Provides the latest RSS feeds for Israel News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Israel News.net http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/cat/f81a4d9d561822ee/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 03:11:47 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:11:47 -0400 30 Syria has surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles aimed at Tel Aviv and is ready to use them should Israel decide to conduct a strike on Damascus, British ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214611129/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 19 May 2013 02:22:37 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214611129/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sixteen people were wounded in Arab attacks last week, according to data gathered by the defense establishment. Seven of the injured were soldiers, seven were police officers and two were civilians. Two officers were hurt when they were hit by rocks during a riot in El Aroub. Four soldiers were lightly wounded when a firebomb led their jeep to crash. A bus driver was lightly wounded by rocks, ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214611257/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 19 May 2013 02:22:29 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214611257/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee TEHRAN, Iran: Iran hanged two convicted spies on Sunday, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office announced. Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214611219/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 19 May 2013 01:55:39 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214611219/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee the state budget which was passed this week and which includes tax increases and austerity measures, as well as against the increase in the budget of the Prime Minister’s official residence. Protests also took place outside Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s private residences in Jerusalem and Caesarea, as well as in Netanya, where several demonstrators were detained by police after ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214609806/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 23:49:46 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214609806/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s attorney said on Saturday night that the Prime Minister and his wife do not live extravagant lives. He was responding to public anger over figures released this past week and which show that the budget of the Prime Minister’s ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214609805/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 23:49:46 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214609805/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee reports. According to the report, Syria is preparing to strike Israel in case the Jewish State launches another attack on its territory. The army has received orders to strike central Israel in case additional attacks against Syria are carried out, according to ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214609354/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 22:58:14 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214609354/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Al-Assad: Syria will slash roots of Israeli adventurism Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has emphasized on Tuesday that Damascus is able to confront the Israeli regime's adventurism, alluding to the recent Israeli aggression against the Arab country. The Syrian president stressed that the Israeli offensive is evidence of interference by Tel Aviv and its Western and regional allies in the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608818/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 21:33:40 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608818/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee US Secretary of State Kerry wants to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, will meet with Livni and Palestinian leadership separately; Westerwelle in J'lem: We support US ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608206/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 21:10:56 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608206/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee The Jerusalem Post on Friday. "The first time they changed it, my parents said OK, we'll change the tickets, no problem. But now, the second time, my family is saying they can't change it again."We were sure this wouldn't happen again, not in June, because it doesn't rain then. But it was changed again," he added. "My parents really wanted to be at the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608203/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 21:10:55 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608203/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee The state intends to nullify the original 1978 military seizure order for the land of the former Homesh settlement, a move that would return the property to its former Palestinian owners.The Justice Ministry notified the High Court of its decision late Thursday, in response to a 2010 petition by the Palestinian owners, who were represented by the Israeli NGO Yesh ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608204/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 21:10:55 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608204/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Jerusalem Post brand name," Linde says."It brings JPost.com into the 21st century by showing viewers what's in the news through what is arguably the most powerful of all media - television - while offering an authoritative and trustworthy perspective on the situation in Israel, the Jewish world, the Middle East and the world at large."To stay up to date with all the news ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608205/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 21:10:55 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608205/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee By Ed Flanagan, Producer, NBC News BEIJING – An official visit to Beijing by Israeli and Palestinian leaders last week has prompted speculation that China may finally be ready to claim its place as a world power by trying to negotiate an end to one of world's most caustic conflicts.