Al-Arabiya | Lebanon: Israel Detonates Spying Device, 1 Killed ABC News Israel remotely detonated a spying device planted in south Lebanon, killing a member of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah in the explosion, the group said Friday. Hezbollah Al-Manar TV said Hassan Ali Haidar was killed after army intelligence spotted a ... Officer: Israel's Iron Dome would be unable to intercept Hezbollah missiles Israel preparing for 'very violent' war against Hezbollah, TV report says Israel preparing for war against Hezbollah: Report |
New York Times | Another thousand acres Binyamin Netanyahu orders the biggest land-grab in a ... The Economist SOME people are never grateful. On August 31st Israel's government made its largest appropriation of occupied West Bank land in a generation. It took some 1,000 acres of virgin hills for a proposed new city, Givaot, doubling the population of the Gush ... Between Gaza and Israel, a Border Crossing in Need of Travelers Today's letters: Is Israel justified in building new settlements? Israel's claim of West Bank land sparks controversy |
Arutz Sheva | Friends, supporters worked to keep Steven Sotloff's Israel ties secret Los Angeles Times But Sotloff's case carried an entirely different level of peril: He was Jewish, and an Israeli citizen. Being held by Islamic militants whose credos often call for the destruction of the Jewish state, his identity, if known to them, could have hastened ... 'Steven Sotloff Immediately Fell in Love with Israel' |
The Guardian | Israel to build 283 homes on West Bank The Guardian Israel has published tenders to build 283 homes in a West Bank settlement, days after announcing its biggest land grab on occupied Palestinian territory for three decades. The expansion of the Elkana settlement, in the north-west of the West Bank, was ... US considers action against Israel after announcement of West Bank land grab Gaza's Battle to Hold Israel Accountable for War Crimes and Crimes Against ... Israel's seizure of 1000 acres is wrong move at wrong time |
Fact Check: Why did Starbucks pull out of Israel? Florida Times-Union “A: We decided to dissolve our partnership in Israel in 2003 due to the on-going operational challenges that we experienced in that market. After many months of discussion with our partner we came to this amicable decision. While this was a difficult ... |
The Economist | Israel trusts no one on its newly chaotic border with Syria The Economist NO SOONER had Israel finished one war with the Islamist fighters of Hamas in Gaza, on its southern border, than al-Qaeda began knocking on its gates at the other end of the country, in the north. On August 27th Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda's affiliate in ... Israel 'cooperating with Assad' in Golan Heights Golan Heights: Israel fires into Syria after 'errant fire' Al-Qaeda arrives at Israel's doorstep in the Golan Heights |
Haaretz (blog) | As Obama addresses ISIS, he might learn from an Israeli leader's stuttering speech Haaretz (blog) Listening to President Obama hem and haw on America's future response to Islamic State, I was reminded of one of Israel's most famous speeches – perhaps infamous is the more accurate term – delivered by then-Prime Minister Levi Eshkol a week before ... |
Reuters | Israel says it gagged reports captive Sotloff was its citizen Reuters Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing foreign calls to advance stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians after Israel's seven-week Gaza war against Islamist Hamas, cast Sotloff as an example of liberal Western values shared by the Jewish state. Limited US intel crippled Foley, Sotloff rescue mission Sotloff was citizen of both USA, Israel Israel Reveals That Steven Sotloff Was Also an Israeli Citizen |
The Times of Israel | Israel-bashing Illinois rabbi, Brant Rosen, quits congregation The Times of Israel JTA — A prominent rabbi whose outspoken criticism of Israel became too divisive for his congregation announced this week that he is resigning his pulpit. Brant Rosen, rabbi at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston, Ill., made the ... |
Jittery Israel Gears up for War Crimes Battle ABC News Israel launched the war on July 8 with a massive aerial bombardment of Gaza in response to weeks of heavy rocket fire. It later sent in ground troops to destroy a network of tunnels used by Hamas militants. Hamas and other militant groups fired ... |