Provides the latest RSS feeds for Israel News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Middle East Star.com http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/cat/f81a4d9d561822ee/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 15:22:09 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:22:09 -0400 30 Anahid Melikian, left, and her niece Anahid Melikian Helewa have tried to find out about their family's books from the Israeli Embassy in Ottawa. Marianne Helm for The ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214603654/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 13:49:02 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214603654/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee In an interview with an Argentinian newspaper, Syrian president says the West sent Israel to strike Syria "to raise the morale of the terrorist groups"; says international intervention is ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214603568/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 13:42:36 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214603568/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Finance Minister Yair Lapid is working to build a "coalition within the coalition" to create a civil alternative to religious marriage in Israel, including gay marriage.In a question and answer session on his Facebook page Thursday night, Lapid told a questioner that he was "definitely" planning on advancing the civil marriage ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214602910/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 12:39:51 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214602910/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee There was this Israeli man who, from time to time, put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God for favors -- as Jews have been doing for centuries. They believe that the gates of heaven are located directly above the Wall, making it easy for their missives to arrive quickly. The man always wondered what all the other petitioners were requesting from the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214602508/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:08 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214602508/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee In past week Palestinian Authority security forces interrogated, detained two journalists, despite promises to honor freedom of media; interrogators forced reporter to provide them with email and Facebook ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214601903/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 10:40:27 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214601903/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Policeman says crossing will remain closed until the seven remaining kidnapped hostages who were taken by Islamic militants are freed and the Interior Minister comes to listen to security ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600779/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 08:35:37 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600779/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following reports of the delivery of missiles and advanced anti-missile batteries to Syria, Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin soon to discuss the issue. The Prime Minister's Office would not confirm when the visit would take place or any details about it, but one official who spoke on condition of ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600917/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 08:31:05 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600917/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Israel would prefer President Assad to survive his country's bloody two-year insurgency if the alternative were a takeover by rebels infiltrated by Islamic extremists, Israeli officials said yesterday. Intelligence sources said that an intact, but weakened, Assad regime would be preferable for the country and the whole troubled region. "Better the devil we know than the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600986/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 08:10:39 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600986/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee A public flap has erupted after the Israeli government spent more than $127,000 to build a bedroom for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and his wife Sarah on a flight to attend the funeral of British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600918/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 08:09:07 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600918/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee May 18, 2013 Israel prefers the regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria to continue than see a takeover of the country by rebel Islamist ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600520/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 07:37:19 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600520/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee An explosive American TV appearance by an Israeli expat and his wife, and their subsequent aggressive online reaction, have gone viral and made headlines in the US news. Samy and Amy Bouzaglo let rip at critics in a spectacularly public fashion after they and their restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona was panned by Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares reality show. Ramsay had few good words ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600303/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 07:33:35 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214600303/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee The Syrian opposition claimed on Saturday that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons in Damascus and in the northern Syrian city of Saraqeb, Israel Radio reported quoting Saudi owned Al-Arabiya news network. Al-Arabiya reported that the dozens of people wounded in the attacks were suffering from breathing difficulties, the radio said. The ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214599827/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 06:31:06 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214599827/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Israeli intelligence officer tells 'Times of London' that Israel prefers a "devil it knows than demons it can only imagine"; another source said Assad's staying power had been ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214597566/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 02:17:01 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214597566/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Hundreds of people were expected to attend Lisbon's first-ever Jewish film festival next week.The three-day festival, entitled "Judaica: 1st exhibition of cinema and culture," was scheduled to open on May 22 at Lisbon's main art cinema, Cinema Sao Jorge, and will include 15 Jewish and Israeli documentary and feature productions, according to a report by the Jornal Digital news ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214595424/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 22:59:38 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214595424/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee paper it had published rejecting Jewish scriptural-based rights to the land of Israel after it caused waves of controversy among the Jewish community in the UK, BBC reported Friday. The report entitled "The Inheritance of Abraham" was changed after a meeting with representative of the British Jewish community and was set to be discussed and voted on next week at the convening of the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214594771/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 21:51:30 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214594771/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators pack the streets in Jerusalem to protest against government plans to force students at yeshiva religious seminaries to enlist in the Israeli army. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214594048/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:22 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214594048/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Iran's inflexible stance on curbing its nuclear program should lead the US and European nations to implement "decisive sanctions" against the Islamic Republic in the coming months, AFP cited French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian as saying on Friday. According to Le Drian, the Western nations should pressure the advancement "in quantity and quality" of Iran's ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214592735/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:32 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214592735/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Secret drawings and sketches that a Czech artist produced and kept hidden from his Nazi captors inside a World War II concentration camp went on display at the Jewish Museum in Berlin on ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214593195/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:18 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214593195/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Bedouin tribes in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula implied on Thursday that they were better off living under Israeli rule and that they have been suffering since Israel withdrew from the region as part of the peace agreement with Egypt. The residents of the Sinai spoke to the Egyptian ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214593194/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:18 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214593194/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee President Shimon Peres told Germany’s Foreign Minister on Friday that there should be no compromise with Iran so long as it continues its nuclear activities. Peres and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who held a diplomatic working meeting at the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem, discussed the Iranian nuclear threat as well as the efforts to renew the peace talks between Israel and ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214592029/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 18:23:42 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214592029/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee shipment of anti-ship missiles to Syria will "embolden" the regime and fuel the country's civil war, the U.S. military's top officer said Friday, according ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214592030/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 18:23:42 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214592030/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Syrians were arbitrarily detained and tortured by government forces in security buildings in northern Syria, Human Rights Watch said on Friday, ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214592028/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 18:23:41 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214592028/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Vladimir Putin 's press secretary, reiterated Russia's long-held position that it will remain "true to its contractual obligations under previously signed contracts." One U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Yakhont missiles were delivered recently, although the precise timing was unclear. They fly at just over 2.5 times the speed of sound, have a range ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214591925/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:34 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214591925/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee IDF soldiers opened fire at rioting Palestinian Authority Arabs on Friday, after they failed to break up a protest in which rocks had been thrown at them. The incident took place at Jelazoun, near the Binyamin region town of Beit ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214590856/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:25 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214590856/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Israel’s Delek Group said it found significant quantities of gas at the offshore Karish-1 well, located 75 kilometers northwest of Haifa. Delek, which holds a 53 percent interest, said tests conducted at Karish, located in the Alon C basin, would be released by mid-July 2013. ';This is proof of the power of the Israeli gas industry and of the great gas potential that exists off the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589233/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:05 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589233/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee A reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas is imperative to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, AFP reported."The process of unity between Fatah and Hamas, this has to be achieved. If this reconciliation is not achieved, then I don't believe that a solution or result will come out of the Israeli-Palestinian discussions," ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589020/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:26 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589020/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee ROME - A 22-year-old Moroccan man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for planning terrorist attacks on Milan's main synagogue and Jewish school.The five year and four month sentence against Mohamed Jarmoune was handed down by a court in Brescia on ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589021/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:26 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589021/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russia agreed on Friday that a peace conference on Syria should be held "as soon as possible", even as Moscow defied growing global pressure over its arms supplies to the Damascus ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589614/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:13 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589614/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee If Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad will start a war with Israel, he will be "finished", former Military Intelligence head, Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, said on Friday. "There is pressure on Assad to respond [to recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria], but he will be finished if he starts a war," Yadlin, who now heads the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589615/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:13 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589615/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem protested a proposal to remove their exemptions and draft them for the first time into military service. The protesters, estimated by various news sources as 15,000 to 30,000, gathered Thursday evening at a military recruiting office in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem. The demonstration included stones thrown at police and garbage cans ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589459/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:05 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589459/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Binyamin Netanyahu has greatly reduced planned defense budget cuts. But officials remain worried that Israeli military capabilities will still be weakened. "The big worry is that we'll have to reduce defense procurements and orders from defense industries," observed Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon. Defense contractors "will be the first to get hurt," he said. ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589461/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:55 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589461/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Israel says military dogs are getting their own personnel files with serial numbers, medical backgrounds, performance reports and photos. Dogs of the Oketz canine special forces unit have received a military serial number which the army will use to track their activities, Ynetnews reported Friday. Each dog has also been given a personnel file that contains information from the moment it joined ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589463/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:53 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589463/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Nobel Energy of Houston, which discovered Israel's big gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean, is pressing the government to decide soon on an energy export policy as the prospect of an undersea pipeline to Turkey gains ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589462/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:52 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214589462/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee WASHINGTON - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey had already significantly reduced its oil imports from Iran, which is under the choke of Western sanctions, and further cutbacks would depend on his country's energy needs."On crude oil, there has been a significant decrease in the amount of oil we import from Iran ... As to whether we would cut back any further, ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214587641/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 14:50:43 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214587641/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee BEIRUT - The most feared and effective rebel group battling President Bashar Assad, the Islamist Nusra Front, is being eclipsed by a more radical jihadi force whose aims go far beyond overthrowing the Syrian leader.Al-Qaida's Iraq-based wing, which nurtured Nusra in the early stages of the rebellion against Assad, has moved in and sidelined the organization, Nusra sources and other rebels ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214587642/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 14:50:41 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214587642/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Middle East peace will prove impossible without unity among Palestinian Authority Arab factions, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Friday, suggesting Ankara could help reconcile the Fatah and Hamas parties. "The process of unity between Fatah and Hamas, this has to be achieved," Erdogan was quoted ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214588293/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 14:50:27 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214588293/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee state department is saying that this is not a new shipment, rather, but i think what the russian response is that this is completing a previously signed contract. but it's definitely something that the u.s. had argued against. that prime minister netenyahu had gone to moscow to argue strongly against because the weapons are so advanced. and frankly, my understanding is that israel does not ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214588113/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 14:40:25 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214588113/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Decry Plan to Confiscate Convent LandWASHINGTON, D.C., May 07, 2013 (Zenit.org) - The U.S. bishops support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose policies that undermine a just resolution to the conflict, such as Israel's decision to re-route the separation wall through the Cremisan Valley, said the chairman of the bishops' Committee on International Justice ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214588118/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 14:18:08 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214588118/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Two weeks ago , it is believed that it was Israeli fighter jets flying over Lebanon that fired on and destroyed some Syrian military warehouses outside Damascus. The facility was said to contain powerful, Iranian-made missiles capable of hitting targets in Israel as far south as Beersheva.While Israel never officially confirmed that it was the party doing the firing, it is clear that the Israelis ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214586687/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:45 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214586687/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Multiple clashes broke out across the West Bank on Friday, that involved, Palestinians, the IDF, Border Police and settlers.The IDF caught two settlers trying to light a field on fire in the area of Hawara, and turned them over to the Border Police, near Nablus, according to the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214586124/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 13:37:08 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214586124/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he would travel wherever is needed and will talk to whoever is needed to keep Israel safe and secure. Netanyahu, who met with visiting German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, said, "It is always a pleasure to host you here in Jerusalem. You are a friend of Israel, Chancellor Merkel is a friend of Israel, Germany is a friend of Israel. ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214586866/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:59 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214586866/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee A demonstrator burns an Israeli flag as he sits behind a Turkish flag during a protest against Israel on June 5, 2010 at Caglayan Square in Istanbul. Nine people -- eight Turks and a US national of Turkish origin were killed in May 31's pre-dawn raid by Israeli forces on the Turkish ferry, Mavi Marmara, the lead ship in the aid flotilla aiming to break the crippling blockade of Gaza. (Bulent ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214586691/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 13:33:06 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214586691/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee " The Bedouin have already paid a heavy price for the return of the land [the Sinai Peninsula] in the October 1973 War." Sinai residents blame interior ministry policies for Thursday kidnapping Residents of Sinai Peninsula tell Ahram Online that Thursday kidnapping of seven Egyptian security personnel came as 'Bedouin retaliation' for heavy-handed security practices by ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214586697/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:27 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214586697/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Ramallah, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian and Palestinian Presidents Mohamed Morsi and Mahmoud Abbas, respectively, condemned the desecration of sacred Islamic sites by Jewish extremists in Jerusalem, through an official communique released here today. According to the communique, Morsi and his host urged the Israeli government to immediately stop those violations of international law, ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214584989/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 12:20:35 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214584989/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Guido Westerwelle meets with Netanyahu, Peres in J'lem; expresses support for US initiative to restart peace process, stresses it is important not just to talk, but also act; Peres: There should be no compromise on ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214584441/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:01 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214584441/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Israel Desk is stopping its round-the-clock news updates of IsraelNationalNews.com at this time in honor of the Sabbath. Jerusalem candle lighting time is 18:56 (Friday) Israel ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214585208/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 12:15:48 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214585208/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee JERUSALEM, Israel -- Gabriel is one of the Bible's best known angels. Now, a first of its kind exhibition in Jerusalem highlights an archaeological discovery quoting Gabriel that's considered the most important find of its kind since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It's called the "Revelation of Gabriel." It's written on stone and proclaims three times, ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214583406/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 10:50:34 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214583406/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee The wardrobe adaptability of the Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is very telling. The same goes for his cousin, Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani. When it serves their purposes, Qatar's staggeringly wealthy two most powerful players strut about in very traditional Arab garb. But when the occasion deems it expedient, they soothe subliminal western anxieties by donning ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214581459/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 09:39:47 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214581459/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Nakoula Basseley Nakoula has been sitting in a US federal prison in Texas since his photographed midnight arrest by half a dozen deputy sheriffs at his home in California for violating the terms of his parole. As many reporters have noted, the parole violation in question would not generally lead to anything more than a court hearing.But in Nakoula's case, it led to a year in a federal ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214581457/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 09:39:47 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214581457/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee On May 8, fighters of the Kurdish PKK militia began to withdraw from their positions in Turkey, bound for their mountain strongholds in Kurdish-ruled northern Iraq. The decision by the PKK to withdraw is the result of orders issued by jailed movement leader Abdullah Ocalan.This re-energizing of the Turkish-Kurdish "peace process" is one of the most important of the phenomena ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214581458/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 09:39:47 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214581458/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee This year, 2013, is an important milestone in the history of Black-Jewish relations - a subject involving two Diaspora peoples whose histories spans continents that is of considerable interest to Israelis as well as Americans.One hundred years ago, Northern businessman Leo Frank was arrested, wrongfully convicted, and later lynched for rape and murder in Jim Crow Georgia, providing a wake-up ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214582122/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 09:39:46 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214582122/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Guardian demonstrated that, as rumored, Hawking had withdrawn from next month's three-day gathering for ideological reasons, I felt worried about him - and sorry for all of us.Hawking wrote an email to the conference organizers stating: "... I have received a number of emails from Palestinian academics. They are unanimous that I should respect the boycott. In view of this, I must ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214582121/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 09:39:46 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214582121/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee CIA Chief John Brennan has made an unannounced visit to Israel. According to an anonymous Israeli Defense Official, Brennan met with Israel's Defense Minister. This trip comes amid concerns about weapons transfers from Syria to Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. Israel has carried out air-strikes aimed at halting arms shipments to the group. This week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214581938/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 09:34:25 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214581938/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Junk-food starved Gazans can now order Kentucky Fried Chicken to go thanks to a new smuggling service which brings takeout from Egypt via a network of underground ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580810/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 08:32:49 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580810/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Donald Trump is the most prominent figure interested in building a golf resort on an 840-dunam (210-acre) site on the Mediterranean coast, which the Israel Land Administration Council will approve for sale in a month, after years of delay, sources ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580300/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 08:26:05 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580300/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Guido Westerwelle meets with Netanyahu in Jerusalem; leaders do not publicly discuss Israeli frustration at German bid for UN Security Council seat, which weakens Israel's chances at ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580298/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 08:26:05 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580298/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee May 21 to 25 at the New Logistics Center, 48 Tel Giborim Street, Tel Aviv. Tues. to Thurs. 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fri. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat.10 a.m. to 9 p.m. NIS 45. For more ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580811/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 08:26:04 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580811/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Friday slammed Russian arms deals with Syria, after US media reported further weapons shipments to the Damascus regime.Livni's comments also come in the wake of a surprise visit by CIA chief John Brennan to Israel to discuss the situation in Israel's war-torn neighbour."The transfer of arms to Syria is clearly not positive and does not ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580789/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 08:10:00 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580789/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police have detained a man they believe to be one of the main perpetrators of car bombings that killed more than 50 people near the Syrian border, officials said on ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580325/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 08:04:19 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580325/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee PM Netanyahu Meets with German Foreign Minister Westerwelle (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 17 May 2013), in Jerusalem, met with German Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westrwelle. Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting: "It is always a pleasure to host you here in Jerusalem. You are a friend of ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580690/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 07:50:07 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/214580690/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee