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Large group of US scholars endorse academic boycott of Israel - CBS News Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:20:57 GMT

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 IsraelDaily Beast
Boycott by Academic Group Is a Symbolic Sting to IsraelNew York Times
Major US academic body backs boycott of Israeli educational institutionsThe Guardian
RT (blog) -Jerusalem Post -TheBlaze.com
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Israel, Lebanon rush to ease tensions following border clashes - Fox News Tue, 17 Dec 2013 07:09:06 GMT

New York Times

Israel, Lebanon rush to ease tensions following border clashes
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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 ShootingNew York Times
Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliationAljazeera.com
Lebanese sniper kills Israeli soldier; Israel hits backUSA TODAY
Jerusalem Post
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A Walkout, and a Furor, During Debate on Israel at 92nd Street Y - New York Times (blog) Tue, 17 Dec 2013 17:28:41 GMT

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'Washington Post (blog)
'Pro-Israel' discussion in New York ends in walkout, insults and recriminationsHaaretz (blog)

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Arm thyself! - Jerusalem Post Tue, 17 Dec 2013 21:08:56 GMT

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 IranDaily Beast
Israel: The Chimera of FriendshipHuffington Post
Israel, Palestine, and DemocracyCommentary Magazine
Haaretz -Washington Post -New York Observer
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Bank of China affair || US family accuses Israel of bowing to Chinese pressure ... - Haaretz Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:04:33 GMT

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 ChinaABC News
US Family Accuses Israeli Gov't of 'Sabotaging' Terror LawsuitArutz Sheva

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Israel sends 150 protesting African runaways back to jail - Reuters Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:51:22 GMT

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 refugeesAl Jazeera America
Israel breaks up migrant protestWashington Post
Can Israel Solve Africa's Economic Woes?Commentary Magazine
New York Times
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Tax-exempt academic group's boycott of Israel draws fire - Fox News Tue, 17 Dec 2013 02:05:57 GMT

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 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:10:05 GMT

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 ...


Israeli soldier killed at border with Lebanon - CNN Sun, 15 Dec 2013 23:27:28 GMT

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 ...


Palestinians: Kerry taking Israel's side, no longer neutral mediator - Haaretz Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:42:05 GMT

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 CallArutz Sheva

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