New York Times | Good Bat? Jewish? Sign Him Up! New York Times Peter Kurz, right, president of the Israel Association of Baseball, with Syed Fakhar Shah, the Pakistani team's manager. Team Israel is in Brooklyn for the World Baseball Classic qualifiers. Credit Ryan C. Jones for The New York Times. Every few weeks ... Israel's Baseball Team Is Ready to Rock Coney Island—and Maybe Shock the World Israel's World Baseball Classic team expects to feel at home playing in Brooklyn |
Live Science | Ottoman-Era Fisherman's House Unearthed in Israel Live Science An Ottoman-era fisherman's house filled with metal fishhooks and lead weights has been discovered in the city of Ashkelon, Israel. The unprecedented find was dated back to the Ottoman Empire by archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority. |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Obama's tense relationship with Netanyahu colors his legacy on Israel Los Angeles Times After eight years of tense meetings, awkward public encounters and disagreement over key issues, President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are aiming to leave the impression that the relationship between their nations is on an even ... Analysis: Putting Obama' s 31 words on Israel-Palestinians in perspective Obama, Netanyahu Say US-Israel Bond 'Unbreakable' Obama turns over Israel's two-state challenge to successor |
The Atlantic | The Knife Attack Outside Israel's Embassy in Turkey The Atlantic Relations between Turkey and Israel have been on the mend in recent months following several years of estrangement over the Israeli raid in 2010 on a flotilla bound for Gaza. Ten Turks were killed in that raid. Turkey, which is officially secular, is ... Alleged Attacker at Israeli Embassy in Ankara Is Shot by Security Local Security Shoots, Wounds Knife-wielding Attacker at Israeli Embassy in Turkey Man Wounded After Attempt to Enter Israeli Embassy in Turkey |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Chilean MPs show support for Israel after local Palestinian backlash to MK visit Jerusalem Post Israel News The Chilean MPs called to expand ties with Israel in the areas of water resources, entrepreneurship and innovation. A member of the Palestinian community in Chile paints a Palestinian flag on her face during a protest against Israel's military ... |
Haaretz | There Won't Be Peace Until Israel Accepts Responsibility for the Nakba Haaretz The government of Israel confirms once again: War crimes were committed in 1947-1948; there were acts of slaughter, there was expulsion, there was ethnic cleansing – there was a Nakba, a Catastrophe as the Palestinians call their experience in those ... |
Reuters | Senators want to change massive new Israel aid package Reuters WASHINGTON Republican U.S. lawmakers launched an effort on Tuesday to modify a $38 billion military aid agreement with Israel by providing more money and easing controls on how it is spent, setting up a showdown with President Barack Obama over ... US aid deal gives green light to Israel's erasure of Palestine Obama, Keen to Push Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Will Meet With Netanyahu 81% of Americans Oppose $38 Billion Pledge to Israel |
New York Times | Rights Groups Criticize Israeli Inquiry Into 2014 Gaza War New York Times A displaced Palestinian family camped amid the destruction in Gaza in 2014, after a cease-fire with Israel came into effect. About 2,200 Palestinians were killed during the war that year, more than half of them civilians. On the Israeli side, 73 people ... Israel Declares War on Gaza's NGOs Israeli Fighter Jet Shoots Down Hamas Drone Over Gaza Israeli activist heading for Gaza with protest flotilla |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Iran 'Determined' to Boost Military After US-Israel Deal ABC News In comments broadcast live on Iranian state TV, Gen Mohammad Hossein Bagheri said the U.S.-Israel aid deal "will make us more determined in strengthening the defense power of the country." He spoke at an annual military parade. Last week the U.S ... Iran threatens to 'turn Tel Aviv and Haifa to dust' if Israel missteps Iran shows off new missiles, threatens to destroy Israeli cities Iran Military Parade Showcases Missile That Threatens to Turn Israel to 'Dust' |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Syrian rebels to return body of Israeli spy, report reveals Jerusalem Post Israel News Eli Cohen, the Israeli spy who penetrated the Syrian regime during the early 1960s, was captured killed in 1965. Eli Cohen. Reproduction of an Israeli stamp being issued to honour the Mossad intelligence agency spy Eli Cohen who was hanged in Damascus ... Lebanese TV backs off claim that Israeli spy's body will be returned Israeli spy's widow: 'Someone tell us where Eli is buried' Report: Remains of Spy Eli Cohen to be Returned to Israel After 51 Years |