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Kerry begins efforts to restart Israeli and Palestinian peace talks

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:23 -0400

JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

Israels Hand in Guatemalas Genocide

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:33:11 -0400

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. (Photo credit: Jim Wallace of the Smithsonian Institution) At the height of Guatemala's mass slaughters in the 1980s, including genocide against the Ixil Indians, the Reagan administration worked with Israeli officials to provide helicopters that the Guatemalan army used to hunt down fleeing villagers, according to documentary and eyewitness ...

Defying naysayers on all sides Kerry keeps pushing Israelis Palestinians to table

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:16:08 -0400

Conventional wisdom is that the Israelis and Palestinians are too far apart to even begin talks, but Secretary of State John Kerry appeared undaunted on his fourth visit in as many ...

Israeli Cabinet to discuss new proposal on contentious draft reform

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:30 -0400

JERUSALEM - An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government. These exemptions have generated widespread resentment in a country where ...

Israeli officials may end military exemptions for students

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:24:35 -0400

Israeli riot police arrest an ultra-Orthodox demonstrator on May 16, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. Tens of Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis have clashed with police after gathering to protest against newly proposed government legislation that would see them drafted into the military. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (Uriel Sinai, Getty ...

Israel says global pressure has no effect on Iran

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:24:34 -0400

Israel's prime minister said Thursday that a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on stopping Iran's suspect nuclear ...

Palestinians pessimistic about Kerrys peace prospects

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:22:54 -0400

TEL AVIV // A senior Palestinian official yesterday expressed pessimism about returning to negotiations with Israel as John Kerry, the US secretary of state, continued his efforts to revive the deadlocked peace process. Hanan Ashrawi, an official on the Palestine Liberation Organisation's executive committee, said that the Palestinians were "sceptical" Israel would agree to stop ...

Kerry urges Netanyahu Abbas to compromise for peace

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:15:04 -0400

Kerry to Peres: This moment is critical for Israel, region The two met spoke in the evening after a long day of back-to-back meetings that included talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.It is likely that Kerry will meet Netanyahu again on Friday before departing for Ethiopia. Kerry is expected to meet Abbas again in Jordan on Sunday, on ...

US and Israel raise hopes of peace restart in the Middle East

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:13 -0400

May 23, 2013: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. The United States and Israel are raising hopes for a restart of the Middle East peace process after more than four years of hardly any ...

Israeli leader says UN pressure having no effect on curbing Iranian nuclear program

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:58 -0400

Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint news conference before their meeting in Jerusalem, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, ...

Israel eyes Syrian missile threat to gas fields

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:16 -0400

Hezbollah , has heightened Israeli concerns about protecting its offshore natural gas fields. Israel began production in March from its second largest field, Tamar discovered 40 miles off northern Israel in 2009. The field, jointly operated by Nobel Energy of Houston, and its Israeli partners, Delek Group, Isramco and Dor Alon, has reserves of around 8 trillion-10 trillion cubic feet -- enough ...

Abbas Israel must act before returning to table

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:00 -0400

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday reiterated his demand for a full cessation of settlement construction and the release of Palestinian prisoners before returning to the negotiating table with Israel.Abbas raised with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry the issues of continued construction in settlements, Israeli assaults on Jerusalem, settler assaults and the ...

Israel - Israels accusations against TV stations coverage of boys death are unsupported

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:57:22 -0400

's coverage of 12-year-old Palestinian Muhammad al-Durrah's death during rioting in the Gaza Strip on 30 September 2000 and the disputed claim that he was killed by a shot fired from Israeli ...

Kerry heads back to Israel for fourth time since February continuing peace push

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:42 -0400

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for a joint press conference between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2013. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ...

John Kerry makes unscheduled shawarma sandwich stop in West Bank

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:36:35 -0400

John Kerry shows delight at his shawarma sandwich in Ramallah. Photograph: Fadi Arouri /Xinhua It's enough to give the healthy eating lobby a heart attack. US secretary of ...

John Kerry acknowledges failures over Israeli-Palestinian peace process

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:36:24 -0400

John Kerry , has acknowledged years of disappointment over the Israeli-Palestinian peace process at the start of his fourth recent visit to the area, but added that he hoped to confound sceptics and cynics.Kerry met the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and won strong support for his peace mission from the British foreign secretary, William ...

