Avraham's One Village - JEWISH & benei Noach's ONE VILLAGE Barukh haba: Israel News Alert

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 19th of Av 5768 - Wednesday Aug/20/08

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:07 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 19th of Av 5768

Wednesday 20 August 2008

Ahmadinejad says Israel will be removed soon
International Herald Tribune - France
AP TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is calling Israel a "germ of corruption" that will be "removed soon." The comments were posted ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel To Release Palestinian Convicts
Evening Bulletin - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Several years later, when the convict was in Israeli prison, he murdered another convict because he suspected him of collaboration with Israel. ...
See all stories on this topic

Palestinian prisoner to get hero's welcome
International Herald Tribune - France
AP RAMALLAH, West Bank: The Palestinians are planning a hero's welcome for a militant mastermind whom Israel is freeing as a way to prop up the moderate ...
See all stories on this topic

Palestinian prisoners to be released Friday
International Herald Tribune - France
Said Atba is among 199 Palestinian prisoners being freed by Israel in a gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Palestinian Prisoner Affairs ...
See all stories on this topic

Iran president aide resists pressure to quit over Israel
AFP -
Ahmadinejad, who has drawn international condemnation for his verbal attacks on Israel, has so far ignored the criticism of his ally, who is vice president ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel warns Lebanon to keep distance from Hezbollah
AFP -
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel has warned the Lebanese government against giving greater legitimacy to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, saying it would make ...
See all stories on this topic

Blue Square - Israel Ltd. Reports Financial Results for the Second ...
MarketWatch - USA
ADS holders will be paid in US Dollars based on the representative rate of exchange of the US Dollar against the NIS published by the Bank of Israel on or ...
See all stories on this topic

Olmert cheers for Israel's first Beijing Olympics medal
Xinhua - China
I'm very happy with the accomplishment," Zubari told Israel's Channel 1 after winning the bronze medal, adding that there was a lot of support from Israel. ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel shuts Gaza crossings after rocket attack
AFP -
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel kept all crossings into the Gaza Strip closed on Wednesday after a rocket was fired from the territory in violation of a two-month ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel Chemicals Quarterly Net Soars on Potash Prices (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
20 (Bloomberg) -- Israel Chemicals Ltd., which harvests Dead Sea minerals to make fertilizers and flame retardants, said profit increased fivefold as potash ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 18th of Av 5768 - Tue, Aug/19/08

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:08:34 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 18th of Av 5768

Tuesday 19 August 2008

How Israel Trained and Equipped Georgia's Army
Wired News - USA
By Noah Shachtman August 19, 2008 | 1:48:51 PMCategories: Crazy Ivans, Sabras The Russian military blasted Israel today for supplying weapons and training ...
See all stories on this topic

US official: Iranian satellite launch was 'a dramatic failure'
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Israel, analysts said, has already been under threat of Iranian long-range ballistic missiles since the development of the Shihab 3 missile and therefore ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel would attack Lebanon without restraint if a Hezbollah ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York,NY,USA
In a visit Tuesday to Israel's Home Front Command, the Israeli prime minister warned that the next war with Lebanon would involve attacks on Israeli cities. ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel reopens key Gaza commercial crossing
Ynetnews - Israel
Israel has allowed food and other supplies to enter the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip through a key commercial crossing that had been closed for months, ...
See all stories on this topic

Erekat says they meet with Rice twice a month to review peace talks
Xinhua - China
Erekat told reporters in Ramallah that Rice will arrive in Israel and the Palestinian territories on Aug. 25, adding that on that day Rice will hold talks ...
See all stories on this topic

