New Yorker (blog) | The United States and Israel: What Now for the “Honest Broker”? New Yorker (blog) The Israel lobby in Washington is as strong as ever, and recent polls show that a sizable majority of Americans believe the United States should continue to support Israel, or even support it more vigorously. With little public pressure for a shift in ... Israel-PA peace talks postponed after West Bank terror attack Israel, Palestine peace meeting postponed Islamic Jihad warns Israel against another Gaza war |
American-Israeli relations: US still Israel's best friend but no longer ... Fox News Two Israeli Air Force pilots watch the C-130J Super Hercules military aircraft, top, as it lands during an unveiling ceremony upon its arrival in Nevatim Air Force base near Beersheba , Southern Israel, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The U.S. made ... |
GlobalPost | Jerusalem riot at holy site dispersed by Israel police Christian Science Monitor JERUSALEM. Israeli police stormed a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem on Wednesday, firing tear gas to disperse a protest by Palestinian Muslim worshippers, officials said. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories ... Police storm Temple Mount to disperse Palestinian riot The new dynamic between Israel and the Jewish world Israelis flee Israel for Passover, irony abounds |
Haaretz | Netanyahu calls Putin, takes neutral stance on Ukraine Jerusalem Post Russia is a major player in three areas of major concern to Israel: Iran, Syria and arms sales to the Middle East. Putin spoke on the same day about Ukraine with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On Monday, US ... Putin to Netanyahu: Ukraine to blame for escalation Netanyahu, Putin confer on Ukraine crisis |
Attack on Israeli Army post by right-wing Jewish settlers brings fear of a new ... Fox News HAIFA, Israel – Israelis are concerned by growing tension caused by the collapsing peace talks and by renewed calls from some in the international community to boycott their country. But many people appear significantly more troubled by last week's ... |
Haaretz | How to survive a conversation on Israel Haaretz Far more uncomfortable than the climate, though, was the topic at hand: Israel. But discomfort in discussing Israel was what brought them there. The event, referred to as a Town Square, was the first public gathering organized by Resetting the Table, a ... |
NPR | Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Put Faith In Unorthodox Dating Service NPR Yael Mizrachi, a 33-year-old Israeli woman, has been to many matchmakers. "Too many," she says, rolling her wide dark eyes and tossing her shoulder-length hair. Matchmakers are the traditional way to find a mate in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community ... |
The National Interest Online | Surprise Attack on Iran: Can Israel Do It? The National Interest Online According to a report in March by the Israeli daily Haaretz, Israel continues to prepare for a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. Quoting anonymous members of the Knesset who were present during hearings on the military budget, officials in the ... |
Haaretz | Scientists sniff out new species of garlic in Israel Haaretz Salavatore Brullo of the University of Catania, considered a global expert on species of wild garlic, visited Israel, and on a tour he conducted on Mount Hermon with Fragman-Sapir, the two found an unfamiliar population of garlic. Samples were ... |
Startup Israel Suffering Most OECD Poverty as Poor Surge Bloomberg Unable to pay their rent and turned down for public housing, Yafit Krisi and her husband gathered their four children and moved into a tent outside the city hall in Ashkelon, on Israel's Mediterranean coast. “Life is very hard in Israel and everything ... Government Slow To Respond As Israel Has Highest Rate Of OECD Poverty ... |