Syria conflict uproots a half-million Palestinians

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:44 -0400

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians — descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century ago — and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate, the head of a U.N. aid agency said Thursday.The Palestinians in Syria are particularly vulnerable because of their refugee status, Filippo ...

Israeli Military Road Graders Cross into Gaza Strip

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:44:47 -0400

Gaza, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Israeli soldiers driving road graders crossed the Gaza strip demarcation line at Khan Younis, said Palestinian witnesses. The heavy engineering vehicles advanced several hundred meters and their crew began firing, witnesses told the Maan news agency. In recent weeks, Israeli armored vehicles had approached but not crossed the border, site of a sea-ground and air ...

How Lebanons Palestinians Are Being Pulled Into Syrias War

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:44:03 -0400

Refugee Camps as War Zones How Lebanon's Palestinians Are Being Pulled Into Syria's War by FRANKLIN LAMB Homs Palestinian Refugee Camp Historically, Palestinian refugees, wherever they have sought temporary sanctuary following the ethnic cleansing of their country by the 19th century Zionist colonial enterprise, and pending their return to Palestine, have insisted on ...

Kerry stops for shwarma after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:30 -0400

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Secretary of State John Kerry says he's all in for Palestinian shwarma.Kerry chomped one of the meat sandwiches after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.Asked what toppings he wanted, Kerry said, quote, "I want everything. I'm all in."After the first bite, Kerry declared, "Fantastic."Kerry has been promoting Palestinian ...

Kerry samples Palestinian sweets shawarma

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:40:19 -0400

RAMALLAH, West Bank) - US Secretary of State John Kerry stepped off the diplomatic track on Thursday and onto a West Bank street where he sampled a shawarma sandwich and a pistachio-sprinkled Palestinian sweet.In a rare gesture for a US secretary of state - but a staple of US political campaigns - Kerry dropped by the Samer Restaurant in the Palestinian city of Ramallah to enjoy typical ...

Israel Corp. mulling closure of Better Place

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:38:38 -0400

ILCO ), Better Place's main investor, on the electric car venture's future, and whether or not it will continue will depend upon its ability to continue raising cash. In that regard, Idan Ofer, who controls Israel Corp., recently approached potential investors. Better Place said in response to the report, "In the past few months Better Place has continued its many efforts to ...

Disputed deaths in Palestinian territories

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:35 -0400

Palestinian woman in the West Bank village of Bili'in died following a protest in which Israeli soldiers fired teargas . According to witnesses, Jawaher Abu Rahma collapsed after inhaling the gas, vomiting, convulsing and foaming at the mouth. After Palestinian leaders described her death as a war crime, anonymous IDF sources briefed the Israeli media to suggest she was not present at the ...

No-drama counter-terrorism what Ingrid Loyau-Kennett can teach America

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:21 -0400

Behind most acts of political violence there are statements that the perpetrators imagine can be heard by no other means. Sometimes, all that de-escalation requires is simply to listen to whatever they have to say. Politicians and some security experts often argue that to listen to terrorists is to capitulate to terrorism — that it is akin to being manipulated by a child’s tantrum ...

Tom Engelhardt The biggest criminal enterprise in history

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:20 -0400

treacherous waters off Alaska. Call it irony, if you will, or call it a nightmare, but Big Oil evidently has no qualms about making its next set of profits directly off melting the planet. Its top executives continue to plan their futures (and so ours), knowing that their extremely profitable acts are destroying the very habitat, the very temperature range that for so long made life comfortable ...

Woolwich attacker named ‘Mujahid’ was known to banned Islamist organisation Al Muhajiroun

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:18 -0400

has learned. Anjem Choudary, the former leader of the group, Al Muhajiroun, confirmed that he had known the man who was seen on video in the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s horrific killing waving a cleaver with bloodied hands and making political statements. Details began to emerge as Prime Minister David Cameron chaired a meeting of the Government emergency committee Cobra at 10 ...

UK provided more support for CIA rendition flights than thought says study

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:18 -0400

The UK’s support for the CIA’s global rendition programme after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US was far more substantial than has previously been recognised, according to a new research project that draws on a vast number of publicly available data and documentation. Evidence gathered by The Rendition Project - ...