In photos: 'Israel - Turtle with Wheels'
Monsters and Critics.com - USA
By James Wray Aug 19, 2008, 11:22 GMT 'Arava,' (L) a ten-year old Spurred Tortoise is fitted to her skateboard-type device in the children's section of the ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel warns activists against breaking Gaza blockade
AFP -
ATHENS (AFP) — Israel has warned a group of pro-Palestinian activists sailing for the Gaza Strip to break a year-long blockade to steer clear of the ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel arrests 8 Palestinians in West Bank
Xinhua - China
The recent arrests occurred as Israel approved the release of some 200 prisoners as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas whose forces ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel to send truckfulls of money to replace worn out currency in ...
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
By Haaretz Service Israel will send guarded trucks from the Brink's Company to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in order to replace worn out currency accumulated ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel: Prisoners to Be Released
New York Times - United States
By AP Israel said on Monday that it would free two prominent Palestinian prisoners — Said al-Atba, who has served 32 years of a life sentence, and Mohammed ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 17th of Av 5768 - Mon, Aug/18/08

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:52:21 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 17th of Av 5768

Monday 18 August 2008

Mullahs in space
Jerusalem Post - Israel
SATURDAY'S launching may also have been intended to dissuade Israel from attacking Iran's nuclear facilities as well as announcing that Iran was already a ...
See all stories on this topic

Candidly Speaking: WJC embraces an anti-Semite
Jerusalem Post - Israel
The Venezuelan demagogue did announce that his ambassador to Israel, who had been recalled during the Second Lebanon War, would resume his duties. ...
See all stories on this topic

Moshe Dann: Iran's ticking bomb ... why Israel must act
History News Network - Seattle,WA,USA
And why should Israel – alone -- take such risks? Overflowing with dire predictions and warnings, pleas for negotiations and economic and diplomatic ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel, Turkey, US to conduct joint naval exercise
Xinhua - China
HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will host a combined search and rescue exercise with the participation of Turkish and US ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel Factor: Panel doesn't worry about Obama on Israel-Palestine
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
By Shmuel Rosner This last Israel Factor survey for Haaretz compares the two near-certain nominees - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama - on a ...
See all stories on this topic

Ethiopian Jews Rally, Urge Israel To Allow 8700 More To Migrate ...
AHN - USA
Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) - About 1000 people rallied outside the Israeli Prime Minister's office on Sunday calling for the government to allow 8700 Ethiopian ...
See all stories on this topic

Fatih Cekirge: Why Turkey invited the Iranian president?
Hürriyet - Turkey
Why did Turkey invite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the man who made the call to“wipe Israel off the map” and refers to the United States as the ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel allows wood into Gaza for first time since months
Xinhua - China
18 (Xinhua) -- Israel has allowed 10 truckloads of wood into the Gaza Strip for the first time since more than one year ago, Palestinian sources said on ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel set to release 200 prisoners for Ramadan
Detroit Free Press - United States
BY JOSEF FEDERMAN • AP • August 18, 2008 JERUSALEM -- Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the release of about 200 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel Chemicals is most traded stock on TASE
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By SHARON WROBEL For the first time in the history of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Israel Chemicals Ltd., a producer of fertilizer and chemicals from the ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 16th of August 2008 - Sun, Aug/17/08

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:50:12 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 16th of August 2008

Sunday 17 August 2008

Israel to free prisoners in gesture to Abbas
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
JERUSALEM -- Israel confirmed on Sunday it would release 200 of some 11000 Palestinians it holds prisoner in the hope of shoring up support for President ...
See all stories on this topic

The Region: Israel's grand strategy
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By BARRY RUBIN I'll bet you didn't know that Israel has a strategy. After all, given politicians' maneuvering, the difference between what is said in public ...
See all stories on this topic

US steels Israel to counter 'Iran threat'
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Washington has agreed to deploy early-warning radar defense systems to Negev desert to help Israel counter Iran's ballistic missiles. ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel, US agree on deployment of radar defence system
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
Israel and the US have agreed to deploy high-power early-warning missile radar, which would be linked to a US satellite-based alert network, the Ha'aretz ...
See all stories on this topic

Olmert Calls Budget Test of Cabinet's Ability to Act (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
If his successor fails to reconstitute the coalition, Israel will hold early elections. The prime minister urged ministers in his four-party coalition to ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel at the Olympics – Sunday roundup
Ynetnews - Israel
On the shooting range, two of Israel's three marksmen ended their Olympic performance, scoring disappointing results in the men's 50-meter rifle 3-positions ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel declares end to Ethiopian immigration
Baltimore Sun - United States
In doing so, they are flying into the teeth of a dilemma that touches the heart of Israel's founding philosophy. For people like 48-year-old Abe Damamo, ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel Approves Release of 200 Palestinian Prisoners
Voice of America - USA
By Robert Berger Israel has decided to release Palestinian detainees in a bid to advance the peace process. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel to free 200 prisoners as Rice visits Mideast
AFP -
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel's cabinet voted on Sunday to release about 200 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to president Mahmud Abbas aimed at ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel to free 200 Palestinians
BBC News - UK
Israel is said to be holding between 8500 and 11000 Palestinian prisoners, including several hundred children. Israeli government officials said the release ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 15th of Av 5768 - Sat, Aug/16/08

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:24:06 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 15th of Av 5768

Saturday 16 August 2008

UK helicopter makes emergency landing in Israel
Hindu - Chennai,India
JERUSALEM (AP): A British military helicopter carrying seven people made an emergency landing in Israel on Saturday due to technical trouble, but nobody was ...
See all stories on this topic

UK helicopter makes emergency landing in Israel
International Herald Tribune - France
AP JERUSALEM: An air traffic monitor says a British military helicopter has made an emergency landing at Israel's main airport. Micky Gurdus, who monitors ...
See all stories on this topic

43 new olim arrive in Israel
Ynetnews - Israel
Young Americans decide to come to Israel, join IDF. Nefesh B' Nefesh, Immigrant Absorption Ministry facilitate move Forty-three young Jews from the US ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel calls on UNIFIL to report smuggling
Ynetnews - Israel
WASHINGTON – Israel on Friday protested before Claudio Graziano, head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), for refusing to admit to the ...
See all stories on this topic

UNIFIL chief accuses Israel of violating Resolution 1701
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
Claudio Graziano, head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday accused Israel of unilaterally violating UN Security Council ...
See all stories on this topic

Iran: “Go Live in your Lovely Israel, Mr. Vice President”
Global Voices Online - Cambridge,MA,USA
They act like Ahmadinejad wants to recognise Israel and establish relations with the USA. They ignore the fact that Ahmadinejad, despite all the pressure, ...
See all stories on this topic

ISRAEL GUTIERREZ: Ni hao from Beijing!
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
It's hard to mince words on such a sensitive topic, so I won't even bother beating around the bush. Not figuratively. The Games themselves have been a ...
See all stories on this topic

UNIFIL commander: Israel at fault
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York,NY,USA
An Israeli diplomat reprimanded the UNIFIL commander for saying Israel and not Hezbollah was violating the UN-mandated ceasefire in south Lebanon. Maj. Gen. ...
See all stories on this topic

Ancient Pagan Temple Found in Israel
National Geographic - Washington,DC,USA
Ruins of a pagan temple from the second century AD have been unearthed in the heart of a Jewish capital that existed during Israel's Roman period. ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 14th of Av 5768 - Fri, Aug/15/08

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:12:12 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 14th of Av 5768

Friday 15 August 2008

Iran warns Israel not to act ”stupidly”
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
Senior Iranian cleric Seyyed Ahmad Khatami on Friday considered Israel's threats outdated and ineffective, while warning Tel Aviv if they would "stupidly ...
See all stories on this topic

The best strategy for curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions
International Herald Tribune - France
Recent admonitions to Israel not to bomb Iranian nuclear sites, delivered by top American military and intelligence officials, suggest that Gates is on firm ...
See all stories on this topic

The Lekarev Report Israel News August 14, 2008
Right Side News - Kennesaw,GA,USA
Many of you have seen it on your trips to Israel. Now, the historic windmill built by Jewish philanthropist Sir Moses Haim Montefiore in 1857 in Jerusalem's ...
See all stories on this topic

Rocket from Gaza hits southern Israel: police
Reuters Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Friday but caused no injuries or damage, police said. ...
See all stories on this topic

Iranian president optimistic over power, gas deals with Turkey
AFP -
"Damn the United States, damn Israel," the crowd chanted as the Iranian president waved to them from his car. Ahmadinejad's trip to Turkey -- his first ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel 'worry' at settler attacks
BBC News - UK
Meanwhile, the Israeli defence ministry has said Israel has postponed the expected evacuation of the settlement of Migron, in the West Bank. ...
See all stories on this topic

Middle Israel: Are the Olympics still worth having?
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By AMOTZ ASA-EL Scenes of helpless civilians emerging terrified, bleeding, limping and bereaved from bombarded apartment blocks are never happy, ...
See all stories on this topic

Barak: Kadima can't lead Israel - it can't even decide when to ...
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
"Despite the challenged placed before the State of Israel and the decisions that need to be made, the Kadima candidate weren't even able to decide when to ...
See all stories on this topic

'Identity card number fifty thousand' encapsulated Palestinian ...
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Born in the village of al-Birwa near the coastal city of Acre, Darwish's family fled after the founding of Israel in 1948. They later returned and settled ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel's Teva in talks to buy Stada: report
Reuters - USA
Globes, the website of Israel's biggest business daily, cited unidentified sources for its story. It said Teva declined to comment on rumors. ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 13th of Av 5768 - Thu, Aug/14/08

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:45:24 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 13th of Av 5768

Thursday 14 August 2008

Breaking the Gaza siege
Al-Ahram Weekly - Cairo,Egypt
Filled with revulsion at the Warsaw Ghetto Israel has created in Gaza, they told me they felt driven to act. But this ghetto is Arab and sits in Arab land. ...
See all stories on this topic

Arrows in the quiver
Al-Ahram Weekly - Cairo,Egypt
They also suggest it was a tactical gambit, an attempt to pre-empt some of the fallout of an impending economic crisis or a response to Israel's flagrant ...
See all stories on this topic

Boundaries for Israel
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Early this week Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reportedly handed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Israel's detailed proposal for a "shelf agreement ...
See all stories on this topic

Key witness not to return to Israel for cross-examination in ...
Xinhua - China
14 (Xinhua) -- Jewish American businessman Morris Talansky announced Thursday that he does not intend to return to Israel for cross-examination in an ...
See all stories on this topic

Jihad: Gaza ceasefire fragile and it will end at any time
Xinhua - China
14 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Jihad movement's armed wing on Thursday said the ceasefire with Israel in Gaza Strip was "fragile and was expected to end at any time ...
See all stories on this topic

Fatah fugitives in limbo at Israel-Gaza border
Reuters - USA
The men, members of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction who escaped an August 2 raid by Hamas police, had hoped that Israel would allow them out of the ...
See all stories on this topic

French Jewish group to sue YouTube
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
PARIS - A French Jewish group said Thursday it is suing the YouTube video-sharing website over a clip showing a host of Jewish public figures to the ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel disperses West Bank protest against barrier, wounding 10
The Canadian Press - RAMALLAH, West Bank
Israel says troops fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel pellets to break up the demonstration in Naalin. The village has been the site of frequent ...
See all stories on this topic

US against Israel’s plans to strike Iran
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper reported that Washington recently rejected an Israeli request for military equipment, following which, Israel responded by ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel has reportedly offered to admit 20000 Palestinian refugees ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York,NY,USA
As part of US-sponsored negotiations revived last November, the Olmert government proposed that Israel absorb 20000 Palestinian refugees over a decade, ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 12th of Av 5768 - Wed, Aug/13/08

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:25:03 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 12th of Av 5768

Wednesday 13 August 2008

US refuses military support to Israel
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The US has rejected an Israeli request for military equipment and support that would improve Israel's ability to attack Iranian nuclear sites, ...
See all stories on this topic

Studying Judaism pays off for young people in trip to Israel
The Canadian Press - ATLANTA
The site, run by Aish HaTorah, an Orthodox Jewish educational network based in Israel, offers students willing to learn about their faith a payout of up to ...
See all stories on this topic

McCain holds pro-Israel fundraiser
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York,NY,USA
John McCain held a fundraiser in New Jersey organized by a pro-Israel political action committee. Ben Chouake, who heads the pro-Israel group NORPAC, ...
See all stories on this topic

Iran MPs round on Ahmadinejad aide over pro-Israeli remarks
AFP -
Tehran vows never to recognise Israel, an ally of the pro-US shah who was ousted in the 1979 Islamic revolution, and Ahmadinejad has repeatedly said Iran is ...
See all stories on this topic

Hamas: No regret if Israel withdrew from Gaza ceasefire
Xinhua - China
13 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement on Wednesday said there will be no regret if Israel decided to withdraw from a ceasefire deal which Egypt brokered in ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel vague about reported US rejection of Israeli request for ...
Xinhua - China
The report said that the Americans viewed the request, which was transmitted (and rejected) at the highest level, as a sign that Israel is in the advanced ...
See all stories on this topic

Mahmoud Darwish "free from Palestine" at last
Radio Netherlands - Netherlands
A year later he returned to find his village destroyed, and settled in the Galilee district in Israel. As an Arab citizen of the Jewish state, ...
See all stories on this topic

Georgia's Israeli arms point Russia to Iran
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
By Peter Hirschberg JERUSALEM - With the eruption of fighting between Russia and Georgia, Israel has found itself in an awkward position as a result of its ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel has peace in its hands
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
By Sami Moubayed DAMASCUS - Why did Israel release Lebanese Druze militant Samir Qantar? The man, for decades known as the "dean" of Arab prisoners in ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel and Iran: A bridge too far?
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
This controversy coincides with the Hamas-Israel truce in Palestine, the breakthrough in Lebanon's political crisis and the latest Tehran visit by Syrian ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 11th of Av 5768 - Tue, Aug/12/08

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:59:28 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 11th of Av 5768

Tuesday 12 August 2008

Israel shuts Gaza crossings but lets in cash
Reuters - USA
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Israel closed border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to a cross-border rocket attack, ...
See all stories on this topic

Report: Israel Proposes West Bank Deal
Voice of America - USA
By VOA News An Israeli newspaper says Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has proposed an agreement with the Palestinians that would allow Israel to annex about ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel to Transfer Palestinian Funds; Security Officials Meet
Bloomberg - USA
12 (Bloomberg) -- Israel plans to transfer 72 million shekels ($20 million) in taxes collected for the Palestinian Authority to officials affiliated with ...
See all stories on this topic

Hamas leader voices opposition against rocket attacks on Israel
Xinhua - China
12 (Xinhua) -- Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas leader in Gaza said Tuesday that the militants who fired a makeshift rocket at Israel on Monday are ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel 'proposes West Bank deal'
BBC News - UK
Israel has offered a peace deal to the Palestinians which would annex 7.3% of the West Bank and keep the largest settlements, Israeli reports say. ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel stages war games on occupied Golan
AFP -
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel launched large-scale military exercises on Tuesday on the occupied Golan Heights along the Syrian border on Tuesday in the presence ...
See all stories on this topic

Hamas insists not to lower demands for prisoners exchange with Israel
Xinhua - China
12 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas leader on Tuesday said his movement will not lower its demands regarding a prisoner exchange with Israel. "Hamas will not step back a ...
See all stories on this topic

