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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Fired waiter charged with killing six Israelis

JTA

A fired waiter, a Russian immigrant to Israel, was charged with killing his ex-employer and five members of his family.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Lebanese man accused of spying for Israel

A Lebanese citizen accused of spying for Israel was arrested by the Lebanese security service.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Arab man stabbed in Jerusalem

JTA

An Arab man was stabbed in Jerusalem apparently by a Jewish youth.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Poor Olive Crop Beset by Theft and Violence

Arieh O’Sullivan, The Media Line

Israeli Itzhak Moreno holds a sack of freshly picked, plump olives, purple and ripe for the press.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Israel responds to bombing with airstrikes

JTA

Israeli airstrikes hit targets in Gaza in response to a Kassam rocket fired into the Negev.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

A Hamas Victory in 2010? The Street Speaks

By Felice Friedson, The Media Line

You cannot sit in Iowa or Los Angeles or Washington for that matter, and think you know the streets of Ramallah, Gaza or Jerusalem.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Obama: Settlement expansion could be ‘dangerous’

JTA

President Obama said additional Israeli settlement building "embitters the Palestinians in a way that could end up being very dangerous."

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Livni: ‘Israeli consensus’ that Gilo is theirs

JTA

There is 'Israeli consensus' that the eastern Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood of Gilo belongs to Israel, opposition leader Tzipi Livni said.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Kassam rocket lands in Negev

JTA

A Kassam rocket fired from Gaza landed in the Negev.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

South American olim accompanying Peres

JTA

Some 25 new immigrants from five South American countries accompanied President Shimon Peres on his return to Israel.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Noam most popular Israeli name in 2008

JTA

Noam was the most popular name for Israeli babies born in 2008.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Woman arrested for wearing tallit at Western Wall

JTA

Jerusalem police arrested a woman praying at the Western Wall for wearing a tallit.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

U.S. Jews on mission to buy in West Bank and E. Jerusalem settlements

JTA

A group of American Jews arrived in Israel on a mission to promote home purchases in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

New housing plans approved for East Jerusalem neighborhood

JTA

The Jerusalem municipality approved the construction of 900 housing units in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood despite U.S. objection.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

5 Palestinians, 2 more Israelis die from swine flu pushing death toll to 49

JTA

At least five Palestinians in the West Bank have died from swine flu as the Israeli death toll from the virus hit 49.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

EU: ‘Premature’ to recognize Palestinian state

JTA

The European Union said it was "premature" to recognize a Palestinian state.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Palestinian trade union not backing boycott of Israeli goods

JTA

The top Palestinian trade union says it does not support a boycott of Israeli goods.

Shaher Saeed, general secretary of the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions, told British counterparts at a conference that his organization is not campaigning for a general ban on products made in Israel, Britain's Jewish Chronicle reported last Friday.

Monday, November 16, 2009

U.S.: Best way to achieve a viable Palestine is talks

HAARETZ.com

The United States on Monday reaffirmed its support for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through negotiations, in its first official response to a Palestinian plan to declare statehood without Israeli consent.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Palestinian threat to declare statehood seeks to put onus on Israel

By Leslie Susser, JTA

Frustrated by a lack of progress toward statehood, the Palestinians are considering taking their case to the United Nations.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Israeli soldiers rapped for protesting evacuations

JTA

Two Israeli soldiers based near Hebron were demoted and sentenced to prison for protesting the evacuation of Jewish settlers in violation of army protocol.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Gaza disengagement authority to be renamed ‘Tenufa Authority’

JTA

Israel's Cabinet agreed to rename the Gaza disengagement authority.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Hamas: A Palestinian state should take over all of Israel

JTA

Hamas rejected the Palestinian Authority's decision to unilaterally declare a state in the West Bank and Gaza, saying it should take over all of Israel.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Plans for new Palestinian city in West Bank raise hopes

By Dina Kraft, JTA

Dusk has fallen on a terraced hillside and workers clearing the red earth hurry to finish planting trees in the twilight, their labor the initial step in the construction of the first-ever planned Palestinian city.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Israel Ends Drought Tax but Raises Water Prices

by Benjamin Joffe-Walt, The Media Line

The Israeli government announced a deal over the weekend to temporarily freeze a controversial drought tax while significantly raising water prices throughout the country.