM
CAIRO, Egypt, 1:23 p.m. Feb. 28 (AP): An Egyptian-Canadian man accused of spying for Israel said Wednesday he confessed because he was tortured with electric shocks and his lawyer urged the court to throw out the confession.U.S., Israel extend missile defense program, prepare for Iran nukes World Tribune - Feb 28 3:03 PM
WASHINGTON Israel and the United States have agreed to continue their Arrow-2 missile defense program beyond 2008 and through 2013. On Feb. 11, the Arrow-2 destroyed a target that simulated an advanced Iranian ballistic missile with a weapons of mass destruction warhead.Diamond in the rough: Israel launching a pro baseball league JTA - Feb 28 2:49 PM
Players try out for the new Israel Baseball League in Petach Tikva, Israel. Officials of the Israel Baseball League hope it will spur Israelis interest in a quintessentially American sport, while Israeli officials are hoping the league can help boost the Jewish state s image abroad.Israel PM's Alleged Patronage KYW News Radio 1060 - Feb 28 5:24 PM
by KYW's Jay Bushinsky An official document obtained by one of Israel's TV channels reveals that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert engaged in political patronage and acted as a fixer while serving under his predecessor, Ariel Sharon.Regina Spektor Tours North America, Israel Pitchfork - Feb 28 12:43 PM
Regina Spektor will bring about peace in the Middle East next week, when she gets the entire populations of Israel and its neighboring countries to all sing along simultaneously to that one song with the line about "cleavage, cleavage, cleavage" at her concerts in Tel Aviv on March 10 and 11.Roundup: Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel to avenge W. Bank operation People's Daily - Feb 28 4:01 PM
Saraya al-Quds, armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Holy War), claimed responsibility on Wednesday for launching homemade rockets from northern Gaza Strip at Israel in revenge of Israel's ongoing operations in the West Bank.Israel leads industrialized nations in foreign labor Haaretz Daily - Feb 28 3:52 PM
Israel's foreign labor rate is the highest in the industrialized world, except for the U.S. A comparative study commissioned by the Knesset found, however, that the rate of employment in agriculture is lower than the Western average - at 2 percent of the work force, compared to 3 percent in the U.S. and almost 5 percent in the European Union.Man Accused of Spying for Israel Returns to Egyptian Court Voice of America - Feb 28 10:33 AM
An Egyptian Canadian man accused of spying for Israel appeared in an Egyptian court where he denied many of the allegations that have swirled around the unusual case. Leslie Boctor has more for VOA from Cairo.Russian FM: Hamas leader promises end of attacks against Israel Fox21 - Feb 28 1:37 PM
MOSCOW Russia's foreign minister says Hamas has promised to stop missile attacks and other violence against Israel, but still refuses to recognize that country.Hamas leader: Israel must make first move UPI - Feb 27 9:55 PM
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, during a visit to Russia, said the group will not recognize Israel until it withdraws from the Palestinian territories.UN envoy takes Israel to task over Lebanon overflights AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 27 10:07 AM
A UN envoy told Lebanese leaders on Tuesday that he had "forcefully" raised Israel's persistent violations of Lebanese airspace with officials in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.Egyptian-Canadian tells Cairo trial his confession to spying for Israel coerced CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Feb 28 5:58 AM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian-Canadian man charged with spying for Israel said Wednesday that his recorded confessions were extracted under torture.Russia, Hamas official send mixed signals on Israel stand The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 28 12:09 AM
Hamas has pledged to end missile attacks and violence against Israel, Russia's foreign minister said yesterday, but the radical Palestinian group's spiritual leader struck a less conciliatory note, saying it was not ready to recognize Israel.Hamas chief evokes 'prospect' of peace deal with Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 27 8:43 AM