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608289/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 20:46:55 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214608289/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Disseminating nude photos or videos without the subject's permission could be punishable by a prison sentence of up to five years, according to a new bill proposed by MK Yifat Kariv.The bill is an amendment to the Law to Prevent Sexual Harassment and will be brought to a vote in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214607542/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 20:16:12 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214607542/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Five palestinians killed, 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/26/2011 Five Palestinians were killed and 22 were injured at dawn yesterday in two Israeli air strikes targeting a sports club in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza, and a tunnel in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Israeli F16 warplanes bombed the sports club, located in a ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214607761/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:30 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214607761/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Syria would require a considerable period of time before it could master the S-300 air defense system, a defense analyst said Friday.The comments came soon after Russia said it remains committed to an arms deal with Syria to deliver the advanced ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606924/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 19:21:23 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606924/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee LIMA -- Proposed peace talks for Syria would not curb "terrorism" in the country and it is unrealistic to think they would succeed, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214607095/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 19:09:28 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214607095/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214607096/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 18:52:24 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214607096/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee The Bank of Israel will purchase foreign exchange in order to offset the effect of natural gas production on the exchange rate 13/05/2013 Natural gas production in Israel is causing an improvement in the current account, which is leading to appreciation pressures on the shekel. This phenomenon, often referred to ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214607019/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 18:51:52 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214607019/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Finance Minister Yair Lapid said Thursday the harshest cuts in his controversial budget were aimed at haredim in hopes of pushing them into the labor force."I already cut for the haredim more than ever has been," he said in a Facebook chat Thursday night, alluding to cuts in child allowances that disproportionally affect the ultra-Orthodox community, whose birth rate is four times ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606610/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 18:27:13 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606610/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Many people regard Alzheimer's disease - the most common cause of dementia - as a hopeless death sentence. Yet, although it is a progressive, fatal disorder that affects two percent of those over age 65 and 20% of those over 80, there are numerous things that can be done to ease the suffering of those with the condition and that of their families. There are currently 100,000 families in ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606435/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 18:27:13 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606435/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee It seems idiotic that whole wheat bread, rice and other products should be more expensive than bleached products that undergo additional procedures before reaching the supermarket shelves. In addition, low-fat dairy products, which are also healthier, should be cheaper than high-fat ones, as the fat can be siphoned off and used to make ice cream, for example.Thus, it would make sense for the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606436/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 18:27:13 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606436/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan filed an appeal on Thursday against a decision the Ministerial Committee for Internal Affairs, Services and Local Government made to approve the establishment of a natural gas power plant in the Be'er Tuviya industrial complex."On days in which the threat of missiles increases, the government must make every effort to reduce the risk to the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606434/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 18:27:12 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606434/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Two Palestinian journalists said they were detained and questioned this week by the Palestinian authority, despite a promise to respect freedom of the press. One of the journalists, a documentary filmmaker, said he was forced to reveal the passwords to his personal email and Facebook page, the Jerusalem Post reported. Haroun Abu Arrah said he was questioned for more than 2 hours by agents of ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606546/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:51 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606546/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian protesters Saturday near a mosque in East Jerusalem, Palestinian officials said. Israeli security forces arrested five people and fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets on Palestinians protesting an Israeli decision to close Aqsa Mosque to Muslims Thursday and Friday in Jerusalem's Old City so ultraorthodox Jews could enter the compound to ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606547/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:50 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214606547/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee PARIS - French anti-terror judges ordered the detention on Saturday of a man on suspicions he aided an al-Qaida-inspired gunman prepare for a shooting spree last year, a judicial source said.Mohamed Merah killed four Jews and three soldiers in and around the southern city of Toulouse in March 2012 before he was shot dead by ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605906/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 17:32:35 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605906/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee second straight week of "social justice" protests .The protest in Tel Aviv was held at the same time that hundreds gathered in Jerusalem as well as in ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605298/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 16:36:45 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605298/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee The overall geostrategic characteristic of the Syrian military picture is a robust armed struggle for supply routes, lines of communication, major highways and key choke points that is somewhat similar to the initial phase of the first Arab-Israeli War in 1947 - a battle for the roads.As a component of the Battle for Aleppo in the north; the M4 highway, which connects the Latakia coast to ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605299/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 16:36:39 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605299/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Word is that both Israel and Turkey are seriously entertaining the notion of constructing an undersea pipeline to deliver Israeli natural gas to Turkey and, perhaps, hence