Iran presidential campaign begins without two big names

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:17 -0400

barred from running in next month's presidential election, face a new challenge: persuading shocked and skeptical Iranians to turn out to vote. With the field of hopefuls clear, the mostly conservative nominees whose candidacies were approved by Iran's Guardian Council officially launched their campaigns Wednesday, apparently free from the challenges of the most talked-about ...

Amnesty Both Israel Hamas guilty of war crimes

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:24:14 -0400

Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law during Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza in November of last year, Amnesty International concluded in a report released on ...

Israel is fighting a regional war in Syria

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:14:41 -0400

The changing internal situation in Syria is putting a new set of plans into motion, which involve Israeli aggression against Syria. Not only have the US and its allies been trying to militarily buttress the retreating anti-government militias, but now they aim to create a new phase in the conflict where states start asserting leverage against Syria in place of the weakening anti-government ...

Kerry Embarks on Meetings with Israeli and Palestinian Officials

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:05:15 -0400

JERUSALEM -- As he embarked on another round of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Thursday in an effort to revitalize the peace process, Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged the doubts being expressed on both sides over his chances of ...

Under Hamas No More Coed Classes in Gaza

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:02:52 -0400

Teachers stand among school girls at al-Qahera school in Gaza City on April 2, 2013. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters) A community of animals elects its new king. The candidates are a wily green crocodile who makes grandiose promises and a yellow lion whose father was the previous king. In the end, the lion is too confident that he will win and loses the elections to the mendacious ...

Luzon names Israel squad for home finals

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:19:12 -0400

"This is a hard day for me," said coach Guy Luzon after naming his final 23-man squad for this summer's UEFA European Under-21 Championship on home ...

Kerry detours for Palestinian shwarma

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:01 -0400

Palestinian protests greet Kerry in Ramallah

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:41 -0400

resuming the peace talks with Israel.As Kerry arrived in Ramallah, dozens of Palestinians staged a protest outside Abbas's office, condemning Washington's "bias" in favor of ...

Father of Muhammad al-Dura rebukes Israeli report on sons death

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:50:13 -0400

Gaza , where crumbling tombstones nestle in the sand amid windblown rubbish, Jamal al-Dura crouched at the grave of his son Muhammed to recite the Muslim prayer for the dead. With the youngest of his 11 children at his side, he took his hands from his face, laid them on the marble slab and looked up, a bitter as well as a bereaved ...

AP Interview Chief of UN aid agency says Syria fighting has uprooted most Palestinians there

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:47:30 -0400

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, Mahmoud, a 21-year-old Palestinian resident of Syria, rests in a field hospital after he was found with three gunshot wounds in the town of Anadan on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Mahmoud, who would give only one name, described being the only survivor of a massacre in which he and 10 other men were blindfolded, beaten and sprayed with bullets. ...

Kerry Hague try to Revive Mideast Talks

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:40 -0400

The top diplomats of the United States and Britain have made a joint attempt to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks by shuttling between Jerusalem and Ramallah to meet the leaders of both ...

Israeli-Palestinian talks UN envoy urges concerted action

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:22 -0400

New York, May 23 : While international attention is understandably on the tragedy that continues to unfold in Syria, it is equally important to ensure the resumption of negotiations aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior United Nations envoy stressed to the Security Council on ...

Gazans Dying to Enter Israel

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:57:35 -0400

- Israel’s crippling blockade of the coastal territory of Gaza is pushing desperate young Palestinians to ever more extreme measures in the search for livelihoods, despite an agreement granting Gazans greater access to their agricultural ...

Israel gearing up for ‘surprise war’ with Syria if Assad falls – general

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:48:02 -0400

War The unrest engulfing the Middle East could result in Israel becoming involved in a "surprise war" with Syria, according to the head of the Israeli air force. "When you look [around] today I think that a surprise war can be born in very many configurations," Major General Amir Eshel said at a conference near Tel Aviv.In particular, the general stressed that if rebels ...

Report Israel pays $127K for bedroom on PMs jet

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:27:11 -0400

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 ...

