Haaretz | Hezbollah vows retaliation against Israel for airstrike against site in Lebanon Washington Post BEIRUT — Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement threatened Wednesday to retaliate against Israel for carrying out an airstrike against one of the group's positions in Lebanon for the first time in eight years, raising the stakes in Syria's steadily ... Israel Takes Risk With Airstrike on Hezbollah Israel Bombs Hizballah Missile Convoy on Syria-Lebanon Border Hezbollah threatens to attack Israel in response to Syria border strike |
Aljazeera.com | Israeli Warplanes Strike Near the Border of Syria and Lebanon New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli warplanes launched two raids near the Syrian-Lebanese border late Monday, according to Lebanon's National News Agency, raising speculation that Israel might have targeted a weapons convoy to prevent the Syrian government ... Israeli PM Deflects Report on Lebanon Airstrikes Israel strikes area on Lebanon-Syria border Lebanese media: Israeli air raid hits Hezbollah 'missile site,' kills militants |
Al-Arabiya | Jordan MPs vote to expel Israeli ambassador, recall Jordanian envoy to Israel Fox News AMMAN, Jordan – Jordan's parliament has voted unanimously to expel the Israeli ambassador and recall its own envoy, after Israeli lawmakers debated whether to take over a Jerusalem holy site administered by Jordanians. The vote by acclamation ... Jordan MPs want Israel peace treaty scrapped Amnesty International to US, EU: Suspend all arms transfers to Israel US has coerced Israel into 'terrible peace deal' say MPs |
Haaretz | Israel silent on Uganda's anti-gay law, fearing blow to strategic alliance Haaretz Israel is remaining silent on Uganda's new anti-homosexual act to avoid damaging its strategic alliance with the East African country. The Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, which Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law Monday, prescribes ... |
Haaretz | Israeli lawmakers assail US envoy: Kerry coercing Israel into a terrible deal Haaretz At a tense meeting Tuesday between U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro and members of the Knesset's Land of Israel caucus, the ambassador was taken harshly to task for U.S. policies on the Palestinian issue. The 16 lawmakers, mostly settlers and members of ... Land of Israel Lobby in the Knesset issues apology Wednesday after meeting ... Right-wing MKs apologize to US envoy for leak Right-wing MKs apologize to US ambassador for 'closed meeting' leaks |
The Guardian | The America-Israel lobby must fully back Kerry's Israel-Palestine initiative The Guardian Next week's annual National Policy Conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) is shaping up to be another truly dramatic moment of US political theater. US Secretary of State John Kerry, who has impressed Israelis and ... Consul: Israel stronger than perils Ya'alon: Iran More Worrisome, Its Missiles Can Cover all of Israel An Iran deal and Israel's nukes |
Slate Magazine | Israel Is About to Become the Middle East's Next Energy Powerhouse Slate Magazine It wasn't long ago that Israel's oil and gas industry was the territory of wishful thinkers like John Brown, a born-again Christian from Texas who saw a map to oil gushers in readings of the Bible. In the 1980s, I interviewed his site manager, also a ... Israel to Join OPEC? |
Haaretz | The Awkward Photo That Has All of Israel Talking 'Right Now' TheBlaze.com German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were captured Tuesday in a very unfortunate pose. The frozen-in-time image of Netanyahu's finger casting a Hitler mustache-like shadow over Merkel's face is so unfortunate ... 2 Allies Meet Before 50th Anniversary of Israeli-German Ties Iran a threat not just to Israel, says Germany's Merkel 'Hitler mo' overshadows Israel visit |
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. | UCLA student government votes against divestment from Israel Los Angeles Times After a meeting that lasted until dawn Wednesday, the UCLA undergraduate student government voted against a measure that would have urged the UC system to sell off stocks of companies that do business with the Israeli military and profit from Israel's ... Boohoo: UCLA anti-Israel activist cries hysterically after divestment vote ... UCLA student council rejects Israel divestment resolution UCLA Student Curses and Cries After Anti-Israel Measure Fails |
China Buys Its Way Into Israel's Tech Scene Bloomberg Israel's technology scene has recently spawned several global sensations, and the Chinese are getting in on the action. In an interview, Israeli Chief Scientist Avi Hasson said his office worked with China on dozens of joint technology projects last year. |