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Olmert: Israel serious on '02 peace plan 
AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 5:31 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said he was ready to "treat seriously" a dormant Saudi initiative calling for a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Arab world in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal from lands captured in the 1967 Mideast War.Olmert: Israel mulls Saudi peace plan MSNBC - Mar 11 1:19 PM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said he was ready to treat seriously a Saudi initiative calling for a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Arab world in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal from lands captured in the 1967 Mideast War.On Israel visit, U.S. Jewish leaders quiz parties on Hamas, withdrawals JTA - 32 minutes ago
The Conference of Presidents annual Israel mission offered U.S. Jewish leaders the chance to quiz Israeli politicians on their views of Hamas and future West Bank withdrawals.For non-smokers, Israel is not the promised land JTA - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
An Israeli woman smokes a cigarette while walking in downtown Jerusalem on Jan. 5. Israel has passed anti-smoking laws, but critics say that social acceptance of smoking there means that the law is not rigorously enforced.Not even war can deter singer from peacenik concerts in Israel JTA - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
Folk singer Sonia Rutstein performs at a peace concert in Worcester, Mass. Neither war or the cancellation of the World Pride parade in Jerusalem, where she was scheduled to perform, can keep Sonia Rutstein from Israel.Israel Revisited Washington Post - Mar 10 7:09 PM
LI-ON, Israel The path behind historian Benny Morris's house climbs through a cedar and pine forest, passing stone walls and wine presses dating to the time of the second Jewish Temple two millenniums ago. In the distance, the misty ridges of the Judean hills appear, the spine of the historic Jewish... Olmert says Israel ready to `treat seriously' 2002 Saudi peace initiative Fox21 - 24 minutes ago
JERUSALEM Israel may be ready to revive a dormant Saudi initiative calling for a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Arab world. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (EH'-hood OHL'-murt) today told his Cabinet he's ready to treat the plan "seriously."Israel fires on suspected smugglers UPI - Mar 11 7:25 AM
Israel said its navy Sunday fired on Palestinian boats suspected of smuggling weapons. YNet News reported navy personnel spotted three suspicious ...Al-Qaida's al-Zawahri accuses Hamas of selling out to Israel CNews - Mar 11 5:46 PM
CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's number two accused the Palestinian Hamas of selling out by agreeing to respect past peace deals with Israel, according to a recording broadcast Sunday by Al-Jazeera satellite channel.Military action against Iran would backfire on Israel, report warns Independent - Mar 11 5:16 PM
Military action against Iran would backfire against Israel, which in turn would face "dire and far-reaching" consequences, a leading British foreign policy think-tank believes.Israel tackles fall startup for new football league JTA - Mar 11 2:42 PM
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft signs a fan's sneaker at a ceremony announcing the formation of the Israel Football League, March 8 at the Kraft Stadium in Jerusalem.Olmert: Israel serious about 2002 Saudi peace initiative Houston Chronicle - Mar 11 8:35 AM
The Saudi peace initiative, which aimed to solve the Palestinian issue by offering Israel a comprehensive peace, was first proposed in 2002 but never got off the ground. West rebuffs effort to slam Israel at meeting of atomic energy agency JTA - Mar 11 2:57 PM
Delegates vote during the IAEA´s General Conference in Vienna, Sept. 22. Canada led the effort to reject a slam against Israel at the normally apolitical general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.American Jews open checkbooks in response to campaigns for Israel JTA - Mar 11 12:43 PM
A new fundraising ad of the Jewish National Fund reflects the current security situation in Israel. As major Jewish and Israel-related philanthropies launch emergency campaigns for Israel, American Jews are apparently heeding the call and pulling out their checkbooks.Al-Qaida's Zawahiri lashes out at Hamas over "surrendering to Israel" People's Daily - Mar 11 6:31 PM
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the number two of al-Qaida, on Sunday lashed out at Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) over surrendering to Israel by signing a Riyadh-brokered deal with the Washington-backed Fatah movement, reported the Qatar-based satellite al-Jazeera TV channel.Israel needs exceptional leadership to attain normality Financial Times - Mar 11 11:31 AM
