New York Times (blog) | Unexpected Detour Leads to a New Home: Israel New York Times (blog) As his departure for Israel neared, his fears were allayed. “A month before getting on the plane I would go out and every person I would go out to meet was Jewish or Israeli and they would said, 'Listen, when you get to Israel it's going to be amazing ... |
New York Daily News | Rubio in Israel Washington Post (blog) and Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu tapping water bottles but failed to pick up on a major policy declaration from Rubio. In a British Sky TV interview (notice the series of anti-Israel framed questions) Rubio says we should be doing more for the ... Marco Rubio's 'Watergate' moment even makes news in Israel Netanyahu, Rubio in water-bottle toast to US, Israel ties Rubio, in Israel, says he's 'pleased' Obama will visit |
Daily Beast | Israel To Return Farmland To Palestinian Owners Daily Beast Israel is slated to return some 1,200 dunams (300 acres) of farmland in the northern Jordan Valley to its Palestinian owners, following the Israel Lands Administration's [ILA] admission it had mistakenly assigned the land to Kibbutz Merav, which is ... |
ESPN | Official: Gary Johnson to recover ESPN Former Texas forward Gary Johnson is expected to make a full recovery after fracturing his skull in a collision with an opponent during a second-division Israeli basketball game. Johnson. The 24-year-old Johnson was put in a medically induced coma but ... Ex-Texas basketball player Gary Johnson fractures skull in Israel |
Aljazeera.com | Palestinians protest detention of hunger strikers by Israel Los Angeles Times RAMALLAH, West Bank –- Amid increasingly volatile protests around the West Bank, Palestinian and international leaders are pressuring Israel to release four Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strikes for several months in protest against ... Pressure mounts on Israel over Palestinian prisoner fast Lawyer: Israel Won't Free Palestinian on Strike Israel court defers release of hunger striker |
Israel's Dan Meridor on the future of the Likud Party Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM — Israel's conservative Likud Party may have dominated last month's national elections, but it faces a historic identity crisis that could affect its survival and ability to govern, says longtime Likud member Dan Meridor. As a leader of ... |
Israel's Secret Prisoner, Suicide and Hubris: Don't Rely on Spies to Be Perfect Huffington Post The complex tale of Ben Zygier -- the Australian immigrant to Israel who became a Mossad spy, was arrested in his adopted country, and was found hanged in a high-security prison cell -- would merit a place in espionage fiction. Over two years since his ... |
Prominent Hagel Detractor Endorses Fascistic Vision of Israel The Atlantic Instead, I bring this up to note the remarkable fact that Mr. Shapiro, who has positioned himself as a stalwart defender of Israel and of the Jewish people, has expressed views that place him squarely in the fascist camp. Not only is he to the right of ... |
Israel as a challenge for collective identity Jerusalem Post Among nation trying to forge a sense of collective identity among its population, Israel is unique. Unique in the sense that the Arab minority in Israel is sizable, and unique in the sense that Israel has been involved in almost continuous conflict ... |
CBS Local | Beth Israel Deaconess, New England Baptist hospitals to talk about running ... Boston Globe Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has agreed to talk to New England Baptist Hospital about a range of potential joint clinical and community programs, but a merger is not in the works. The two Boston hospitals have signed a memorandum of ... Beth Israel Uses Harp Music To Help Patients, Family, Staff |