Excerpts Israeli archeological mystery. Flagrant intervention in

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:21:06 -0400

Excerpts: Israeli archeological mystery. Flagrant intervention in Syria by Hizbullah and Iranian fighters May 23, 2013 +++SOURCE: Naharnet (Lebanon) 23 ...

Israel and Britain signed Today MOU on Science Cooperation

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:21:05 -0400

Israel and Britain signed Today Memorandum of Understanding on Science Cooperation Ministry for Science, Technology and Space May 23, 2013 Foreign Secretary William Hague and ...

West Bank and romance prominent in Omar

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:50:32 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:39:54 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:39:26 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:36:13 -0400

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 ...

Gallery Jewish ultra-orthodox wedding in Israel

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:00 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:29:08 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:08 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:33:11 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:04:03 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:03:56 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:30:10 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:32 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:20:19 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:17:21 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:17:19 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:08:59 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:03:33 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:19:08 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:14:31 -0400

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

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:10:15 -0400

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 ...

Huge circular structure in Sea of Galilee a mystery to Israeli archaeologists

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:04:15 -0400

File - In this April 14, 2011 file photo, a boat is by the jetty of the Capernaum National Park in the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. The monumental structure, made of boulders and stones with a diameter of 70 meters, was found through a sonar scan at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee in 2003. Now, archaeologists are beginning to put together grant proposals and funding requests in a bid to ...

Kerry Continues Israeli-Palestinian Peace Push

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:16:52 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is holding another round of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders aimed at getting the two sides to restart their stalled peace ...

Massive submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologists

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:45:14 -0400

The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be excavated. It's thousands of years old -- a conical, manmade behemoth weighing hundreds of tons, practically begging to be explored. The problem is -- it's at the bottom of the biblical Sea of ...

Public meeting Mona El Farra discusses public health in Gaza.

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400

Dr Mona El Farra is a physician now working as a public health advocate in Gaza. Her particular focus is on women and children. 6pm. RMIT, Building 80, Swanston St, Level 2, Room 7. Sponsored by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network & Australians for Palestine. For more info ph Michael Shaik 0431 573 ...

Film screening 5 Broken Cameras A fundraiser for Students for Palestine.

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:17 -0400

The first Palestinian film to be nominated for an Oscar, '5 Broken Cameras' is an extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism. '5 Broken Cameras' highlights the type of atrocities that relationships like this contribute to and raises awareness about the struggles of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, which is often omitted or falsified by the ...

Israeli property group Azrieli Q1 net profit edges up

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:44:42 -0400

TEL AVIV | Thu May 23, 2013 2:44am EDT TEL AVIV May 23 (Reuters) - Real estate developer Azrieli Group posted slightly higher net profit in the first quarter, boosted by an increase in rent and high occupancy rates at its properties in Israel. Azrieli, which is controlled by Canadian businessman David Azrieli and has an investment portfolio in Israel that includes several shopping malls, ...

Protest Against G4S Outside Israels Ofer Prison 22-5-2013

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:32:00 -0400

British-Danish security firm G4S has been severely criticized for its operations in the occupied Palestinian territories and in prisons and detention centers in Israel, including those housing children and "administrative detainees" held without charge or ...

New bank to open in Gaza Strip

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:31:46 -0400

A new bank is set to be inaugurated in the Gaza Strip next week, although it has not yet received the necessary licence from the Ramallah-based Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA), Kuna has reported. The Al-Intaj bank has a capital of $20m and a board of directors chaired by Kuwaiti businessman and member of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Dr Riyadh Al-Khulaifi, said the lender's ...

Memo From Jerusalem Israel Is Drawn Into Syria’s Turmoil

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:20:12 -0400

JERUSALEM -- For more than two years, Israeli leaders have insisted they had no intention of intervening in the civil war raging in neighboring Syria, but they vowed to stop sophisticated weapons from being transferred to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia group, and to respond to intentional fire into their ...

PA hammers Israel at WHO annual assembly

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:29:48 -0400

Palestinian territories, Golan only sliver on planet to gain slot on World Health Organization's Geneva meeting; Foreign Ministry urges states to oppose resolution blasting Israel for poor health conditions in ...