Israel suffers from an inner contradiction, one that is the product of a fateful triangle between its political system, its history and its geography.For Israel, 5766 proved to be a particularly turbulent year JTA - Mar 11 12:29 PM
Israeli reserve soldiers exit Lebanon on Aug. 14. The Jewish year 5766 was one of the most dramatic in Israel s already dramatic history. Before you continue...Palestinians, unity gov't need calmness with Israel: Erekat People's Daily - Mar 11 5:15 PM
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Sunday the Palestinian people and their upcoming unity government were in need of a mutual ceasefire with Israel.Some Jews don t like it as German Christians rally for Israel JTA - Mar 11 12:43 PM
Mordechay Lewy of the Israeli Embassy in Berlin. One of Germany s largest pro-Israel demonstrations in recent memory took place here Saturday with no support from German Jewish groups.Washington notes: AIPAC is all about sanctions - Haaretz - Israel News Haaretz Daily - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
The annual AIPAC (America's pro-Israel lobby) conference in Washington is now under way, and the main topic at hand is Iran. And no, not war nor military attack are being advocated, not up front and not with a nod and a wink.Sadat nephew calls for review of Israel peace AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 10 12:37 PM
The nephew of assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat on Saturday called for a review of the peace treaty his uncle signed with Israel after allegations that Egyptian PoWs were killed four decades ago.Olmert says Israel serious on '02 peace plan Boston Herald - Mar 11 7:48 AM
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said he was ready to "treat seriously" a dormant Saudi initiative calling for a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Arab world...As Hezbollah rockets kill their sons, many Israeli Arabs still blame Israel JTA - Mar 11 9:42 AM
Above a tent in the Israeli city of Nazareth, erected to protest Israel s incursion in Lebanon, are flags for Lebanon, the Palestinians and the Hadash political party.ISRAEL UNVEILS COMBAT ROBOT Middle East Newsline - Mar 11 12:40 PM
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has unveiled a combat robot that could replace troops. Israel's Elbit Systems has displayed a mobile robot that could enter combat zones and fire at enemy troops. The VIPeR was designed to be equipped with a machine-pistol and grenades.SYRIA DEPLOYS THOUSANDS OF ROCKETS NEAR ISRAEL Middle East Newsline - Mar 11 12:40 PM
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has determined that Syria deployed more than 1,000 missiles and rockets near the Jewish state. Officials said Syria has brought a range of medium- and long-range rockets that could strike northern and central Israel .Olmert Says Israel Ready To `Treat Seriously' 2002 Saudi Peace Initiative WCSH 6 Portland - Mar 11 10:46 AM
Israel may be ready to revive a dormant Saudi initiative calling for a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Arab world.Israel can face Iran nuclear threat alone: Lieberman AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 10 8:48 AM
Israel would be able to face any Iranian nuclear threat alone if international sanctions failed to yield results, Minister for Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman said Saturday.Israel serious about Saudi peace plan: Olmert NDTV - Mar 11 6:58 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said that he was ready to "treat seriously" a Saudi initiative for peace between Israel and the Arab world.No knockout blow for Israel, but it still was a victory on points JTA - Mar 11 3:43 AM
Israel may not have scored the type of knockout victory its leaders rashly promised when the war with Hezbollah began, but the Jewish state clearly won a victory on points, Uri Dromi writes.Israel raises the stakes in battle to fight terror but will it work? JTA - Mar 11 1:58 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert makes a statement at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 2. Israel has significantly raised the stakes in its Sisyphean struggle against fundamentalist Palestinian terrorism.Hezbollah conflict goes on unabated as barrages reach farther into Israel JTA - Mar 11 3:42 AM
Police officers protect the scene where a Hezbollah missile broke through the roof and struck a railway depot July 16. Israel s war with Hezbollah has not abated since it began last week, with casualties and damage mounting on both sides.Israel serious on Saudi peace initiative IBN live - Mar 11 7:03 AM
The 2002 Saudi peace initiative aims to solve the Palestinian issue by offering Israel a comprehensive peace.Olmert says Israel ready to `treat seriously' 2002 Saudi peace initiative WBAY Green Bay - Mar 11 5:21 AM
JERUSALEM Israel may be ready to revive a dormant Saudi initiative calling for a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Arab world. Prime Minister Ehud...Israel frees jailed Hamas official Khaleej Times - Mar 11 6:53 AM
