West Bank and romance prominent in Omar

San Diego Union-Tribune - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

CANNES, France -; One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the ...

Israels Air Force Chief Warns of Sudden War

CBN News - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel could be in for a surprise war, Israel's air force chief Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel warned. Eshel's comments come as tensions are increasing along the Israeli-Syrian border. Eeshel says the threat of a sudden war erupting on multiple fronts is much more relevant today. Syria has invested in the "best air defenses it could buy," Israel's air force ...

Israeli Forces Infiltrate Gaza Borders

Bahrain News Agency - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Khan Yunis, May 23 (BNA) -The Israeli occupation forces on Thursday infiltrated the Gaza borders and went nearly 300 meters into the eastern part of Khan Yunis, South of the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses. They told Palestinian (WAFA) news agency that three Israeli tanks and three army bulldozers raided and razed agricultural land while shooting in all directions as well as setting up earth ...

Barcelona announce visit of Israel Palestine

Soccernet - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Adriano signs new deal According to the club the events will take place in the Palestinian Territories on August 3 and then in Israel the following day, and "first team players will be present at both".Details of the initiative - called the FC Barcelona Peace Tour - were announced via the ...

U.S. Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart

Yahoo News - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

View Photo Associated Press/Jim Young, Pool - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United States and Israel are ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry in Middle East for separate talks with Israel and Palestine

The Independent - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

US Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable scepticism that the two sides would resume peace ...

Gallery Jewish ultra-orthodox wedding in Israel

IOL - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty watch the wedding ceremony of Rabbi Shalom Rokach, the Grandson of the Belz Rabbi to Hana Batya Pener, in Jerusalem. Photo: ...

Sharjah Charity supports Palestinian orphans

Gulf News - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Sharjah: The Scientific Council of the Salafiyeh Call in Palestine yesterday approved the distribution of financial assistance provided by the Sharjah Charity International (SCI) to benefit 5,987 ...

Kerry meets Israelis Palestinians in bid to revive talks

Reuters - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace ...

Israel seeking to revive peace talks with Palestinians Netanyahu

Global Times - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday that his country is seeking to revive peace talks with the Palestinians.At the beginning of a meeting with Kerry, Netanyahu said "above all, we want to restart the peace talks with the Palestinians."Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday as part of the ongoing efforts exerted by the US ...

Netanyahu says peace is top priority

Middle East Times - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Obama administration to jump-start peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Netanyahu said discussions would also focus on Iran and Syria but another concern is resuming peace ...

More natural gas confirmed offshore Israel

Middle East Times - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

A natural gas discovery off the coast of Israel may hold as much as 2 trillion cubic feet of reserves, operator Noble Energy Inc. announced. Noble said it confirmed a natural gas discovery in the Karish prospect offshore Israel. Drilling uncovered a natural gas pay measuring 184 feet, which Noble said indicated a reserve potential of 1.6 trillion-2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Karish ...

INTERVIEW-Industry is best bet for peace Israeli billionaire says

Reuters - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

By Tova Cohen TEL AVIV | Thu May 23, 2013 6:30am EDT TEL AVIV May 23 (Reuters) - On a new industrial park in Israel's largest Arab town, a software plant belonging to a multibillion-dollar U.S.-listed firm sits cheek-by-jowl with two small Arab-owned businesses: a metal factory and one producing tools for brain surgery. About 300 Jews and Arabs work in the park in Nazareth, and ...

Woolwich attack prompts fears of backlash against British Muslims

guardian.co.uk - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Islam and it is also equally wrong to link this murder to the actions of British foreign policy."The blame, the mayor added, lay "wholly and exclusively in the deluded mindset of the people who did it".Julie Siddiqi of ...

Israel government divided on peace issue Livni

The Daily Star - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Head of Israel's parliamentary opposition Tzipi Livni attends a news conference at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian ...

PMA announces May results of its Business Cycle Indicator

AME Info - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The PMA has released the results of the Palestine Indicator for the Business Cycle (PMABCI) on Sunday May 19th, 2013. The overall PMABCI has witnessed an increase in May 2013, it increased from -2.12 during April 2013 to 3.8 in this month, with an increase in both the West Bank (WB) and Gaza Strip ...

Ideological differences in Israeli govt over settlements stalling peace plan - Livni

albawaba - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The Israeli government cannot reach a consensus over the Palestinian peace process, Israeli Justice Minister, primary negotiator and head of Israel's parliamentary ...

25 000 guests at Jerusalem wedding

IOL - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Some 25,000 people gathered to celebrate the wedding of Shalom Rokeach, the grandson of the Chief Rabbi of Belz, Yissachar Dov Rokeach, and his bride, Hannah Batya Penet, in ...

Kerry begins round of talks with Israel Palestinians

Reuters - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry began a round of separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday but acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace ...

Kerry To Meet With Netanyahu Abbas

NPR - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East. He's meeting with Israeli and Palestinians leaders in a new push to revive the moribund peace ...

Ryanair considers Israel-Krakow flights for school groups

Globes - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair Ltd. (ISEQ: RYA, LSE: RYA, NASDAQ: RYAAY) is considering initiating flights between Ben Gurion Airport and Krakow in Poland, to serve the high demand for educational trips to Auschwitz and other former death camps by Israeli students. At a press conference earlier this week, Ryanair deputy CEO Howard Millar said that the airline had been mulling flights to Israel ...

Israeli Settler Hits A Palestinian Youth in South Nablus

Bahrain News Agency - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Nablus, May 23 (BNA) - A Jewish settler ran oevr a palestinian youth in Beita village crossroad , south of Nablus, Ghassan Daghlas, the settlement file official in the northern West Bank said on Thursday. Daghlas added that the israeli settler ran over palestinian youth marwan zakariya assouss, aged 16 at the crossroad of beita village , south of nablus noting that the palestinian youth was ...