USA TODAY | Former Israeli PM Shamir dies at 96 USA TODAY Israeli media are reporting that former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has died. He was 96. Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96; former Israeli prime minister Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir dies Former Israeli Prime Minister Shamir Dies at 96 |
Ma'an News Agency | To Israel and US's chagrin, UN says Church of Nativity is 'endangered site' Haaretz UNESCO's World Heritage committee has approved a Palestinian bid to place the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on its list of sites of World Heritage in Danger - a move the United States called "profoundly disappointing." Palestinian Prime Minister ... UNESCO grants Church of Nativity a Palestine heritage status Palestinians: UN heritage nod is political victory Palestinians anger Israel over Unesco role in Bethlehem |
Malaysia Star | Palestinian leader Abbas postpones Israel meeting Chicago Tribune RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed a controversial meeting with Israeli Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz that had been scheduled for Sunday, Palestinian officials said on Saturday. Mofaz aides say PM foiled planned meeting with Abbas 'Abbas nixes Mofaz visit due to public pressure' Palestinian president postpones Israel's Mofaz meeting |
UPI.com | US-Israel war game rescheduled for autumn Sacramento Bee The top U.S. military officer says the U.S. and Israel will hold a major missile defense exercise in October. Who wants Israel to bomb Iran? US, Israel map out joint missile plan US, Israeli military drill set for |
New York Times | Israel crowns 'Miss Holocaust Survivor' Fox News Grinning and waving, 14 women who survived the horrors of World War II paraded Thursday in an unusual pageant, vying for the honor of being crowned Israel's first Miss Holocaust Survivor. Israel hosts 'Miss Holocaust Survivor' Holocaust Survivors Take the Runway Israel holds beauty pageant for Holocaust survivors |
Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, dies Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Yitzhak Shamir, the hawkish Israeli leader who two decades ago first balked at U.S. calls to trade occupied land for Middle East peace, died on Saturday after a long illness. He was. |
Yitzhak Shamir, Former Israeli Prime Minister, Dies NPR Shamir served as prime minister for seven years, from 1983-84 and 1986-92. Throughout his life, Shamir clung to the belief that Israel should hang on to territory and never trust an Arab regime. He was 96. |
OregonLive.com | Nuclear standoff between Israel and Iran hasn't cooled off yet OregonLive.com David Ignatius writes: It's clear that Israel's military option is still very much on the table, despite the success of economic sanctions in forcing Iran into negotiations. On Iran, Israel can't be wrong once |
Arab states withdraw prize over Israel visit Jerusalem Post Paris-based Arab Ambassadors' Council withdraws 15000 euro from Algerian author Boualem Sansal for his May visit to Israel. Hamas strips author of prize over Israel visit |
Wall Street Journal (blog) | Anti-Israel Group Aims for Toronto Pride Demo Wall Street Journal (blog) QaIA, a Toronto-based activist group that promises to “stand with queers in Palestine,” hopes to march in the annual Pride Parade on Sunday to protest what it describes as human-rights abuses in Israel. |