The Atlantic | The Coming Confrontation Between Israel and Iran The Atlantic This is because, while we have been debating, Iran has been acting—and Israel has been reacting. Israel has struck sites in Syria 100 times in the last five years, bombing when it saw an Iranian effort to move high-tech materiel to Hezbollah in Lebanon. |
The Independent | Tony Blair says he regrets siding with Israel and George W Bush over Hamas boycott in 2006 The Independent For the first time, Tony Blair has said he and other world leaders were wrong to give in to Israeli pressure to boycott Hamas after it won the Palestinian elections in 2006. Mr Blair, who was Prime Minister at the time, supported President George W ... Hamas Agreed Not to Carry Out Terror Attacks Against Israel, Palestinian Sources Say Tony Blair regrets siding with Israel on Hamas boycott Hamas reportedly agreed not to carry out terror, rocket attacks against Israel |
Haaretz | Amid evangelical support, Israel toasts ties with Christians Washington Post JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister has told a group of Christian media professionals that Israel has no better friend than the world's Christian communities. Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Sunday at the Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem, the first such ... Israel to probe foreign funding of human rights groups US Exit From UNESCO Took Israel by Surprise, Was Uncoordinated Israel to set up parliamentary probe into foreign gov't funding of rights groups |
Haaretz | Two rockets fired from Sinai at Israel Jewish Telegraphic Agency The Code Red alert siren sounded in Israeli communities on the border with Gaza on Sunday night. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that two rockets were launched from Sinai. It is not known if the rockets fell in Israeli territory. The IDF is ... Two Rockets Fired From Sinai at Southern Israel Near Gaza Border, Israeli Army Confirms Two rockets fired into Israel from Sinai, no injuries Two rockets fired from Sinai on Israel |
Haaretz | Under Pressure, Israeli Government Suspends Controversial Plan to Set Up Database of Jewish Students in US Haaretz Several hours after Haaretz published a story exposing a controversial Israeli government initiative to set up a database with the names of all Jewish students in the United States, the plan was put on hold. Based upon a statement published by Hillel ... Israel, Morocco & The Jewish People The slow death of Israeli citizenship |
ABC Online | Labor's Michael Danby took sick leave in sitting week to attend Israel conference on 'global jihad' ABC Online According to the institute, the conference was to discuss the evolving threat of "global jihad" and the "terrorist threat posed to Israel and other democratic countries". A few days later Mr Danby was still in Israel, meeting with Australian ex-pat ... Shorten ally chucks a parliamentary sickie to take a trip to Israel Labor MP Michael Danby takes overseas trip to Israel while on sick leave in 2017 |
Haaretz | Why Israeli Athletes Hardly if Ever Take a Knee Haaretz Such a protest, like the one now happening in American football, will never make it to Israel. Here, sport denies with all its might any connection to the political scene, tries to present an airbrushed picture of itself devoid of bruises and fissures ... |
NDTV | Israel, Saudi Arabia 'Guiding' US President Donald Trump: Iran NDTV Israel, Saudi Arabia 'Guiding' US President Donald Trump: Iran. It was clear that the Zionist regime of Israel and some countries like Saudi Arabia have played a major role in writing Trump's speech and guiding him, Larijani was quoted as saying on ... Saudi view of Trump's new Iran approach 'identical' to Israel's |
The Jerusalem Post | Israel to clamp down on foreign funding of NGOs The Jerusalem Post Speaking at a conference held for Christian media outlets in Jerusalem on Sunday evening at the Israel Museum, Netanyahu further explained the decision to crack down on the funding of NGOs that are perceived as anti-IDF. "There is no army that is more ... Israeli Government to Form Inquiry Committee Probing Foreign Funding of Left-wing Groups |
The Hill | Israel had no warning that US would pull out of UNESCO: report The Hill Israel was not briefed on the U.S. decision to leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and was reportedly taken off guard by the move, according to Haaretz. Israeli and American officials told the ... Will a Jewish head of UNESCO change its anti-Israel bias? Israel declares war on "bias" by departing UNESCO |