New York Times | 40 Years After War, Israel Weighs Remaining Risks New York Times JERUSALEM — It was 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 1973, the day of Yom Kippur, the holiest in the Jewish calendar, and Israel's military intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Eli Zeira, had called in the country's top military journalists for an urgent briefing. Column One: Israel's 20-year nightmare 40 years on, the IDF finally emerges from the bunker Poll: Israel Unlikely to Suffer Surprise Attack Similar to 1973 War |
Haaretz | Israel Ushers in Solemn Jewish Holiday ABC News Israelis ushered in the holiest day of the Jewish calendar at sundown Friday as nearly the entire country ground to a halt for Yom Kippur, Judaism's day of atonement, observed with a 25-hour fast and long prayers. Jews traditionally spend the solemn ... Middle Israel: The last war Medics on high alert as Israel prepares to fast during a heat wave Israel Sobered By Syria Debacle |
Wall Street Journal | Disarming Syria Puts Focus on Israel, Egypt Arsenals Wall Street Journal GENEVA—The joint U.S. Russian push to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons is starting to have ripple effects, focusing attention on the suspected arsenal of Israel. By forcing Syria to admit to its stockpiles of the weapons of mass destruction and take ... Israel also facing questions about chemical weapons Cheer Up, Obama. Israel Is Happy With Your Syria Plan Kerry heading to Israel to update Netanyahu on Syria deal |
Christian Science Monitor | War in Syria: The stakes for Israel Christian Science Monitor Though Syria has technically been at war with Israel for decades and has long pressed for the return of the Golan Heights, which Israel captured in the 1967 war, the government of President Bashar al-Assad has long been one of Israel's quietest and ... |
The Electronic Intifada | Israel wants peace. Period. Aljazeera.com ... but we are also rodef shalom ["active pursuers of peace"]. So news of a possible breakthrough in the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1993, through the framework of what became known as the Oslo Accords, was initially met with enthusiasm among the Israeli ... Arabic professor distributes map without Israel, then pencils it in half-assedly 15 Ways Oslo Accords Serve Israel Israel exploits Egypt turmoil to increase attacks on Gaza farmers |
The Guardian | NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel The Guardian The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret document provided to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals. Details of the ... Israel denies spying on Americans after Snowden leak NSA 'routinely' shares Americans' data with Israel - Snowden leak Report: Data on Americans routinely shared with Israel |
NPR (blog) | An Unlikely Refuge: Some Wounded Syrians Treated In Israel NPR (blog) At about 2 p.m. on a recent day, hospital personnel at Ziv Medical Center in northern Israel got a text message from the Israeli army: We're on our way with four wounded Syrians. Half an hour later, two army ambulances pulled up to the emergency room. Three mortar shells from Syria land in Israeli Golan Heights Across enemy lines, wounded Syrians seek Israeli care In Israel, the Sanctity of Life Trumps Religion and Conflict |
Washington Post | Kerry to travel to Israel and meet Israeli PM Netanyahu Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Jerusalem on Sunday for discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Middle East peace talks as well as on Syria, the State Department announced on Friday. Israel divided over best course on Syria US Backing of Russian Plan Leaves a Wary Israel Focusing on Self-Reliance The Israel fear: A careful outreach to balance Syrian threat |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Israel stockpiled chemical weapons decades ago – CIA document RT Israel is believed to have secretly built up its own stockpile of chemical and biological weapons decades ago, reports Foreign Policy, citing a recently unearthed CIA document. American surveillance satellites uncovered in 1982 “a probable CW [chemical ... Does Israel Have Chemical Weapons Too? Israel built chemical weapons stockpile, CIA document indicates |
Rand Paul Draws Fire From Pro-Israel Group For "Promised Land" Comments BuzzFeed A source at Christians United For Israel calls Paul's comment to BuzzFeed “slander.” “He simply is asking all Christians to join him in reexamining our foreign policy and in working to make war a last resort,” a Paul adviser responds. posted on ... Paul Criticizes Pro-Israel Evangelicals Paul Criticized by Pro-Israel Group for 'Promised Land' Comments |