The Guardian | Israel's Defense Minister Calls Settlers' Attacks on Palestinians 'Outright ... New York Times (blog) Israel's defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, denounced a campaign of attacks on Palestinian civilians and property by extremist Israeli settlers as “outright terror” on Wednesday, after two cars were set on fire with Molotov cocktails and Hebrew graffiti ... Ignorance about Jordan – A threat to Israel Israel, the Palestinians and the peace process All My Coalition Partners -- A Bibi Netanyahu Soap Opera |
Haaretz | Turkey is reneging on its deal with Israel Jerusalem Post A week later, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated that all three of Turkey's conditions for normalization with Israel had been met: apology, compensation and easing of the embargo on Gaza. “Turkey's basic demands have been met. We got what ... Being Erdogan means never having to say sorry |
The Times of Israel | African Asylum Seekers Demand Rights in Israel, Which Vows to Kick Them Out TIME African refugees living in Israel are staging a series of protests, marching on public squares, foreign embassies and government offices in the hope that international attention will provide what Israelis have not: an opportunity to remain in the ... African Migrants Protest Outside Israel Parliament Save Darfur and Israel: A personal plea from an American Jew in Israel Israel's African Asylum Seekers Go on Strike |
New York Times | Overhaul of Israel's Economy Offers Lessons for United States New York Times The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, has voted to break up the country's corporate conglomerates. The move followed mass protests in 2011 over the concentration of wealth in Israel. The protesters, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, had focused ... |
Haaretz | Palestinian official: Blast kills Gaza militant; Israeli army denies ... Haaretz A Palestinian militant was killed in an explosion in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a health official said, prompting an Islamic group to threaten attacks against Israel. The circumstances of the death were not immediately clear. Gaza Health Ministry ... Palestinian official says explosion has killed Gaza militant; Israel denies ... Gaza militant killed 'by Israel drone': medics Israel denies killing Islamic Jihad activist in drone strike |
Scholars launch counter-measures against MLA's moves toward boycott Jerusalem Post NEW YORK – On Thursday in Chicago, the 30,000-member Modern Language Association of America will hold its annual conference that will include a panel discussion featuring supporters of the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement against Israel. At the ... University Officials Who Opposed ASA Boycott of Israel Asked to Follow Suit ... Moral Narcissism and the MLA's Obsession with Israel Pro-Israel campus groups denied presentation at Modern Language Association ... |
International Business Times | The Daunting Challenge Of Defending Israel's Multi-Billion Dollar Gas Fields Forbes Israel is looking forward to a considerable energy windfall with the development of the Leviathan and Tamar natural gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean. These new resources should produce a revolution in Israel's energy security, provide a new ... Israel Said to Plan Pipeline for Gas Exports to Jordan Forget John Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy; Israel And Palestinians Sign Historic ... E&Y: Tamar gas worth $52b to Israel |
Haaretz | Jordan, Palestinians seek to buy Israel's excess desalinated water Haaretz Both Jordan and the Palestinians are seeking to buy Israel's excess desalinated water, TheMarker has learned. Israel recently disclosed that its desalination capacity exceeds the country's water needs, and the Jordanian government contacted Israel in a ... Encountering peace: The people's water |
Israel in the eye of the hurricane Jerusalem Post At the eye of this regional hurricane, Israel is eerily quiet, tensely following the turbulence and endeavoring, amid the wreckage, to fathom the shape of the new Middle Eastern reality. Much is still unknown—other than that the old order is gone for ... |
US and Israel optimistic on peace talks with Palestinians Financial Times Signs this week of tentative progress in the Israeli Palestinian talks, brokered by US secretary of state John Kerry, have brought rare expressions of optimism among conflict-hardened Israeli officials and an angry backlash from figures on the far ... |