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Breaking News From Israel :
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:55:05 -0400 UN to assemble Gaza flotilla investigation team Sunday
The United Nations is to assemble Sunday an international commission that will investigate the killing of nine activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid ship by Israeli commandos in May, the broadcaster al-Arabiya reported Saturday.
Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike
A leading member of Hamas was killed and eight others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on three targets in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources confirmed Saturday.
Bopanna-Qureshi's classic fight back to reach Farmers Classic semi-final
India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam Qureshi have defeated Arnaud Clement of France and Jonathan Erlich of Israel in a tough duel to reach the semi-finals of the Farmers Classic ATP Championship in Los Angeles.
Israeli rabbis to issue an edict to clamp down on 'burka'
Israeli rabbis are all set to issue an edict to clamp down on the growing number of devout Jewish women wearing 'burka' by declaring the garment an item of sexual deviancy that is as promiscuous as wearing too little.
Israel retaliates for rocket attack with air strikes on Gaza strip
Israel has launched air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip after a rocket fired from Palestinian territory exploded in an Israeli town 'Ashkelon', the first such attack in more than a year.
As envoy heads to Russia, Israel Radio misreports itself
Foreign language broadcasters at Israel Radio are angry because they feel that they’ve been denigrated by their colleagues.On Wednesday, Yaron Dekel in his program Hakol Diburim (It’s all Talk),...
Public asked to scrimp on electricity use
As temperatures surged on Saturday, the Israel Electric Corporation turned to the public with a request to minimize electricity use during peak hours – noon to 5 p.m. – starting on Sunday and co...
Livni meets Ramon amid report he tried to derail talks
With international pressure growing on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to negotiate directly with Israel, Kadima council chairman Haim Ramon met on Friday with the Kadima chairwoman Tz...
UNHRC urges Israel to allow external flotilla probe
The UN Human Rights Committee on Friday questioned the credibility of Israel’s investigation into the May 31 naval raid on a Gaza-bound ship, and called on Israel to explain how the raid resulted ...
Six airmen killed in Romania laid to rest across country
“Farewell, my sweet son,” she wept. Then, as she pounded her hands on the coffin, she added, “I won’t disappoint you, I will be a wonderful grandmother. I will raise the daughter you left...
Lebanon better able to catch alleged Israeli spies
A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations.
Lebanon better able to catch alleged Israeli spies
A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations.
Lebanon better able to catch alleged Israeli spies
A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations.
Lebanon better able to catch alleged Israeli spies
A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations.
Lebanon better able to catch alleged Israeli spies
A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations.
Lebanon better able to catch alleged Israeli spies
A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations.
16.5% Israeli Jews not considering vacation in Turkey
Poll: 81.2%:16.5% Israeli Jews not considering vacation in Turkey Dr. Aaron Lerner Date 31 July 2010 Telephone poll of a representative sample of 500 Hebrew speaking adult Israeli Jews by New Wave ...
Kassam damages building in Negev
Opinion: One Ready to Attack — One Preparing to be Attacked Late Saturday evening, a Kassam rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip toward the western Negev.The rocket landed outside of Sderot, hitti...
PA denies giving up on conditions
In light of the Arab League’s decision last week to authorize the Palestinian Authority to negotiate directly with Israel, PA officials denied that they have abandoned their conditions for holding...
Don't Dare Blame Hizbullah for Hariri Murder
At a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and Saudi King Abdullah, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called for an immediate end to the activity of the international tribunal investigating t...
What the electric company doesn't want you to know
Three years from now, Israel will face planned power outages. That's if you believe statements made last week by National Infrastructure Ministry officials on behalf of the Israel Electric Corporation...
Higher Education Council to oversee budgets of teacher training colleges
The Education Ministry allocates about NIS 520 million a year to teacher training and NIS 30 million annually to the teacher training colleges for development and computerization.
The Shekel Drops / Water, hypocrisy and politics
"Israel is still drying up," shrieks the Water Authority, and it's right. The last winter did not end the drought, which has now lasted five years. It has been the worst uninterrupted period...
We expect Tamar to be excluded from any oil royalty changes
Noble Energy, the American partner leading the consortium that's been drilling for natural gas off Israel's coast, told analysts and business reporters on Friday that it expects the Tamar field to be ...
Israel Urged To Develop Jets With Russia
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has been urged to develop a fighter-jet with aninternational partner. Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens said the Jewish state wouldhave a partner in any project to ...
Ban urges Israel to ease Gaza blockade
- UN chief Ban Ki-moon pressed Israel Friday to further ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip and to restrain settlement activity in the occupied West Bank as he met Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak....
we will set fire to Tel Aviv in response to the smallest aggression
Envoy Warns about Iran's Strong Response to Israeli Attack News number: 890509160519:38 | 2010-07-31Defence http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905091605 TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran's Permanent R...
Kassam damages building in Negev
A Kassam rocket was fired into southern Israel from the Gaza strip on Saturday caused serious damage to a public building in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council area. No one was injured in the attack....
US Support for Israel Near All-Time High
Speaking Saturday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that he welcomed the support of the American public, as expressed in a Gallup poll released Friday. The poll showed that US support of I...
Video Surveillance for Mt. of Olives Cemetery
Haim Miller, chairman of the Movement for Jerusalem Organization, is set to present at a meeting of government ministers Monday a demand for the installation of dozens of video cameras to monitor the ...
Gaza rocket strikes southern Israel for second time in 24 hours
Israel Air Force jets attacked Gaza Friday night in response to rockets fired on Ashkelon earlier in the day; Hamas vows revenge over militant's death in strike.
Support for Israel in U.S. at 63%, Near Record High
[IMRA: This item is from February but repeated now because it got into the news cycle again when JTA cited it] February 24, 2010 Support for Israel in U.S. at 63%, Near Record High Near-record-low...
Time to call Israel’s bluff
In one sense they are right. When the Palestine file was closed by Israel’s victory (ethnic cleansing and all) on the battlefield in 1948, the Palestinians were supposed to accept their lot as the s...
'I welcome US public's support'
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reacted positively during a closed meeting to discuss a Gallup poll that showed that the American public's support for Israel at it's highest level since the First Gu...
TA rally to remember gay club murders
A rally to commemorate the murder of two gay youth at a Tel Aviv community center a year ago and protest violence against gays in Israeli society was ready to begin in Tel Aviv Saturday night, Channel...
'Difficult Decisions' Will Be Necessary
Defense Minister Ehud Barak met on Friday with UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon. The two discussed a number of issues, including the direct negotiations that are expected to take place between Israel ...
'US pressuring PA into direct talks'
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, reiterated previous statements by Palestinian officials that the US would cease supporting the Palestinian Authority if it refused to ...
Thousands head to beaches to escape the heat
A series of irritating heat waves baking the country for nearly two months already continued over the weekend, and there are no signs that the current heat wave will abate until at least Tuesday. T...
Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas rocket maker Batran
Israeli warplanes fired missiles at five targets across Gaza, killing a senior commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people, the group said yesterday.The Israeli military confirmed the ...
Exhibiting fair and square
‘We bring the outside world to Israel because we know that the Israeli public won’t get to every country,” explains Sara Malka, the producer and artistic director of the Hutzot Hayotzer Intern...
The hutzpa to be exceptional
Born and raised in Clemson, Welsh is the child of a mixed marriage; his mother is Jewish and his father is Christian. Both his parents, though, are Zionists, he said, who instilled within him a pass...
UN, Israel discuss flotilla probe, diplomat says
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak discussed the Security Council's demand for an international investigation of Israel's deadly commando raid on a Tu...
Blaming Hezbollah for Hariri assassination will destroy Lebanon
Syrian President Bashar Assad called Saturday for an end to the International Court of Justice's investigation into the murder of former Lebanese President Rafik Hariri, claiming that the court has tu...
US companies tied to Dubai hit
American investigators have discovered that several companies based in the US were used to transfer funds to some of the suspected assassins of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
China invests $40b. in Iran oil and gas
China has invested an estimated $40 billion in Iran's oil and gas sector Deputy Oil Minister Hossein Noqrehkar Shirazi said in an AFP report Saturday.Speaking to the Mehr news agency, Shirazi stated t...
UN chief, Israeli deputy PM discuss Middle East process
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday met with visiting Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak to discuss the Middle East process, stressing the need to ease the closures ...
Gaza military group claims responsibility for firing rocket at Israel
The Gaza-based Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) armed group claimed responsibility on Friday for launching a Russian-made Grad rocket from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel.The group said in a leafl...
Calling Gaza a ‘Prison Camp,’ Cameron Condemns Israeli Blockade
Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday condemned the partial Israeli blockade of Gaza, describing Gaza as "a prison camp." In a speech to a business audience in Ankara, Turkey, Mr. Cameron urged Turk...
IAF strikes in Gaza; 1 killed
A 22-year-old Hamas member was killed and 8 people were wounded, several in serious condition, when the Israeli Air Force attacked several Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Friday, Israel Radi...
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