The Hindu | Hurting Moderates, Helping Militants New York Times In response, Israel has decided to punish the Palestinian Authority by withholding two-thirds of its annual revenues. It's a tactic Israel tried after Hamas won parliamentary elections in 2006 — and it will probably have as little success now as it ... World pressuring Israel not to block Palestinian tax funds Cameron threatens to recognise Palestine state unless Israel opens peace talks Cameron: Britain's support for Israel 'unshakable' |
Boston Globe | Kin of Righteous Gentiles meet Holocaust survivors Jerusalem Post To an outside observer, the lively dinner party that sat down at Goshen restaurant in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night, might easily have passed for a group on Birthright, the program which offers young Jewish adults free trips to Israel. ... Op-Ed: Where are the great American Jewish leaders? Legal Strategy To Recover Lost Holocaust Funds Threatens Diplomatic Efforts Future Rabbis, Conflicted About Israel |
Salon | School blocks Kushner honor over Israel Salon For the second time in just six months, the City University of New York has become embroiled in scandal over the politics of the Israel-Palestine conflict. This week, the CUNY board of trustees blocked an attempt by one of its member ... CUNY Blocks Honor for Tony Kushner CUNY nixes Tony Kushner honorary degree over Israel statements Tony Kushner Responds to CUNY Board Decision |
Arab News | Jerusalem's mayor says the holy city cannot be divided and will stay Israeli The Canadian Press JERUSALEM — The Israeli mayor of Jerusalem said Wednesday that Arabs and Jews are now so intertwined that the city cannot possibly be divided, even though both Israel and the Palestinians claim it as their capital. "You cannot divide the city," said ... Poll: East J'lem residents prefer Israeli citizenship |
Killing Terror Leaders: Israel's Experience Wall Street Journal Before most Americans had heard the name Osama bin Laden, Israel's Mossad was on to him. In 1995, when unknown assailants tried to kill then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Ethiopia, the CIA and the Egyptian intelligence service ... Israel Ponders Obama-Style Assassin Missions |
AFP | David Cameron to Israel: join talks or I may support independence declaration The Guardian So it is a sign of Britain's impatience with Israel that Britain mentioned the D word tonight as David Cameron hosted Binyamin Netanyahu in Downing Street. In this case it is the prospect of a unilateral declaration of independence by Mahmoud Abbas, ... London streets not so safe |
Ha'aretz | Why does Israel have links to a breakaway state supported by Hamas? Ha'aretz Their trip, which was intended to be secret but has been publicized in the Israeli and Georgian press, entangled Israel in a diplomatic incident with Georgia and is embarrassing the Foreign Ministry. While in Moscow, the retired generals − Israel Ziv, ... |
Ha'aretz | Katsav prison sentence delayed until hearing on request for longer postponement Ha'aretz The Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed the start of disgraced former president Moshe Katsav's jail sentence for rape until a ruling is reached on his request for a longer postponement, which will be heard ... Moshe Katsav appeal secures grace period before prison Katsav appeals rape conviction Katsav appeals rape conviction |
Talks on price of gas exported to Israel to begin this month Al-Masry Al-Youm Official negotiations between the Egyptian government and the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Company (EMG) will begin later this month to review the price of natural gas exported to Israel in accordance with the global changes in gas prices. ... Israel's ORL inks spot gas deal with Yam Thetis on Egypt supply cut Israel Corp buys Yam Tethys gas Israel Corporation Unit Buys Yam Tethys Gas |
Ha'aretz | Shin Bet: Critical infrastructure targeted by cyber-warfare Jerusalem Post Israel has detected what appears to have been attempts to use cyber-warfare to attack critical state infrastructure, outgoing Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Yuval Diskin said on Wednesday. Speaking to military reporters ahead of his scheduled ... Outgoing Shin Bet chief apologizes for failing to secure Shalit's release Schalits Demand Gov't Pressure PA For Gilad's Release News of a Kidnapping |