Seattle Post Intelligencer | Israel's Premier Promises Major Peace Plan New York Times, United States By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — Under mounting American pressure to define his intentions regarding peace efforts, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Sunday that he would make a major policy speech next week mapping out the government's ... Video: Mideast Mission: What should Obama accomplish? Netanyahu to Outline Talks Israel's Netanyahu to Give 'Major' Speech on Mideast Peace Plan |
CTV.ca | Clinton Says Strike to Follow If Iran Attacks Israel Bloomberg By Indira AR Lakshmanan June 7 (Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said a nuclear attack by Iran on Israel would be followed by retaliation against the Islamic Republic. “I don't think there is any doubt in anyone's mind that were Israel ... Israel questions IAEA's monitoring ability Don't discount Israel pre-emptive strike, Hillary Clinton warns Iran IAEA ineffective, charges Israel's Foreign Ministry |
Times Online | Some militants respond positively to Obama speech The Associated Press Yet Obama's eloquent promises were seen as only a small step toward halting the region's drift toward militancy, accelerated in recent years by the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and Washington's perceived pro-Israel bias. ... Video: People on Obamas speech in Cairo DAVIS: Does Israel need Obama's tough love? President Obama's Cairo speech proves he's experiencing a moral muddle |
BBC News | Israel to pay victims of Hebron settler violence AFP JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel will pay compensation to several dozen Palestinian families whose property was damaged when settlers went on a rampage in the flashpoint city of Hebron last December, the army said Sunday. The defence ministry will pay a total ... Video: Hamas fighters clash with security forces - 5 Jun 09 Israel to pay 50 Hebron Palestinians for damage Israel to compensate Palestinians |
IOSCO-UPDATE 1-Israel regulator cracks down on credit agencies Reuters By Tova Cohen and Rachelle Younglai TEL AVIV, June 7 (Reuters) - Israel's securities regulator said on Sunday he plans to introduce a proposal within three months to hold credit rating agencies more accountable for their ratings. ... |
The Associated Press | Former President Carter plans Gaza visit this week The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter will visit Syria, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza this week to promote constructive dialogue on the Israeli-Arab conflict, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center said Sunday. Carter, 84, is already in the region ... Former US President Carter to visit Palestine, Israel Preliminary results in Lebanese electoral race indicate narrow ... |
China Daily | Israel facing hundreds of war crime lawsuits PRESS TV, Iran Israel could soon be charged with hundreds of war crimes as Palestinian lawyers file 936 lawsuits against the Israeli military five months after its three week war on Gaza. Head of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Iyad al-Alami, ... Love Connection: Hamas gets into matchmaking biz Mud, mud, glorious mud. Nothing quite like it for beating the ... Defense officials to meet on easing Gaza blockade |
DAWN.com | ME: dim peace prospects DAWN.com, Pakistan On Friday, the American president repeated in Dresden what he had said earlier in Cairo — that Israel must put an end to all settlement activity. Last month at the White House, Mr Obama made clear to Israel's visiting prime minister that he must freeze ... |
BBC News | Israel watches Lebanese election with grave concern Xinhua, China by David Harris JERUSALEM, June 7 (Xinhua) -- As Lebanese voters went to the polls in a general election on Sunday, the results are awaited in Israel with considerable concern. Two major blocs, one pro-Syrian, the other anti-Syrian, are competing for ... Video: Crucial choice for Lebanese Syria, Israel air concerns as Lebanon polling begins Lebanon's pro-Western majority declares victory |
Israel's unsung female heroes Ha'aretz, Israel Listen everyone: She came from Israel to see me." The woman greeting her was Charity, a Ghanaian who had lived in South Tel Aviv for a number of years, where she worked as a cleaner. The women met when Sabar, a lecturer on African studies at Tel Aviv ... |