Israel Watches Warily as Hezbollah Gains Battle Skills in Syria New York Times On the one hand, Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese Shiite organization that fought a monthlong war against Israel in 2006, is preoccupied with shoring up the government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in its struggle against rebel forces, and is ... |
BBC News | Israel: Palestinian jurist killed on Jordan border charged at troops yelling ... Jerusalem Post The Palestinian judge who was shot and killed by IDF soldiers near the Allenby Bridge crossing between Israel and Jordan on Monday had shouted "Allahu akhbar" ("God is great" in Arabic) while charging at troops manning the terminal just moments before ... Israel expresses regret over death of Jordanian judge Israel Expresses Regret Over Death of Jordanian Israel 'regrets' killing Palestinian judge deemed 'terrorist' |
Haaretz | Israel should heed Cameron's friendly warning Haaretz British Prime Minister David Cameron is arriving for his first official visit to Israel. He is surely aware that Europe may not be flavor of the month in Israel these days, as alarm grows in Jerusalem over the prospect of European boycotts and ... New Israeli law kills minority representation Will Israel's demand for 'Jewish state' acceptance legitimize apartheid? British voters hope Cameron acknowledges Jewish state on Israel trip |
Daily Mail | Israel Displays Arms It Says Were Headed to Gaza New York Times JERUSALEM — Israel's seizure last week of a merchant vessel said to be carrying an Iranian arms shipment had two goals, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: to prevent the cargo from reaching Palestinian fighters in Hamas-run Gaza, and to ... Israel Displays Rockets Seized in Red Sea Raid Israel criticises international 'leniency' towards Iran Israel: Gaza-bound Iranian rockets had 100-mile range |
Haaretz (blog) | God's work Haaretz (blog) Preventing a war crime is a good thing. Protecting innocent civilians, without doing harm to other innocent civilians, is the highest act to which a government can aspire. That is what Israel did when it intercepted a shipment of dozens of M-302 ... |
www.worldbulletin.net | Israel open to joint missile defense with Jordan, Egypt Reuters Brigadier-General John Shapland, chief defense attache for the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, raised the idea of extending Israel's anti-missile umbrella in comments to a security conference in the city. "If we were able to build a regional defense ... Israel open to joint missile defence with Jordan, Egypt US General proposes Israel defend Jordan, Egypt with anti-missile system Israel not opposed to potentially extending their anti-missile umbrella to ... |
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian at Jordan crossing Reuters Israel, which captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war, operates a transit terminal for Palestinians and foreigners at the Allenby bridge, known in Jordan as the King Hussein bridge. A crossing for Israelis is further south ... |
Magazine's Stand on Israel New York Times From the beginning The New Republic clearly labeled itself on its cover “a journal of opinion.” The editors of the publication during my 35-year tenure as owner — from Michael Kinsley to Frank Foer — were very comfortable with its support for the ... |
CBC.ca | World's oldest masks united for first time at the Israel Museum Jerusalem Post With Purim around the corner, the Israel Museum brings together for the first time a rare group of 9,000-year-old stone masks, the oldest known to date, in a new exhibition starting today. Culminating nearly a decade of research, “Face to Face: The ... World's oldest masks displayed in Israel |
RT (blog) | Arab League refuses recognizing Israel as 'Jewish state' RT (blog) "The council of the Arab League confirms its support for the Palestinian leadership in its effort to end the Israeli occupation over Palestinian lands, and emphasizes its rejection of recognizing Israel as a 'Jewish state'," Arab foreign ministers said ... |