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Israel« Previous Entries‘All Citizens Must Be Equal’Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Guardian | "When we're inside Sadaka Reut, I believe that everyone is good to each other," said Lena, describing her Arab-Israeli summer camp. "But then we go out on to the street, and it's [a different story] …" Seconds later, her point was proved perfectly. On a busy intersection in the heart of Yafo, a middle-aged man cast a disapproving eye over the street exhibition the group ... tagged IsraelPresident George W Bush backs Israeli plan for strike on IranSunday, July 13th, 2008By Uzi Mahnaimi in Washington | President George W Bush has told the Israeli government that he may be prepared to approve a future military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations with Tehran break down, according to a senior Pentagon official. Despite the opposition of his own generals and widespread scepticism that America is ready to risk the military, political and economic consequences of an airborne strike ... tagged Bush, Iran and Israel‘We have no alternative than peaceful protest’Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Guardian.co.uk | Israeli troops have surrounded a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank after several weeks of demonstrations against the latest stretch of the West Bank barrier. For at least the past two days the military has placed a cordon around the village of Nilin, imposing what it calls a "closure" and preventing people from entering or leaving. Nilin is the latest village to join a small ... tagged Israel and World-News‘Iraq Troop Pullout Would Harm Israel’Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 US presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain on Monday criticized Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's calls for withdrawing US troops from Iraq, saying that such a pullout would harm Israel's security.
Speaking to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), McCain also blasted Obama's calls for talks with Iran.
"The Iranians have spent years working toward a nuclear program,'' McCain said, "and the idea ...
tagged Iraq, Israel and World-NewsOlmert urged to stand down over corruption claimsThursday, May 29th, 2008 By Donald Macintyre | The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's most powerful coalition partner has called on him to step aside in the face of widespread anger at allegations that he had repeatedly received envelopes stuffed with cash from a US businessman.
In the wake of testimony by the businessman Morris Talansky that he had personally handed over $150,000 (£76,000) for ...
tagged Israel and World-NewsIran rejects nuclear inspections unless Israel allows themTuesday, May 6th, 2008 Associated Press | An Iranian envoy said Monday his government will not submit to extensive nuclear inspections while Israel stays outside the global treaty to curb the spread of atomic weapons.
"The existing double standard shall not be tolerated anymore by non-nuclear-weapon states," Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh told a meeting of the 190 countries that have signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Nuclear safeguards are ...
tagged Iran, Israel and World-NewsBush And Sharon Had Secret Deal To Expand West BankFriday, April 25th, 2008 By Glenn Kessler |
A letter that President Bush personally delivered to then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon four years ago has emerged as a significant obstacle to the president's efforts to forge a peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians during his last year in office.
Ehud Olmert, the current Israeli prime minister, said this week that Bush's letter ...
tagged Bush, Israel and USA-NewsBreaking the Silence - Israeli Soldiers Speak OutFriday, April 25th, 2008 By Stephen Lendman - RINF |
They're called "Refuseniks" but not for refusing to serve. They've done it proudly and courageously, and here's how "Courage to Refuse" members state their position:
"We, reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)....have always served in the front lines....were first to carry out any mission, light or heavy, (and we did it) to protect the ...
tagged Israel and MilitaryFisk: Hizbollah turns to Iran in war on IsraelTuesday, April 8th, 2008By Robert Fisk in Teir Dibba, south Lebanon Tuesday, 8 April 2008 The Shia "martyrs" of this hill village are normally killed in the dangerous, stony landscape of southern Lebanon, in Israeli air raids or invasions or attacks from the sea. The Hizbollah duly honours them. But the body of the latest Shia fighter to be buried here – from the local Hashem family – was flown back ... tagged Iran, Israel and World-NewsIsrael threatens Iran with destructionMonday, April 7th, 2008An Israeli minister has threatened Iran with destroying the country if the Islamic Republic launches 'an attack on the regime'. "An Iranian attack against Israel would trigger a tough reaction that would lead to the destruction of the Iranian nation," National Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said, AFP reported Monday. The minister, a member of prime minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet, stressed however that Iran was unlikely ... tagged Iran, Israel, Warfare and World-NewsIsrael’s airport security questionedThursday, March 20th, 2008JERUSALEM - A civil rights group is challenging Israeli airport security practices. The group says Israel singles out Arabs for closer inspection, and that's racisim. But experts say the practice, which is known as profiling, is vital to security and saves lives. They say attackers aiming at Israeli aircraft are most likely to be Arabs. The Israeli civil rights group challenged the practice before the Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday. Israeli-Arabs ... tagged Israel‘Israel must be tried for war crimes’Friday, March 14th, 2008DAKAR: The head of the world’s biggest Muslim body, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), called yesterday for Israelis to be tried by an international war crimes court for “heinous” attacks against Palestinians. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the 57-nation body - the second largest inter-governmental bloc after the UN - told an OIC summit in Senegal that Israel was repeatedly seeking to undermine foreign-brokered peace plans. “The situation ... tagged IsraelThe Story The Press Didn’t Have Time ForFriday, March 14th, 2008SAFA ABU SEIF, 12, was fatally wounded as she stood in an upstairs room of her home in the Gaza City district of Jabaliya 10 days ago. She was one of 27 children identified by United Nations staff among the 107 Palestinians who were killed in five days last week. Another 25 dead, including five women, were identified as unarmed non-combatants. The status of 13 more dead victims could not be ... tagged IsraelIsrael to boycott Al-JazeeraThursday, March 13th, 2008Israel will boycott Al-Jazeera over what it calls the channel's 'biased coverage' of the regime's military operation in Gaza. The regime's foreign ministry has held discussions on the matter and decided to impose an official embargo on the Qatar-based station in the coming days, deputy foreign minister Majali Wahbe told Army Radio on Wednesday. The ministry claimed that Al-Jazeera, in cooperation with Hamas, is inciting the ... tagged IsraelGaza conditions ‘at 40-year low’Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Gaza's humanitarian situation is at its worst since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, say UK-based human rights and development groups. They include Amnesty International, Save the Children, Cafod, Care International and Christian Aid. They criticise Israel's blockade on Gaza as illegal collective punishment which fails ...
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