UNSC urged to end provocations by Israel

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:24:58 -0400

/enpproperty--> UNITED NATIONS - Palestine has asked the UN Security Council to press Israel to end its "provocations", including restricting access to holy sites in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian envoy told reporters on Wednesday. "We have sent to the president of the Security Council and to the secretary-general, during the course of the last two weeks, four letters about the ...

Israel finds more hostility in Britain

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:03:47 -0400

(2 mins ago) A senior Israeli minister described the ';animosity'' shown towards the state by British media, non-governmental organizations and academics, as ';disguised anti-Semitism,’’ in an interview published in today's Daily Telegraph in London. Yuval Steinitz, Israel's intelligence and strategic affairs minister, said he was ...

US Lawmakers Pledge to Back Israel Against Iran

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:18:39 -0400

The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a resolution affirming America's firm opposition to Iran's nuclear ambitions, and pledging full support for Israel in the event of an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. The chance to slam Iran’s government and speak up for Israel brought a rare moment of complete bipartisan unity to the Senate. Republican ...

Palestine urges UN Security Council to end provocations by Israel

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:03:47 -0400

Palestine has asked the UN Security Council to press Israel to end its "provocations," including restricting access to holy sites in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian envoy told reporters on ...

Prosor angered by UNRWA’s map of Arab Palestine

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:50:24 -0400

NEW YORK - Early this month, Ann Dismorr, director of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Lebanon, stood in front of cameras holding a map of Israel labeled "Arab Palestine." Framed in green and black and shoddily printed, the projected Palestinian state is shown surrounded by countries with modern borders: Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.Israeli officials are well used to seeing maps of ...

Israeli embassy slams Germany party over labeling

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:50:24 -0400

BERLIN - The Israeli embassy slammed the German Green Party on Wednesday for its Bundestag efforts to label products from the West Bank, calling those efforts "another try to negatively single out Israel while promoting an economic boycott of it."In a statement ...

A Decade In The Making West Bank Barrier Is Nearly Complete

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:49 -0400

Ibrahim Shomali, a Palestinian priest, offers Communion under the olive trees of the Cremisan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. This is part of a regular protest against Israeli plans to build a section of its West Bank barrier here that would separate Palestinians from their agricultural ...

Wedding 25000 Guests Huge Wedding Takes Place in Jerusalem

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:37:19 -0400

A wedding with 25,000 guests has taken place this week in Jerusalem. News of a wedding with 25,000 guests has stunned viewers across the globe, as the massive party was held in Jerusalem on Tuesday night.The massive wedding was for Shalom Rokeach, 18, and new wife Hannah Batya Penet, 19 – both reportedly from very well connected families.Rokeach is the grandson of the leader of the Hasidic ...

Palestinians have little faith in John Kerrys efforts to restart peace talks

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:18 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, not pictured, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria’s opposition to help them ';fight for the freedom of their country'; if President Bashar ...

Iran calls attention to aggressive plans of the U.S. and Israel

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:05:16 -0400

"Some Persian Gulf countries are supporting U.S. plans in the region and it harms the countries of the region", the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, the national parliament, Alaedin Boruyerdi said on Saturday (27th). Crimes and discord are the buzzwords of the ...

J Streets pipe dreams of peace

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:24 -0400

West Bank , Gaza Strip, the Syrian Golan Heights and the Sinai. This inevitably leaves one to ask the banal question: "Will there be peace in our lifetime?" In a mass email sent on 5 ...

Palestinians have little faith in Kerry effort preparing day after plans if mediation fails

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:29 -0400

Natural Gas Flows at Nobles Karish Discovery Offshore Israel

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:25:20 -0400

, reached a total depth of 15,783 feet, encountering 184 feet of net natural gas pay in high-quality lower Miocene sands. Noble stated that discovered gross resources, combined with the de-risked resources in an adjacent fault block on the license, are estimated to range between 1.6 and 2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) with a gross mean of 1.8 Tcf. The operator performed tests at the well including ...

Iran ups nuke capacity but below Israel red line

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:12 -0400

VIENNA - Iran has increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds more centrifuges, a UN nuclear agency report said on Wednesday, underlining Tehran's defiance of Western demands to curb the activity.But, in a development that could help buy time for diplomacy between Iran and world powers, the report showed limited growth of Iran's most sensitive nuclear stockpile and ...

