Aron Heller AP August 4, 2013 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday expanded its list of West Bank settlements eligible for government subsidies, a decision that came just days after the resumption of long-frozen peace talks and drew quick Palestinian condemnation.…
Fox News August 1, 2013 A state prosecutor has charged an Israeli man with offering to spy for Iran, Israel’s archenemy. The indictment, released on Thursday, says the suspect belongs to the fringe ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Neturei Karta, which opposes Israel’s existence on religious grounds.…
Sara Dogan Frontpage Mag August 2, 2013 The David Horowitz Freedom Center’s public opposition to an extreme anti-Israel candidate for UC Student Regent has helped to trigger a national conversation about the growing problem of anti-Semitism on college campuses. UC Berkeley student Sadia Saifuddin was…
LA Times July 29, 2013 Reporter Sarah Hashim-Waris in The Times newsroom has details on an initiative to relaunch peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians this week in Washington, after Israel agreed to free 104 Palestinian prisoners.
Israel has blocked the European Union from aiding tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank, in retaliation for an EU ban on financial assistance to Israeli organizations in the occupied territories. Allyn Fisher-Ilan Reuters July 26, 2013 The EU imposed its restrictions last…
Authorizes free winged suspect after X-ray scans reveal it was not embedded with surveillance equipment. Jerusalem Post July 27, 2013 A mock-up of a pigeon with a small camera at the ‘Top Secret’ Spy Museum in Oberhausen, Germany. Turkish authorities detained a bird on suspicion…
We Americans are constantly told that Israel is our greatest ally, and that our two countries are completely unified when it comes to foreign policy objectives. Given this intimate alliance, it should be of great interest to Americans that many Israelis have expressed support for…
Naama Cohen-Friedman YNET February 24, 2013 Prosecution says Ashkelon resident Guy Hassid employed 25 prostitutes who were forced to have unprotected sex; threatened with violence “Women were threatened and lived in slave-like conditions. They were forced to work everyday, without a break between customers, even…
Ali Abunimah’s Blog July 19, 2013 Israeli soldiers had a “fun” time making what they called “Rachel Corrie pancakes.” Photos of the event were posted on the Facebook page of the “Heritage House,” a settlement in occupied East Jerusalem that houses so-called “lone soldiers,” men…
AP July 21, 2013 Israel has admitted that in the 1990s, its forensic pathologists harvested organs from dead bodies, including Palestinians, without permission of their families. The issue emerged with publication of an interview with the then-head of Israel’s Abu Kabir forensic institute, Dr. Jehuda…
Israel condemns EU ban on funding to settlements Euro News July 17, 2013 The European Union has confirmed that it will no longer allow EU funding to go to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. EU member states will be banned from providing any…
Alex Pappas Daily Caller July 10, 2013 Rand Praising His Kosher Masters Continuing his outreach to the Jewish community, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul held a private conference call this week with about 80 Jewish leaders from across the country, The Daily Caller has learned. The…
If new ‘public diplomacy’ effort fails, Netanyahu will have to decide whether to attack Iran by winter at latest, TV report claims Times of Israel July 13, 2013 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama at their press conference in Jerusalem on…
Here is a video presentation of Jim W. Dean’s article claiming that the whole Snowden (and Assange) media psychodrama is a charade, given that he is not naming the Jew. It is not an unreasonable theory, but I don’t think it is something we can…
Haaretz July 12, 2013 Scene From an Inquisition , by Goya Until 2009, right-wing Portuguese politician Jose Ribeiro e Castro didn’t have much interest in the expulsion of his country’s Jewish community in the 16th century. That changed once Ribeiro e Castro opened a Facebook…
Jerusalem Post July 11, 2013 Israel is a leading country in terms of corruption. Photo: REUTERS According to the numbers, Israeli political and cultural institutions are among the most corrupt of the OECD member countries – but Israelis are more willing than their international peers…
Haaretz July 9th, 2013 King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands visited the offices of the Jewish Community of Amsterdam on Monday for the first time since his coronation in April. The visit by Willem-Alexander to the representative organ of the city’s Jewish community, known by the…
Reuters July 9, 2013 Foreign forces destroyed advanced Russian anti-ship missiles in Syria last week, rebels said on Tuesday – a disclosure that appeared to point to an Israeli raid. Qassem Saadeddine, spokesman for the Free Syrian Army’s Supreme Military Council, said a pre-dawn strike…
by Sam Sokol The Jerusalem Post July 7th, 2013 The government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán settled an ongoing feud with the Conference of Material Claims Against Germany on Saturday, signing a deal to resume providing reparations to Hungarian Holocaust survivors located abroad. In…
JTA Jewish Daily Forward July 7th, 2013 Outgoing Iran Leader Says He Put It Forth on Global Level Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a farewell ceremony that publicizing his Holocaust denial was a major achievement of his presidency. “That was a taboo topic…
