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2 Palestinians killed in smuggling tunnel blast under Gaza-Egypt borderTwo Palestinians have been killed in an explosion in a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border, police and hospital officials said Saturday.
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 18:27
Syrian deployment raises Middle East worries
A file photo of Israeli tanks in the Golan Heights. Israeli forces are on alert as Syria announced it was increasing more troops onto its borders.
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 14:05
As they leave office, national leaders let it slip out
In the last days of his presidency, Dwight D. Eisenhower cautioned that the "federal government's collaboration with an alliance of military and industrial leaders, though necessary, was vulnerable to abuse of ...
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 09:42
Israeli woman seeks father's Holocaust diary
In this file photo dated Sept. 30, 2008, pages from the original diary written by Baruch Milch during the Holocaust are seen in Warsaw.
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 05:05
Israeli hospital hosts cancer-stricken Iranian boy
Fri, Oct 10, 2008 The head of an Israeli hospital where an Iranian boy is being treated for a brain tumor said Friday he hoped the gesture will help improve understanding between the bitterly divided countries.
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 00:12
Joel Brinkley: Evidence grows that Israel is preparing to attack Iran
Month after month, the nation's attention seems to ping-pong back and forth between the world's two egregious nuclear malefactors, North Korea and Iran.
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 19:45
Author: Peace prizes miss the point
A Norwegian peace activist and lawyer has criticized recent decisions by the Nobel Peace Prize committee, claiming the prestigious award is not being handed out in line with the terms of Alfred Nobel's 1895 ...
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 15:23
The truth comes too late
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was well aware that he resembled the generals who join a peace movement as soon as they retire.
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 10:55
French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio wins 2008 Nobel Prize in literature
For those Americans a ' and there may not be many a ' seeking great foreign authors who have yet to be discovered in English, the Nobel Prize judges present a fresh candidate: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, this ...
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 06:22
Pope hopes Nazi-era predecessor moves toward sainthood
Pope Benedict said on Thursday he hoped his Nazi-era predecessor Pius XII, who some Jews have accused of turning a blind eye to the Holocaust, can proceed on the road to Roman Catholic sainthood.
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 01:50
New On DVD: 'You Don't Mess With The Zohan'
'You Don't Mess With the Zohan,' : Adam Sandler had it right with this title -- "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" -- because the movie is a big mess.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 21:18
Russia indicates no S-300s for Iran
Russia's Foreign Ministry suggested Thursday that Moscow would not sell advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Iran, a possibility that has alarmed Israel.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 16:44
Israel-Palestine's Future is One Nation
Imagine the scene: the United Nations General Assembly meets to discuss a resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 12:07
Hamas Building Army By Tunnel in Gaza
Gaza's smugglers are going legit: Owners of the scores of tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border have registered with the Hamas authorities, pledged to pay workers' compensation and hooked up their ...
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 07:39
Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur
Israel came to a virtual standstill at sundown Wednesday as Jews across the country began observing Yom Kippur, the holiest day of their calendar.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 03:15
Hezbollah: Israeli MIA escaped, believed dead
Wed, Oct 8, 2008 Israel's most famous missing soldier escaped from captivity in Lebanon and probably died 20 years ago while trying to make his way home through difficult terrain, Hezbollah told Israel's ...
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 22:38
Any Israeli attack will be seen asa
Symbolising Israel as a signature mark of the United States in the middle east, Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that any offensive action by Tel Aviv would be seen as an attack by ...
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 18:13
Dutch lawyers seek ex-Israeli spy chief's arrest
THE HAGUE, Netherlands : Lawyers for a Palestinian who claims he was tortured in an Israeli jail are seeking a Dutch arrest warrant for Israel's former spy chief, a human rights activist said Tuesday.
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 13:54
Good Morning, Ehud
Support The Chronicle Articles 00:11 10/06/2008 Good Morning, Ehud 'Why do such people reach their conclusions only on finishing their term of office?' By Uri Avnery In colloquial Israeli Hebrew, when someone ...
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 09:20
India gifts embassy to Palestine, pledges $20mln aid
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before the ceremonial guard of honor at the Presidential Palace in New IANS First Published : Last Updated : NEW DELHI: In a ...
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 04:49
T-shirt story gets a stretch in McCain hands
Republican John McCain on Monday raised the specter of illegal foreign contributions to rival Democrat Barack Obama by suggesting that a bulk purchase of T-shirts was sinister.
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 00:13
Olmert now recognises futility of settlement policy
WASHINGTON: Now he tells us.Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on September 29 that his country must withdraw from the occupied territories, which it has held since 1968, including East Jerusalem.
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 19:40
Egypt police stop Gaza convoy
Dozens of activists, mostly from Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood, were arrested Monday after attempting to send a supply convoy to the blockaded Gaza Strip, the organization and security officials said.
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 15:13
Israeli a Big Brothera TV show shuts down for Yom Kippur
The television show "Big Brother" will confront a new reality in Israel Wednesday evening with the start of Yom Kippur.
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 10:33
Rabbi calls his speech to Catholic bishops a 'signal of hope'
A rabbi who became the first Jew to address a synod of Catholic bishops on Monday said his presence sent a "signal of hope" after a history of "blood and tears" between Christians and Jews.
