Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Is Hamas trying to change its stripes?
by Mati Wagner, JTA
Is Hamas trying to change its stripes? Terrorist attacks against Israelis appear to be on pause, and rocket fire from Gaza is down significantly.. . .
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Jerusalem monastery, Arab-Jewish school attacked
JTA
Graffiti attacks against non-Jewish targets have continued in Israel, this time at a Jewish-Arab bilingual school and a Christian monastery.. . .
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Girls’ faces blurred in toy store ad in Beit Shemesh
JTA
The faces of young girls modeling Purim costumes in a toy store ad were blurred in a haredi Orthodox newspaper in Beit Shemesh.. . .
Monday, February 6, 2012
Bill would provide financial aid to youth who leave haredi world
JTA
A Knesset member from the left-wing Meretz Party has authored a bill that would provide financial aid to young people who leave the haredi Orthodox. . .
Monday, February 6, 2012
Israeli teachers oppose school trips to Hebron
JTA
Hundreds of Israeli teachers have sent a letter to Israel's education minister opposing school trips to Hebron. The trips are part of an Education. . .
Monday, February 6, 2012
Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government
by Ali Sawafta, Reuters
The leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for. . .
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Netanyahu to address AIPAC as Iran speculation intensifies
JTA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will address the AIPAC policy conference as speculation grows about how the United States and. . .
Friday, February 3, 2012
Conservative group prays in mixed minyan at Knesset
by Sara Miller
A recent trip of American Conservative (Masorti) Jews to Israel included a first for the country, and cuts to the heart of an issue that poses a. . .
Friday, February 3, 2012
Panetta believes Israel may strike Iran this spring, report says
Reuters
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop Tehran from building a. . .
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Kassams strike southern Israel
JTA
At least four Kassam rockets fired from Gaza struck southern Israel.. . .
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
January shatters mark for Israel’s wettest month
JTA
Rainfall in the month of January broke Israeli records.. . .
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Ban Ki-moon calls on Israel to make gestures for peace
JTA
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to make some positive moves toward the Palestinians in order to bring them back to the. . .
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Netanyahu wins new party mandate
by Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a new mandate to head his right-wing Likud party, defeating an ultranationalist challenger opposed. . .
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Demonstrations to press Israel on prostitution
JTA
Demonstrations to put international pressure on Israeli lawmakers to criminalize the purchase of sexual services in Israel are set to be held in four. . .
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Shalit visits family of slain tank commander
JTA
Former captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit visited the family of his tank commander, who was killed in the same incident in which Shalit was. . .
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Controversy grows in Israel over extension of Tal Law granting haredim army exemptions
by Linda Gradstein, JTA
When Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, granted a few hundred haredi Orthodox Jews an exemption from army service, it’s likely he. . .
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Likud voters electing party chairman
JTA
Members of Israel's Likud Party went to the polls to elect a party chairman and a new Central Committee, more than a year before scheduled national. . .
Monday, January 30, 2012
With Iran in mind, Babi Yar remembered as ‘evil at its worst’
by Michele Alperin / JointMedia News Service
A United Nations Conference Room teemed with over 600 Russian Jews, most of them quite elderly and some wearing Soviet army uniforms with colorful. . .
Monday, January 30, 2012
Vice prime minister: ‘Iranian regime should be confronted by the West’
by Michele Alperin / JointMedia News Service
Intelligence on Iran’s nuclear project is no longer subject to dispute in Israeli government circles, according to Moshe Ya’alon, vice prime. . .
Monday, January 30, 2012
Netanyahu set to win party primary ahead of U.S. poll
by Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to win a new mandate to lead his right-wing Likud party Tuesday in a primary vote which may. . .
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Netanyahu pessimistic on Mideast peace prospects
Reuters
Peace prospects with the Palestinians are looking poor, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday after exploratory talks aimed at. . .
Friday, January 27, 2012
Palestinians unmoved as Israel presents border ideas
by Jihan Abdalla and Dan Williams
Israel has presented Palestinians with its ideas for the borders and security arrangements of a future Palestinian state, in a bid to keep. . .
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Bibi bypassing Cabinet on extending yeshiva students’ military service law
JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will bring a vote on extending a law that allows yeshiva students to delay their military service directly to the. . .
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Abbas says exploratory peace talks have ended
JTA
Talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators leading to full peace talks have ended with no progress, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud. . .
