CBS News | Streisand slams treatment of women in Israel CBS News Barbra Streisand waded into one of Israel's touchiest issues during the first major stop on her tour of the country -- Jewish religious practices that separate men and women. Speaking at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday, she took aim at ... In Israel, Streisand slams treatment of women Streisand, on tour of Israel, slams ultra-Orthodox treatment of women Barbra Streisand Voices Concern for Women in Israel |
Christian Science Monitor | Israel skeptical new Iran president can ease tensions USA TODAY Although Rowhani was the candidate least tied to the current regime, he "still defines the state of Israel as 'the great Zionist Satan,' " Netanyahu said. In addition, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, not its president, determines nuclear ... Iranian discontent unlikely to bring nuclear change: Israel New Iran Prez: Our Economic Problems All Israel's Fault Israel's Netanyahu cautions against seeing big change in Iran |
Haaretz | 'No alternative' to Palestinian state: Bill Clinton in Israel Fox News JERUSALEM (AFP) – Former US president Bill Clinton said during a visit to Israel on Monday that he saw "no alternative" to a Palestinian state. Speaking at an event in honour of President Shimon Peres' 90th birthday later this year, Clinton said: "I'm ... Bill Clinton: Israel Must Make Peace to Survive Clinton: Only 2 state-solution can preserve Israel as Jewish, democratic state Naftali Bennet, Israel's Economy Minister, Says Palestinian Statehood Is 'Dead ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Israel debates branding settler price tag attacks 'terrorism' Christian Science Monitor Frustrated at their inability to stem a spike in violence against West Bank Palestinians by Jewish settlers with so-called "price tag" attacks, over the weekend Israeli law enforcement authorities came within a whisker of getting permission to treat ... Israel toughens law against anti-Palestinian vandals Israel rejects Jewish extremist group's terrorist tag, despite hate crimes Cabinet fails to call price tag attacks 'terrorism' |
The IRS vs. Pro-Israel Groups National Review Online (blog) Applications of pro-Israel groups for tax-exempt status are routinely routed to an antiterrorism unit within the Internal Revenue Service for additional screening, according to the testimony of a Cincinnati-based IRS agent. Asked whether Jewish or pro ... |
Haaretz | Balad pushes bill to make Arabs autonomous minority Jerusalem Post The Israeli-Arab Balad party is pushing a bill that would enshrine the country's Arabs as an official minority with autonomous national rights in fields such as culture and education. They seek to have the bill included in Israel's Basic Laws, which ... Another brick in Israel's apartheid wall |
Rand Paul's call to end foreign aid concerns Israel Washington Times Mr. Paul, who is contemplating a 2016 presidential bid, traveled to Israel earlier this year to make his argument for curtailing foreign assistance, challenging Republican orthodoxy that America's relationship with its closest Middle East ally is ... |
Barbara Streisand Slams Treatment Of Women By Ultra Orthodox Jews In Israel ... Huffington Post Her arrival at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday, with her dog in tow, received prominent media coverage. Streisand, 71, will attend the 90th birthday party of Israeli President Shimon Peres later in the week before appearing at her first ever ... |
Two-state solution a 'dead end,' Israeli minister says Los Angeles Times Speaking to a sympathetic audience of settler leaders in Jerusalem, Bennett said "never have so many people spent so much energy on something so pointless," adding that what Israel must do in the West Bank is "build, build, build." His comments are the ... |
Israeli official blasts idea of Palestinian state Yahoo! News JERUSALEM (AP) — The idea of Palestinians establishing a state in the territory they seek has "reached a dead end," a senior Israeli official said Monday, in the latest remarks by hard-liners that appear to contradict the country's official support ... |