New York Times | Surge in Palestinian Youths in Prison Tests Israel's Justice System New York Times HALHOUL, West Bank — Sharing a cell inside an Israeli prison, the Palestinian girls would toss baskets and play a game they called shuffle ball. There were academic classes in the afternoon, and sometimes an Arab-Israeli prisoner known as Auntie Lina ... When has negotiating with Israel ever helped the Palestinians? Why some Palestinians aren't optimistic about Israel's decision to ease residency restrictions Israel Rejects French Initiative to Convene International Peace Conference |
The Intercept | Why a British Fight Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Matters to the Rest of Us The Intercept When the debate is unpacked, however, it becomes clear that what's at stake is something much broader: whether critics of Israel, who question its government's policies or its right to exist as a Jewish state, are engaged in a form of coded anti-Semitism. Ken Livingstone cites Marxist book in defence of Israel comments Corbyn announces independent probe into Labour anti-Semitism Challenge perceptions on Israel |
New York Times | Obama-Netanyahu Rift Impedes US Offer of Record Aid Deal for Israel New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama has proposed granting Israel the largest package of military aid ever provided by the United States to another nation, but he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remain deeply at odds over a figure for the assistance ... Why would Israel reject the largest US aid offer in history? NYT: Israel denies waiting for Obama successor to strike defense aid deal Netanyahu, Obama's Tense Relations Hinder US-Israel Aid Deal |
U.S. News & World Report | Obama and Congress Hurtle Toward Showdown Over Israel Missile Defense U.S. News & World Report Congress and the Barack Obama administration are once again on a collision course over missile defense aid for Israel as lawmakers begin to mark up their Defense bills for the next fiscal year. The House Armed Services Committee on April 27 took up an ... |
The Economist (blog) | Ken Livingstone's slurs The Economist (blog) THE borders between criticism of Israel, anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism are, like Israel's borders, disputed. Some people believe that denying Israel's right to exist, alone among the world's states, or boycotting Israeli goods while neglecting other ... How to Criticise Israel Without Being a Dick Beta Israel: Ethiopian Jews To Return To The 'Promised Land' by 2020 For French Teen Studying in Israel, It's All About Being a Jew Among Jews |
Washington Post | Rushing to Iraq, old tensions stymie new deal for Israel, and disciplinary moves for Afghanistan hospital bombing Washington Post OLD TENSIONS STYMIE NEW DEAL FOR ISRAEL The United States and Israel haven't been able to finalize a 10-year deal on U.S. aidy, even though it would be the biggest package the United States ever offered its ally, the New York Times reports, ... |
Israel treads carefully with claim to Golan Sentinel-Tribune JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked a new diplomatic brushfire by declaring that the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war, is and should remain "under Israel's sovereignty permanently.". |
Fox News | Family: 2 Palestinian siblings slain by Israel without cause Fox News QATANA, West Bank – The parents of two Palestinian siblings gunned down at a West Bank checkpoint say Israeli troops killed them without cause. The deaths of 24-year-old Maram and her 16-year-old brother, Ibrahim Taha, raise new questions about ... Israel Frees Palestinian Girl, 12, Who Tried to Stab Guard Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman and brother, armed with knives: police Israel bulldozes scores of EU-built Palestinian homes in bitter dispute over control of West Bank |
Newsweek | Israel's Press Freedom Rating Downgraded Due to Netanyahu-Friendly Newspaper Newsweek Israel Middle East Press Freedom An Israeli worker for the daily "Israel Hayom" distributes copies of the newspaper to drivers of passing vehicles and pedestrians in Jerusalem, May 19, 2014. Freedom House has downgraded Israel's press freedom rating ... Israel Drops in Freedom of Press Index Due to pro-Netanyahu, Adelson-owned Paper |
Haaretz | What We Can Learn From Israel's Involvement in an Azeri-Armenian Skirmish Tablet Magazine It would appear unwise for Israel (or any country for that matter) to insert itself into additional intractable conflicts, so when Haaretz reported that a plane from Azerbaijan's defense ministry landed in Israel twice during four days of clashes in ... Azeri Defense Ministry Plane Landed Twice in Israel During Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh |