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Irish suspects feature prominently on Dubai Most Wanted list

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:52:45 -0400

Ireland continues to suffer from its false implication in the high profile assassination of a militant in Dubai more than three years ago. Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh was on a visit to the UAE on his way to China from Damascus. Twenty seven suspects were named by Dubai Police and it soon became apparent most of them were carrying passports belonging to citizens of other countries. ...

Hezbollah Chief Confirms Syria Presence

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:15:31 -0400

The chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his group will not stand by while the neighboring government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is attacked. Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech Saturday Hezbollah was fighting in Syria to protect Lebanon from the threat of radical Islamists. It was the first time Nasrallah has publicly confirmed Hezbollah's fighting presence in Syria. The speech ...

Hezbollah throws its support to Syria

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:50:45 -0400

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, gives a televised speech from an unknown location on Saturday, May 25, 2013, to mark the anniversary of Israel's May 2000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon. The date is commemorated each year by Hezbollah as a major military victory, but this year's anniversary comes at a time when Hezbollah is facing growing criticism in Lebanon for its involvement in ...

Israel insists all Dead Sea Scrolls should stay put

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:50:40 -0400

This Friday, May 10, 2013 photo shows the ten commandments written on one of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem. Nearly 70 years after the discovery of the world's oldest biblical manuscripts, the Palestinian family who originally sold them to scholars and institutions is now quietly marketing the leftovers - fragments the family says it has kept in a Swiss safe deposit box all these years. ...

Peres Abbas Kerry to discuss peace in Jordan

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:14:01 -0400

World Economic Forum expected to present a new peace initiative at conference; Jordanian King Abdullah II: We need to help the parties get on the path of Arab Peace Initiative, time to stop feeding ...

Tensions rise as Israeli jets bomb Syria again

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:42:39 -0400

ISRAELI jets bombed Syria yesterday, rocking Damascus for hours and sending pillars of flame into the night sky in what a Western source called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. Local people reported massive explosions and internet video showed the capital's skyline lit by flashes. Syrian opponents of President Bashar Assad rejoiced at Israel's third ...

Syrian opposition slams Hezbollah involvement in conflict

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:18:04 -0400

A Syrian opposition group on Saturday condemned the involvement of the Lebanese Hezbollah group in the country's civil conflict, saying that Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's recent comments overtly defended his group's backing to the Syrian army.In a phone interview with Xinhua, Munther Khdam, spokesman of the oppositional National Coordination Body, dismissed ...

Hezbollah Syrian troops advance in border town of Qusair

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:14:11 -0400

Syrian Arab Republic The strategic Syrian border town of Qusair is coming under heavy bombardment from the regime's army and Hezbollah militants from Lebanon. Rebels fighting to topple president Bashar al-Assad are largely surrounded in the town, which is near both the Lebanese border and Syria's capital Damascus. They say additional tanks and artillery have been deployed around ...

Video Nasrallah says Hezbollah will bring victory in Syrian conflict

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:30:29 -0400

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah says that the group's fighters are in Syria alongside President Assad's forces and says they will fight until they ...

Kerry urges Abbas to resume peace talks with Israel source

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:23:01 -0400

The United States Secretary of State John Kerry is urging Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume direct peace talks with Israel, a well-informed Palestinian source said Saturday.The source, which spoke on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that during their meeting held on Thursday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Kerry presented to Abbas his plan on resuming direct talks with ...

Hezbollah Commits Full Fight to Keep Assad in Power

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:19:34 -0400

BEIRUT, Lebanon ...

Hezbollah promises ‘victory’ in Syria conflict

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:18:54 -0400

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday vowed "victory" in Syria, where militants of his powerful Lebanese Shiite movement are fighting alongside regular troops against rebels trying to topple the ...

Hezbollah Syria push for gains in rebel stronghold

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:26 -0400

seize more rebel territory in the border town of Qusair on Saturday, sources on both sides of the conflict said.Rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad said additional tanks and artillery had been deployed around opposition-held territory in Qusair, a Syrian town close to the Lebanese ...

Netanyahu will not freeze West Bank settlements

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:25 -0400

Is Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu nearing his second declaration in four years on a building freeze in the West Bank in order to facilitate the renewal of peace talks with the Palestinians? The answer is probably ...

Abbas under pressure to start talks without preconditions

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:25 -0400

PA official: Western FMs pressure Abbas to return to negotiating table even if Israel doesn't commit to settlement freeze, accept pre-1967 lines; PA president fails to update PA officials on meetings with ...

