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Israel contacts Palestinians abroad (UPI)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:09:37 GMT

Israel seeks to strengthen ties with moderate Palestinians by renewing contact with officials of the Palestinian Authority living abroad, it was reported.


Debate over textbook shows divisions in Israel's struggle for unity (JTA)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:01:29 GMT

The Israeli Education Ministry's decision to approve a textbook for state-run Arab schools that uses the word "catastrophe" to describe Israel's victory in its 1948 War of Independence has sparked an intense debate about the lengths the country should go to teach the "other side" of the story.


Pirate radio endangering flights at Israel airport, say pilots (Seattle Times)
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Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:13:46 GMT

Broadcasts from illegal radio stations near Israel's main international airport are jeopardizing flight safety by jamming communications...


Israel urges condemnation of priest (Boston Globe)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:33:49 GMT

Israel is urging Polish and Roman Catholic authorities to condemn a prominent priest over reported anti-Jewish comments, which its ambassador described Monday as the worst case of anti-Semitic speech in Poland in decades.


Israel wounds 7 in Gaza; Hundreds return from Egypt (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:23:19 GMT

Israel launched an air strike against a vehicle in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, wounding seven people, three of them militants, medics said.


Baruchim Habaim Ct residents fulfill their dream of moving to Israel (Connecticut Jewish Ledger)
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Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:45:59 GMT

It’s only a matter of days before Ithamar Ephreim Pollak, 78, and his wife Miriam, 71, bid goodbye to their home on Dyer Street in New Haven n where they lived for four decades and raised four children n and make aliyah (which in Hebrew means “ascending to Israel”).


Dems, pro-Israel groups want more info on arms sale to Saudis (JTA)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:31:32 GMT

Democrats in Congress and pro-Israel groups say that they want their questions answered before signing on to President Bush's proposed arms sale to Saudi Arabia.


Israel wounds seven in Gaza (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:13:30 GMT

Israel launched an air strike on Monday against a vehicle in the central Gaza Strip, wounding seven people, three of them militants, medics said.


Rights group urges Israel to stop demolitions, evictions (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:09:31 GMT

A US-based human rights group called on Israel Tuesday to stop house demolitions and forced evictions of Palestinians living in the Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank. Amnesty International said the Israeli Army has increased efforts to forcefully evict over 100 villagers, most of them children from the small towns.


Why Israel Is Backing the Saudi Arms Deal (Time Magazine)
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Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:47:15 GMT

What keeps Israel awake at night is no longer the Gulf Arabs, says Robert Baer, but Iran