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 05:58
Former senior Israeli officials misled over pro-Obama video
A video released by the Jewish Council for Education & Research which appeared to show several retired senior army and Mossad officials supporting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has proven to be ...
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 01:36
French report: Hamas leader says talks toward freeing Israeli Sgt. Schalit 'at a standstill'
Gilad Schalit. Le Figaro newspaper quoted Mashaal on Monday as saying that Israeli negotiators continue to rehash issues already agreed.
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 20:57
Senior IDF officer to 'Post': Major Fatah assault on Hamas close
There are signs that Fatah is preparing to launch a major operation against Hamas in the West Bank in the coming weeks ahead of expected turmoil when Mahmoud Abbas's term as PA president ends in January, a top ...
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 16:36
Peace in West Asia to dominate India-Palestine talks on Monday+
Tajikistan News.Net Sunday 5th October, 2008 New Delhi, Oct 5 : India and Palestine are likely to discuss the latest situation in West Asia and the peace process during Palestinian National Authority President ...
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 11:46
Quartet planning new peace push
JERUSALEM: Israel, the Palestinians and the Middle East Quartet will meet in November to review progress in US-backed peace talks launched nearly a year ago, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported yesterday.
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 06:43
West Bank Bomb Smuggler Allegedly Thwarted
Israeli authorities allege a Palestinian man concealing two pipe bombs was arrested Sunday near Nablus in the West Bank.
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 02:23
Change of heart from Israeli hardliner
Wait and see ... the Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, right, has a softer view on Palestine but it is the Kadima leader, Tzipi Livni, who is set to influence direction.
Source : topix.net | 05-Oct-2008 21:31
France urges Israel not to attack Iran
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has urged Israel not to launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear program, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday Kouchner, in the region for talks with Israeli ...
Source : topix.net | 05-Oct-2008 17:03
Report: PNA forces on alert for Hamas bid to take over West Bank
Palestinian security forces in the West Bank have taken measures to prevent assassinations the Islamic Resistance Movement members may conduct against the Palestinian National Authority and Fatah leaders, a ...
Source : topix.net | 05-Oct-2008 12:21
Abbas to meet with Assad during visit to Damascus next week
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to visit Damascus next week, Army Radio reported Friday.
Source : topix.net | 05-Oct-2008 07:49
Astronaut's diary goes on display in Jerusalem
MIRACULOUS FIND: Yigal Zalmona, a curator at the Israel Museum, displays pages from the diary of Ilan Ramon, an Israeli astronaut who died in the fatal mission of space shuttle Columbia, in Jerusalem.
Source : topix.net | 05-Oct-2008 03:23
Qurei: Palestinians want Jerusalem in deal
Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qurei says Palestinian leaders will never end their territorial roe with Israel without gaining control of Jerusalem in the deal.
Source : topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 22:50
Jewish 'modesty patrols' sow fear in Israel
In Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of God, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste. They hurl stones at women for such 'sins' as wearing a red blouse, and attack stores selling devices that can access the Internet.
In recent weeks, self-styled 'modesty patrols' have been accused of breaking into the apartment of a Jerusalem woman and beating her for allegedly consorting with men. They have torched a store that sells MP4 players, fearing devout Jews would use them to download pornography.
Source : topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 18:27
Israel to install radar antennae near nuclear site
Israel will install two massive radar antennae near the Dimona nuclear plant to bolster its defense measures against Iran, the Maariv newspaper reported on Friday.
Source : topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 13:48
Settlers, rabbis clash over West Bank olives
Israeli police and soldiers grappled with settlers who tried to drive off local Palestinians and international supporters of Palestinian rights in the Israel-occupied territories.
Source : topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 09:18
Israeli general warns Hezbollah of harsh response
Israel will use "disproportionate force" if Hezbollah guerrillas attack Israel, a senior military commander said in published comments Friday, adding that any village used to fire missiles against the Jewish ...
Source : topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 04:44
US appeals NJ Muslim cleric immigration case
In this Sept. 4, 2008, file photo, Imam Mohammad Qatanani, center, walks out of the Peter W. Rodino Jr.
Source : topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 00:09
Pines: Stop compassion for Jewish terror
"There are violent forces in Israeli society that take the law into their own hands and would not hesitate to murder or try to murder whoever stands in their way," Knesset House Committee chairman Ophir ...
Source : topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 19:40
Manama seeks regional bloc with Tel Aviv
DUBAI. October 2. KAZINFORM. The foreign minister of Bahrain has called for the creation of a regional grouping of Arab states with historic foe Israel, as well as Iran and Turkey, a newspaper reported ...
Source : topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 14:46
At UN, Jordan urges stronger international efforts to end Middle East conflict
The diplomatic Quartet guiding international efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must step up its pressure on the two sides to fulfil pledges they have made towards a possible comprehensive ...
Source : topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 10:18
NY appeals court overturns terrorism verdicts
A federal appeals court Thursday overturned the convictions of a Yemeni cleric and his deputy, finding they were prejudiced by inflammatory testimony about unrelated terrorism links in a case the United States once touted as a victory in its war against terrorism.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that Sheik Mohammed Ali Al-Moayad and Mohammed Mohsen Zayed, convicted of supporting terrorists, can have new trials. The three-judge panel took the unusual step of ordering the transfer of the case to a new judge.
Source : topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 05:43