Israeli, Palestinian security officers hold 1st meeting in years
Xinhua - China
Qadoura Moussa, Jenin governor, said the main point discussed with the Israeli chiefs was the roadblocks and checkpoints which Israel installed across the ...
See all stories on this topic

Olmert sees land swaps in Israel-Palestine deal
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York,NY,USA
The Olmert government has proposed a peace deal whereby Israel would keep West Bank settlement blocks and the Palestinians get Negev land in compensation. ...
See all stories on this topic

Got in touch with reality
Ynetnews - Israel
Almost a year ago, officials at Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s office decided that they don’t like the news coverage offered by the Israel Today daily. ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 10th of Av 5768 - Mon, Aug/11/08

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:37:39 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 10th of Av 5768

Monday 11 August 2008

Israel to close Gaza crossings after rocket attack
Reuters - USA
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it would shut its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to a rocket attack that further strained a ...
See all stories on this topic

US: Air Force Think Tank Advises Against Iran Attack
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
9, the same day that Tehran test-fired medium- and long-range missiles in an apparent response to reports the previous week that Israel had carried out ...
See all stories on this topic

August 12: What Darwish was and what we are
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Darwish's village was destroyed because its inhabitants fought against the newly declared State of Israel. Other villages whose inhabitants did not fight ...
See all stories on this topic

Harry Potter causing trouble in Israel
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
By Marjorie Kehe | August 11, 2008 edition Publishers keep trying to trump religious authority in Israel. An AFP report states today that Arab translations ...
See all stories on this topic

Palestinians plan 'state' funeral for poet Darwish
AFP -
Palestinian foreign minister Riya al-Maliki said Darwish, who was born in an Arab village in what is now northern Israel, will be buried in Ramallah ...
See all stories on this topic

Hamas official defends ceasefire with Israel
Xinhua - China
11 (Xinhua) -- A senior Hamas leader on Monday defended the ceasefire which Egypt brokered between the Islamic movement and Israel in the Gaza Strip. ...
See all stories on this topic

Guide: Gaza under blockade
BBC News - UK
What gets in and out of Gaza, what has been the impact of the restrictions, and what has changed since the truce between Israel and Hamas in June 2008? ...
See all stories on this topic

Hotel Outsource Management International, Inc.: Upscale Hotel in ...
MarketWatch - USA
OB) has announced the signing of an agreement with another upscale hotel in Israel, The Tel-Aviv Park Plaza Orchid. The Tel-Aviv Park Plaza Orchid Hotel is ...
See all stories on this topic

Hamas seeks German mediation in Shalit deal
Ynetnews - Israel
Over the past few days, Hamas spokesmen have harshly criticized Egypt, saying that it was imposing a siege on the Gaza Strip along with Israel and causing ...
See all stories on this topic

DM: Israel needs PM with security experience
Xinhua - China
The minister stressed that a lesson should have been learned from the 34-day war, when Israel was led by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and then Defense ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 9th of Av 5768 - Sun, Aug/10/08

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:31:55 GMT

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 9th of Av 5768

Sunday 10 August 2008

IOC Says Iran May Face Discipline in Israel Swimming Incident
New York Times - United States
Iran has not competed against Israel at the Olympic Games since the 1979 revolution. The Iranian National Olympic Committee (INOC) said earlier Saturday ...
See all stories on this topic

Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet, is dead
International Herald Tribune - France
Born to a large Muslim family in what is now Israel, he emerged as a Palestinian cultural icon eloquently describing his people's struggle for independence ...
See all stories on this topic

Palestinians Mourn Death of 'National Poet' Mahmoud Darwish
Voice of America - USA
Darwish was seven years old when Israel became a state in 1948. His family fled when their village was destroyed near what is today the Israeli port city of ...
See all stories on this topic

