New York Daily News | Israel and Turkey let bygones be bygones Washington Post THE DARKENING situation in the Middle East has produced a silver lining. With Syria's civil war intensifying and Iran showing no sign of slowing its nuclear program, Israel and Turkey have patched a nearly three-year-old rift. In a March 22 phone call ... Obama sees the light in Israel Israel-Gaza Border Crossings Reopened 'If apology to Ankara fails, not Israel's fault' |
Haaretz | Israel sends more medics to border with Syria as more wounded Syrians cross ... Fox News JERUSALEM – Israel's military says it's beefing up medical teams along the border with Syria following several cases of wounded Syrians crossing the frontier to seek medical assistance. A military official said on Thursday there have been "numerous ... Events in Syria pushed Israel to apologize to Turkey Syrian treated in Israel succumbs to wounds Israel sets up field hospital in Golan to treat Syria militants |
Haaretz | Israel operating field hospital along border with Syria Haaretz Israel has reportedly set up a field hospital along the border with Syria to treat Syrians wounded in their country's bitter and bloody civil war. According to the French news agency AFP, the hospital is situated at Fortification 105 in the northern ... |
The Independent | Space for Barack, but not Barak: Embarrassment for Israel after former premier ... The Independent Last week's state dinner thrown by Israel for the visit of Barack Obama was a glitzy affair: there were television personalities, politicians, models and even The Independent was invited, at least to cover the event. But there was no place for Israel's ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Israel's Jewish population reaches symbolic number of 6 million Telegraph.co.uk The new statistics mean Israel has become the world's biggest Jewish population centre, for the first time surpassing the United States, which has around 5.5 million Jews. The trend has been fed by emigration to Israel from the Jewish diaspora ... Israel Supplants U.S. As World's Largest Jewish Population Center, Passing ... Israel's 6 Million Jews Makes It Largest Jewish Center Avoiding anti-Israel campus not best strategy |
BBC News | Cyprus jails Hezbollah operative for Israel attacks plot BBC News A Cypriot court has jailed a member of the Lebanese militant Shia movement Hezbollah for three years for plotting to attack Israeli targets there. Hossam Taleb Yaccoub, a Lebanese Swedish national, admitted collecting information on Israeli tourists ... Cyprus Court Gives Hizbullah Man 4 Years Over 'Israel plot' Cyprus gives Hezbollah terrorist 4 years in prison Cyprus jails Hezbollah man for plot to kill Israelis |
Saudi Gazette | Gaza borders opened after closure due to rockets Jerusalem Post The closures came after Palestinians fired rockets into southern Israel during the visit of United States President Barack Obama. One projectile damaged a home in Sderot, and a second fell in an open area. Two more landed inside Gaza. The attack ... Israel reopens Gaza crossings, lifts restrictions Israel reopens Gaza crossing after week of closure Israel closes Gaza border for Jewish holiday |
Haaretz | Israel's defense budget is gorging on cash much needed elsewhere Haaretz Israel's defense budget is gorging on cash much needed elsewhere. In Israel, budget behemoths like defense and the monopolies are gorging on money needed for health, education and welfare. Let's hope new Finance Minister Yair Lapid shows some ... Lapid, Ya'alon cooperate ahead of of budget cuts |
Obama appeals to Israel's conscience Washington Post As a piece of rhetoric, Barack Obama's speech to college students in Jerusalem was a triumph. He finally convinced Israel and its supporters that “HE GETS US,” as one of them e-mailed me. “In his Kishkas [gut], he gets us!” But Obama also spoke more ... |
The Nation | Assad's Israeli friend Haaretz With the Syrian regime becoming destabilized, its borders breached and the struggle for its future rupturing the region, Israel had the back of the tyrant from Damascus. It made no deterrent military moves, did not openly support the Syrian opposition ... Mortar hits Damascus University, killing 11 |