Telegraph.co.uk | Israel's ultra-Orthodox protest draft bill Aljazeera.com Israeli police closed the main highway into Jerusalem and the city's central roads ahead of a mass rally by ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting government plans to draft them into the army. Ultra-Orthodox Jews from across the country took to the streets on ... Ultra-Orthodox Rally in Israel Against Draft Bill Hundreds of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews stage mass protest in Israel Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews in mass anti-draft protest |
Ultra-Orthodox Jews stage mass protest against Israeli draft law Reuters Changing the so-called secular-religious status quo in Israel has carried significant political risk in the past for its coalition governments, which have often relied on the support of ultra-Orthodox partners. But now, for the first time in a decade ... |
RT | 'US pressuring Israel to stop killing Iran nuclear scientists' Jerusalem Post The United States is reportedly pressuring Israel to stop assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists, a number of whom have been mysteriously killed in a campaign thought to be carried out by Mossad. According to CBS News, Obama administration officials ... Obama pushes Israel to stop assassinations of Iran nuclear scientists – report US said to have urged Israel to halt Iran killings US to Israel: Stop Assassinating Iranian Nuke Scientists |
The Guardian | Obama: 'The Window Is Closing' for a Viable Israel-Palestine Peace Deal The Atlantic President Obama spoke on Israeli-Palestinian peace, the Iranian nuclear negotiations, and the Syrian civil war in a wide-ranging interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg conducted on Thursday and released on Sunday afternoon. After a global ... US pushing Israel to stop assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists Obama to Netanyahu on peace: 'If not now, when?' Binyamin Netanyahu visit will test strains in US-Israel relationship |
Haaretz | US removes Israel from intellectual property watch list Jerusalem Post Economy Minister Naftali Bennett called the decision an “important vote of confidence by the US,” saying the move would help Israel advance its industry and innovation, not just in the US but around the world. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni vowed to ... US removes Israel from blacklist of patent violators Israel Removed from Intellectual Property 'Black List' |
A Bastion for Israel, Seething Inside New York Times Before long, journalists and historians were debating not just Middle East history, but also whether the spat portends a cultural and ideological shift at a liberal magazine as famous for its fractious internal politics as for its strong support of ... |
Haaretz | Why Israel No Longer Trusts Europe New York Times BERLIN — In February, the German politician Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament and the Social Democratic candidate for European Commission president in the coming European Union elections, traveled to Israel to address the ... Israel legally separates Christians from Muslim Arabs Not Arab enough for a Jewish MK? Israel Separates Christian and Muslim Arabs (Legally) for the First Time |
Is a Settlement Boycott Best for Israel? New York Times Boycotting settlements puts teeth into that protest – teeth bared, appropriately, not at Israel but at pro-settlement policies. As demonstrated by the Israeli reaction to European Union policies targeting settlements, and by the SodaStream fracas ... |
Yahoo News | Israel's ultra-Orthodox stage huge anti-draft protest Yahoo News The protest was sparked by cuts in government funding to Jewish seminaries, or yeshivas, and a planned crackdown on young ultra-Orthodox men seeking to avoid Israel's compulsory military draft. The cabinet last year agreed to end a practice under which ... |
Aljazeera.com | Israel shoots dead woman near Gaza border Aljazeera.com Israeli military shot dead a Palestinian woman in the Gaza Strip in an area near the border that Israel has declared a no-go zone for Palestinians, local hospital officials have said. Gaza residents said it was not clear why 50-year-old Amna Qdaih, who ... Hamas Chases Protesters From Gaza-Israel Border Clearing the fog on Israeli drone use in Gaza Gaza official: Palestinian woman killed on Israeli border |