The head of the militant Palestinian group Hamas on Tuesday evoked for the first time the possibility of resolving differences with Israel through negotiation.Israel's critics: When church politics goes haywire Telegraph - Feb 28 12:37 PM
There are always plenty of religious organizations that have special interests to promote. Among them are a number of organizations which are extremely critical of Israel. These groups, in my opinion, seem to glorify the Palestinians while demonizing the Israelis.Russian FM: Hamas leader promises end of attacks against Israel WHO-TV 13 Des Moines - Feb 28 9:03 AM
MOSCOW Russia's foreign minister says Hamas has promised to stop missile attacks and other violence against Israel, but still refuses to recognize that country. Renouncing...ISRAEL HAS ARAB PREZ New York Post - Feb 28 2:26 AM
JERUSALEM - Israel got its first Arab president yesterday - even if it's only for a week. Acting President Dalia Itzik left yesterday on a trip to the United States, leaving Majalli Wahaba, a Druse, as Israel's ceremonial president. Wahaba's...Cellcom Israel Ltd. Announces it was Served With a Lawsuit and Requests for Certification of the Lawsuit as a Class ... SYS-CON Media - Feb 28 4:25 AM
Cellcom Israel Ltd. (the 'Company'), announced that on February 27, 2007, it was served with a lawsuit and a request for certification of the lawsuit as a class action, which were filed against the Company in the District Court of Tel-Aviv, by a plaintiff who claims to be a subscriber of the Company.Russia's Jews condemn mufti's anti-Israel statement Interfax - Feb 28 4:04 AM
MOSCOW. Feb 28 (Interfax) - Russia's Jewish Communities Federation, FEOR, has sharply criticized the Russian Council of Muftis' Co-Chairman Nafigulla Ashirov, who called Israel "malignant tumor" during a rally protesting excavation works near the Al-Aqsa mosque according to reports circulated earlier.Analysis: US nixes Israel-Syria talks Middle East Times - Feb 28 12:34 AM
TEL AVIV -- The United States is demanding Israel not to even "explore" the possibility of peace talks with Syria, the Ha'aretz newspaper reported February 23.Israel kills Islamic Jihad commanders in W.Bank Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 28 9:47 AM
Israeli forces killed two Islamic Jihad leaders and their driver in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, drawing vows of revenge for the ambush in Jenin.Preemption option: a must for Israel The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Feb 27 12:00 AM
The core of Israel's active defense plan remains the Arrow antiballistic missile program. Test results of the Arrow have been promising. They indicate not only the mutual benefits of close cooperation between Washington and Jerusalem, but also the technical promise of Israel's missile defense system.Israel s Regev sees shift among moderate Arabs Canadian Jewish News - Feb 28 5:59 AM
If it s Israel, there must be a crisis. The spokesperson for Israel s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not use precisely those words, but as Mark Regev explained last week, 2006 was not an easy year. Pro baseball arrives in Israel this summer UPI - Feb 27 12:25 PM
Israel is about to become the first country in the Middle East with a professional baseball league. The Israel Baseball League is to be anchored by ...Israel catches Hamas trying to hold J'lem press conference Jerusalem Newswire - Feb 28 3:38 AM
Hamas tried to pull a fast one on Wednesday, quickly setting up a press conference in Jerusalem where Muslim and Bible-illiterate Christian leaders were to publicly condemn Israel over its renovation work at the Temple Mount.'Palestinian' rockets pound southern Israel Jerusalem Newswire - Feb 28 4:08 AM
Gaza-based "Palestinian" terrorists fired five more missiles into southern Israel on Wednesday, narrowly missing the towns of Sderot and Ashkelon. Islamic Jihad, a close ally of the ruling "Palestinian" faction Hamas, claimed credit for the barrage.Hamas Pledges to Stop Attacks on Israel Russian Official Mosnews - Feb 28 4:02 AM
Russia s foreign minister says Hamas has promised to stop missile attacks and other violence against Israel, but still refuses to recognize that country, The Associated Press news agency reported Wednesday.Israel shares follow world markets south Market Watch - Feb 27 8:56 AM