to Europe.The Turks reportedly have expressed willingness to foot part of the estimated $2 billion bill. Such pipelines exist elsewhere in the world, most notably from Russia and from Norway.It is becoming evident that a ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605528/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 16:36:38 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605528/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee For a school that strives to develop a sense of community among a diverse group of students and parents, it was no surprise that Meitarim Ra'anana's traditional annual Tikkun Shavuot epitomized its pluralistic educational philosophy.Educators, who came from Israel and the US, represented secular, orthodox and traditional viewpoints.This year's program, the ninth since the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605301/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 16:36:36 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605301/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Candidly Speaking: It is now clear that, despite repeated previous appeals over many years by outside parties urging the Claims Conference to impose more effective supervision, gross negligence was the order of the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605303/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 16:36:36 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605303/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee I was in high school when I went to Indianapolis for my first regional AZA Conference. I almost didn't make it back alive because of what happened that Shabbat. I couldn't believe it when the rabbi called a woman to open the ark. A woman! But that wasn't all. I was shocked when she pulled back a corner of the curtain, pushed a button, a motor began to whir, the curtain parted, ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605302/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 16:36:36 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605302/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee A hiker was hospitalized after a sheep attacked him Saturday on the Israel National Trail, authorities said. The attack occurred near Kfar Qara, south of Haifa, Ynetnews.com reported. The hiker, a 56-year-old man, was conscious and was able to call for help on his cellphone. Paramedics treated the hiker at the scene and he was then transported to the Hillel Yaffa Hospital in Hadeera. He had ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605444/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 16:12:21 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214605444/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Syrian President Bashar Assad accused Israel of "directly supporting terrorist groups" in Syria, referring to rebels fighting against his regime, in an exclusive interview with Argentinian ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604900/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 15:39:10 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604900/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee In an interview with Army Radio, the justice minister, who is also responsible for peace talks, responds to Erdogan's call for Palestinian unity saying that the Turkish PM's perception of Hamas is ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604745/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 15:39:04 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604745/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee An Arab youth was killed when a tunnel linking Egypt to Gaza collapsed on Saturday, Arab medical sources said. "Mussa Ghonaim, 26 years old, was killed in the tunnel collapse south of the town of Rafah," the sources said, according ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604960/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:57 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604960/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Syrian state TV has reported a powerful explosion has hit the nation's capital, causing an unknown number of casualties. State TV said Saturday evening that the blast shook the Damascus neighborhood of Ruken al-Deen late Saturday. Residents confirmed to news wires that they heard a large explosion. No further details were immediately available. Israel ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604961/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:57 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604961/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Germany's foreign minister said on Saturday his country was prepared to help create conditions for a resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Guido Westerwelle, on a two-day visit to Israel and the PA, was quoted by a foreign ministry statement as saying "Germany is ready to help create a climate of confidence" that would permit talks to resume. ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604959/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:56 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604959/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday that advanced weapons supplied by Russia to war-torn Syria could end up in the wrong hands and be used against the Jewish ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604857/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 15:21:20 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604857/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee The advanced S-300 Russian air defense system, which Moscow has pledged to deliver to Syria, could reach Hezbollah and beyond, a senior defense official warned on Saturday.Amos Gilad, head of the security-diplomatic branch of the Defense Ministry, told Channel 2, "These weapons are dangerous. If Hezbollah and Iran support Syria, why shouldn't they [the Syrians] transfer these ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604192/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 14:41:28 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604192/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee correspondent said some of the demonstrators were carrying banners which called for a "third intifada," or anti-Israeli uprising. The "First Intifada" began in 1987 and lasted into the early 90s. The so-called "Second Intifada" was in fact a massive pre-planned terror war launched by Yasser Arafat, Hamas and other enemies of Israel in 2000 and lasting into the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604414/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 14:41:16 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604414/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Syrian strongman Bashar Assad said in a weekend interview to an Argentinean newspaper that Israel is assisting the rebels fighting to topple his regime. "Israel is directly supporting the terrorist groups in two ways," he said. "Firstly it gives them logistical support, and it also tells them what sites to attack and how to attack them." Assad also told ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604413/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 14:41:16 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214604413/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Anahid Melikian, left, and her niece Anahid