Arutz Sheva | Gaza: Gunfire Erupts Along Border With Israel New York Times Palestinians fired at an Israeli military jeep along the Gaza border on Friday, hitting the vehicle but causing no injuries, and three Palestinian protesters were wounded by Israeli fire during disturbances along the border fence, the Israeli military ... Gaza gunmen fire at IDF soldiers across border Israel and the occupied territories: activities in 2012 Israeli army jeep hit by bullets near Gaza |
Daily Beast | Has Obama Lost Interest in Israel? Daily Beast Israel did receive one mention in Obama's recent State of the Union speech, but the Palestinians were ignored. Instead, Obama mentioned Iran once and Syria twice. In 2008 the Democratic platform promised “the personal commitment of the President of the ... Winners in Israel's game-changing election unlikely to lead charge for peace Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu suspends housing settlements ahead of ... Israel freezes settlements ahead of Obama's visit |
Christian Science Monitor | Anti-Israel remarks test John Kerry's diplomacy in Turkey Christian Science Monitor Turkey and Israel were once good friends, even holding joint military exercises. US leaders cited Turkey as an example of a Muslim country building a mutually advantageous relationship with the Jewish state. But that ended in 2010, when Israel ... John Kerry to urge Turkey to patch up relations with Israel after Zionism row US, Israel irked by Turkish PM's remarks on Zionism Israel, Turkey row over Zionism deepens rift between ex-allies |
The Daily Star | Croatia Is Withdrawing Soldiers From Israel-Syria Frontier New York Times Croatia has nearly 100 soldiers serving with the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, which is responsible for maintaining the fragile calm between Israeli and Syrian troops at the demilitarized zone along Syria's Golan frontier that was ... Croatia to withdraw troops from Syria-Israel border after reports it was ... |
Israel industrial park, meant to pull in Bedouins, draws skeptics Los Angeles Times RAHAT, Israel — On a patch of agricultural land outside Israel's only officially recognized Bedouin city, workers are laying concrete for what the government says will be a cornerstone of its policy to lure impoverished Arabs from barren Negev desert ... |
Press TV | US senators to Israel: We have your back Jerusalem Post Graham acknowledged US President Barack Obama's initiative to put a stop to Iran's nuclear ambitions, and said "the people who want to destroy Israel very much have us in their cross-hairs too... since America has no better friend in the Middle East ... Senators push vote for US to help Israel in attacking Iran New Senate Resolution: Back Israel if it Attacks Iran Lawmakers push measure on Israel's self-defense |
Daily Beast | Israel undermining own security with settlements, allies warn Los Angeles Times As Israel pursues an expanded settlement agenda in Palestinian territory, even its friends are beginning to sound like its adversaries. The European Union issued a damning report this week, calling the Israeli government's construct-and-control ... Delegitimizing Israel Makes Peace Harder to Achieve Israel: Catastrophe or Prophecy? Obama's Trip to Israel – The Best Path to Peace |
Press TV | Will the Lobby Exempt Israel Aid From Sequestration? Huffington Post (blog) Douglas Bloomfield, who served as AIPAC's chief lobbyist for more than a decade, reports this week that the lobby intends to insist that the United States not include Israel's $3 billion grants package in the sequester that goes into effect today ... AIPAC lobbyists to Congress: Despite sequester, don't touch Israel aid The Dreaded Israel Lobby Strikes Again |
The Guardian | Ethiopian women in Israel 'given contraceptive without consent' The Guardian Israel's health ministry is investigating claims that Ethiopian women are being injected with a controversial contraceptive without their knowledge or consent. Thousands of Ethiopian women are said to be receiving shots of Depo-Provera every three ... Israel gets first Ethiopian-born beauty queen Israel to investigate Ethiopian birth-control claims Black Jew Yityish Aynaw Crowned Miss Israel 2013 |
Moshe Feiglin and Naftali Bennett: Israel's new generation The Hill (blog) The dormant desire to restore Israel to Jewish values is exploding, said Naftali Bennett, who brings a new force and a new generation of politics to the Knesset in Israel. According to reports, he says that if the United States doesn't take care of ... |