Friday 27th January, 2012
Israel senses a bluff in Iran's retaliatory strike threat
Israeli intelligence estimates, backed by academic studies, have cast doubt about a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities setting off a catastrophic set of events like a regional ...
Israeli toddler bites off snake's head
An 18-month Israeli boy bit off the head of a snake that crawled into his bedroom in Haifa, the Ynet News portal said. The mother, who came to see her child in the morning, found him chewing a dead ...
Sheldon Adelson: Gingrich Donor, Casino Mogul, Israeli Hardliner
ATLANTA - He's an ardent supporter of Israel. A megabillionaire casino mogul whose Las Vegas Sands Corp. is under federal investigation. And the self-proclaimed "richest Jew in the ...
Israel urges action as Iran 'drifts' toward nuclear goal line
The NationalDAVOS, Switzerland // Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday the world must quickly stop Iran from reaching the point where even a "surgical" military strike could not block it ...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The TelegraphHolocaust remembrance day marks the day of liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps 67 years ago. Above: A candle burns in front of a memorial wall bearing the engraved names of tens of ...
VATICAN – ISRAEL Israel and the Vatican continue negotiations, next meeting on 11 June 2012
Spero NewsJerusalem – The Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the State of Israel and the Holy See held a plenary meeting yesterday hosted by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to ...
Egypt tells Israel Jewish festival is cancelled
Daily NationEgypt on Wednesday called off an annual Jewish festival in the Nile Delta, which draws Israeli pilgrims every year to the tomb of holy man Abu ...
Syria violence kills 37, UN Security Council to meet
Jerusalem PostAMMAN - Security forces killed 37 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst ...
Arabs to Davos: Invest in us, don't fear us
Jerusalem PostDAVOS, Switzerland - Leaders of the Arab Spring sought to assure the world's elite in Davos that the rise of political Islam is not a threat to democracy, and pleaded for help creating jobs and ...
Politics: Up for grabs, down for keeps
Jerusalem PostGlobes newspaper found that Mofaz had also bridged the gap in the number of mandates he could bring to Kadima.While polls last week found that Livni would win the party four more seats, the Smith ...
Arab World: A joyless celebration
Jerusalem PostAnger and frustration marked the first anniversary of the Egyptian uprising. A year ago, people were chanting "down with the regime," "down with Mubarak," "freedom and ...
Seeds of change in Israel
Jerusalem PostZICHRON YA'AKOV, Israel - Rare plants enthusiast Moshe Weiss often contrasts Israel's agricultural perspective with Hawaii's strict policies that keep non-indigenous plants from ...
Column One: The Zionist imperative
Jerusalem PostEuropean and American perfidy in dealing with Iran's nuclear weapons program apparently has no end. This week we were subject to banner headlines announcing that the EU has decided to place ...
Undeclared French Presidential Candidate Running Out Of Time
Arutz ShevaFrance is waiting for Nicolas Sarkozy. The French president, who has not yet declared his candidacy, will deliver an address to the nation Sunday night in what may be one of his last opportunities ...
Israel toddler chews head off snake
Canada.comColuber nummifer or Hemorrhois nummifer in Ein Kerem a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, Israel. A toddler in a town in northern Israel chewed the head off a 30-centimetre variety of this ...
Israel calls for tougher sanctions on Iran - video
The GuardianEhud Barak, Israel's deputy prime minister and defence minister, warns that Tehran's nuclear programme could lead to weapons proliferation, the spread of terrorism and a threat to oil ...
Israel refuses extradition in Ukraine murder
MSNBCKIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's prosecutor general says Israel is refusing to extradite a former presidential bodyguard charged with abuse of office after claiming his boss plotted the ...
Israel to give US 12 hour warning before attack Iran
IMRAIsrael to give US 12 hour warning before attack Iran Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 22 October 2011 Maariv reports this morning that ...
Israeli film industry is a surprising powerhouse
Tampa Bay OnlineJERUSALEM (AP) -- The budgets are bare-bones and the talent pool is limited, but Israel has emerged as a surprising powerhouse in the foreign film ...
Israeli officials think Iran retaliation threat is a bluff, NYT reports
Prison PlanetJanuary 27, 2012 Israeli officials and academic experts think that Iran's threats of retaliation to a possible strike against it are a bluff, the New York Times reported on Friday. Citing a ...
Romney: Palestinians don’t want two-state solution, they want to eliminate Israel
Prison PlanetHaaretz January 27, 2012 Governor Mitt Romney said on Thursday that the Palestinians are not interested in a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, rather that they are interested in the ...
Ronen Bergman Predicts 2012 Israeli Attack On Iran
Prison Planetfront page NY Times Magazine feature story this week is important, but not for the reasons you might think. It is important not because it offers a constructive approach regarding urgent matters of ...
Israel arrests yet another top Hamas official
Mail and GuardianAziz Dweik, a member of Hamas and a senior elected politician, was imprisoned "without charge or legal justification", a statement from his office said. It claimed Israel was attempting to ...
Barak calls on world to stop Iranian nuclear danger
Jerusalem PostSpeaking at World Economic Forum in Davos, defense minister calls for tougher sanctions against Islamic Republic; IAEA chief Amano says he is convinced Iran working to develop nuclear ...
'Holocaust taught us value of democratic ideals'
Jerusalem PostThe Holocaust has taught the world that democracy demands both the rule of law as well as the preservation of democratic values, Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch said on Friday, adding that ...
'Mashaal has effectively abandoned Syria HQ'
Jerusalem PostThe leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, has effectively abandoned his headquarters in the Syrian capital, Damascus, diplomatic and intelligence sources said on ...
Dagan visits Tal Law protest camp, voices support
Jerusalem Postmock military camp set up at the Arlozorov train station in Tel Aviv in protest of the Tal Law on Friday. Dagan signed a petition to cancel the law, which affords those studying full-time in a ...
UNSC to meet on Syria as fighting flares in Homs
Jerusalem PostAMMAN - Fighting erupted in Homs on Friday, a day after townspeople said Alawite militiamen killed 14 members of a Sunni Muslim family in one of Syria's worst sectarian attacks since a revolt ...
Bats occupy Israeli army ghost bunkers
Jerusalem PostQASR AL-YAHUD, West Bank - Abandoned Israeli army bunkers along the Jordan River are providing a lifeline for bats on the endangered species list, researchers say.Soldiers left Israel's ...
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