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israel on Sunday released Saleh Al Aruri, a senior leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, after 15 years in jail, the Palestinian prisoners affairs ministry said.Israel approves Jordan rail link AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 1:06 PM
The Israeli government on Sunday approved an extensive regional cooperation project which includes the creation of a railway linking Jordan to the northern Israeli port of Haifa.The Rewards of Peace With Israel Israel National News - Mar 11 10:35 AM
Why should we Lebanese call Israel an enemy? In a press conference last week with his visiting Belgian counterpart, Karel De Gucht, Syria's foreign minister Walid Moallem was asked about the possibility of stationing international troops on the Lebanese border with Syria.Hamas has sold out to Israel, says Al-Qa'ida deputy The Australian - Mar 11 6:00 AM
AL-QA'IDA number two Ayman al-Zawahiri has accused the Islamist Hamas movement of surrendering to Israel by agreeing to form a Palestinian unity government, in a sound recording broadcast by Al-Jazeera yesterday.Secret talks under way with Israel: Palestinian sources AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 1:01 PM
Israeli and Palestinian officials have been holding talks through a "secret channel" with the aim of jumpstarting the stalled peace process, Palestinian sources told AFP on Sunday.Israel frees top Hamas official News 24 South Africa - Mar 11 10:08 AM
Israel has released a senior leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, after 15 years in jail.Israel fires on suspected smugglers EARTHtimes.org - Mar 11 7:25 AM
Israel said its navy Sunday fired on Palestinian boats suspected of smuggling weapons.All quiet on the Russian front: Jews reticent to rally for Israel JTA - Mar 10 8:57 PM
A small pro-Israel rally in Moscow on July 23, organized by a pro-democracy group called Russian Radicals. Jewish communities across the Disapora are openly expressing their solidarity with Israel in its war with Hezbollah, but Jews in Russia are keeping relatively quiet.In Israel, pressure builds to find alternatives to Orthodox marriage JTA - Mar 10 7:12 PM
Eran Banai and Inbal Cohen are married in a Conservative wedding ceremony in Kfar Vitkin, Israel, in August 2002.Israel and Turkey hope to show that oil, water and business do mix JTA - Mar 10 7:12 PM
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his office in Jerusalem on May 1. Israel and Turkey are exploring cooperation on several major infrastructure projects, including pipelines that would transport oil and water.Senate Finance Committee to probe Ford s link with anti-Israel hate groups JTA - Mar 10 7:57 PM
Sen. Charles Grassley. The head of the Senate Finance Committee said he would order an investigation into Ford Foundation support for anti-Israel groups the senator called terrorist front organizations. UN urges Israel to commit suicide, let Arab 'refugees' in Jerusalem Newswire - Mar 11 1:53 AM
A special UN committee that deals with racism on Friday pressed Israel to allow millions of so-called "Palestinian refugees" to take up residence within its borders.UN committee: Israel should let Palestinians return to their land Haaretz Daily - Mar 10 11:37 PM
A United Nations committee has called on Israel to allow Palestinian refugees to return to their property and land in Israel and to ensure that the bodies responsible for distributing property, such as the Jewish National Fund, not discriminate against the Arab population.U.S. human rights report watches Israel s treatment of liberal Jews JTA - Mar 10 5:27 PM
This Israeli wedding led by a Conservative rabbi is not recognized as legal in Israel.U.N. chief to visit Lebanon, Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 09 7:30 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories later this month in an effort to help revive the Mideast peace process.Sadat nephew calls for review of Israel treaty Gulf Times - Mar 10 9:58 PM
CAIRO: The nephew of assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat yesterday called for a review of the peace treaty his uncle signed with Israel after allegations that Egyptian prisoners of war were killed four decades ago.What goes on in secret jail facility? Rights groups accuse Israel of torture JTA - Mar 10 2:42 PM
A Palestinian security prisoner peers out of his cell in a maximum security prison north of Tel Aviv in 2003. A petition from a human-rights organization charges that Israel practices torture at a secret detention facility.With situation in Israel tense, many Russians are staying put JTA - Mar 10 1:13 PM
The violence in Israel is deterring many Russians from immigrating. After fleeing the tense Caucasus Mountains region, Ilya and Taira Shubayev planned to immigrate to Israel. But the couple are planning to stay here for now because of the violence in Israel.Spanish leader in kaffiyeh spurs backlash after fierce criticism of Israel JTA - Mar 10 2:13 PM
