New York Times | Validate Settlements, Israeli Panel Suggests New York Times A government-appointed commission recommended Monday that the state grant approval for scores of unauthorized Jewish settlements. Israeli settler population surges under Netanyahu |
Haaretz | Proposed Changes To Military Service Roils Israel NPR The Israeli government may extend mandatory conscription to include the previously exempt ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arab citizens of Israel. But Arab Israelis, who say they are treated as second-class citizens, are furious about the proposed change ... Israel to arrange arrival of last members of Ethiopian Jewish community by 2014 Israel to bring remaining Ethiopian Jews by 2014 Poll: Young American Jews are growing more attached to Israel |
AFP | Arkia Israel Airlines Orders Four Airbus A321 neo Planes Wall Street Journal Airbus, the plane-making unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co., Monday said Arkia Israeli Airlines, Israel's second biggest carrier, has agreed to buy four Airbus A321 neo jetliners. This order makes the airline a new Airbus customer and the ... AIRSHOW-Airbus gets first order from Israel's Arkia Airbus says sells four neo planes to Arkia Israel Airlines |
CBS News | Egypt will stand by its pacts with Israel, says new UN ambassador CBS News Camp David accords and other pacts will continue in effect, says new Egyptian U.N. ambassador Read more by Pamela Falk on CBS News' World Watch. Egyptian Military Council Warns New Islamist President |
Deutsche Welle | Ultra-Orthodox feel they are in "dialogue of deaf" with secular Israel Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Zalman Deren spends his days studying the Torah in a small synagogue near the Western Wall in Jerusalem. He's young and able-bodied, with a wife and three children to feed, but has. Premier Vows Exemptions in Israel Draft Will Change Israel: Pressure on to end draft exemption for Israel's ultra-Orthodox Israel to lift exceptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews, Arabs |
Israel's Chief Rabbinate facing new wave of criticism and calls for change Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mainstream Jewish groups are joining the Reform and Conservative movements in calling on Israel's Chief Rabbinate to respect religious pluralism. |
Israel panel backs legalizing West Bank outposts The Associated Press By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press – 1 minute ago. JERUSALEM (AP) — A government-commissioned report released Monday has recommended that Israel legalize dozens of unsanctioned West Bank settlement outposts, a move that would defy ... |
Sydney Morning Herald | Book claims Israeli spies are behind assassinations in Iran Fox News A new book claims Israel's spy agency dispatched assassins into Iran, as part of a campaign to sabotage the country's much-debated nuclear program. “Spies Against Armageddon" book says Israel's Mossad killed Iranian nuclear ... |
AFP | Israel confronts new uncertainties The Keene Sentinel JERUSALEM — Whatever else that might be said about the Arab revolutions, it's obvious that they pose a problem for Israel. But how bad, and what should the Israeli government do to hedge its risks? I heard some interesting — but not very encouraging ... IAF strikes Hamas terror targets in Gaza Strip Gaza rocket hits Israel: army IAF Retaliates for Attacks, Strikes Hamas Targets |
Moneycontrol.com | Israel's Olympians heading to London thinking medals, remembering slain ... Jewish Telegraphic Agency Israel's Olympic athletes are upbeat about keeping the country's medals run going, somber in recalling their slain counterparts from Munich 40 years ago. Livnat blasts Gilady over 'Munich minute' |