Aljazeera.com | UN slams Israel on West Bank home demolitions Aljazeera.com The United Nations has condemned Israel's demolition of 30 Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank, saying it displaced families for the second time in less than two weeks. "I am concerned about the destruction of Palestinian structures in the ... Israel Slams Dutch Company for Cutting Water Ties UN 'concerned' by Israel's displacement of Palestinian families On eve of Kerry visit, Livni says deal with PA will be implemented gradually |
John Kerry Is Israel's Best Friend Bloomberg U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave a passionately pro-Israel speech this past weekend at the Saban Forum in Washington. On matters concerning Israel's security, its international legitimacy and its demographic future, he showed himself to be a ... |
Jewish Daily Forward | Opposition mounts to Israel's Arab Bedouin transfer plan Reuters BIR MSHASH, Israel (Reuters) - Israel is promoting a plan to transfer some 40,000 Arab Bedouin citizens from traditional villages into towns despite opposition by activists and senior government officials that threatens to derail it. Government ... Opposition in Israel Mounts Around Bedouin Transfer Plan Judaisation vs Justice: Israel's war on the Bedouin proves 1948 settled nothing |
Haaretz | Israel's baiting game in Lebanon Haaretz Israel's baiting game in Lebanon. It would only take one provocation too many, either by Israel or Hezbollah, and the deceptive quiet on Israel's northern border will turn into brutal conflict. By Aaron Magid | Dec. 11, 2013 | 5:36 PM ... Rubout of Hezbollah tech wizard blamed on Israel, but others also wanted him ... Israel poised for a $173M boost from the US for missile defense |
Roads flood, winds pound as country waits for snow Jerusalem Post “It seems now that it is quite certain that it will snow,” Dr. Amos Porat, director of the Climate Department at the Israel Meteorological Service, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday afternoon. In addition to the more than 10 centimeters of snowfall ... |
New York Times | Israel's Fischer Said to Be Top Choice for Fed Vice Chairman Bloomberg Former Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer is President Barack Obama's leading candidate to become vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, people familiar with the selection process said. Fischer, 70, would replace Janet Yellen as the Fed's No. Israel's Fischer picked to be next Fed vice chair: source Former head of Israel's central bank a contender for Federal Reserve post For No. 2 at Fed, White House Favors Central Banker in the Bernanke Mold |
The Center of European Nuclear Research (CERN) to vote on Israeli membership Jerusalem Post The Center of European Nuclear Research (CERN), which operates the Large Hadron Collider under the Swiss-French border, will vote on whether to add Israel as a fully fledged member, on Thursday. Israel has had the status of an associate member since ... |
The Times of Israel | Ex-army chief Halutz: Israel prefers Assad over Islamists in Syria Jerusalem Post Israel's preference is for Bashar Assad to remain in power rather than see radical Islamist forces take control in Syria, the former army chief of staff is quoted in Wednesday editions of the daily tabloid Maariv as saying. Dan Halutz, who served as ... Ex-IDF chief: Israel prefers that Assad stay in power Former IDF Head: Israel Prefers Assad to Islamist Rebels Israel prefers Assad to Syrian Islamist rebels, says Halutz |
Haaretz | Pink Floyd's Roger Waters: Comparisons between Israel and Nazis 'crushingly ... Raw Story Waters, a longtime critic of Israeli treatment of Palestinians, told CounterPunch magazine on Saturday that the powerful “Israeli propaganda machine” had influenced U.S. policy in the region and shaped the mainstream media narrative. “The Jewish lobby ... Israel's Costly Decision on Mandela Funeral Leaders of Israel and Iran Praise Mandela, From a Safe Distance Israeli lawmakers absent from South African ambassador's memorial for Mandela |
The hijacking of apartheid Jerusalem Post Such is the case when the term “apartheid” is thrown around in an accusatory framework against the State of Israel, which suffers regularly in the United Nations and in the press from the untrue and unfounded accusation that Israel, in building the ... Israel and the Hijacking of Apartheid |