Jewish Chronicle | Offering Amnesty, Hamas Urges Collaborators With Israel to Surrender New York Times That message appeared this week on dozens of billboards and in graffiti on walls across Gaza, as the Hamas government began an intensive one-month campaign to urge people who collaborate with the Israeli authorities to surrender willingly in exchange ... 'The Gatekeepers': Israel's former security chiefs open up Hamas warns Israel against harming minister Palestinian rocket, not Israel, killed infant in Gaza |
Haaretz | Obama Fantasizes About Hanging Out in Israel, Wearing a Fake Mustache ABC News (blog) Bemoaning the loss of his anonymity ahead of his trip to Israel next week, the president told Israeli Channel 2 that he often wishes he could just be a regular tourist. “Sometimes I have this fantasy that I can put on a disguise, wear a fake mustache ... In Israeli real estate, foreign buyers influence style, not price Obama: Fake Mustache Needed for Israel Trip |
Washington Post | White House: Israel must appeal to public opinion as it seeks peace in ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — The White House says Israel's security depends in part on its ability to court Arab public opinion, as the strongman leaders it long depended on give way to democratically elected governments that may be more hostile to the Jewish state. Obama's visit to Israel criticised as a 'maintenance trip' without peace plan Three Reasons Obama is Traveling to Israel Obama tries new tack with Israel, appealing to wary public |
Israel prime minister forges deal for new coalition government Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached deals Thursday with two political rivals that will enable him to forge a broad-based, but potentially unstable, coalition government. After weeks of hard-fought negotiations with the ... |
Voice of America | Israel's Netanyahu clinches coalition deals Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched deals on Thursday for a coalition government set to curb benefits for ultra-Orthodox Jews, a hot-button issue that has pushed peacemaking with Palestinians to the sidelines. Israel Forms New Coalition Government Israel PM Netanyahu strikes coalition deal with rivals Israel's Netanyahu 'strikes' coalition deal |
Christian Science Monitor | Obama's Israel agenda: negotiate, visit sites – and dine with beauty queen Christian Science Monitor Obama's staff personally invited the newly crowned Miss Israel, Yityish Aynaw – who is the first black Israeli to the hold the title – to a dinner at the home of President Shimon Peres next Thursday, a symbolic nod, perhaps, to the country's 120,000 ... Obama's Israel Itinerary Includes Some Standard Stops, but Not Others Obama to Skip Western Wall, Knesset in Israel Obama to Israel: no plans to free spy Pollard 'immediately' |
Daily Beast | Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Jews Have Permission To Believe Daily Beast For decades, the rest of Jewish Israel has been sending their sons and daughters to fight—and too often die—in Israel's wars. But with only a few exceptions, haredim have not, because their rabbis have ordered them not to. Instead, haredim send their ... |
The Economist | Russia, Israel and the Middle East Vladimir Putin and the holy land The Economist RECENTLY Vladimir Putin took officials to Moscow's lavish new Jewish museum for a meeting on inter-ethnic relations. After a kosher breakfast and a short tour with Hasidic rabbis, he enthused that even Israel did not have anything on this scale. Mr ... Palestinian leader wants peace talks with Israel Abbas optimistic on peace talks with Israel later this year |
Daily Beast | What The Head Of Israel's Military Intelligence Thinks Of Iran Daily Beast Speaking in his uniform, Israel's top military intelligence official broke down his agency's assessments of threats facing the country without the passionate flair of many speakers here at Herzliya, Israel's leading security conference. His remarks ... Israel: Assad Ready to Use Chemical Weapons Israel sees 50000 Syrian fighters backed by Iranian Israel says Iran setting up army in Syria |
MiamiHerald.com | Israel welcomes new pope as friend of the Jews MiamiHerald.com JERUSALEM -- Israeli leaders are welcoming the selection of Pope Francis and calling him a friend of the Jewish people. President Shimon Peres invited the new pope to follow the lead of his two predecessors and visit Israel. In a meeting with Roman ... New pope hopes for 'renewed collaboration' with Jews Israel Invites Pope Francis to the Holy Land Israel's Chief Rabbinate on New Pope: We are Confident He Will "Strengthen ... |