Arutz Sheva | US Senate elevates Israel's status as 'major strategic partner' Jerusalem Post The bill declares Israel a "major strategic partner" of the US, enhances Israel's trade status to expedite export licensing, increases cooperation on energy, water engineering, research and development, and expands authority for forward-deployed US ... Senate Declares Israel a 'Major Strategic Partner' Senate Bill Makes Israel "Major Strategic Partner" Senate okays US-Israel Strategic Partnership bill |
Middle East Monitor | ISIS fight requires 'genocidal' Israel leave 'Palestine', Iran says Jerusalem Post Speaking before the United Nations Security Council at a meeting on the crisis in Iraq, Araghchi said that Israel's actions in Gaza can "only be called genocide," and said that such actions were a rallying cry for Islamic State. The group's demise must ... Iran and Israel's role in the war on ISIS |
Haaretz | Dear Fellow Liberals: I'm Done Apologizing for Israel TIME The conversation soon turned, as conversation often does among professional intellectuals, to Israel, specifically to the then-recent conflict between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters in the West Bank town of Jenin, which my dinner partner ... Israel mulling fee at Palestinian crossings Why Israel attacked so many Palestinian civilian targets during the 2014 offensive Hamas Would Abide By PLO Recognition of Israel, Legislator Says |
UEFA lifts ban on international soccer games in Israel Jerusalem Post As a result, the Israel national team postponed its Euro 2016 qualifying opener against Belgium from September 9 to March 31, 2015 so it wouldn't need to host the match in Cyprus the way Israeli clubs had to in the Champions League and Europa League ... UEFA lifts ban on Israel hosting matches Uefa lifts Israel ban |
New York Times | Hoping War-Weary Tourists Will Return to Israel New York Times On a recent afternoon in the Old City of Jerusalem, while fighting raged in Gaza, Bilal Abu Khalaf hosted a group of Israeli tourists at his textile store in the Christian Quarter — one of Jerusalem's tourist gems. Dressed in a striped galabiyya and ... |
Haaretz | Guided by Waze into the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict Haaretz She also put on Waze, by far the most popular navigation app in Israel. Like the Cohens, she was surprised to find herself in an unknown Arab village East of Jerusalem. “I had no idea what was going on, and the app didn't tell me a thing. I just ... What privacy debate? Police drone use in Israel flies under the radar Uefa reject Israel's Jerusalem bid for Euro 2020 |
Mondoweiss | Elizabeth Warren: It's “Fair” to Compare Israel to Nazis Power Line (blog) Elizabeth Warren is a heroine to many liberals, who hope she will challenge Hillary Clinton from the left. Even apart from the concept of anyone being to Hillary's left, this seems bizarre to me. Warren parlayed the false claim that she is an Indian ... Senator Warren's progressive supporters demand accountability for her ... |
The Atlantic | Israel's Worst-Kept Secret The Atlantic Israel has a substantial arsenal of nuclear weapons. Former CIA Director Robert Gates said so during his 2006 Senate confirmation hearings for secretary of defense, when he noted—while serving as a university president—that Iran is surrounded by ... |
Yahoo News | Another Democrat, another Israel bashing Washington Post (blog) Bill Clinton was caught off mike in Iowa this weekend “agreeing that the [Israeli] prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] was 'not the man' to make peace with Palestinians — a position at odds with his wife's pro-Israel stance, a new report said Monday ... Netanyahu rival shocks Israel with sudden plan to quit cabinet |
USA TODAY | UN's flight marks new era on Israel-Syria front USA TODAY CAMP ZIOUANI, Golan Heights (AP) — For four decades, a multinational United Nations mission has quietly monitored the sleepy Golan Heights — providing a symbol of stability between bitter enemies as it enforced a truce between Israel and Syria. Report: Islamic State Secretly Operating Near Israel, Establishing Sleeper Cells Philippines begins withdrawing troops from Golan |