Police kept more than 2,000 protesting ultra-Orthodox men away from a women’s service at the Western Wall. JERUSALEM — A women’s prayer service at Israel’s holy Western Wall Friday was […]
Some 40 Israeli settlers, many of them armed, invaded the Hebron-area village of Sair at 11pm Thursday night. The settlers opened fire in the village and attacked local homes in the Beit Aynoun section of Sair, shattering windows of the Jihad Ja’bari home. Rumours circulated that the settlers entered the […]
By Rita Rubin Forward Mobile Scientists usually don’t call each other “liars” and “frauds.” But that’s how Johns Hopkins University post-doctoral researcher Eran Elhaik describes a group of widely respected geneticists, including Harry Ostrer, professor of pathology and genetics at Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine and author of […]
Submitted by Ali Abunimah ELECTRONICINTIFADA.NET Royal Jordanian has disavowed sponsorship of an Israeli government tourism conference to be held in occupied Jerusalem later this month amid public uproar in Jordan that the airline’s logo appeared on the “supporter” page of the conference’s official website. The Royal Jordanian logo appeared alongside […]
Source: BBC UK cosmologist Prof Stephen Hawking has withdrawn from a high-profile Israeli conference, in support of an academic boycott of the country. He initially planned to speak at the […]
Lights in the sky over Damascus. Another Israeli raid – “daring” of course, in the words of Israel’s supporters, and the second in two days – on Bashar al-Assad’s weaponry and military facilities and weapons stores. The story is already familiar: the Israelis wanted to prevent a shipment of Iranian-made […]
STORY SUMMARY There is good news and bad news on the Arab-Israeli peacemaking front this week. The good news is that the United States and the Arab League’s ministerial committee seem energized to restart Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. This culminated a few days ago in the Arab clarification that the 2002 Arab […]
STORY SUMMARY Israel sought to reassure the Syrian regime Monday that its weekend airstrikes against military sites near Damascus were not aimed at boosting the rebels, as activists claimed at least 42 army soldiers were killed in the attacks. Early morning airstrikes against what Syrian state media reported were scientific […]
May 3, 2013 – 13:10 There is a ‘window of opportunity’ for Israel and the Palestinians to get back to the negotiating table, said Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter after […]
From twitter: JFK on why Syrian opposition should fear Israel’s intervention ” JFK : Ride the tiger’s back, end up in his belly “ MJ Rosenberg @MJayRosenberg JFK on why Syrian opposition should fear Israel’s intervention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBYr1s9ZX3E … …
Reuters / JORDAN TIMES BEIJING — China will host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week for separate bilateral talks as it tries to shore up its role in a region where its diplomatic influence is limited. China, Iran’s top oil customer and a permanent […]
Jordan and Turkey to also play role in US-brokered plan to contain, rather than thwart, Iran, London’s Sunday Times reports by Times of Israel staff Israel is working on joining […]
Story Summary Hezbollah stands ready to defend Syria against U.S. and Israeli designs to control the Arab state and views its involvement in the crisis in Lebanon’s neighbor as “political […]
CNN reports, citing two unnamed US officials, that Israel conducted airstrike into Syria on Thursday or Friday but Israeli planes did not enter Syrian airspace; CBS, NBC also report airstrike. […]
May 2, 2013 – 12:39 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Switzerland for its help in organising a referendum on a peace treaty with the Palestinians. Netanyahu made the comments during talks with the Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, on Thursday in Jerusalem. “Come to Switzerland and we will […]
Judaism has found sanctity not in space, but in time. Our cathedrals are not buildings, but moments. By Rabbi Mark S. Glickman Special to The Seattle Times Faith & Values […]
Source:TOI VATICAN CITY: Israeli President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on Tuesday to visit Israel, at his first meeting with the new pontiff who has appealed for peace in the Middle East. “I am expecting you in Jerusalem, not just me but the whole country of Israel,” Peres told the […]
The INS Rahav, the Israeli Navy’s 5th Dolphin-class submarine, was inaugurated today by the IDF and Ministry of Defense at a ceremony in Germany Israel’s fifth Dolphin-class submarine, the INS […]
The Times of Israel: ……………… Let’s start with some facts. The worse betrayal of the Jews was by those who perpetrated the Holocaust. The concept of anti-Semitism, and the primitive […]
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com Against the backdrop of the Boston Marathon bombings, the spiraling violence in Syria and the continuing conflict along the Israel-Palestine fault line, a group of 28 women (mostly Christian […]