New York Times | At Synagogue, Obama Restates His Support for Israel New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday sought to reassure American Jews that he is a fierce supporter of Israel as he visited an influential synagogue here on Friday to defend his quest for a nuclear agreement with Iran. The visit was also an attempt ... Obama Restates Support of Israel in Synagogue Speech Obama: Iran agreement will help Israel Obama rejects 'rubber stamp' of Israel policies |
Obama is nostalgic for “white” Israel Washington Post To understand how this sounds to someone sensitive to the history of various historically disfavored groups in Israel, imagine a foreign leader had said “I came to know America based on images of Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, the American Federation ... |
The Guardian | Israel has many injustices. But it is not an apartheid state The Guardian I have now lived in Israel for 17 years, doing what I can to promote dialogue across lines of division. To an extent that I believe is rare, I straddle both societies. I know Israel today – and I knew apartheid up close. And put simply, there is no ... |
Wall Street Journal | Israel Frets as UN Works to Arrange Mideast Nuclear Conference Wall Street Journal Israeli officials said they are concerned the Obama administration is preparing to renege on a 2010 commitment to shield the Jewish state from attending a United Nations-backed conference aimed at establishing a Middle East free of nuclear weapons. US Rejects Nuclear Disarmament Document Over Israel Concerns Concern in Jerusalem over international decision against Israeli nuclear program US presses Israel on talks for Middle East nuclear-free zone |
Telegraph.co.uk | Israel: Eurovision 2015's craziest performance? Telegraph.co.uk Otherwise known as Nadav Guedj, Israel's answer to Justin Timberlake and most recent victor of Israel's most-watched singing competition, The Rising Star. Contrary to appearances, he is only 16, one of the youngest performers at this year's Eurovision ... Sixteen year old Israeli snatches coveted slot in Eurovision semi-final Israel's 'Golden Boy' Makes Eurovision Finals Eurovision 2015: Israel qualify for first song contest final in five years and ... |
The Guardian | Israel's new deputy foreign minister: 'This land is ours. All of it is ours' The Guardian Israel's new deputy foreign minister on Thursday delivered a defiant message to the international community, saying that Israel owes no apologies for its policies in the Holy Land and citing religious texts to back her belief that it belongs to the ... Hotovely: Land of Israel belongs to the Jews World should recognise Israel's historic claim to land from river to sea ... A Bad Idea Brings Out the Best in Israel |
i24news | US rejects final paper of nuclear disarmament conference over Israel concerns i24news The United States rejected a global document toward creating a nuclear weapons free world, saying "some countries" attempted to "cynically manipulat ” the process by attempting to set a deadline for Israel and its neighbors to meet within months on a ... |
CNN | Israel PM suspends trial Palestinian bus segregation program CNN A senior official in the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN that the Prime Minister had stepped in after deciding that the program -- backed by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon -- was not acceptable. "These proposals are ... Israel Calls Off Palestinian Bus Segregation Plans Israel Cancels Project Barring Palestinians From Some Buses to the West Bank Israel 'apartheid' bus trial suspended |
DefenseNews.com | Israel Event Focuses on Mutual Threat DefenseNews.com TEL AVIV — A three-day, closed-door conference attended by eight top NATO air defense commanders and senior staff ended here Thursday with an agreement in principal to hold similar events each year focused on cooperation in the face of common ... Watch Out, Pakistan: Israel to Sell India Mobile Missiles Israel To Help India Develop Missile System Report: Israel, India Close to Missile Development Deal |
legal Insurrection (blog) | The Palestinians Continue Their War Against Israel in Soccer legal Insurrection (blog) The latest manifestation of this lawfare against Israel to make the news is the effort by Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) to suspend Israel from FIFA, the governing body of international soccer. Sepp Blatter, the ... Israeli activists meet with FIFA head Sepp Blatter to tell him: Israeli ... Israel briefly detains traveling Palestine player Israel urges UEFA head to sway Palestinian suspension bid |