Ynetnews | Swedish supermarkets back out of Israel boycott after media campaign Ynetnews Two and a half months ago, pro-Palestinian organizations submitted a proposal calling to take off the shelves any products manufactured in Israel, including those produced inside the Green Line. This was a mostly symbolic proposal, as the chain only ... Academics complain of covert boycott of higher education in Israel Israel Goes on Offensive Against Anti-Occupation Boycotts Swedish food co-op forces branch to drop Israel boycott |
Business Insider | Why Israel Lets Qatar Give Millions To Hamas NPR This is a story about Middle East cooperation that seems to defy all the rules. Israel's long-standing policy has been to isolate Hamas, the Islamist group that dominates the Gaza Strip. And Israel has long accused Qatar of financing Hamas, including ... Here's why Israel is helping Qatar aid Hamas in the Gaza Strip US envoy to UN: Comparing Israel to ISIS is fundamentally wrong UN Chief Criticizes Israel Over Deaths of Children in Gaza |
Fox News | Michael Douglas awarded $1 million prize in Israel Fox News Under a complicated arrangement, Israel allows anyone with at least a Jewish grandparent to qualify for citizenship under its "Law of Return." Yet the ultra-Orthodox rabbinate oversees civil services for Jews, including circumcisions, weddings ... Justice minister said gearing up to sue Israel boycotters Michael Douglas in Israel to receive Genesis Prize AP Interview: Michael Douglas in Israel for $1 million prize |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Fire at 'Loaves and Fishes' church was arson, Israeli police say CNN Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said she condemned the attack "in the strongest terms." "The State of Israel safeguards the freedom of worship of all faiths and completely rejects any and all attempts to harm it," Hotovely said in a ... 'Christian pilgrims reconsidering visits to Israel after suspected church arson' Catholic church in Israel badly damaged by suspected arson attack Church In Israel Partially Burned In Arson Attack, Authorities Suspect Jewish ... |
Newsweek | Inside Israel's Secret War in Syria Newsweek Much of what the indictment calls “secret Israeli army activity” is blacked-out in the document, and al-Makt's lawyer declined to comment. But Yamin Zidan, his former attorney, who wasn't allowed to represent him at the trial because he lacked security ... Israel must help Syria's Druze Don't bruise the Druze Israel may be drawn into Syrian war by plight of Druze minority |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Israel hasn't thrown in the towel on Iran deal despite Obama-Netanyahu rift Jerusalem Post Israel News Obama's National Security Adviser Susan Rice and Netanyahu's National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen have maintained good relations, and Israel is trying to influence the deal through this channel. US President Barack Obama (L) and Prime Minister ... Michael Oren sees a US alliance in tatters, and Israel 'on our own' US ambassador decries former Israeli envoy's 'imaginary' claims about Obama The US Must Stop Enabling Israel |
Wall Street Journal | Saudi Arabia Reluctantly Finds Common Ground With Israel About Iran Wall Street Journal JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia—After launching into a tirade about the malicious designs of their perfidious foe, three Saudi academics and analysts on separate recent occasions began by pronouncing “Israel”—and then, catching their error of habit mid-word, ... Iran is turning Israel and Saudi Arabia into allies As Iran deal takes shape, Israel plays up regional common ground Israel's Pulling Out All The Stops To Prevent Iran Deal, And The EU, UN Are ... |
New York Times | To Celebrate 50 Years, the Israel Museum Looks Back Much Further New York Times The two pieces, representing the genesis of agriculture and its latest end products, are part of an exhibit titled “A Brief History of Humankind,” a centerpiece of the 50th-anniversary celebrations this spring at the Israel Museum. In a country that ... |
Haaretz | How far will Israel go to protect Syria's Druze? Haaretz A smaller scale drama is taking place at a Druze enclave in the village of Khader, adjacent to the border with Israel. Opposition forces have now taken over two Syria army positions there, 1.5 kilometers from the village. The fighting is taking place ... Analysis: Israel is not facing a Druse refugee crisis, but it is ready for one Israel threatens military intervention in Syria's civil war Moment of truth drawing near for Syria's Druze – and for Israel |
Ynetnews | PLO official: Retract recognition of Israel Ynetnews The news agency said that Erekat urged the Palestinian Authority to refuse recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, reject placement of Israeli troops in the Jordan Valley as part of a peace deal, and rebuff efforts to compromise over the PA's sovereignty ... Erekat: PLO should consider nixing Israel recognition PA's Saeb Erekat Calls for Withdrawing Recognition of Israel [video] Saeb Erekat: PLO should consider retracting recognition of Israel |