New York Times | Biden and Netanyahu Stress Points of Unity in Speeches to Pro-Israel Group New York Times WASHINGTON — The thundering ovations, slickly produced videos and legions of lawmakers were the same as ever. But something was missing as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee convened here this week for its annual conference: tension. Obama's Israel trip in jeopardy Biden, Netanyahu set tone on Iran for Obama visit to Israel Biden: No one has done more for Israel's security than Obama |
Wall Street Journal | Israel's Palestinian-only buses draw accusations of segregation, apartheid Washington Post (blog) According to the Israeli paper Haaretz, the two new, non-mandatory public bus lines will start from checkpoints in the West Bank and run north toward Tel Aviv to help “relieve the distress of the Palestinian workers,” in the words of Israel's ... Split Israel Bus Lines Spur Segregation Debate West Bank Buses Only The Latest In Israel's Segretated Public Transport Israel takes heat for de facto segregation on new West Bank buses |
DEBKA file | Israel warns it cannot "stand idle" as Syria war spills over border Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel warned the U.N. Security Council on Monday that it could not be expected to "stand idle" as Syria's civil war spills over its border, while Russia accused armed groups of undermining security between the states by ... Russia and Israel each warn trouble building up on Golan border Israel envoy urges UN action to stop fire from Syria An Apple a day to keep Syria at bay? |
TIME | Thwarted by Two Rising Stars, Israel's Netanyahu Gets More Time to Form ... TIME Five weeks after managing only a thin victory in an election he was expected to dominate, and four weeks after being formally asked to assemble a government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked for a final extension on what's turning out to ... New Israel coalition formed in 'days ahead': Netanyahu Israel heads for coalition without conservatives Lapid and Bennett: Progress on Israeli coalition talks with Likud |
Arutz Sheva | Israel on alert as locusts hit neighboring Egypt CBS News JERUSALEM Israel is on a locust alert as swarms of the destructive bugs descend on neighboring Egypt ahead of the Passover holiday. Israel's Agriculture Ministry set up an emergency hotline Monday and is asking Israelis to be vigilant in reporting ... Israel on Alert as Locusts Cross in From Egypt Locust swarm crosses from Egypt into Israel Israel issues locust alert after bugs plague Egypt |
Verbal Combat: The Rise of Israel's Words Warriors Huffington Post (blog) The current thinking of the State of Israel and its allies worldwide is that the Jewish state must embrace whatever friends it can find in whatever form they take. And if those 'friends' offer outrageous oral attacks, just sweep it under the rug ... |
Slate Magazine | It Takes an AIPAC Village Slate Magazine A hundred-odd “pro-Israel lobbyists,” as the official literature calls them, gather around a small stage in the AIPAC Village. There are several of these stages. It's a large “village,” located at the bottom of the Walter E. Washington Convention ... 'Israel lobby' to push for aid despite sequestration cuts Israel fears loss of US handout The sequestration burden |
EZchip Trails Peers as Competition Dims Sales: Israel Overnight Bloomberg Shares of the Yokneam, Israel-based company fell 22 percent in the last month, the biggest decline on the Bloomberg Israel- US Equity Index (ISRA25BN) of the largest U.S.-traded Israeli equities. EZchip, which is near its cheapest valuation since ... |
Daily Beast | Why Israel is Losing the PR War Arutz Sheva Part of the problem with Israel's PR is the fact that we even refer to an intellectual defense of Israel as “public relations.”It's not a matter of mere PR or image. It's a matter of our core values and our willingness to stand up for what we believe ... The Israel Lobby at its Intimidating Worst – in Britain Israel/Palestine and the Re-education of Sarah Schulman |
Israel to cede land? First the atrocity in Ramallah, Mr. President Washington Times NEW YORK, March 4, 2013 - Word is out that our president, in advance of his trip to the Jewish State in a couple of weeks, wants Israel to cede enough territory to make room for a sovereign Palestinian state by 2014. But which Palestinian organization ... |