 State seeks to augment Jewish immigration from former USSR
Dateline: 2008-07-06 12:30:03 PT
The Jewish community in the former Soviet Union could disappear in a generation unless assimilation is curbed there, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday.
....
 Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Abbas, Assad discuss prospects of Fatah-Hamas reconciliation
Dateline: 2008-07-06 06:15:03 PT
Syrian President Bashar Assad and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks in Damascus Sunday on the prospects of reconciliation talks between Abbas' Fatah movement and Hamas.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Israel hands Hezbollah list of demands prior to swap
Dateline: 2008-07-06 02:30:03 PT
Israel has informed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that it will require ten days to complete the prisoner exchange from the time the agreement is signed. The swap is expected to begin on or around July 20.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Report: Ex-top Israeli diplomat says Syria ready to cut Iran ties
Dateline: 2008-07-06 01:15:03 PT
A former senior Israeli diplomat has asserted that Syria is willing to cut its close relations with Iran in return for financial and military backing from the United States, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Israel to reopen Gaza crossings closed after rocket attacks
Dateline: 2008-07-06 00:00:02 PT
Israel was reopening some border crossings with Gaza on Sunday, an official said, after it closed them on Thursday following the launch of a rocket into the Jewish state by Palestinian militants.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
 Report: Many Killed In Syria Prison Riot
Dateline: 2008-07-05 11:15:03 PT
A delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency hopes to get to the bottom of the mystery of the Syrian remote building - flattened by an Israeli air strike last September on suspicion it was a plutonium-producing reactor.
.
Read the full story at CBS News
Discuss it in the forum
|
Hamas TV: U.S. bill to outlaw us aims at silencing free voices
Dateline: 2008-07-05 09:00:02 PT
Hamas' Gaza-based Al-Aqsa TV on Saturday denounced a resolution presented to the United States Congress seeking to have it outlawed as a terrorist organization.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
French, Syrian FMs meet in Paris to prepare Assad-Sarkozy talks
Dateline: 2008-07-05 06:30:03 PT
The foreign ministers of France and Syria have met in Paris to prepare July 12 talks between Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Bashar Assad.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Syrian rights group: Political prisoners butchered in clash with warders
Dateline: 2008-07-05 04:00:03 PT
Scores of inmates were killed when prison authorities put down a riot staged Saturday by Islamist political prisoners in Sidnaya military jail near Damascus, a Syrian human rights group quoted an inmate as saying.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Iran fails to address incentive package in response
Dateline: 2008-07-05 01:30:04 PT
Iran has officially responded to the package of incentives to halt its nuclear program, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Israel lobbies UN as Ban mulls appointment of new human rights chief
Dateline: 2008-07-04 18:00:02 PT
Officials in Jerusalem are anxiously anticipating the United Nations' upcoming appointment of a new human rights commissioner to replace Louise Arbour, the Canadian jurist and former Supreme Court judge who stepped down earlier this week.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Iraqi MPs voice outrage after President shakes Barak's hand
Dateline: 2008-07-04 09:15:03 PT
BAGHDAD - Several members of the Iraqi parliament called on President Jalal Talabani on Friday to apologize for shaking hands with Ehud Barak at a conference in Greece this week, saying that by shaking the Israeli defense minister's hand he had violated Iraqi law.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Israel closes Gaza crossings
Dateline: 2008-07-04 05:15:01 PT
Israel says it is keeping Gaza's border crossings closed in retaliation for a rocket attack.
.
Read the full story at USA Today - World
Discuss it in the forum
|
MK Barakeh reportedly met with Hamas' Meshal in Abu Dhabi
Dateline: 2008-07-04 04:15:03 PT
The chairman of the Hadash faction, MK Mohammed Barakeh, has met secretly with Hamas' political bureau chief, Khaled Meshal, the Nazareth-based Kul al-Arab newspaper reported on Friday.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Israel closes Gaza crossings
Dateline: 2008-07-04 04:15:03 PT
Israel says it is keeping Gaza's border crossings closed in retaliation for a rocket attack.
.
Read the full story at USA Today
Discuss it in the forum
|
Turkish source: Latest Israel-Syria talks dealt with Golan
Dateline: 2008-07-04 01:45:04 PT
The latest round of indirect negotiations between Israel and Syria covered core issues including the future of the Golan Heights, Army Radio reported on Friday, quoting a Turkish official.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Hamas suspends Shalit talks over Gaza closure
Dateline: 2008-07-04 01:45:03 PT
Hamas is suspending negotiations over the release of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit due to Israel's closure of Gaza Strip crossings, the London-based Al-Hayyat quoted a senior group official as saying on Friday.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Hezbollah report: Arad died in Lebanon over a decade ago
Dateline: 2008-07-03 23:15:02 PT
Israel received a report from Hezbollah on Thursday regarding the Lebanese Shi'ite organization's efforts to locate missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Peres: There is no chance of peace with Palestinians
Dateline: 2008-07-03 20:45:03 PT
President Shimon Peres believes there is no chance of an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
Israelis contributed to daring Colombian hostage rescue
Dateline: 2008-07-03 20:45:02 PT
Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was released after six years in captivity on Wednesday, compared her "impeccable" rescue operation to Israeli commando operations.
....
Read the full story at Haaretz
Discuss it in the forum
|