Israeli gas finds secure its self sufficiency may lead to exports

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:50 -0400

HADERA, Israel--Gas production from huge offshore deposits along its Mediterranean coast is enabling Israel to shift from costly and unreliable imports to a growing self-sufficiency and the potential to become an energy ...

Israeli Minister Iran Most Critical Issue

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:19 -0400

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Despite the current tensions along the Israeli-Syrian border on the Golan Heights, Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz warned Tuesday that a nuclear-armed Iran remains the Jewish state's biggest challenge. "Events and the situation in Syria, Sinai and the Gaza Strip must not displace -- even for a moment -- the most critical issue, which is a ...

Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:56 -0400

The most fascinating aspect of the war in Syria this month - and perhaps also the most significant in terms of long-term regional geopolitics - is the direct involvement of Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese Shiite party and resistance group that is closely allied to Iran and Syria. The significance of Hezbollah's participation in the battle for the Syrian town of Qusair comprises several ...

Hezbollah aids Syrian military in a key battle

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:55 -0400

Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese fighters from the militant group Hezbollah pushed Sunday into parts of Qusayr, a strategic city long held by rebels, according to an antigovernment activist and pro-government news channels. If the advance holds, it would be a serious setback for opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. Both sides called it one of the war's most intense ground ...

General says Israel will smash Syrias arsenals if Assad falls

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:02 -0400

Israel (Reuters) - Israel is poised to attack Syria to prevent advanced weapons reaching jihadi rebels or Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon if ...

US Bishops Reiterate Call for 2-State Solution in Israel Conflict

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:47:08 -0400

Decry Plan to Confiscate Convent LandWASHINGTON, D.C., May 07, 2013 (Zenit.org) - The U.S. bishops support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose policies that undermine a just resolution to the conflict, such as Israel's decision to re-route the separation wall through the Cremisan Valley, said the chairman of the bishops' Committee on International Justice ...

Israel Extends Palestinians Gaza Fishing Zone

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:11:24 -0400

Tel Aviv, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli Government''s decision to extend the fishing zone in Gaza to six nautical miles (9 kilometers) came into effect today, announced the official media here. The limit exceeds the 4.8 kilometers in force until yeterday, but eight less than those established in the truce agreement signed by Israel, the occupation force, and Hamas, the Islamic ...

Al Jazeera roiled by U.S. manager’s decision to censor Joseph Massad article

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:29 -0400

posted a statement on the Editor's Blog denying that Al Jazeera had "succumbed to various pressures, and censored its own pages" when it removed the article. The about-face follows a growing uproar inside and ...

Israel Snipes warned to keep budgets lean | Video

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:03 -0400

The budget outlook is brighter, but it's not time for a taxpayer-funded spending spree, county commissioners told the sheriff and other top county leaders Tuesday. Property tax money has started flowing back in, thanks to rising property values. But county commissioners said they still want to run the kind of lean government they pared down to during the Great Recession. And they said ...

Sinai Bedouin complain they suffer since Israel left Sinai

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:50 -0400

" The Bedouin have already paid a heavy price for the return of the land [the Sinai Peninsula] in the October 1973 War." Sinai residents blame interior ministry policies for Thursday kidnapping Residents of Sinai Peninsula tell Ahram Online that Thursday kidnapping of seven Egyptian security personnel came as 'Bedouin retaliation' for heavy-handed security practices by ...

Noble Energy Hits Nat Gas Pay Offshore Israel

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:58:48 -0400

Noble Energy, Inc. announced Wednesday a natural gas discovery at the Karish prospect offshore Israel. The discovery well was drilled to a total depth of 15,783 feet and encountered 184 feet of net natural gas pay in high-quality lower Miocene sands. The Karish well, located in the Alon C license approximately 20 miles northeast of the Tamar field, is in 5,700 feet of water. Discovered gross ...

I Am Gabriel Ancient Stone on Display in Israel

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:47:29 -0400

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Gabriel is one of the Bible's best known angels. Now, a first of its kind exhibition in Jerusalem highlights an archaeological discovery quoting Gabriel that's considered the most important find of its kind since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It's called the "Revelation of Gabriel." It's written on stone and proclaims three times, ...