Washington Post | US tells Israel: Pollard's release is still on the table Jerusalem Post A diplomatic source said that "if the Palestinian Authority agrees to stop its plans to join a number of international treaties and conventions, Israel will agree to a new prisoner release package in return for the continuation of negotiations until ... Israel and Palestine Take a break Contemptible John Kerry blames Israel for his own mess Israel imposes more sanctions on Palestinians |
The Guardian | Israel gave my grandmother sanctuary after Holocaust, says Ed Miliband The Guardian The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has recalled his first visit to Israel at the age of seven and spoken of his gratitude to the country for providing a sanctuary for his grandmother after her husband died in the camps. Miliband made the comments to ... Ed Miliband offers gratitude and criticism as he begins visit to Israel Miliband calls Israel 'Jewish homeland,' won't say he's a Zionist Ed Miliband visits Israel on start of three-day trip |
TheBlaze.com | Israel Says It Is 'Deeply Disappointed' by Kerry's Remarks on Peace Talks New York Times JERUSALEM — In an unusually pointed rebuke of an ally, Israel said on Wednesday that it was “deeply disappointed” by Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks a day earlier that appeared to lay primary blame on Israel for the crisis in the American ... Israel offers deal to rescue peace talks Israel 'Deeply Disappointed' By Kerry's Comments John Kerry Says Mideast Peace Talks Went 'Poof' After Israel Declined to ... |
Haaretz | Israel Launches New Spy Satellite ABC News Israel's Defense Ministry said on Thursday that it has successfully launched a new observation satellite into orbit, one which is expected to be used to observe Iran and hostile militant groups in the Middle East. According to the announcement, the ... Israel's most advanced satellite, Ofek 10, enters orbit Israel launches cutting-edge satellite to spy on MidEast adversaries Israel launches Ofek 10 radar-based spy satellite |
Mondoweiss | Bob Carr's 'Israel lobby' claims inaccurate, bizarre The Age Bob Carr's interviews on Wednesday on the ABC's 7.30 and Lateline, spruiking the publication of his The Diary of a Foreign Minister, make various claims about what he refers to as the Melbourne "Israel lobby" exercising extraordinary influence over the ... Australian Jews bash former FM for claims 'Israel lobby' holds 'unhealthy' sway Aussie media focus on Carr's assertion that Israel lobby had 'direct line ... Former Australian FM denounces Jewish lobby's 'extraordinary influence' |
3300-year-old coffin from time of pharaohs found in northern Israel Haaretz A 3,300-year-old Egyptian coffin from the time of the pharaohs has been discovered in the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. The cylindrical clay coffin from the Late Bronze Age, which was ... Rare sarcophagus, Egyptian scarab found in Israel In Israel, Archaeologists Unearth Rare Sarcophagus, Egyptian Scarab Sculpted Face Peers Out from Ancient Coffin Found in Israel |
New York Times (blog) | Embracing Ambiguity in Israel New York Times (blog) This search led him to Israel and to ask questions about the relationship between the country and Jewish identity. He asked himself, if diaspora defined Jewish identity for centuries, how did the creation of Israel alter that? After 25 years of ... When right-wing support for Israel clashes with liberal values of Diaspora Jews Significant Rise In Ukrainian Jewish Immigration To Israel |
Washington Post (blog) | Introducing Ofek 10, the just-launched Israeli satellite likely designed to ... Washington Post (blog) JERUSALEM – Israel's capacity to keep tabs on Iran was boosted Wednesday night after the successful launch into space of its 10th and most advanced satellite to date. The satellite, which Israelis call Ofek 10 (Ofek meaning dawn in Hebrew), entered ... |
Haaretz | Israeli sanctions against the PA are likely to backfire Haaretz Checkpoints may also return to roads that have been without them for years, and of course, Israel can continue to tighten the financial noose by withholding the roughly $100 million per month it collects in taxes for the Palestinian Authority. The new ... |
Simon Schama's Israel whitewash Mondoweiss And on contemporary Israel, Schama is something of a whitewasher. I refer to the Story of the Jews, his current five part PBS documentary and soon to be a two volume book, in which his emotionalism, his strong but not necessarily persuasive beliefs and ... |