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israeli shares closed more than 2% lower Tuesday, following a global markets sell-off inspired by an 8% fall in Chinese stocks, and led down by the banks, Israel Chemicals and Teva Pharmaceutical. UN relays Israel concerns over Syria-Lebanon arms smuggling AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 28 5:44 AM
A UN envoy said on Wednesday he has relayed to Lebanese officials Israeli concerns over arms smuggling into Lebanon from Syria, a backer of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.Soccer / Kashtan looking for another term as Israel coach Haaretz Daily - Feb 28 1:53 AM
Israel coach Dror Kashtan has asked Israel Football Association Treasurer Stern Haluba to extend his contract by another two-year term. Haluba, who will become deputy chairman when Avi Luzon takes over the reins at the IFA next month, was one of the figures behind Kashtan's appointment last year.Millar's boys eye double header with Israel Belfast Telegraph - Feb 28 2:32 AM
A Northern Ireland under-20 international side will undertake a two-game trip to Israel next month.--Israel Vazquez vs. Rafael Marquez-- Boxing Times - Feb 27 9:59 PM
WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Israel "El Magnifico" Vazquez is set to defend his title against former IBF Bantamweight Champion Rafael Marquez, on Saturday March 3, with Showtime broadcasting the action from The Home Depot Center, Carson, California.EU: Israel's indecisiveness is clouding bilateral relations Haaretz Daily - Feb 28 12:07 AM
Israel's indecisiveness toward the European Union is clouding the future of bilateral relations, the EU commissioner for external relations said in Jerusalem on Tuesday.Israeli Forces Kill 3 Islamic Militants in West Bank and Re-enter Nablus New York Times - 1 hour, 54 minutes ago
Israel has been stepping up its operations in the northern West Bank, a center of Palestinian militancy throughout the past six years of violence.Israel's utopian communes give in to modern stresses The Christian Science Monitor - Feb 28 2:35 PM
Some kibbutzes are on the verge of collapse as they cope with debt and attrition. Eurovision 'Armageddon' in Israel BBC News - Feb 28 11:44 AM
Israelis vote overwhelmingly for a song about nuclear annihilation as their entry in the Eurovision song contest.Israel kills three militants in West Bank raid AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 28 1:46 AM
Israeli troops on Wednesday killed three gunmen from the radical Islamic Jihad militant group in Jenin as the army relaunched a crackdown on militants in the north of the occupied West Bank.First Arab president for Israel, but only for a week The Scotsman - Feb 27 4:27 PM
ISRAEL got its first Arab president yesterday, even if it is only for a week. Acting president Dalia Itzik left on Tuesday on a trip to the United States, leaving Majalli Wahaba, a Druze, as Israel's ceremonial president.Israel pulls out after raid on terrorist hub Daily Dispatch - Feb 27 11:13 PM
PALESTINIANS living in Nablus were picking up the thread of daily life yesterday after Israel pulled back from its biggest military crackdown on the occupied West Bank city in months.Israel threatens Gaza attack Sunday Times - Feb 27 10:44 PM
JERUSALEM - Defence Minister Amir Peretz has warned that Israel would not hesitate to launch a military operation in the Gaza Strip to stop the arming of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.Israel pulls troops from Nablus Deutsche Welle - Feb 27 4:36 PM
Israel has pulled most of its troops from the West Bank town of Nablus after a three-day operation targeting Palestinian militants. The army has lifted the curfew that shut down large parts of the city in recent days, and schools and shops in the busy market area have reopened.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.Call for more rights for Arab minority in Israel Guardian Unlimited - Feb 28 5:30 PM
· Group says state should be multicultural not Jewish · Proposed constitution would end right of returnManagers 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 blocks Jerusalem protest BBC News - Feb 28 6:49 AM
A press event by religious leaders to criticise excavation work at Jerusalem's holiest site is banned by police.JCPA Delegates Spurn Israel Demands Jewish Week - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
Fearing Jews may become focus of confrontation with Iran, leaders at plenum defer call for tougher action.Former Yankees, Mets to manage Israel teams Newsday - Feb 27 9:13 AM
