Israel

Source: www.reuters.com --- 4 hours ago
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy will hold a second meeting in a week with Israel's defense minister, an Israeli official said on Friday, announcing talks on Monday likely to focus again on a dispute over settlements. ...

Source: mobile.reuters.com --- 4 hours ago
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday. ...

Source: www.sunherald.com --- 11 hours ago
Israel's Defense Ministry has recommended a partial lifting of the embargo on the Gaza Strip as a goodwill gesture toward the Palestinians to spur talks to free a long-held captive soldier, an Israeli news site reported Friday. ...

Source: www.ynetnews.com --- 2 hours ago
In first public appearance since being appointed to post, Dr. Michael Oren says Iran moving fast towards having nuclear bomb that 'could wipe Israel off map in seconds,' Israel concerned about timing of Obama's engagement with Iranian regime ...

Source: www.insideworld.com --- 5 hours ago
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Source: www.ynetnews.com --- 7 hours ago
UNRWA commissioner-general says Israel agreed to pay compensations for UN buildings destroyed during IDF's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. UN chief Ban Ki-moon seeking payment for damages estimated at $11 million ...

Source: www.independentpoliticalreport.com --- 3 hours ago
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 2, 2009 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org Statement from Cynthia McKinney; Israel holds ‘Free Gaza 21′ in a prison in Ramla, Israel • Cynthia McKinney calls WBAIX from Israeli prison: http://www.WBAIX.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkPvzSZRuDo • Texas Greens will participate in a press conference on the Free Gaza 21 [...] ...

Source: www.nytimes.com --- 5 hours ago
The Israeli defense minister and the Obama administration’s Middle East envoy will confer for the second time in a week to pursue regional peace efforts, a senior Israeli official said. ...

Source: jurist.law.pitt.edu --- 12 hours ago
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Source: www.dailystar.com.lb --- 2 hours ago
A Lebanese military court adjourned Friday the trial of brothers Ali and Youssef Jarrah, who are charged with spying for Israel, a judicial source said. "The trial was postponed until July 27 after their attorneys requested the hearings be made confidential as they feel the lives of their clients and their clients' families are threatened by Israel. ...

Source: www.dailystar.com.lb --- 2 hours ago
Israel carried out "wanton" and "deliberate" destruction of the besieged Gaza Strip during a 22-day offensive in December and January, a leading human-rights group said Friday. Unveiling their latest report, "Operation 'Cast Lead': 22 Days of Death and Destruction," Amnesty International (AI) representatives in Beirut. ...

Source: www.alternet.org --- 16 hours ago
Amnesty accused Israeli forces of using children as human shields and conducting wanton attacks on civilians. ...

Source: www.france24.com --- 1 hour ago
France 24 investigates prostitution in the Gulf Emirates, and why Iraq's big oil auction didn't go as planned. Also the buzz surrounding French President Nicolas Sarkozy's alleged call for the head of Israel's anti-Arab foreign minister. ...

Source: www.pww.org --- 4 hours ago
Amnesty has accused the Israeli military of "reckless conduct, disregard for civilian lives and a consistent failure to distinguish between military targets and civilians." ...

Source: www.greenpartywatch.org --- 8 hours ago
In a press release the Green Party of the United States shares a statement from Cynthia McKinney issued from an Israeli jail cell in Ramla. “We were in international waters on a boat delivering humanitarian aid to people in Gaza when the Israeli Navy ships surrounded us and illegally threatened us, dismantled our navigation equipment, boarded [...] ...

Source: themedialine.org --- 20 hours ago
Anti-normalization groups in Jordan are slamming a government decision to ban imports from Jewish communities in the West Bank, claiming nothing short of a full-blown boycott of Israel is sufficient. Jordan's Agriculture Minister Sa'id Al-Ma'sri assured this week that any agricultural produce entering Jordan from Israel would not be produced in Jewish communities in the West Bank, as these are disputed areas which Jordan believes should belong to Palestinians, according to the Jordanian daily A... ...

Source: www.amnestyusa.org --- 1 day ago
Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new 117-page report published today - the first comprehensive report to be published on the 22-day conflict earlier this year. ...

Source: www.amnestyusa.org --- 1 day ago
Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, according to a new Amnesty International report. ...