Reuters | Israel policy may not move US Jewish vote Sydney Morning Herald But polling data and electoral history suggests that American Jews do not make a president's relations with Israel a litmus test for their vote and seem unlikely to desert Democrats for conservative Republicans in the 2012 election. ... Abbas Declares 'Palestinian Spring' as New Threats Emerge From Statehood Challenge Israel warns of repercussions if Palestine state bid succeeds VIEW: Towards Israel-Palestine unity —Yasser Latif Hamdani |
Fischer May Keep Israel Lending Rate at 3.25% for Fourth Month Bloomberg Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer will probably keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fourth month as the need to fight above-target inflation is balanced by slowing growth, ... Palestinian statehood bid won't hurt Israel economy Analysts see Fischer keeping October interest rate unchanged Bank of Israel Cuts Growth Forecast for 2011 to 4.7% |
AFP | Israel nervous as landmark peace treaty with Egypt comes under pressure The National CAIRO // No one had expected Egypt's landmark peace treaty with Israel to hold forever, unchanged and diligently observed, when Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin signed the document in 1979. But few expected that the pact, which brought down the curtain ... IDF-Palestinian coordination remains effective, despite heightened tensions The real threat in Egypt: Delayed democracy Israel limits travel to Taba terminal with Egypt |
Weasel Zippers | Netanyahu declines to reject GOP critique of Obama on Israel Washington Post Rick Perry of Texas takes on President Barack Obama's policy toward Israel, saying it is 'arrogant' and 'dangerous.' “I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating,” Netanyahu said on NBC's “Meet the Press. ... Benjamin Netanyahu Refutes GOP Talking Points On Israel: We Have 'Tremendous ... Bibi won, Israel lost Netanyahu: All W.H. contenders are Israel's friends |
The Daily Star | 'Hezbollah arrest 4 of its own for spying for Israel' Jerusalem Post Hezbollah has detained four of its own members on charges of spying for Israel while a fifth has fled, the London-based daily Asharq Alawsat reported this weekend. Quoting “well-informed Lebanese sources,” the paper said the fifth operative had gone ... Berri: Netanyahu speech riddled with contempt Hezbollah officials tied to Israel? |
AFP | 'Broken' ties with Israel may become norm for Turkey: PM AFP WASHINGTON — Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Sunday that his country's "broken" relations with Israel can only be mended if the Jewish state stops blocking aid flotillas and ends the embargo of Gaza. Erdogan said Turkey had been ... Turkish PM says not to normalize ties with Israel until demands over deadly ... Erdogan: Israel cannot be trusted Erdogan: Israel Killed Thousands of Palestinians |
Ha'aretz | Analysis: Have the Durban conferences been discredited? Jerusalem Post The United Nations held its 10-year anti-racism commemoration conference Thursday to honor the fiercely anti-Israel and anti-Western Durban I event. In view of the counter-Durban movement since 2001 to stymie Durban's radical anti-Semitism and ... Durban III conference opens in New York amid allegations of anti-Israel bias Iran, Lebanon, others bash Israel at Durban III Pro-Israel Christians and Jews Unite |
Aljazeera.net | Let's Make a Deal! Newsweek At the UN last week, Obama sided with Israel by pushing against the Palestinian vote for statehood. Even more telling: behind the scenes Obama has pressed hard to secure the Israeli state—through major military support. ... Republican politics in Washington could place Israel at risk An ungrateful US ally... If Tom Friedman can say it, you can too |
AFP | Russia 'believes US, Israel behind Iran worm attack' AFP MOSCOW — Russia believes Israel and the United States were responsible for unleashing the malicious Stuxnet computer worm on Iran's nuclear programme last year, a top official said on Friday. "We are seeing attempts of cyberspace being used by some ... 'Israel dreadful of Iran's reaction' |
Wall Street Journal | Investor's Gift Expands Medical Education in Israel Wall Street Journal Lloyd Goldman is helping to give an important part of medical education to the Negev region of Israel. The 53-year-old real estate investor and owner of BLDG Management, recently gave $2.5 million to Ben-Gurion University to ... Waltz with Ben-Gurion |