Daily Beast | Israel's Netanyahu loses key coalition partner in feud over army draft, left ... Washington Post JERUSALEM — Israel plunged toward a political crisis Tuesday after the largest party in the government quit, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in charge of a hard-line coalition opposed to most Mideast peace moves. Unity Government in Israel Disbanding Over Dispute on Draft Israel: Mofaz Bolts Netanyahu's Coalition Over Draft Law Israel's Netanyahu Loses Key Coalition Partner |
Wired News (blog) | Mahdi 'Messiah' malware targeted Israel, Iran PCs CNET Trojan with references to Islam, Farsi language, and Israel-Iran conflict is found on hundreds of PCs in the Middle East. Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on Security & Privacy. Mahdi cyberespionage malware infects computers in Iran, Israel, other Middle ... Mahdi, the Messiah, Found Infecting Systems in Iran, Israel Move over, Flame: New Messiah-themed malware targets Iran, Israel |
AFP | Israel sees Assad's fall as certain, worries about al-Qaida in Syria MiamiHerald.com The head of Israeli military intelligence told his country's parliament on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad won't be able to defeat the armed uprising that's spread throughout Syria and that the conflict there has allowed what he called ... Israel Says Syria Pulls Troops from Golan to Suppress Revolt Elsewhere Israel sees Bashar Assad's fall as certain, worries about al Qaida in Syria Israeli intel chief: jihadis head for Syria border |
AFP | Drafting Israel's ultra-Orthodox? CNN (blog) (CNN)--CNN's Elise Labott reports a proposed law would require Israelis ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the military.... Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israel draft plans |
BBC News | Israel's first settlement university stirs controversy BBC News Israeli officials have taken the controversial step of creating the first university in a settlement in the West Bank. West Bank: Israel Authorizes University in Jewish Settlement West Bank settlement college deemed a university Ariel academic center recognized as first Israeli university beyond Green Line |
Haaretz (blog) | What Is Hillary Clinton Doing in Israel? The Atlantic The Obama administration launches a diplomatic blitz to avert an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. As US officials descend on Israel, Republicans rally for votes Israel, US 'on same page' on Iran, Clinton says Hillary Clinton in Jerusalem: Subtle Diplomacy, Subtler Electioneering |
New York Times | Israeli's Act of Despair Disheartens a Movement New York Times Israel's social justice movement struggled to respond after a protester, Moshe Silman, set himself on fire at one of the largest protests in the country's history on Saturday. Israel's Transportation Revolution is Underway The real crazy people Protesters torch National Insurance Institute branch |
New York Times | Peace Talks Must Resume, Clinton Says in Israel Visit New York Times Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held 14 hours of meetings, discussing Palestinian peace talks, Iran and Egypt with various officials. Israel to Clinton: Tell us what Egypt is thinking Clinton sees US, Israel in lockstep on Iran Pollard supporters call Clinton's remarks a 'slap in the face' |
Americans kidnapped in Egypt reunited with family, church group in Israel CNN Two Americans reunited with their families Tuesday in northern Israel, a day after kidnappers freed them unharmed following three days of captivity in Egypt. |
San Francisco Chronicle | Does the Levy Report Doom Israel? Commentary As I wrote last week, the release of a report establishing the legality of Israel's presence in the West Bank issued by a panel of Israeli experts chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Edmund Levy has been widely condemned. The attacks on Levy's ... Is Israel Truly an 'Occupying Power'? |