![]() guardian.co.uk | Israel: Shalit talks to resume only if Hamas presents new prisoner ... Ha'aretz, Israel By Barak Ravid, Yoav Stern and Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondents Israel will agree to resume negotiations with Hamas for the return of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit only if Hamas submits a new list of prisoners for Israel's consideration, ... Video: Israeli soldiers claim attacks on Gaza civilians were permitted Mashaal: Israel tricked Hamas, Egypt Report: Talks on prisoners' swap with Israel may to resume within days |
![]() BBC News | Netanyahu recruits Shas party for Israel coalition Reuters "Israel is set to face many challenges, both social and economic and on the diplomatic and security front, as a result it is only right to combine forces and form a broad government," Shas leader Eli Yishai told journalists after the deal was signed. ... Olmert: Netanyahu could lead Israel into unprecedented isolation Israel's Barak assembles team for coalition talks Olmert warns Barak against joining Netanyahu's government |
![]() TVNZ | Israel says car bomb defused at shopping mall Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday an explosives-laden car parked at a shopping mall in northern Israel, and defused by police, was an attempted Arab attack aimed at causing mass casualties. Israeli media reported a ... Israel car bomb 'disaster' averted Car Bomb Found Near Crowded Israeli Mall Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: "The state of Israel takes these ... |
![]() Arutz Sheva | Bank of Israel May Lower Key Rate to Record Low: Week Ahead Bloomberg By Alisa Odenheimer March 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Israel will probably cut its benchmark lending rate to a record low as Governor Stanley Fischer seeks to bolster a contracting economy. The rate will be reduced by a quarter point to 0.5 percent, ... What will Stanley do next? Bank of Israel May Lower Key Rate to Record Low Monday Dollar falls to NIS 4.02 after Fed announcement |
![]() BBC News | Hamas chief hails Obama approach BBC News, UK The US, EU and UN will not deal with Hamas, which seized the Gaza Strip in 2007, unless they reject violence and recognise Israel. Hamas's charter calls for the destruction of Israel, although the group has also offered a long-term truce if Israel ... Obama 'language' wins Hamas praise Obama administration's change in foreign policy? Hamas Obama Approach, Hamas Praises Obama |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Israel's upcoming gov't scrambles to mend ties with Egypt Xinhua, China JERUSALEM, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Israel's upcoming government is trying to warm up relations with Egypt that has been chilled by recent remarks by would-be foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, local media reported Sunday. ... Egypt won't boycott peace celebrations Israel, Egypt at odds over FM designate Egypt envoy to attend Jerusalem ceremony, despite boycott threats |
![]() ESPN STAR Sports | Iran targets the US Jerusalem Post, Israel It sheds light on a special aspect of US-Israel relationship: defiance of mutual threats. Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Shahab-2 missile is carried on a truck through the Persian Gulf highway after a military parade. Photo: AP Iran pursues nuclear ... The US and Iran - Two Nuclear Countries Living in Mutual Respect Nuclear Clouds Gather Over the Asia Pacific Israel launches covert war against Iran |
S&P Israel unit rates MA Industries bonds "AA" Reuters TEL AVIV, March 22 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's unit Maalot said on Sunday it rated as "AA" an expansion of a bond series of up to 500 million shekels ($124 million) by Israel's MA Industries (MAIN.TA), the world's biggest maker of generic ... Hapoalim to pay interest on capital notes on time |
The debatable power of the Israel lobby guardian.co.uk, UK Jonathan Freedland is right to deny the role of an all-powerful Israel lobby in the US (Discard the mythology of 'the Israel Lobby', the reality is bad enough, 18 March). In fact, he could have added another item to his list of the lobby's failures to ... |
AFP | Anti-Arab attacks 'on the rise' in Israel AFP JERUSALEM (AFP) — Anti-Arab verbal and physical attacks inside Israel have spiked in the wake of elections held earlier this year in which right-wing parties made major gains, a human rights group said on Sunday. The Mossawa Centre for the Rights of ... Racist attacks against Arabs increase tenfold - report |