USA TODAY | Israel unlikely to warn US in advance of attack on Iran USA TODAY Advance warning is important because a surprise could hurt the U.S.' ability to respond and safeguard its many assets in the Persian Gulf. The assumption is that U.S. warning of an Israeli attack would come "significantly less than an hour" before it ... Goldberg: Barack Obama should travel to Israel to prevent war Israel's Iran Threats: Blackmail by Suicide? Netanyahu and Barak V. Israel's Defense Community |
New York Times | Developments in Iran and Sinai Deepen Israel's Worries About Egypt New York Times Israel's Defense Ministry and military have each sent several messages of concern to Cairo in recent days about Sinai, and received no response, a senior government official said Wednesday. That breakdown in communication, two weeks after a deadly ... Egypt's Mursi Can't Have It Both Ways on Israel Israel and Egypt in talks about Sinai troop movements, spat over 1979 peace ... Israel's Trojan Horse? |
AFP | Gantz: Israel's attackers will face IDF's wrath Jerusalem Post In what appeared to be a response to recent Iranian rhetoric directed against Israel, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz said Wednesday that "whoever thinks he can eliminate Israel and try to harm our state will discover the deadly force of the ... Army chief warns against attempts to eradicate Israel Iranian Foreign Minister: Israel's Threats Simply Propaganda |
Christian Science Monitor | Israel's foreign minister calls for help in ousting Palestinian president Washington Post JERUSALEM — Israel's foreign minister urged the international community to help oust Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas whose policies he called “an obstacle to peace” in a letter released Wednesday. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman wrote to the ... Israel's foreign minister wants new elections to replace Palestinian leader Abbas |
AFP | UN chief to visit Iran in defiance of US, Israel Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend a summit meeting of leaders of non-aligned developing nations in Iran next week, defying calls from the United States and Israel to boycott the event, a U.N. spokesman ... UN's Ban to Attend Iran Summit Over Israel's Opposition UN chief to attend Nonaligned Movement summit in Iran despite Israel's opposition Ban to attend confab in Iran despite Israeli calls |
TIME | In Israel biblical park, the donkeys come with Wi-Fi The Seattle Times At the historical park of Kfar Kedem in northern Israel, visitors decked out in biblical robes and headdresses ride donkeys through the rolling hills of the Galilee, learning how people lived in Old Testament times. Now they can also surf the web while ... Checking Your E-Mule on a Donkey In Israel Why Donkeys in Israel are Being Equipped with Wi-Fi In Israel, Tourists Get WiFi Via Donkeys |
BBC News | Israel protests South African law to label settlement goods 'occupied ... Washington Post JERUSALEM — Israel is condemning a new South African regulation requiring that products made in West Bank settlements must be labeled as coming from “occupied Palestinian territory.” Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor calls the requirement ... Israel anger at S Africa 'Occupied Territories' labels Africans for Israel: A breath of fresh air |
BBC News | Skinny-Dipping in Israel Casts Unwanted Spotlight on Congressional Travel Pittsburgh Post Gazette WASHINGTON -- The trip was much like any of the hundreds hosted in recent years by a nonprofit offshoot of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a powerful Washington lobby, and the purpose was much the same: to solidify the support of American ... Naked congressman in the Kinneret: criminal, shocking, or simply amusing? Marino went to Israel, but he did not swim Ryan gets his Israel on, Jay Carney gets his Galilee on |
Daily Beast | In Israel, a Generation of Hate? Daily Beast An alleged hate crime against Palestinians in West Jerusalem this week, which left one young man unconscious and in the hospital, underscores a troubling reality: that Israeli teens are more militantly anti-Arab than their parents and increasingly more ... Israel leader Benjamin Netanyahu denounces beating of Arab teen Abbas denies Jerusalem's Jewish heritage A good Jew hates Arabs |
Israel's Honeycomb Collectors Keep Houses Warm in Cold Climates Huffington Post Historically, warm countries like Israel have led the way in developing and using solar thermal energy for heating water in rooftop tanks, but Tigi's breakthrough technology aims to reduce national energy loads in cold countries, says Tigi's CEO Zvika ... |