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Russian Foreign Ministry: Toughening of sanctions on Iran counterproductive – TASS

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 04:21 PM PDT


Turkish president: We will criticize Israeli ‘injustices’ – Jerusalem Post

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 04:21 PM PDT


Maccabi coach booted off floor in friendly game against Knicks

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 03:49 PM PDT

The New York Knicks beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 106-91 on Sunday in an exhibition game that featured a bizarre delay in the third quarter when Maccabi coach Pini Gershon refused to leave the floor after he was [...]


Elderly Jews finally become adults, decades after turning 13

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 03:10 PM PDT

On the morning of October 15, as young hippie-ish Hasidim beat on drums, singing ecstatically, nine elderly Americans from a retirement village in Cincinnati celebrated their belated bar and bat mitzvahs at Jerusalem's Western [...]


Iran blames ’satanic’ U.S. for suicide attack, vows revenge

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 02:57 PM PDT

The Iranian armed forces have accused the United States and Britain of involvement in a suicide bombing that targeted the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard on Sunday, and warned of [...]


European official: Economic boycott of Israel is ‘not justified’

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 02:32 PM PDT

European Commission Vice-President Gunter Verheugen said Sunday that said boycotts of Israeli products were "not justified," adding that they were an "easy solution" that would do nothing to improve the Middle East [...]


Defense Minister: Israel, U.S. must draft Mideast peace plan

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 02:19 PM PDT

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday called on government officials to coordinate with the United States in order to renew negotiations with the Palestinian Authority as soon as [...]


Ichud Hatzalah: Arab Volunteers Strengthen Jerusalem

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 02:02 PM PDT

Ichud Hatzalah rejects accusations that using Arab volunteers in eastern Jerusalem harms Israeli sovereignty in the capital. [...]


Abbas Slams Hamas, but Seeks Reconciliation

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 01:57 PM PDT

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas publicly criticizes Hamas, but releases Hamas terrorists from jail in an apparent effort to obtain [...]


Coming Soon: 26-Week Maternity Leave

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 01:19 PM PDT

Women in Israel will soon have the right to take 26 weeks of maternity leave without losing their jobs. Only first 14 weeks will be [...]


Finance Minister: UN backing of Goldstone report is `anti-Semitic`

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 01:19 PM PDT

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz on Sunday accused the United Nations Human Rights Council of anti-Semitism, after the UN body endorsed a damning report on Israel's winter Gaza [...]


Defense Minister: Israel, U.S. must draft Mideast peace plan

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 01:15 PM PDT

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday called on government officials to coordinate with the United States in order to renew negotiations with the Palestinian Authority as soon as [...]


Study: Arab-U.S. trade unharmed by anti-Bush sentiments

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 12:49 PM PDT

The Arab world's negative image of America under the Bush administration did little to impact regional demand for U.S. products, nor did it keep regional academics from traveling or studying in the United States, according to a recently released study. [...]


Bedouin Town Plans to Expel Illegal Arabs: ‘They are a Nuisance’

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 12:19 PM PDT

Arabs from Judea, Samaria and Gaza flooded Rahat in the Negev. Now the Bedouins say they harass their women, and want them [...]


Thai billboard featuring Hitler causes diplomatic flap

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:39 AM PDT

A highway billboard using a saluting Adolf Hitler to advertise a Thai wax museum has been covered up after complaints from the Israeli and German ambassadors, the museum's manager said [...]


Report: Israel will attack Iran by land – October 18

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:35 AM PDT

 If diplomatic efforts fail to halt Iran’s nuclear program, Israel will attack the Islamic Republic, but not by air, as most expect, according to a report in a French magazine this week. Le Canard Enchaine reported that Israel is preparing to launch ground operations against Iran’s nuclear facilities, probably sometime early next year. As evidence, the magazine [...]


Report: Israeli cafe boycotts Turkish coffee amid tensions

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:09 AM PDT

The Ilan's coffee chain on Sunday announced that it would stop selling Turkish coffee in response to the diplomatic tensions which arose of late between the two countries, Israeli media [...]


A Chic, Slick, Inner City Ride, Kids Included

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT

A new Dutch-Israeli company called Taga has come up with a solution that environmentally conscious families will [...]


Iran blames U.S. and U.K. for suicide attack, vows revenge

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:35 AM PDT

The Iranian armed forces have accused the United States and Britain of involvement in a suicide bombing that targeted the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard on Sunday, and warned of [...]


Family who lost 29 members in Gaza war: We envy the dead

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:35 AM PDT

Richard Goldstone visited the Gaza City neighborhood of Zaytoun in late June to tour the compound of the extended Samouni family, the subject of coverage here in recent weeks ("'I fed him like a baby bird,'" September 17; "Death in the Samouni compound," September 25). Twenty-nine members of the family, all of them civilians, were killed in the Israel Defense Force's winter assault - 21 during the shelling of a house where IDF soldiers had gathered some 100 members of the family a day earlier. [...]


Debate Over Foreign Workers and Their Children Rages On

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:24 AM PDT

National emotional debate over foreign workers continues: Farmers protest, Interior Minister's decision to expel 1,200 children not yet [...]


Israel’s Tourism Plunge to Turkey Threatens to be Long-Term

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:14 AM PDT

After switching to pro-Iran, anti-Israel side of international constellation, Turkey may find Israeli tourists mean (no) business this [...]


Olive Presses Polluting Streams, NGO Says

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:07 AM PDT

Tzalul, an environmental-action NGO, says faulty operation of olive presses causes severe damage to [...]


Becoming Jewish men and women, decades after 13

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:57 AM PDT

On the morning of October 15, as young hippie-ish Hasidim beat on drums, singing ecstatically, nine elderly Americans from a retirement village in Cincinnati celebrated their belated bar and bat mitzvahs at Jerusalem's Western [...]


Colleges Make History, Open Year without Strike

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:06 AM PDT

For the first time in years, studies at the higher education institutions began with no strike on the [...]


Peres Uses Ze’evi Eulogy to Tout Two State Solution

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 08:12 AM PDT

President Peres eulogized slain minister Ze'evi and claimed that he once called for a 'State of Yishmael.' MK Ben Ari: Peres is twisting [...]


Tarantula System Offers Seismic Sensor Security

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 08:02 AM PDT

A new seismic-based system created in Israel offers a new line of defense against underground tunneling terrorists and surface infiltrations.


Weekly Torah Portion Video: Breishit

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:51 AM PDT

As the Jewish Nation begins yet another annual cycle of public readings of the Torah, profound questions arise: The First Man: Who was he? [...]


Iran: Sunni group claims Revolutionary Guard suicide bombing – Haaretz

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:46 AM PDT


Pakistani army claims 60 militants killed in operation – USA Today

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:46 AM PDT


Ahmadinejad vows to strike back at those behind suicide bombing; Earlier, Iran had accused US and UK of being involved – Jerusalem Post

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:46 AM PDT


FDIC bank fund in the red until 2012 – CNN

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:46 AM PDT


Republicans Eye Democratic Leaders in 2010 Midterm Elections – Fox

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:46 AM PDT


US Ambassador to UN Arrives in Israel Next Week – Arutz Sheva

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:46 AM PDT


Arabs Hurl Insults at Olmert During Speech in Chicago – Arutz Sheva

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:46 AM PDT


Abbas popularity dips over response to Goldstone Gaza report – Haaretz

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:46 AM PDT


India: Supports Goldstone Report, Ambassador Visits Wall

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:37 AM PDT

India's ambassador 'deeply moved' by visit to the Western Wall, a day after India voted to support the findings of the Goldstone [...]


Show: Was the Holocaust the War of Gog and Magog?

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:16 AM PDT

Live from the Temple Mount: Singer & Gimpel answer your questions on Israel and Judaism. Today's question: Is the Holocaust the War of [...]


A Trip Down Maoist Memory Lane – October 18

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:00 AM PDT

With Glenn Beck's revelation a few days ago that an admirer of Mao Zedong named Anita Dunn works as communications director in the Obama White House, it's time for a trip down Maoist memory lane. Dunn has been chosen by President Obama to lead his "war" against Fox News. It's good to know she draws inspiration [...]


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