Spain s prime minister, who recently was photographed in a Palestinian kaffiyeh, has led criticism of Israel that is unusually fierce even by European standards.Israel Foreign, Defense Ministers Begin Trip To US -Radio Nasdaq - Mar 10 11:36 AM
JERUSALEM (AP)--Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the coming days as part of a trip to the U.S. that began Saturday, Israel Radio reported.New pro-Israel initiative doesn t aim to compete with AIPAC, organizers say JTA - Mar 10 11:43 AM
Some Jewish leaders want to form a new group to push President Bush, shown with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in this file photo, to press Israel and the Palestinians more forcefully toward a peace agreement.As North Korea tests nuke, Israel worries about precedent for Iran JTA - Mar 10 11:43 AM
Pak Gil Yon, North Korea s U.N. representative, addresses the Security Council on July 15. In Israel, many see North Korea s nuclear brinkmanship and the West s response to it as a dress rehearsal for a threat far closer to home from Iran.Qaeda's Zawahri rebukes Hamas over Mecca deal Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 5:30 PM
Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri has accused the Islamist group Hamas of serving U.S. interests by agreeing to respect past Palestinian accords with Israel in a recent Saudi-brokered deal with the Fatah faction.Argentine Jews see upsurge in anti-Israel incidents since war JTA - Mar 10 11:13 AM
Anti-Israel grafitti defaces a wall of Buenos Aires' Philosophy and Literature University. Anti-Semitic incidents have been on the rise in Argentina since the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict started in July, and the community is taking action.Illegal migrants in Israel pray for better times ABS-CBNNEWS.com - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Holding up a Bible in a makeshift church in Tel Aviv, an African pastor asks God to shield his flock of migrant workers from Israeli arrest.Olmert-Abbas talks yield no accords International Herald Tribune - Mar 11 2:14 PM
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel held their second summit meeting in a month late Sunday, but aides said afterward that there was little concrete progress to report.Reports: Israel ready before Lebanon war AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 09 12:46 PM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told an investigative panel that Israel began planning for war in Lebanon months before last summer's conflict against Hezbollah guerrillas, countering criticism that he was caught off guard and acted too hastily in launching the military operation, officials said Friday.Israel 'can face Iran threat' Perth Now - Mar 10 8:40 AM
ISRAEL would be able to face any Iranian nuclear threat alone if international sanctions failed to yield results, Minister for Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman said overnight.Who s one of Israel s best friends? The answer is surprising Poland JTA - Mar 10 9:42 AM
Despite its negative reputation in Jewish and Israeli circles as a nation of anti-Semites who gladly aided the Nazis, modern Poland may be Israel s best friend in the European Union, says Tad Taube.Israel warms to Saudi Arabia peace initiative Financial Times - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
Ehud Olmert yesterday made the most positive Israeli gesture so far towards a Saudi initiative for comprehensive Middle East peace that is expected to be revived at an Arab League summit this month.Groups collect for Israel relief JTA - Mar 10 8:43 AM
An injured Israeli soldier is rushed to the hospital, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, July 19. A number of Jewish groups are collecting emergency relief funds for Israel as the conflict with Hezbollah rages.Iraqi ambassador to Washington speaks out on terror, but not Israel JTA - Mar 10 8:43 AM
Samir Shakir Mahmoud Sumaida´ie, Iraq´s new ambassador to the United States. Iraq s new ambassador to Washington speaks out on terrorism, the assassination of al-Zarqawi and the new role of women in his country. Just don t expect any imminent opening to Israel.Despite war toll, some Christians in Lebanon support Israel s goals JTA - Mar 10 7:13 AM
As Israel pounds Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon with bombs, artillery fire and advancing ground troops, some Lebanese at home and abroad especially Christians are quietly applauding Israel s offensive.Crisis in Lebanon sends Israel back to the drawing board in West Bank JTA - Mar 11 4:44 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, and Air Force Commander Elyezer Shkedi visit an Israeli air force base on July 24.As Hamas prepares to take over, Israel hunkers down for long haul JTA - Mar 10 7:12 AM
Acting Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert. After the shock of the Hamas sweep in the Palestinian Authority parliamentary elections, Israel is staking out positions on what the Palestinians will have to do to become a negotiating partner.Qaeda blasts Hamas over unity government AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 12:15 PM
Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri on Sunday accused the Islamist Hamas movement of surrendering to Israel by agreeing to form a Palestinian unity government, in a sound recording broadcast by Al-Jazeera.UN chief to visit Palestine and Israel Gulf News - Mar 10 1:56 PM
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday he will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories later this month in an effort to help revive the peace process between the two sides.Iraqi politicians support for Israel costs him dearly, but he presses on JTA - Mar 10 5:42 AM
Mithal Al-Alusi, founder of the Democratic Party of the Iraqi Nation, addresses the American Jewish Committee in Washington on May 5. For daring to visit Israel, Mithal Al-Alusi has paid with more than his life: It cost him his two sons.Israel, Palestine Summit Ends Without Progress Nasdaq - Mar 11 1:36 PM
(RTTNews) - The second summit of the month between the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ended on Sunday without making any significant progress.Human Rights Group: Israel Police Top Cop Quits After Commission's Verdict [Press Release] PR Web - Mar 10 5:10 PM
Committee For The Defense of Human Rights: Israel's police commander resigned after a government commission said he ignored ties between senior officers and underworld figures. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/VGhpci1Mb3ZlLUhvcnItU3VtbS1NYWduLVplcm8=New human rights council kicks off with hope for improvement on Israel JTA - Mar 10 5:43 AM
Russia is one of many countries with problematic human rights records to be named to the new Human Rights Council. The United Nations Human Rights Commission was seen by many as unabashedly anti-Israel. Supporters of Israel are wondering if its new successor will be any different.Fallen U.S.-born paratrooper honored on Israel s Memorial Day JTA - Mar 10 5:29 AM
Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz, Israel's chief of staff, places a flag on the grave of St.-Sgt. Yosef Goodman, as his parents and family look on at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 30.After violence in northern Israel, students reconsider study abroad JTA - Mar 10 5:29 AM
The Technion campus in Haifa. American students have had to make tough choices this summer about whether to study in Israel. With tensions in the Middle East running high, they worry about their safety.German Bishops See Racist Israel First Hand Scoop.co.nz - Mar 11 6:21 PM
After visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem recently, a group of German bishops crossed over into Occupied Palestine and compared Israeli treatment of Palestinians to Nazis treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust.Human Rights Group: Israel Police Top Cop Quits After Commission's Verdict [Press Release] PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Mar 10 3:59 PM
Committee For The Defense of Human Rights: Israel's police commander resigned after a government commission said he ignored ties between senior officers and underworld figures.Community pillar ponders Israel move, and Jews in Vladivostok fret about future JTA - Mar 10 3:42 AM
Vladimir and Valentia Yankelevitch in the Vladivostok Jewish community center. Vladimir Yankelevitch, who has helped make Vladivostok s Jewish community into one of Russia s most independent, is worn down by his efforts and may leave this exotic port along the Chinese border for Israel.As efforts gain steam for cease-fire, Israel Lebanon differ on the details JTA - Mar 10 2:57 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visits northern Israel, July 26. International efforts to end Israel-Hezbollah fighting moved into high gear after the tragic killing of civilians in Kana, but there remain fundamental differences between Israel and Lebanon over what needs to be done next.Olmert says Israel ready to 'treat seriously' 2002 Saudi peace initiative San Diego Union-Tribune - Mar 11 10:07 AM
Spain remembers Associated Press Spain unveiled a towering monument on Sunday to those killed three years ago in the bombings that ripped apart rush-hour commuter trains a glass oval containing messages of condolence written in the aftermath of the Islamic terror attack that left 191 dead. Above, members of the Spanish royal family and politicians, background left, observe three minutes of ...Israel welcomes Bollywood film producers with open arms India Daily - Mar 10 9:55 AM
Israel has welcomed Indian filmmakers with open arms and hearts to shoot at various historic locales in the country.Israel To Treat Saudi Initiated 2002 Peace Plan Seriously, Says Olmert Nasdaq - Mar 11 11:37 AM
(RTTNews) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the Israeli parliament on Sunday that he was ready to "treat seriously" the Saudi initiated peace plan proposed in 2002. Olmert was speaking ahead of his second meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, aimed to revive peace talks between the two sides.Death plot against Miss Israel contestant UPI - Mar 09 4:41 PM
A young Druze woman who decided to compete in the Miss Israel Pageant now fears for her life. Police in Israel say that two uncles and some other men in ...Olmert, Abbas meet again for Israel-Palestinian leaders' summit CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Mar 11 10:00 AM
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held their second summit in less than a month on Sunday, prodded by U.S. officials to keep moving forward with their fledgling dialogue.Children of the Palestinian intifada: The lost generation International Herald Tribune - Mar 11 5:39 AM
They are the children of the second intifada, growing up in a territory riven by infighting, seared by violence, occupied by Israel, largely cut off from the world and segmented by barriers and checkpoints.Israel says 1992 accident came as team prepared to kill Saddam JTA - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
Israeli media revealed that a 1992 military accident that killed five Israeli soldiers came as the army was rehearsing a plot to assassinate the Iraqi leader in retaliation for his Scud missile barrages in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.Leo visits Israel JTA - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
Before you continue... Help us understand our readers. Please register. It's free and fast!No talks with Israel on 1701 'any time soon' The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 11 2:40 PM
The Daily Star Sunday.Syria deploys thousands of rockets on Israel border: sources AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 09 1:50 AM
Syria has positioned on its border with Israel thousands of medium and long-range rockets capable of striking major towns across northern Israel, military and government sources told AFP.Gay pride parade proposed in Jerusalem UPI - Mar 11 3:55 PM
Members of Israel's gay community have asked Jerusalem police for permission to hold a pride parade in June.The enemy of my enemy: Israel, Jordan in a rough neighborhood JTA - Mar 09 11:12 PM
A Jordanian flag flies near King Abdullah´s palace in Amman. As one of the Arab world´s poorest and most vulnerable countries, Jordan is in a tough spot. Perhaps ironically, this is what make Jordan´s relationship with Israel so indispensable.Egypt: Don't Talk About the (1967) War Time Magazine - 23 minutes ago
Egypt's leaders find themselves uncomfortably wedged between international and local politics whenever discussion turns to the country's humiliating military defeat by Israel in 1967. It's typically an opportunity for students, leftist intellectuals and Islamists to rage against the Camp David peace accords with Israel, which they say ties their hands in the face of the ongoing suffering ...Israel to consider Arab peace move Gulf News - Mar 11 2:22 PM
Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday said he was ready to "treat seriously" an Arab peace initiative endorsed by the Arab League in 2002.Reports: Israel Ready Before Lebanon War ABC News - Mar 09 12:00 PM
Reports: Olmert Says Israel Prepared for Hezbollah War Months Before Fighting BeganNBC show accused of being anti-Semitic UPI - Mar 11 1:55 PM
A recent episode of NBC's "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" has been flagged for allegedly promoting anti-Semitic concepts and portraying Israel badly. The ...New group of rabbinical students supports Israel, but remains critical JTA - Mar 09 7:12 PM
A new group, composed of 108 students from seven rabbinical seminaries, emphasizes its love for Israel, but criticizes Israel s recent military retaliations against Palestinian terrorism.Croatian Jews upset after paper demands that they criticize Israel JTA - Mar 09 7:12 PM
A Croatian newspaper is calling on the country s Jews to criticize Israel s recent military actions against the Palestinians. The Jewish community s newspaper compared the call to a similar Communist-era campaign.Outcome could be up in the air as Magen David Adom vote nears JTA - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
Excitement over a December agreement to admit Israel s Magen David Adom to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement after a 60-year exclusion may have been premature.Song produced for FAU class becomes a hit on Billboard charts Sun-Sentinel - 32 minutes ago
For many graduate students, a master's thesis is a work of personal pride, reviewed by a few professors, then filed away into obscurity. Israel Charles had a different experience: His thesis is now a top-10 hit on a Billboard music sales chart.