New York Times | Large group of US scholars endorse academic boycott of Israel CBS News "The ASA condemns the United States' significant role in aiding and abetting Israel's violations of human rights against Palestinians and its occupation of Palestinian lands through its use of the veto in the UN Security Council," the American Studies ... The Real Problem With the American Studies Association's Boycott of Israel Boycott by Academic Group Is a Symbolic Sting to Israel Major US academic body backs boycott of Israeli educational institutions |
New York Times | Israel, Lebanon rush to ease tensions following border clashes Fox News JERUSALEM – Israel and Lebanon on Monday rushed to ease tensions following a deadly border skirmish that left one Israeli soldier dead, with the enemy countries holding a face-to-face meeting with U.N. peacekeepers and pledging their commitment to a ... Israel and Lebanon Try to Defuse Tensions After Cross-Border Shooting Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation Lebanese sniper kills Israeli soldier; Israel hits back |
Washington Post (blog) | A Walkout, and a Furor, During Debate on Israel at 92nd Street Y New York Times (blog) The announcement on Monday that the American Studies Association had voted to approve a boycott of Israeli universities has prompted significant concern among scholars in that country. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, it also contributed to an unusually ... The divisively unanswerable questions of what it means to be 'pro-Israel' 'Pro-Israel' discussion in New York ends in walkout, insults and recriminations |
Daily Beast | Arm thyself! Jerusalem Post With the dust still settling on the interim agreement signed in Geneva between Iran and the western powers, Israel now needs to swallow these bitter herbs, take stock and with a steadiness of spirit, chart a new path for itself, by itself. Observing ... Israel Must Take a More Diplomatic Approach Toward Iran Israel: The Chimera of Friendship Israel, Palestine, and Democracy |
Haaretz | Bank of China affair || US family accuses Israel of bowing to Chinese pressure ... Haaretz Lawyers for the family of a 16-year-old American killed in a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv in 2006 asked a U.S. federal court on Tuesday to reject Israel's attempt to prevent a key witness from testifying in a lawsuit against state-owned Bank of China ... Family Accuses Israel of Caving in to China US Family Accuses Israeli Gov't of 'Sabotaging' Terror Lawsuit |
Al Jazeera America | Israel sends 150 protesting African runaways back to jail Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police on Tuesday sent back to custody about 150 African migrants who had abandoned a desert detention center in protest against a new law allowing them to be kept there indefinitely. Aided by rights groups, the migrants ... Israel violates international norms over African refugees Israel breaks up migrant protest Can Israel Solve Africa's Economic Woes? |
Tax-exempt academic group's boycott of Israel draws fire Fox News A venerable American academic group's planned boycott of Israeli educational and cultural institutions over that nation's conflict with Palestinians has prompted a backlash from Jewish groups and at least one critic who plans to challenge the ... |
From Start-Up Nation To Scale-Up Nation: Israel Circa 2014 Forbes Israel, it turns out, is quite good at coming up with creative ideas, starting up companies, raising early stage funding, and exiting these small companies (<$100 million). In fact, Israel's built a startup culture that rivals Silicon Valley: Israel ... |
CNN | Israeli soldier killed at border with Lebanon CNN (CNN) -- An Israeli soldier was killed Sunday in a shooting along the Israel-Lebanon border, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The soldier was treated at the scene, then evacuated to a hospital. He later died of his wounds. Earlier Sunday, a ... |
Haaretz | Palestinians: Kerry taking Israel's side, no longer neutral mediator Haaretz Senior Palestinian sources are blaming the Obama administration for favoring the Israeli positions in the peace talks, claiming that this is compensation to Israel for the U.S. position in the Iran negotiations and blaming Washington's stance for ... Rivals Abbas and Mashaal Hold Rare Telephone Call |