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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Israel News.Net http://www.israelnews.net/ en-us Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:12:29 -0400 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:12:29 -0400 30 US President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urging him to agree to go into direct talks with the Israelis next month, and warned that if he doesn't, relations with the United States would be affected. http://www.israelnews.net/story/666896 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:00:38 -0400 ANI http://www.israelnews.net/story/666896 The United Nations is to assemble Sunday an international commission that will investigate the killing of nine activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid ship by Israeli commandos in May, the broadcaster al-Arabiya reported Saturday. http://www.israelnews.net/story/666792 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:40:02 -0400 IANS http://www.israelnews.net/story/666792 A leading member of Hamas was killed and eight others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on three targets in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources confirmed Saturday. http://www.israelnews.net/story/666771 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:30:01 -0400 IANS http://www.israelnews.net/story/666771 India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam Qureshi have defeated Arnaud Clement of France and Jonathan Erlich of Israel in a tough duel to reach the semi-finals of the Farmers Classic ATP Championship in Los Angeles. http://www.israelnews.net/story/666730 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:10:07 -0400 ANI http://www.israelnews.net/story/666730 Israeli rabbis are all set to issue an edict to clamp down on the growing number of devout Jewish women wearing 'burka' by declaring the garment an item of sexual deviancy that is as promiscuous as wearing too little. http://www.israelnews.net/story/666650 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:50:18 -0400 ANI http://www.israelnews.net/story/666650 If you are looking for unique Jewish gift or religious item it is a good idea to buy it directly from Israel. Such item will have a special meaning as it comes from the Holy Land. This way you also sh... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37402865&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:16:51 -0400 PR Web http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37402865&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Israeli aircraft bombed a smuggling tunnel and a militant training camp in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after a rocket was fired into Israel from the territory, the Israeli army and militants said. http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37403029&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:10:37 -0400 Mail and Guardian http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37403029&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee According to Micki Lavin-Pell of the Young Israel movement, the success of these events is not measured just by the number of marriages that come out of them, but also by how happy people feel about... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37402711&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:06:45 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37402711&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Some people’s hearts skip a beat from even a single wail, while others are rather more resistant – but no mother can continue what she is doing with equanimity when her baby is screaming its lu... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37402710&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:06:43 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37402710&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee The Palestinians are proposing a detailed peace plan proposal that covers all the core issues, Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said in an interview with Army Radio Sunday.Erekat st... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37403258&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:06:43 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37403258&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Feminist groups got Minister of Culture and Sports Limor Livnat to join a legal motion filed last week, which they are seeking to use as a means of forcing the inclusion of a radical leftist on the Tu... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37403259&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:06:31 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37403259&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee It is over two months since State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss completed his report on excavations at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem – yet the Knesset will only discuss his findings this week,... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37403260&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:03:00 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37403260&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Noam Sobel, professor of neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, said his team was able to build a "sniff controller" by taking advantage of the fact that soft ... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37401362&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:37:34 -0400 BBC http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37401362&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee /enpproperty--> GAZA - Ismail Hanyea, prime minister of the deposed Hamas government in Gaza, said Saturday evening there is a Palestinian consensus on rebuffing the resumption of direct talks with Is... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37401402&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:54:04 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37401402&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A Palestinian child plays near Israeli Border Police as a nearby protest takes place to show solidarity with Palestinians against a Jewish settlement in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusal... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37401404&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:43:40 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37401404&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A Kassam rocket exploded at the Sderot area college Saturday night, causing heavy damage. The building, which hit a school that also includes a daycare center for disabled senior citizens, was empty f... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37400257&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:12:39 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37400257&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Foreign language broadcasters at Israel Radio are angry because they feel that they’ve been denigrated by their colleagues.On Wednesday, Yaron Dekel in his program Hakol Diburim (It’s all Talk),... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398861&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:15:13 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398861&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee As temperatures surged on Saturday, the Israel Electric Corporation turned to the public with a request to minimize electricity use during peak hours – noon to 5 p.m. – starting on Sunday and co... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398863&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:15:08 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398863&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee With international pressure growing on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to negotiate directly with Israel, Kadima council chairman Haim Ramon met on Friday with the Kadima chairwoman Tz... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398862&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:15:04 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398862&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee The UN Human Rights Committee on Friday questioned the credibility of Israel’s investigation into the May 31 naval raid on a Gaza-bound ship, and called on Israel to explain how the raid resulted ... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398611&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:15:03 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398611&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee “Farewell, my sweet son,” she wept. Then, as she pounded her hands on the coffin, she added, “I won’t disappoint you, I will be a wonderful grandmother. I will raise the daughter you left... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398864&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:15:02 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398864&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations. http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398513&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:27:40 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398513&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations. http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398615&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:27:34 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398615&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations. http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398613&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:27:29 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398613&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations. http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398593&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:27:23 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398593&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations. http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398612&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:27:12 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398612&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations. http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398558&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:27:09 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398558&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Poll: 81.2%:16.5% Israeli Jews not considering vacation in Turkey Dr. Aaron Lerner Date 31 July 2010 Telephone poll of a representative sample of 500 Hebrew speaking adult Israeli Jews by New Wave ... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398618&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:46:39 -0400 IMRA http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37398618&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Opinion: One Ready to Attack — One Preparing to be Attacked Late Saturday evening, a Kassam rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip toward the western Negev.The rocket landed outside of Sderot, hitti... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37396752&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:14:16 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37396752&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee In light of the Arab League’s decision last week to authorize the Palestinian Authority to negotiate directly with Israel, PA officials denied that they have abandoned their conditions for holding... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37396754&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:14:13 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37396754&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee At a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and Saudi King Abdullah, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called for an immediate end to the activity of the international tribunal investigating t... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37397240&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:14:03 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37397240&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Three years from now, Israel will face planned power outages. That's if you believe statements made last week by National Infrastructure Ministry officials on behalf of the Israel Electric Corporation... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37396907&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:10:02 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37396907&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee The Education Ministry allocates about NIS 520 million a year to teacher training and NIS 30 million annually to the teacher training colleges for development and computerization. http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37397241&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:10:00 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37397241&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee "Israel is still drying up," shrieks the Water Authority, and it's right. The last winter did not end the drought, which has now lasted five years. It has been the worst uninterrupted period... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37396908&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:09:58 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37396908&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Noble Energy, the American partner leading the consortium that's been drilling for natural gas off Israel's coast, told analysts and business reporters on Friday that it expects the Tamar field to be ... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37396906&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:09:57 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37396906&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has been urged to develop a fighter-jet with aninternational partner. Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens said the Jewish state wouldhave a partner in any project to ... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37397030&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:05:01 -0400 Middle East Newsline http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37397030&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee - UN chief Ban Ki-moon pressed Israel Friday to further ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip and to restrain settlement activity in the occupied West Bank as he met Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak.... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37397051&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:03:03 -0400 The Jordan Times http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37397051&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Envoy Warns about Iran's Strong Response to Israeli Attack News number: 890509160519:38 | 2010-07-31Defence http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905091605 TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran's Permanent R... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37397058&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:48:34 -0400 IMRA http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37397058&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A Kassam rocket was fired into southern Israel from the Gaza strip on Saturday caused serious damage to a public building in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council area. No one was injured in the attack.... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395335&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:15:08 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395335&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Speaking Saturday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that he welcomed the support of the American public, as expressed in a Gallup poll released Friday. The poll showed that US support of I... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395852&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:14:57 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395852&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Haim Miller, chairman of the Movement for Jerusalem Organization, is set to present at a meeting of government ministers Monday a demand for the installation of dozens of video cameras to monitor the ... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395853&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:14:57 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395853&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Israel Air Force jets attacked Gaza Friday night in response to rockets fired on Ashkelon earlier in the day; Hamas vows revenge over militant's death in strike. http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395652&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:12:04 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395652&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee [IMRA: This item is from February but repeated now because it got into the news cycle again when JTA cited it] February 24, 2010 Support for Israel in U.S. at 63%, Near Record High Near-record-low... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395665&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:49:31 -0400 IMRA http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395665&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee In one sense they are right. When the Palestine file was closed by Israel’s victory (ethnic cleansing and all) on the battlefield in 1948, the Palestinians were supposed to accept their lot as the s... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395656&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:47:28 -0400 Arab News http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37395656&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reacted positively during a closed meeting to discuss a Gallup poll that showed that the American public's support for Israel at it's highest level since the First Gu... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37393876&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:17:05 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37393876&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A rally to commemorate the murder of two gay youth at a Tel Aviv community center a year ago and protest violence against gays in Israeli society was ready to begin in Tel Aviv Saturday night, Channel... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37393877&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:17:03 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37393877&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Defense Minister Ehud Barak met on Friday with UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon. The two discussed a number of issues, including the direct negotiations that are expected to take place between Israel ... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37394425&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:16:53 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37394425&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, reiterated previous statements by Palestinian officials that the US would cease supporting the Palestinian Authority if it refused to ... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37392422&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:18:29 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37392422&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A series of irritating heat waves baking the country for nearly two months already continued over the weekend, and there are no signs that the current heat wave will abate until at least Tuesday. T... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37392983&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:15:08 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37392983&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee ‘We bring the outside world to Israel because we know that the Israeli public won’t get to every country,” explains Sara Malka, the producer and artistic director of the Hutzot Hayotzer Intern... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37391205&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:20:34 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37391205&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Born and raised in Clemson, Welsh is the child of a mixed marriage; his mother is Jewish and his father is Christian. Both his parents, though, are Zionists, he said, who instilled within him a pass... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37391206&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:20:32 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37391206&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak discussed the Security Council's demand for an international investigation of Israel's deadly commando raid on a Tu... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37391468&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:17:33 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37391468&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Syrian President Bashar Assad called Saturday for an end to the International Court of Justice's investigation into the murder of former Lebanese President Rafik Hariri, claiming that the court has tu... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37391467&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:16:57 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37391467&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee American investigators have discovered that several companies based in the US were used to transfer funds to some of the suspected assassins of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the Wall Street Journal reported on ... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37390044&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:24:02 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37390044&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee China has invested an estimated $40 billion in Iran's oil and gas sector Deputy Oil Minister Hossein Noqrehkar Shirazi said in an AFP report Saturday.Speaking to the Mehr news agency, Shirazi stated t... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37390045&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:23:59 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37390045&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee A Hamas commander has been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. Issa Batran was killed by a missile that hit his vehicle convoy yesterday. Israel launched the air strikes against targets in Gaza... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37389355&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:37:32 -0400 RTE http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37389355&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday met with visiting Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak to discuss the Middle East process, stressing the need to ease the closures ... http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37389085&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:57:49 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.israelnews.net/?rid=37389085&cat=f81a4d9d561822ee