An Egyptian democracy activist who has worked with pro-Israel ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York,NY,USA
... 10 months in Egyptian prisons in the early 2000s. Ibrahim has appeared frequently at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a pro-Israel think tank.
See all stories on this topic

Iranian faces boot if Israel snubbed
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Israel and Iran are in conflict over religion and nuclear weapons. The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has said Israel should be "wiped out from the ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel calls for peaceful solution to Georgia conflict
Xinhua - China
10 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Sunday called for a peaceful solution to the recent fighting in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, while saying that ...
See all stories on this topic

Syria rules out new UN nuclear visit to bombed site
AFP -
DAMASCUS (AFP) — Syria on Sunday ruled out the UN atomic watchdog making a second inspection of a contested site bombed by Israel last year and alleged by ...
See all stories on this topic

NY: Gay father kidnaps son, takes him to Israel
Ynetnews - Israel
State Department asks Israel Police to help locate kidnapper, baby NEW YORK - The New York police have defined this affair as “the first ever kidnapping of ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel was elected to the executive of a United Nations-regulated ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York,NY,USA
The Universal Postal Union, convening this month in Geneva, voted to include Israel on its Postal Operations Council. The decision means that, ...
See all stories on this topic

Corruption and occupation
guardian.co.uk - UK
David Ben Gurion, Israel's founder and most prominent political personality, spent the last 11 years of his life living in a little wooden house in the ...
See all stories on this topic

NEWS ALERT: ISRAEL 8th of Av 5768 - Sat, Aug/9/08

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:39:46 GMT

News Alert: Israel 8th of Av 5768

Saturday 9 August 2008

As Ramadan approaches, Hamas bans use of cooking gas to fuel cars ...
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
Earlier this year, Israel limited fuel shipments in response to attacks from the Gaza Strip, leading to a severe shortage. As a result, around 8000 Gaza ...
See all stories on this topic

Robert Fulford: The cruel pursuit of a fictitious peace for Israel
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
This week, the third anniversary of Israel’s wildly optimistic and ill-advised withdrawal from the Strip, the situation is much as Steven Erlanger described ...
See all stories on this topic

Syria says IAEA can't visit suspect site again
The Associated Press -
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria says UN nuclear inspectors cannot make a return visit to a suspect site bombed by Israel last year because its agreement with ...
See all stories on this topic

Israel judo competitor Gal Yekutiel defeated in bronze medal match
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND ALLON SINAI Israeli judo competitor Gal Yekutiel was defeated in the match for a bronze medal in the 60kg weight class on the first ...
See all stories on this topic

Fallon fails in medal bid
The Press Association -
Craig Fallon's dreams of an Olympic judo medal were dashed after he lost to Israel's Gal Yekutiel in the penultimate contest before the play-off for bronze ...
See all stories on this topic

An Israeli Strike on Iran, a Plan That Just Doesn't Fly
Washington Post - United States
Take one of the country's most important historians, the erstwhile dove Benny Morris, who recently predicted in the New York Times that "Israel will almost ...
See all stories on this topic

Iran to compete against Israel at Games
NEWS.com.au - Australia
IRAN will compete against Israel at the Olympic Games for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Tehran media reported today. ...
See all stories on this topic

Fallon fails in pursuit of bronze
BBC Sport - UK
Britain's Craig Fallon was beaten by Israel's Gal Yekutiel in the repechage B final -60kg class, one fight away from competing for the bronze medal. ...
See all stories on this topic

Don't blame Israel for Palestine's economic plight
Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds,England,UK
His error is to blame Israel and the West. In fact were the Palestinians to produce anything worth buying there has historically been a route available to ...
See all stories on this topic

A streetcar named Israel
Ynetnews - Israel
"Israel" is the name of a special streetcar which will travel on Vienna's streets for three months. This colorful trolley, which was initiated by the ...
See all stories on this topic

Avraham's One Village - JEWISH & benei Noach's ONE VILLAGE ***Barukh haba***: Israel News Alert