Politicians slam German Greens for ‘Israel boycott’

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:24 -0400

BERLIN - The German Green party is under fire because of its push in the Bundestag to label Israeli products from the West Bank and the Golan Heights.Leading German politicians and academic specialists weighed in last week, accusing the Greens of promoting Nazi-style boycotts of Jewish products and ignoring the lessons of the ...

Dozens protest near MKs home over gas exports

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:23 -0400

Dozens of protesters demonstrated on Saturday night in Ramat Gan around Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom's residence over the government's intention to approve the export of natural gas from Israel, Army Radio reported. A central website of the social protest movement j14 declared on Saturday that the "Israeli public is waking up and beginning to understand that natural gas, ...

Pro-Israel caucus forming in Russian parliament

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:23 -0400

A select group of Russian parliament members will soon be urging their colleagues to say "da" to Israel after a delegation of Israelis took steps to initiate the formation of a pro-Israel caucus in the Duma in meetings last week in Moscow.The delegation from the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus (KCAC) and the World Jewish Congress met with influential Christian leaders from across ...

Haredi draft proposals to face challenges in vote

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:23 -0400

The bill drawn up to form the basis of legislation for drafting haredi men into national service is unlikely to emerge in one piece following votes on Sunday on each of its clauses by the committee that drafted it.The ministerial committee headed by Science, Technology and Space Minister Yaakov Peri of Yesh Atid will meet for a marathon session to begin on Sunday evening. Each of the ...

BGU experts to help preserve Galapagos Islands

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:22 -0400

The exotic Galapagos Islands, which lie on the equator about 1,000 kilometers off the west coast of South America, are a treasure trove of unusual animal species because of their isolation for thousands of years. They have eroded over the millennia, making them much smaller today, but they still provoke much curiosity and wonder. The islands, which are owned by Ecuador, prompted Charles ...

Welfare minister Remove remote settlements now

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:22 -0400

Welfare Minister Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) said on Saturday that Israel should dismantle isolated settlements immediately without waiting for negotiations, Israel Radio reported. "These settlements cost us alot of money and we must do the utmost so we do not appear to be a state that does everything to scuttle negotiations," Cohen said in a cultural event at Holon ...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:21 -0400

Although less than two percent of national health expenditures go to education, promotion and prevention of disease, this doesn't reflect a lack of interest among the public. At a recent Women's Health Day organized for the 11th time at Jerusalem's Israel Museum by Hadassah University Medical Center's Patricia and Russell Fleischman Women's Health Center, 2,000 people ...

Jobbik MP Auschwitz museum may not reflect facts

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:21 -0400

The Jerusalem Post has learned.During a debate in parliament on Thursday, Jobbik MP Tamas Gaudi-Nagy announced that he believed that the museum at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland "may not reflect real ...

Brawl breaks out among Berlin Jewish community

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:20 -0400

BERLIN - A meeting of the elected leadership of the conflict- ridden Berlin Jewish community -Germany's largest with 10,500 members - spilled over into physical attacks on Thursday due to disputes over the 2013 budget.The session turned "brutal," said one observer at the community's representative meeting ...

Center vs periphery The roots of terror

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:20 -0400

On April 30, Haytham al-Mishal, implicated in recent rocket attacks on Eilat, was driving down the road in Gaza City on a motorcycle. Without warning, he was engulfed in an explosion from an Israeli air strike. The air strike was the first since the previous outbreak of violence in Gaza in November 2012. This continued back-and-forth is a dangerous, and often fatal, reminder of the ...

Israel’s interests in Syria

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:20 -0400

It is a mistake for Israelis to express support for Bashar Assad. Israel should stay out of the Syrian conflict altogether while hoping for the fall of the Assad regime. Ultimately, Israel would be better served by a failed state next door than by a strong, Iranian-backed entity there.Several prominent Israelis have expressed their preference for an Assad victory in the Syrian civil war. ...

HU students find cheaper housing for Jerusalemites

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:20 -0400

In response to last summer's social protest movement against increasingly prohibitive cost-of-living standards throughout the country, student entrepreneurs from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem created a company to provide affordable housing for the capital's young residents.The business, called "UniverCity," is managed by students from the university's Student ...

Israel and Palestine Consequences of Deterrence

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:50:33 -0400

"Deterrence has to be maintained," said Gabi Siboni, a colonel for strategic affairs at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. "It was only a question of time until this moment arrived." It seems the Palestinians are of like mind. As things stand, this latest round of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was probably inevitable. Escalation and ...

Hezbollah wants to bring victory to Assad

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:48:34 -0400

Syria saw one of the deadliest days of fighting in its civil war Saturday. Meanwhile, the leader of the powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said his fighters would wage an all-out battle to save President Bashar Assad. NBC's Richard Engel ...

Hezbollah confirms involvement in Syria conflict for the first time

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:13:25 -0400

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is fighting alongside the government troops in Syria. Hezbollah is a Shi’ite Muslim group and it is backing Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad who is from the minority Alawite sect – an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam. During a televised speech, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah confirmed for the first time the group’s involvement in the ...

Israeli official Syrian group tried to disrupt Haifa water system

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:23:34 -0400

A Syrian group attempted, but failed, to disrupt computers controlling the Haifa water system, an Israeli official said Saturday. The alleged cyberattack was a response to Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, Ynetnews reported. Yitzhak Ben-Yisrael, chairman of the National Council for Research and Development, said Israel's infrastructure is subject to almost continuous cyberattacks. He said a ...

Hezbollah leader vows victory in Syria for Assad

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:56:41 -0400

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah will fight to keep Syria's Bashar Assad in power. He also said Hezbollah fighers are fighting in Syria against Sunni Islamic ...

Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:28:22 -0400

BEIRUT (AP) -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark ...

Hezbollah leader vows to stand by Syrian regime in fight against rebels

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:56:33 -0400

Hezbollah has warned that the fall of the Syrian regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period", and vowed that his Shia militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally in Damascus is under attack.In a televised address, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah members are fighting ...

Excerpts Hariri re Hizbullah fighting in Syria.Preventing weapons fromSyria reaching Hizbollah.Israel re weapon to Hizbullah via Syria.Qatar-funded Al Jazeera U.S. launch.Syrian May 20 2013

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:26:36 -0400

Excerpts: Hariri re Hizbullah fighting in Syria.Preventing weapons from Syria reaching Hizbollah.Israel re weapon to Hizbullah via Syria. Qatar-funded Al Jazeera U.S. launch.Syrian May 20, ...

Hezbollah Chief Orders Fight to Save Syrias Assad

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:02:05 -0400

BEIRUT, Lebanon ...

Arab League condemns Israels decisoin to cancel UNESCO visit to Jerusalem

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:44:23 -0400

WAM CAIRO: The Arab League has strongly condemned Israel's decision to call off a visit to Jerusalem's historic Old City by the UN's cultural heritage body, and called on major powers to stop backing Israel's aggression on Jerusalem and the Palestinian heritage and territories. The pan-Arab organisation, in a statement, said Israel's decision takes the international ...

Israel’s Ridiculous and Dangerous Law

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:12:02 -0400

Can law be both ridiculous and dangerous? It certainly can. Witness the ongoing initiative of our government to enact a law that would define the State of Israel as "The Nation-State of the Jewish People". Ridiculous 1 - because what and who is the "Jewish people"? The Jews of the world are a mixed lot. Their only official definition in Israel is religious. In Israel, you ...

Turkey has begun 5th Mavi Marmara flotilla trial of 4 top Israeli commanders bla…

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:06:12 -0400

Turkey has begun 5th Mavi Marmara flotilla trial of 4 top Israeli commanders blamed for a deadly 2010 clash on a Turkish flotilla ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza ISTANBUL - A Turkish court has launched on Monday fifth trial of Mavi Marmara flotilla trial of four top Israeli commanders accused of a deadly 2010 raid on a Turkish flotilla ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.The accused ...

Pope Meets with President Shimon Peres of Israel

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:02:01 -0400

Discuss Concerns Regarding Current Political and Social Situation in the Middle EastVATICAN CITY, April 30, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis met this morning with Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Shortly after, President Peres met with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, who was accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for ...

Israel says Syria seeks to provoke conflict

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:40:46 -0400

Ron Prosor, Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting on the Middle East on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 (AP Photo/Bebeto ...

Israel targeted in Syria cyber attack expert

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:40:45 -0400

JERUSALEM: An organization calling itself the "Syrian Electronic Army" has launched a cyber attack against the water distribution system of Haifa, Israel's third largest city, an expert said on Saturday. The attack "by this organization which we don't know exactly who is behind" was carried out two weeks ago and failed, said Professor Yitzhak Ben-Israel, head of ...

Syrian Army and Hezbollah Step Up Raids on Rebels

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:28:56 -0400

Hezbollah intensified their assault on Syrian rebels in the town of Qusayr on Saturday, unleashing the heaviest shelling since the battle began a week ago, Syrian antigovernment activists ...

