![]() MiamiHerald.com | Israel-Europe ties showing strains Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY By Leslie Susser · March 25, 2009 JERUSALEM (JTA) -- With Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu about to establish a new government, early signs of strain in Israel's relations with Europe are showing. The main sticking point seems to be the prime ... Video: No mention of Palestinian state by Netanyahu - 25 Mar 09 Israel's UN ambassador: Netanyahu committed to peace Israel's pragmatic thug |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | HRW: Israel's white phosphorous use indiscriminate The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel fired white phosphorous shells indiscriminately over densely populated areas of Gaza in what amounts to a war crime, Human Rights Watch said in a report Wednesday. The New York-based group called on the United Nations to launch ... Video: Gaza: Israeli war crimes Israel 'unlawfully' used shells in Gaza-rights' group Top UN official calls for cease-fire between Israel, Hamas in Gaza |
![]() New Zealand Herald | Jenin Journal Palestinians Serenade Survivors in Israel New York Times, United States THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC Afrah Saade, 17, a violinist with the Jenin youth orchestra, played for Holocaust survivors on Wednesday in Holon, Israel. By ISABEL KERSHNER HOLON, Israel — For just over an hour on Wednesday, a club for elderly Holocaust ... Palestinian children sing for Holocaust survivors For a few minutes, Arabs and Jews united by music |
![]() Voice of America | Egypt and Israel ponder 30-year peace BBC News, UK By Catherine Miller In Cairo, the 30th anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt is seen by many as a moment for regret, not celebration. "It's a celebration for Israel - not for Egypt, not for the Arabs, ... Video: Cold Peace - Going it alone - 22 March 09 - Part 1 Israel Marks 30 Years of Peace with Egypt While Israel celebrates, Egypt stays quiet |
![]() Voice of America | Hamas: We've resumed Shalit talks with Israel Ha'aretz, Israel By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent and Reuters Hamas resumed indirect negotiations with Israel aimed at exchanging abducted Israel Defense Force soldier Gilad Shalit for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners currently held in Israeli jails, ... Hamas to charge Fayad with aiding Israel Roger Cohen: The fierce urgency of peace Report: Hamas accepts Israeli compromise to exchange prisoners |
![]() Ha'aretz | Syria leader explains failure of talks with Israel The Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's president said indirect peace talks with Israel failed last year because the Jewish state would not make an unambiguous commitment to return all the territory captured in the 1967 Middle East war, according to an interview ... Assad says Syria-Israel talks depend on clear US position Assad blames Israel for failed talks Syrian president seeks "strong ties" with Lebanon |
![]() Israel 21C | Now that China Is the New Israel?What's Israel? Washington Post, United States Tel Aviv, Israel?When I moved to Silicon Valley in early 2000, I quickly became fascinated with Israel. A very tight relationship had formed between the holy-land-for-all-things-tech and the actual Holy Land, bolstered by the success of people like ... Israel stocks up; Bezeq and Strauss advance Israel's Darfur refugees turn to film to find expression Heathen in the Holy Land: Is Israel even safe to visit? |
![]() WA today | UN report condemns Israel for Gaza operation CNN International On March 6, a Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of a building destroyed during Israel's 22-day Gaza offensive. The report said a working group had documented and verified reports of violations "too numerous to list." For example, on January 15, ... Video: Israeli T-shirts mock Gaza killings - 23 March 2009 UN reports say Israel targeted civilians in Gaza Israel army rides out T-shirt row |
![]() Earthtimes (press release) | Iran able to build nuclear bomb in year: Israel AFP JERUSALEM (AFP) — Iran will have the capacity to build a nuclear bomb within a year but is not rushing into production, the head of Israel's military intelligence claimed on Wednesday. "The Iranian strategy is not to get a nuclear bomb as soon as they ... Israel's intelligence chief: Hamas preparing for another round of ... Israeli intelligence chief warns of Iranian nuke development Time Is Not on Our Side in Meeting Iran Threat |
![]() Sky News | Protest by Far-Right Group Creates Unease in Israeli Arab Community Washington Post, United States By Howard Schneider UMM AL-FAHM, Israel -- As a group of far-right Jewish activists prepared to march on this Arab Israeli town Tuesday, the demonstrators said they just wanted to wave the Israeli flag and exercise their freedom of speech. ... Video: Israeli Protest Turns Violent Clash in tense Israeli-Arab town Rioting in Umm el-Fahm highlights tension |