Melikian Helewa have tried to find out about their family's books from the Israeli Embassy in Ottawa. Marianne Helm for The ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214603654/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 13:49:02 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214603654/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Finance Minister Yair Lapid is working to build a "coalition within the coalition" to create a civil alternative to religious marriage in Israel, including gay marriage.In a question and answer session on his Facebook page Thursday night, Lapid told a questioner that he was "definitely" planning on advancing the civil marriage ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214602910/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 12:39:51 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214602910/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee There was this Israeli man who, from time to time, put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God for favors -- as Jews have been doing for centuries. They believe that the gates of heaven are located directly above the Wall, making it easy for their missives to arrive quickly. The man always wondered what all the other petitioners were requesting from the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214602508/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:08 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214602508/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee In past week Palestinian Authority security forces interrogated, detained two journalists, despite promises to honor freedom of media; interrogators forced reporter to provide them with email and Facebook ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214601903/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 10:40:27 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214601903/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Policeman says crossing will remain closed until the seven remaining kidnapped hostages who were taken by Islamic militants are freed and the Interior Minister comes to listen to security ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214600779/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 08:35:37 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214600779/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following reports of the delivery of missiles and advanced anti-missile batteries to Syria, Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin soon to discuss the issue. The Prime Minister's Office would not confirm when the visit would take place or any details about it, but one official who spoke on condition of ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214600917/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 08:31:05 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214600917/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Israel would prefer President Assad to survive his country's bloody two-year insurgency if the alternative were a takeover by rebels infiltrated by Islamic extremists, Israeli officials said yesterday. Intelligence sources said that an intact, but weakened, Assad regime would be preferable for the country and the whole troubled region. "Better the devil we know than the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214600986/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 08:10:39 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214600986/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee A public flap has erupted after the Israeli government spent more than $127,000 to build a bedroom for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and his wife Sarah on a flight to attend the funeral of British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214600918/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 08:09:07 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214600918/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee An explosive American TV appearance by an Israeli expat and his wife, and their subsequent aggressive online reaction, have gone viral and made headlines in the US news. Samy and Amy Bouzaglo let rip at critics in a spectacularly public fashion after they and their restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona was panned by Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares reality show. Ramsay had few good words ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214600303/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 07:33:35 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214600303/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee The Syrian opposition claimed on Saturday that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons in Damascus and in the northern Syrian city of Saraqeb, Israel Radio reported quoting Saudi owned Al-Arabiya news network. Al-Arabiya reported that the dozens of people wounded in the attacks were suffering from breathing difficulties, the radio said. The ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214599827/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 06:31:06 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214599827/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Israeli intelligence officer tells 'Times of London' that Israel prefers a "devil it knows than demons it can only imagine"; another source said Assad's staying power had been ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214597566/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 18 May 2013 02:17:01 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214597566/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Hundreds of people were expected to attend Lisbon's first-ever Jewish film festival next week.The three-day festival, entitled "Judaica: 1st exhibition of cinema and culture," was scheduled to open on May 22 at Lisbon's main art cinema, Cinema Sao Jorge, and will include 15 Jewish and Israeli documentary and feature productions, according to a report by the Jornal Digital news ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214595424/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 22:59:38 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214595424/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee paper it had published rejecting Jewish scriptural-based rights to the land of Israel after it caused waves of controversy among the Jewish community in the UK, BBC reported Friday. The report entitled "The Inheritance of Abraham" was changed after a meeting with representative of the British Jewish community and was set to be discussed and voted on next week at the convening of the ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214594771/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 21:51:30 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214594771/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators pack the streets in Jerusalem to protest against government plans to force students at yeshiva religious seminaries to enlist in the Israeli army. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty ... http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214594048/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:22 -0400 http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/214594048/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee