Sunday 22nd November, 2009
Iran launches military exercise to protect nuclear facilities
Israel News.NetIran has begun a series of military exercises aimed at preparation against attacks on its nuclear facilities.
Rocket fire from Gaza causes Israeli retaliation
Israel News.NetSeveral Palestinians were injured in Israeli airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip over the weekend.
Ten wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Israel News.NetJerusalem, Nov 22 (DPA) At least 10 Palestinians were injured in three successive Israeli airstrikes overnight and early Sunday on the southern, central and northern Gaza Strip, medical officials and the Israeli military said.
How much 'most' is?
Israel News.NetWashington, Nov 22 : Ever wondered what the word 'most' really signifies? Well, a researcher from Tel Aviv University's Department of Linguistics has actually quantified the meaning of this commonly used word.
Militants to stop shelling of Israel
Israel News.NetThe militant group Hamas has agreed with other Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets into Israel.
Israeli jet strike Gaza targets
The NewsMonday, November 23, 2009 OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS: Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday in what the military said was ret...
Hamas official: Progress in Schalit talks but no deal yet
Jerusalem PostAmid a flurry of media reports that after more than three years of deadlock, Hamas may agree this week to release St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit, President Shimon Peres told reporters in Cairo on Sunday that ...
Mubarak: Jerusalem a 'pan-Arab' issue
Jerusalem PostJerusalem is not a Palestinian "problem" but a pan-Arab one, and Israel will suffer if a "just solution" is not found there, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned Sunday in Cairo, after meeting Pres...
Rise in motivation to join combat units
Jerusalem PostNoting a sharp increase in motivation to enlist in combat units and a continued drop in overall draft numbers, the IDF began its November draft on Sunday as hundreds of young men arrived at the Tel Ha...
Prisoner deal on Israeli soldier close - Arab media
Irish TimesA Palestinian woman inspects the damage to her relative's house after an Israeli air strike in Jabalya, in the northern Gaza Strip, early yesterday. Israel carried out the air strikes after a rocket f...
B&B revenues plunge 40%
HaaretzA country vacation at a bed and breakfast is calm, quiet and pastoral - but only for the vacationers. For the owners of such country-style accommodations, business has been getting unpredictable and m...
Real estate firms, kibbutz considering large solar plants
HaaretzReal estate companies are getting serious about entering the solar power business. Two more large firms are considering putting solar arrays on the roofs of their shopping centers: Big and Amot. The t...
The right way to run a prison
HaaretzThe Supreme Court was right when it struck down the amendment to a prison ordinance that would have allowed private companies to manage prisons. The court ruled that the state would retain its monopol...
Market Report / TA-25 up 0.2% as Africa plunges 5.1%
HaaretzTel Aviv opened the trading week up slightly, despite losses on Wall Street last week. However, the bourse started yesterday with losses and recovered only in the hour before closing. Third-quarter fi...
Hard Look / The way we are
HaaretzOur markets and currency were the real stars. The local stock market has risen this year more than most of its counterparts around the world. Anyone who wasn't scared off the stock market in November-...
Rugby / Tel Aviv men massacre Haifa as women squeak by
HaaretzASA Tel Aviv smashed Haifa 66-0 Saturday in local rugby's game of the week. "They'll take the championship walking," said Menachem Ben Menachem, president of both the Haifa club and the rugby associat...
The unfinished battle against corruption
HaaretzThe Corruption Perceptions Index published last week by Transparency International ranks Israel in a not very good position, with a score of 6.1, similar to its grade in previous years. In 1997, we re...
Watchdog forcing Delek Group to sell off some bank shares
HaaretzThe banks watchdog has given Yitzhak Tshuva's conglomerate Delek Group six months to cut its holdings in any single Israeli bank to less than 5%. The Bank of Israel's supervisor of banks, Rony Hizkiya...
Soundbox / Mendelssohn of the fields
HaaretzWhen Masur took the stage, waved at the orchestra and bowed deeply to the audience, it was enough to cause one's jaw to drop in astonishment. Kurt Masur, a symbol of the Old World, a man of Leipzig, a...
A superfluous show of sovereignty
HaaretzAbout two years ago, the long-serving security prisoners who are Israeli citizens wrote an emotional appeal to Knesset members. They quoted former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak on every prisone...
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets
Japan TodayJERUSALEM — Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rock...
Commander Stresses Iran's Ability to Shoot Down Israel's F15, F16 Fighters
IMRACommander Stresses Iran's Ability to Shoot Down Israel's F15, F16 Fighters News number: 880901165018:52 | 2009-11-22Defence http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8809011650 TEHRAN (FNA)- A se...
Rights group says Israel-Palestinian conflict claimed almost 9,000 lives in twenty years
Juristpress release ] in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians since 1989. A majority of the deaths - 7,398 - were Palestinians. Of that number, 1,537 were thought to be minors. The report also s...
Religious Jews protest against Intel in Jerusalem
New Jersey Online(AP) — JERUSALEM - Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews are demonstrating outside an Intel facility in Jerusalem against the U.S. company operating on the Jewish Sabbath in the holy city. Jerusale...
Palestinian nun moves toward sainthood
Jerusalem PostWorld Thousands of worshippers gathered in the biblical town of Nazareth to attend the beatification of the late Sister Maria Alfonsina Danil Ghattas. Ghattas helped found the Sisters of the Most H...
Hamas Using Shalit as Pawn for Fatah Unity
Arutz Sheva(IsraelNN.com) Hamas continues to spread the word that a deal is near for the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for terrorists, but the terrorist party also may have an additional ...
Video: IDF Chief of Staff Meets November Draft Recruits
Arutz Sheva(IsraelNN.com) Sunday marked the beginning of the IDF November 2009 draft and according to statistics published by the IDF, the motivation of the recruits has reached a peak for the past decade - 73 p...
IDF Cracking Down on Fake Religious Women Shirking Tour of Duty
Arutz Sheva(IsraelNN.com) The Knesset Law Committee approved the text of a new bill on Sunday that would crack down on young women obtaining exemptions from IDF service by means of fraudulent declarations of rel...
Rabbis Demand Hands Off Hesder Yeshivot, As Teens Join Protests
Arutz ShevaDozens of rabbis of the National-Religious movement met Sunday night in Jerusalem to discuss the problems facing the movement, especially the issue of protests by religious soldiers against the expuls...
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