We wont stand by Hezbollah

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:27:14 -0400

THE leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his Shi'ite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally Syria is under attack. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah members are fighting in Syria against Islamic extremists who pose a danger to Lebanon. Nasrallah's comments on Saturday marked the first time he has publicly confirmed his men are fighting in Syria. They are also ...

Hezbollah admits it has joined fight in Syria

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:18:21 -0400

By Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally Syria is under attack. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah members are fighting in Syria against Islamic extremists who pose a danger to Lebanon. Nasrallah's comments Saturday marked the first time he has publicly confirmed his men were ...

Palestinians under pressure to resume talks with Israel

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:18:09 -0400

Mahmoud Abbas is under pressure to reopen peace talks without any guarantees from Israel, a senior Palestinian official said Saturday. In recent visits by foreign ministers, the official said, most have urged Abbas to comply with a request by U.S. Secretary of ...

Attacks on rebel Syrian city hiked ahead of speech by Hezbollah leader

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:18:08 -0400

Syria launched the heaviest barrage of gunfire in a week in Qusair Saturday in an attempt to retake the town from rebels, anti-government activists said. The town, near the Lebanese border, is strategically important to rebel fighters as a conduit for supplies coming in from Lebanon, Voice of America reported. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian troops ...

Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:45:49 -0400

In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based ...

Prosor blames Syria at UN for destabilizing Golan

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:40:40 -0400

In the aftermath of a Syrian firing on a Israeli military vehicle in the Golan Heights earlier this week, Israel's ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor blamed the government of Syria of undermining regional stability in the Golan Heights in a letter to the UN Security Council on Saturday, AFP reported. "This week's events are part of a disturbing pattern of events intended to spark ...

Israeli Doctors Save Syrian Toddler

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:36:23 -0400

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli pediatric surgeons corrected congenital heart defects on a four-year-old Syrian girl at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon on ...

Official Israeli-Palestinian Talks to Resume Soon

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:36:22 -0400

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Secretary of State John Kerry plans to return to Israel in two weeks to keep the momentum up for restarting peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. According to one Israeli official quoted ...

France rules out Iran joining in Syria peace talks

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:40:34 -0400

ABU DHABI - France's foreign minister on Saturday ruled out Iran taking part in a proposed Syria peace conference, saying Tehran was involved in the conflict and had no desire for peace.Laurent Fabius will host Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry at a dinner on Monday to discuss how to nudge Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Syrian opposition ...

Jewish candidate for NY mayor confuses his city

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:40:34 -0400

Anthony Weiner, a Jewish-Democrat candidate running for Mayor of New York this year appeared confused over which city he was running for after mistakenly uploading a picture of the Pittsburgh skyline onto his campaign website.The site featured a banner image of a city skyline from Pittsburgh before he rushed to fix it later on Friday, ...

Israeli expert says Syria cyberattack foiled

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:09:17 -0400

The attack took place just after Israel bombed a military complex near Damascus. Israel refuses to comment on the strike but officials at the time said Iranian missiles set for Hezbollah were hit. Syria has said that it would keep all options on the table for its ...

Why Washington and Tel Aviv Want Hezbollah to Keep Fighting in al-Qusayr

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:44:05 -0400

Why Washington and Tel Aviv Want Hezbollah to Keep Fighting in al-Qusayr Franklin Lamb Homs Province, Syria During a tour of some of the neighborhoods in Homs, Syria's third largest city after Aleppo and Damascus, with a pre-conflict population of approximately 800,000 (nearly half Homs residents have fled over the past two years) located maybe about 22 miles NE of the current ...

Abbas Two states side by side still possible

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:41:20 -0400

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that peace with Israel is still possible, and that the Palestinians "want to have two states living side by side," Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported.Speaking at the opening session of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Center at the Dead Sea, Abbas referred to ...

Syrian hackers attempted to attack Haifas water supply

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:41:18 -0400

Syrian web activists loyal to the regime of Basher Assad launched a failed cyber attack on Haifa's water supply system, a senior scientist and web expert revealed on Saturday. Professor Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, Chairman of the National Council for Research and Development, said that members of the Syrian Electronic Army attempted to damage computers controlling the water system this month, in ...

EU must urge Israel to curb settlements in W. Bank

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:41:18 -0400

RAMALLAH, West Bank - A group of 80 international aid agencies urged the European Union on Saturday to follow through on pledges it made last year to back Palestinian communities seen as vulnerable to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.Not enough action has been taken since EU foreign ministers last May urged Israel to ...

Palestinian-Israeli peace deal still possible Abbas

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:38:08 -0400

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the World Economic Forum, held at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention center, in Southern Shuneh, 55 kilometers southeast of Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Raad ...

Gaza exports have plummeted under Israeli blockade

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:11:55 -0400

The sun rises as fishermen ride a boat at the seaport of Gaza City on Wednesday. Israel has enforced a strict naval blockade off Gaza's coast, putting an end on exporting anything from Gaza by sea and only very limited exports are allowed by ...

In Depth How Iranian weapons go through Syria to Hezbollah

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:38:11 -0400

For 20 years, Israeli intelligence has been playing a game of cat and mouse against the weapons smuggling axis of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah in a battle in which "every imaginable method is ...

Hezbollah Syria government forces push for advance in Qusair

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:20:25 -0400

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in the border town of Qusair on Saturday, sources on both sides of the conflict ...

Hezbollah chief to appear Saturday on TV

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:43:46 -0400

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will make another TV appearance via video link. He will deliver a speech on Saturday at 5: 30 pm on the occasion of the Resistance and Liberation day and is expected to talk about the latest development in Lebanon and the region, Al Manar TV reported on ...

Assad Hezbollah forces battle rebels in Qusayr

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:43:43 -0400

Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have unleashed their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage yet in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town, activists ...

Assault on Qusair Intensifies Ahead of Hezbollah Speech

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:43:41 -0400

Syrian anti-government activists say Syrian troops have launched the heaviest barrage of gunfire yet in a week-long battle to re-take the strategic town of Qusair from rebel ...

Report Wave of cyber attacks on US originating in Iran

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:01 -0400

'New York Times' quotes US officials as saying targets include oil, gas and electricity companies; security experts believe goal of the Iranian attacks is sabotage rather than ...

Jordan king says extremism grown fat on Israel-Palestinian conflict

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:21:17 -0400

SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan - Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. "Good faith talks must get going," he said in Saturday remarks at the opening of a two-day meeting of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum on the shores of the Dead Sea. He pointed to an Arab peace initiative that ...

Norwegian pension fund reconsiders Israel investments

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:01:16 -0400

Norway’s Ministry of Finance is referring to its Ethical Guidelines for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global following the situation in Gaza. According to the current Guidelines, the Council on Ethics shall recommend exclusion of companies from the fund’s investment universe where they see a considerable risk of contributing to serious or systematic human ...

Real News Network Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:43 -0400

Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran? August 8 - The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid corruption allegations has left many questions in Israel and in the region. What this could mean for the stalled peace process with the Palestinians will depend mostly on the next US president. But on the question of Iran, there is still fear that Israel might act unilaterally. ...

Carter Downplays US Influence on Israel Palestine

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:52 -0400

Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

Gaza-bound Aid Ship Boarded by Israeli Forces

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:51 -0400

Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...

Israeli Parliament Dissolves for Early Vote

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:50 -0400

Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...

Islamic Jihad No Truce Reached with Israel

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:49 -0400

Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

Qatar Gaza Aid Via Egypt Not Israel

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:49 -0400

Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

Hezbollah Advances Will Help Palestinian Resistance Brigades

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:48 -0400

Brigades in Gaza on Friday said advances in Hezbollah's weapons capabilities would benefit the Palestinian resistance. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said his movement had sent the reconnaissance drone shot down over Israel last weekend.The Gaza-based Al-Mujahideen Brigades described Hezbollah's operation as "unprecedented" and said it proved that ...

Drone Downed by Israel Sent by Hezbollah

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:47 -0400

Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

Palestinian Resistance Factions Warn Israel Not to Invade Gaza

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:47 -0400

Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

Arab Lawmakers Say Early Vote Boosts Netanyahus Chances

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:47 -0400

Some Arab members of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, said Wednesday that Prime Minister Netanyahu's call for early elections was a simple political calculation. Netanyahu called on Tuesday for an early election, seeking to strengthen his political position after signaling that any military action against Iran could be months away.Opinion polls suggest Netanyahu's right-wing Likud ...

Israeli PM Netanyahu Calls Early Election

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:46 -0400

Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...

Man Hit by Israeli Airstrike Dies from Injuries

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:45 -0400

Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...

Israeli Police Enter al-Aqsa Compound

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:45 -0400

Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...

Jerusalem Convent Vandalized by Settlers

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:43 -0400

Suspected Israeli settlers have scrawled graffiti and religious insults on a monastery outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday, in the latest of a series of attacks on non-Jewish sites. Photographs published online showed blue graffiti denigrating Jesus at the Convent of Saint Francis on Jabel Sahyoun, also known as Mount Zion. The vandals wrote the phrase "price tag" ...

Israeli PM Sets Red Line over Nuclear Iran

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:42 -0400

Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

Olmert Avoids Jail over Fraud Sentencing

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:41 -0400

Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

Israel and PA Discuss Gaza Offshore Gas Plans

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:40 -0400

Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

Hamas Leader Abbas Should End Security Coordination with Israel

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:40 -0400

Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

Deaths in Israel-Egypt Border Shootout

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:39 -0400

One Israeli soldier and three armed men have been killed in clashes along the Israel-Egypt border. Israeli troops shot the three heavily armed men when they crossed the Egyptian border and ambushed the soldiers, averting "a very big terror attack", an Israeli military spokeswoman said on Friday. The incident took place on the Israeli side of the frontier at a place called Har Harif, ...

Min. Lapid NYT interview no freeze united Jerusalem

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:43:36 -0400

[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: On the one hand, Minister Yair Lapid's remarks against a settlement freeze and the division of Jerusalem should serve to dash hopes among those who saw him as the point man for pushing through such policies. On the other hand, Mr. Lapid takes the profoundly dangerous position supporting the immediate creation of an interim Palestinian state. If the idea is to ...

Hard choices needed in Israel

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:32:05 -0400

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference in Tel Aviv on May 24, 2013. Kerry urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Friday to take "hard decisions" to revive the Middle East peace process, which has stalled for almost three ...

Right things done in Kubuqi desert Israeli ambassador

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:18:01 -0400

By Fang YangAmos Nadai, ambassador of Israel to China, spoke highly of the desertification control efforts in the Kubuqi desert of China during an exclusive interview with Xinhuanet here Saturday. "It's a huge area, which is more than half of my country," Nadai said, "I see a lot of planting and it's very beautiful." Nadai was here for the 2011 Kubuqi International ...

Hezbollah EU making big mistake

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:44:07 -0400

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Kassem speaks during an interview in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, June 28, 2010. (AP ...

PMW Bulletin UNRWA rejects PMW report exposing map erasing Israel

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:14:51 -0400

PMW Bulletin May 17, 2013 False claim by UNRWA in response to PMW report: Map without Israel that official posed with does not represent today but "pre-1948" Palestine UNRWA's name still appears in logo of youth center that currently glorifies suicide bomber on its Facebook page Israeli representative to the UN cites PMW's UNRWA story in complaint to UN ...

Anti-Israel activists crash London UEFA event

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:42:54 -0400

UEFA: Israel to host tourney despite PA pressure The UEFA dinner was attended by prominent figures including David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson, who were reportedly stunned by the incident. Earlier in the day, pro-Palestinian activists from a group called "Red Card Israeli Racism" protested outside a UEFA Congress meeting at a London hotel, according to the report. Friday's events ...

Three Israeli military aircraft violate Lebanese airspace and UN resolution

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:36:24 -0400

UN Security Council resolution . Two Israeli fighter jets crossed into Lebanon's airspace over the southern border village of Kfar Kila, located 96 kilometers (59 miles) south of Beirut, at 9:45 a.m. local time (0645 GMT) on Friday, according to a statement issued by the Lebanese military. The warplanes flew over several areas in Lebanon before leaving the country's airspace at 12:15 ...

Lebanon Hezbollah shouldnt spark sectarian conflict

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:04 -0400

Daily Star reported him saying in reference to Hezbollah fighting in neighboring Syria. "How can a nation [like Lebanon] provide such a wonderful example of resistance and sacrifice, while at the same time promoting sectarian differences?" Suleiman was quoted as ...

Kerry calls for a revival of Israel-Palestine peace talks upon Mideast visit

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:27:13 -0400

Kerry said before meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem and then traveling to Ramallah in the West Bank to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his aides."The next 18 to 24 months are essential to agreeing on key steps forward in the peace process and the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel", Kerry said, adding that ...

Al-Assad Syria will slash roots of Israeli adventurism

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:34 -0400

Al-Assad: Syria will slash roots of Israeli adventurism Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has emphasized on Tuesday that Damascus is able to confront the Israeli regime's adventurism, alluding to the recent Israeli aggression against the Arab country. The Syrian president stressed that the Israeli offensive is evidence of interference by Tel Aviv and its Western and regional allies in the ...