Former Yankees, Mets and Chicago Clubs players will manage teams in the new Israel Baseball League for its inaugural season this summer.Radio station promotes peace in Israel, West Bank CTV.ca - Feb 27 2:01 PM
A South African-backed radio station has hit the airwaves in Israel and the occupied West Bank in an attempt to promote peace in the region.Infinity Israel-China Fund makes first investment Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 27 7:38 AM
TEL AVIV, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Israel's Infinity Equity Capital said on Tuesday it led a $6 million investment in Mate Intelligent Video, marking the first investment by its new $150 million Infinity Israel-China Fund.Israeli troops mount new raid on Nablus AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 28 11:54 AM
Israel on Wednesday clamped down on this West Bank city for the second time in a week, confining tens of thousands of people to their homes as troops moved house to house in search of wanted militants.Former Yankees, New York Mets players to manage Israel teams Asbury Park Press - Feb 27 7:47 AM
Former New York Yankees, New York Mets and Chicago Clubs players will manage teams in the new Israel Baseball League for its inaugural season this summer. Ken Holtzman, Ron Blomberg and Art Shamsky were selected to manage the Tel Aviv, Bet Shemish, Modi'in, Ra'anana, Netanya and Petach Tikva, announced on Monday. Former Boston Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette is the director of baseball ...Exodus 'is largest since the creation of Israel' Daily Telegraph - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
In a bare apartment off a mud-spattered alley in a Damascus suburb, an Iraqi family huddled around a small electric heater.Group that criticized Israel to stay in campus coalition JTA - Feb 28 2:53 PM
A former Israeli soldier talks to a college campus group in a program organized by the Union for Progressive Zionists.Lebanese Army Standing Up to Israel Blogcritics.org - Feb 27 2:42 PM
Since the Second Lebanon war -- as it is called in Israel -- in 2006 between Israel and the Shiite Hezbollah militia based in south Lebanon, there had been relative calm in border areas. February 2007 has seen a series of events heighten tensions between forces on both sides of the border. This time, though it is the Lebanese army facing off against Israeli forces, not Hezbollah. Feb. 24 saw ...Reform youth convention focuses its love on Israel, warts and all JTA - Feb 28 2:47 PM
Past NFTY board members are called to the Torah during Shabbat services at the 2007 NFTY Convention in Philadelphia.Defense in ex-AIPAC staffers case can cite U.S.-Israel ties, judge rules JTA - Feb 28 2:50 PM
Steve Rosen, left, and Keith Weissman, right, may introduce evidence of Israelīs close relationship with the United States in defending themseleves against charges that they harmed U.S. interests by allegedly sharing classified information with Israeli diplomats when they were employed by AIPAC.Hamas not yet ready to recognize Israel - Mashaal (Part 2) Interfax - Feb 27 6:46 AM
MOSCOW. Feb 27 (Interfax) - Hamas is not yet ready to recognize the state of Israel, head of the Hamas political bureau Khaled Mashaal said. "First of all, Israel should stop the occupation of Palestine territories and put an end to the suffering of Palestinians.Russian FM: Hamas vows to end attacks on Israel Haaretz Daily - Feb 27 9:21 AM
Hamas' political bureau chief Khaled Meshal has promised that the militant Palestinian group will end missile attacks and other violence against Israel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday.Pro baseball arrives in Israel this summer Moldova.org - Feb 27 12:50 PM
Israel is about to become the first country in the Middle East with a professional baseball league.The Israel Baseball League is to be anchored by several Jewish players with Major League experience in the United States, the New York Daily News reported. Most will be working as managers.Art Shamsky, a former outfielder with the New York Mets, said at a news conference in New York announcing the ...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.Israel vows to face Iranian threat People's Daily - Feb 28 5:29 PM
The Israeli government vowed Wednesday that it is doing more than any other government to deal with Iran's nuclear issue and is able to face the Iranian threat alone, local daily Jerusalem Post reported.Pro baseball arrives in Israel this summer EARTHtimes.org - Feb 27 12:25 PM
Israel is about to become the first country in the Middle East with a professional baseball league.Ethiopia: Israel - Waiting Falash Mura Languish in Squalor AllAfrica.com - Feb 27 6:44 AM
Thousands of Ethiopian former Jews have been waiting more than 10 years in disease-ridden camps in Ethiopia for the Israeli government to bring them to Israel, NGOs say.Egyptian says spy confession extracted by torture AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 28 7:44 AM
An Egyptian with Canadian citizenship on trial for spying for Israel shouted from his courtroom cage on Wednesday that a confession had been extracted under torture.Israel could loose in open confrontation in Middle East - Hamas Interfax - Feb 27 5:19 AM
MOSCOW. Feb 27 (Interfax) - Should Israel continue its anti- Palestinian policy, this will result in an open confrontation, which Tel-Aviv could loose, head of Hamas's political bureau Khaled Mashaal said.Israel Stole 30 Bln Cubic Litres Of Water From Golan Heights, Says Syria Bernama - Feb 27 5:03 AM
DAMASCUS, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- Arid Israel pumped out nearly 30 billion cubic litres of water from water-rich Golan Heights since its occupation in 1967 to flood its deserts, Quneitra Governor Nawaf Al-Fares said Tuesday.Knesset okays breaking up Israel Electric Corporation Haaretz Daily - Feb 28 3:52 PM
The draft law to reform the country's electricity sector passed its second and third reading in the Knesset plenum yesterday.NEW CRY IN ISRAEL: PLAY BALL! New York Post - Feb 27 2:26 AM
Oy vey! Ready for some Holy Land hardball? Starting June 24, matzo balls and curveballs will mix as the Israel Baseball League debuts in and about Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The six-team circuit plans to play 45 games over two months in three 3...Israel s pick for army chief will apply lessons of war wi JTA - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
Maj.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, nominated as the Israeli army's next chief of staff.Analysis: UN urges Israel to counter discrimination Middle East Times - Feb 27 3:04 AM
GENEVA -- Despite the surface-level diplomacy, tension was palpable when a large Israeli delegation met with the United Nation's antiracism monitoring body, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), from February 22 to 23 to discuss whether or not Israel's treatment of its citizen Palestinians, as well as those inhabiting the occupied territories, amounted to ...Israel kills Islamic Jihad commanders in W. Bank The New Zealand Herald - Feb 28 11:42 AM
JENIN, West Bank - Israeli forces killed two Islamic Jihad leaders and their driver in the occupied West Bank today, drawing vows of revenge for the ambush in Jenin.Hamas head says group not yet ready to recognize Israel Pravda - Feb 27 6:22 AM
Hamas' supreme leader said Tuesday that the militant group is not ready to recognize Israel , which has been a key demand of international peace negotiators.Hamas leader: Israel must end occupation before recognition Al Bawaba - Feb 27 8:10 AM
Hamas' leader said Tuesday that his movement is not ready to recognize Israel.For an Israel plagued by scandals, Hamlet production strikes a chord JTA - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
Israeli actors Itay Tiran, right, as Hamlet and Gil Frank in a Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv production.Arms race due, if Iran is not stopped now Israel s deputy PM Itar-Tass - Feb 27 6:09 AM
MOSCOW, February 27 (Itar-Tass) -- Israel s deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Strategic Affairs Avigdor Liberman, has warned that a frenzied arms race will follow in the Middle East, if Iran is not stopped now.1994 Pontiac Sunbird SE from Israel - Comments Carsurvey.org - Feb 27 9:17 AM
I have a red Pontiac Sunbird SE 1994 2.000- V6 in Israel. I changed a lot of parts and invested 600 USD in the car in the first week. I have a problem - it turns off after 1 hour of driving. I have to wait 40 minutes until I can drive again.Whiff of scandal around Israel's tourism minister Sydney Morning Herald - Feb 28 6:46 AM
Esterina Tartman announces she wants to strip citizenship from all Arab-Israelis who refuse to swear loyalty to their country as a Jewish state.U.N. in talks with Lebanon for peace UPI - Feb 28 3:11 PM
The United Nations is in talks with Lebanon to implement the Security Council resolution ending last summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah. Similar ...Israel pulls troops from Nablus IANS via Yahoo! India News - Feb 26 9:55 PM
Tel Aviv/Ramallah, Feb 27 (DPA) Israel pulled most of its troops from Nablus overnight, but declined to confirm whether it had ended a large-scale search-and-arrest raid in the northern West Bank city, media reported Tuesday.Alan Dershowitz: Rape as Terrorism HuffingtonPost - Feb 28 12:41 PM
A group of Palestinian terrorists claiming to act in retaliation against Israel have been raping young, teenage Israeli girls. They consider these rapes acts of terrorism and politically justified. Here is what one of the rapists said: "We are raping Jews because of what the Israel Defense Forces is doing to the Palestinians in the territories." According to press reports, none of the suspects ...Israel kills Islamic Jihad commanders in W.Bank AlertNet - Feb 28 6:46 AM
Source: Reuters (Updates casualties, paragraph 9) By Wael al-Ahmed JENIN, West Bank, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed two Islamic Jihad leaders and their driver in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, ... Israel to hold nationwide nuclear attack drill Jerusalem Newswire - Feb 27 4:08 AM
Next month, all of Israel will participate in a massive drill simulating nuclear and chemical attacks on the country's major population centers.Syria builds arms, reaches out: Israel debates what Assad wants JTA - Feb 28 2:48 PM
Syrian President Bashar Assad in a 2005 photo. With Syria talking peace while in the throes of a major new arms buildup, Israeli intelligence is divided again over President Bashar Assad s intentions.JTA.org -- Global Jewish news, analysis, Israel news & blogs JTA - Feb 28 2:54 PM
Insert your e-mail address in the field below and your password will be sent to you.Courier News Online - Former Yankees, NY Mets players to manage Israel teams Bridgewater Courier News - Feb 27 4:09 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former New York Yankees, New York Mets and Chicago Clubs players will manage teams in the new Israel Baseball League for its inaugural season this summer.Analysis: EU extends hand to Israel UPI - Feb 27 4:55 PM
The European Union insists the new Palestinian government accept outstanding international demands and is waiting for its formation before deciding how to ...New City students reach out to terror victims in Israel The Journal News - Feb 26 11:46 PM
NEW CITY - Students at The Jewish Community Hebrew School have sent Purim cards to children in Israel whose families have been affected by terrorism. More than 30 4- to 11-year-olds from the New City school, a Chabad Lubavitch of Rockland institution, sent the cards about two weeks ago.Tartman pulls out of Israeli cabinet race Sydney Morning Herald - 2 hours, 59 minutes ago
Controversial Israeli politician Esterina Tartman has reportedly withdrawn her candidacy as Israel's next Tourism Minister.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 Questions Syria''s Motives Baltimore Jewish Times - Feb 28 8:28 AM
With Syria talking peace while in the throes of a major new arms buildup, Israeli intelligence is divided again over President Bashar Assad's intentions.Thousands are confined to their homes as Israel strikes Nablus's "terrorist infrastructure" [AFP] Aljazeera - Feb 28 5:29 AM
Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank have shot dead three Palestinian fighters in Jenin, while in Nablus they have resumed raids halted one day before.Synagogues Used as Bases To Fire on Israel The New York Sun - Feb 26 10:19 PM
TEL AVIV The ruins of two large synagogues in evacuated Jewish communities of the Gaza Strip have been transformed into military bases used by Palestinian Arab groups to fire rockets at Israeli cities, according to a senior leader of a Gaza militant group. When Israel withdrew from the Gaza in August, 2005, it left intact 20 synagogues of the Gush Katif Jewish communities following an Israeli ...Reform Youth Love Israel Baltimore Jewish Times - Feb 28 8:27 AM
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.