Israel to decide on settlement university Fox News JERUSALEM – In the fraught atmosphere of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an approaching decision on whether to award coveted university status to a college has taken on powerful political overtones. For critics of Israel's policy of settling Jews in ... |
Haaretz | Israel's settlement policy could trigger West Bank violence, experts tell ... Haaretz Violence could also be sparked, they said, if Netanyahu's plan goes through to build 850 new housing units in the West Bank, especially if the diplomatic stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians continues. The implementation of construction plans ... |
Haaretz | Israel offers cash to African migrants to leave Las Vegas Sun AP African migrants who entered Israel illegally will be given cash incentives if they leave on their own soon, or they will face expulsion, the Interior Ministry said Friday. A tent city is being built to hold other migrants, the vast majority, ... Israel to detain thousands of African migrants Israel's interior minister says it will take months to expel illegal African ... Israel to expel illegal African migrants |
Ynetnews | Thousands party in Israeli gay pride parade Sacramento Bee By AP AP TEL AVIV, Israel -- Drag queens, dancers and shirtless men are partying through central Tel Aviv as thousands pack the streets for the city's annual gay pride parade. Israel's homosexual community celebrated the city's 14th annual parade ... Weekend tips from Israel Celebrating gay pride in Tel Aviv |
Second-Generation Ethiopians in Israel March Toward Dream of Acceptance Pittsburgh Post Gazette By ISABEL KERSHNER / The New York Times JERUSALEM -- Yetmwork Makurya, 35, had tears in her eyes as she spoke of her attachment to Israel. When she arrived as a teenager in 1991 on a secret overnight airlift from Ethiopia, she said, "Jerusalem and the ... |
Ahram Online | Amnesty: Israel guilty of torture, unfairly detains Palestinians Jewish Telegraphic Agency The nongovernmental organization's report, "Starved of justice: Palestinians detained without trial by Israel," states that Israel must end its policy of detaining Palestinian prisoners without charge or trial. The report said that the Israeli Prison ... Palestinians plan one-day hunger strike Israeli rights group: Holdout Palestinian hunger strikers are in 'very severe ... Jailed Palestinians to stage hunger strike |
Letters: Israel, crosses, potholes and more U-T San Diego By UT San Diego Many thanks to Ruben Navarrette Jr. for writing a column about Israel that probably belongs on the endangered species list: one that makes legitimate criticisms of Israeli policies without descending into a tirade (“Israel's immigration ... Asylum |
ABC News | Israel to build 850 homes in West Bank San Jose Mercury News By AMY TEIBEL AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a session at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Israel's parliament on Wednesday paved the way for the demolition of an illegal West Bank ... Israeli Parliament Rejects Attempt to Save Outpost Israel's Netanyahu seeks to relocate illegal West Bank outpost to avoid ... West must recognize peaceful Palestinian resistance movement |
Romney aide: Obama is making it impossible for Israel to do what it must with Iran Haaretz By Chemi Shalev | Jun.10, 2012 | 12:54 AM The Obama administration has made it "difficult if not impossible for Israel to do what it must" in its policy toward Iran, a senior foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney has told Haaretz. |
Ties with Israel The Nation, Pakistan Pirzada Hasaan Hashmi opens his blog 'Why Pakistan needs Israel' published in Express Tribune on June 2, with the following quotation “We are so wrapped up in what is good for everyone else, that we are losing sight of what is good for us as a nation. |