Aljazeera.com | Israel Strikes 2 Gaza Sites Hours Before Start of Talks New York Times (blog) JERUSALEM — In the hours before Israeli-Palestinian peace talks were to start here on Wednesday, Israeli warplanes struck two sites in Gaza in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian coastal territory against southern Israel the night before ... Talks resume as Israel frees Palestinians, pursues settlements Israel approves another 900 settler homes Israel frees 26 prisoners on eve of new Palestinian peace talks |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Israel to pay students to defend it online USA TODAY JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is looking to hire university students to post pro-Israel messages on social media networks — without needing to identify themselves as government-linked, officials said Wednesday. The Israeli prime minister's office said in a ... Israel to hire pro-government tweeters and Facebookers Covert Twitter Ops: Israel's Latest (Mis)Adventure in Digital Diplomacy Israel plans to recruit students for online diplomacy |
New York Times | Israel Releases 26 Palestinian Prisoners, to Cheers and Anguish New York Times RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel released 26 long-serving Palestinian prisoners late Tuesday as part of an American-brokered deal allowing the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on Wednesday. |
Ma'an News Agency | As Mideast talks resume, security, sovereignty conflict USA TODAY As in previous Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, success will hinge on finding a way to reconcile Palestinian desires for a true independent nation with Israeli demands for concrete steps that assure they will never again face terror from Palestinian ... West Bank's Ahava Muddies Address as EU Boosts Israel Rules Report: Israel to hand over terrorists' bodies to Palestinians PA to demand DNA tests before Israel returns bodies |
New York Times | On Eve of Talks, Israel Approves More Housing and Stops a Rocket New York Times JERUSALEM — In a new affront to the Palestinians on the eve of resumed peace talks, the Israeli Interior Ministry's final approval of nearly 900 new apartments in a contested part of Jerusalem has been officially published, Israeli news media reported ... |
Voice of America | EU, Israel begin talks over participation in Horizon 2020 Jerusalem Post At the beginning, in Tel Aviv, of the first EU-Israel meeting to discuss Israel's participation in the lucrative project, Foreign Minister deputy director-general for economic affairs Irit Ben-Abba – who led the Israeli delegation at the talks – made ... Israel Poised to Halt EU Science Collaboration Israel may shun key EU programme over settlement spat Israel May Shun Key EU Project Because of Boycott |
Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners ahead of negotiations Fox News The decision to release the men has stirred anguish in Israel, particularly among the relatives of those killed in attacks. Meanwhile celebrations were planned in the Palestinian territory, where Palestinians generally view the prisoners as heroes ... |
ABC News | Sinai missiles fall on Israeli city as desert jihadists wage war on two fronts Fox News A missile attack on Israel's popular Red Sea resort of Eilat Tuesday morning prompted deployment of the military's vaunted Iron Dome defense – and has raised new fears Egypt's army can't contain the violence in the increasingly lawless Sinai Peninsula. Israel shoots down rocket targeting resort city Eilat Israel Army Shoots Down Rocket Near Egypt Border Israel's Iron Dome destroys rocket fired from Egypt's Sinai |
ABC News | Israel Keyes Update: Remains of at least 5 victims of Alaska serial killer are ... CBS News (CBS/AP) ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska serial killer Israel Keyes buried three victims in the state of Washington and submerged two others in a lake there but refused to provide many more details about their whereabouts, according to interviews released ... Victims of Alaska Serial Killer Israel Keyes Being Sought by FBI Alaska serial killer Israel Keyes' may have had Chicago victims FBI releases serial killer Israel Keyes' interrogation tapes |
Hezbollah says it struck Israeli troops in southern Lebanon Jerusalem Post Nasrallah told Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen television that Hezbollah fighters planted bombs in an area they knew in advance Israeli soldiers would pass through, and detonated one of them when a first group of special forces reached the area. Related:. Nasrallah: Syria Gave Us Many Rockets During War Nasrallah: Hezbollah behind last week's blast near border |