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Israeli officers cancel UK trip for fear of arrest

An Israeli military delegation has canceled an official visit to Britain, officials said Tuesday, the latest in a string of politicians and army officials to put off travel to the U.K. because of fears of war crimes prosecution. Complete Story...

War crimes fears force Israelis to cancel UK trip

A group of Israeli military officers called off an official visit to Britain last week, fearing they could face possible arrest on war crimes charges, officials said Tuesday.

War crimes fears force Israelis to cancel UK trip

A group of Israeli military officers called off an official visit to Britain last week, fearing they could face arrest on war crimes charges, officials said Tuesday.

Iran soccer official resigns over e-mail to Israel

Iranian media reports say one of the country's sports officials has resigned after his e-mailed New Year's greetings to members of world soccer's governing body were mistakenly forwarded to Israel's soccer federation.

Ex-Israeli PM still comatose 4 years after stroke

Ariel Sharon, the tough army general turned premier who shocked his hawkish supporters by pulling Israel out of Gaza in 2005, is still lying unconscious in a hospital bed, friends said Sunday on the fourth anniversary of the massive stroke that put him in a coma.

Saudi Arabia criticizes Israel settlement building

The Saudi foreign minister on Saturday criticized Israel's settlement construction and said the country acts like a "spoiled child" because the international community is not tough enough in pressuring it to make concessions.

Teenager arrested in West Bank mosque blaze

Israeli police on Thursday briefly detained a teenager from a West Bank settlement in connection with the torching of a West Bank mosque earlier this month.

Israel army to seek legal advice during operations

Israel's military will consult more closely with its legal advisers on future offensives, security officials said Wednesday — a move motivated by war crimes accusations that followed last year's war in the Gaza Strip.

Lebanese troops fire on Israeli jets over south

The Lebanese military says its troops have fired on Israeli warplanes flying low over south Lebanon but no hits were reported.

Egypt encouraged during Israeli PM's visit

Israel's prime minister on Tuesday presented Egypt with ideas for restarting Mideast peace talks, impressing his hosts with proposals that go further than past Israeli positions, Egypt's top diplomat said.

Israeli defense chief: Iran can build bomb by 2011

Iran will possess the technology to build a nuclear bomb by early 2010 and be able to produce one the following year, Israeli media quoted Israel's defense minister as saying Monday.

Israel: 16,200 Jewish immigrants arrived in 2009

Israeli authorities say 16,200 Jews moved to the country in 2009, the first yearly increase in a decade.

Opposition party rejects PM Netanyahu's unity bid

Israel's main opposition party has turned down an offer from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to join his coalition government.

Belgian-Israeli dual nationals sue Hamas

Five Belgians living in Israel filed a complaint here Thursday against the Hamas rulers of Gaza, saying militant rocket fire into Israel had violated their human rights.

Court lets Palestinians use major Israeli highway

Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the military to let Palestinians travel on the part of a major highway that runs through the West Bank, handing Palestinians their biggest victory yet against Israel's practice of banning them from some roads.

Captain of famed Exodus refugee ship dies at 86

Yitzhak "Ike" Ahronovitch, the captain of the Exodus ship whose attempt to take Holocaust survivors to Palestine built support for Israel's founding, has died. He was 86.

Muslims slam UK pledge to reform war crimes law

Britain's flagship Muslim organization on Wednesday attacked a government pledge to reform a war crimes law used to try to arrest visiting Israeli dignitaries, saying the move could hurt Britain's image in the Middle East.

Former Israeli premier Olmert pleads not guilty

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert is pleading not guilty to charges of illegally accepting funds from an American supporter and double-billing Jewish groups for trips abroad.

Israel harvested organs in '90s without permission

Israel has admitted that in the 1990s, its forensic pathologists harvested organs from dead bodies, including Palestinians, without permission of their families.

Israel threatens to use force against settlers

Israeli authorities could soon use special commando units, unmanned spy planes and cellphone-jamming equipment to enforce a moratorium on new settlement construction in the West Bank, military officials said Sunday, deepening a showdown between the government and Jewish settlers.

Mediator in prisoner swap meets with Hamas in Gaza

A German mediator met with Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to deliver Israel's latest counter offer for a prisoner swap, but the Islamic militant group's Syrian-based leadership is expected to have the final say.

Israel: Iran nearing atomic bomb capability

Iran is close to a "technological breakthrough" that would enable it to build nuclear weapons, Israel's military intelligence chief said in a rare public assessment Tuesday.

Britain says Livni welcome despite arrest warrant

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown phoned former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Wednesday to say she is still welcome in Britain, despite a recent attempt by pro-Palestinian activists to have her arrested during a planned visit to London.

Israel eases restrictions on Palestinians for Xmas

Israeli military officials say they are easing restrictions on the movement of Palestinian Christians in the West Bank for the holiday season.

Israeli says some time left for diplomacy on Iran

Israel's defense minister urged the world Monday to agree to tough new sanctions on Iran, suggesting that military strikes remained a final option should Tehran refuse to heed U.N. Security Council demands to curb its nuclear activities.

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Iran Is Shielding Its Nuclear Efforts in a Maze of Tunnel
Source: The New York Times

Last September, when Iran's uranium enrichment plant buried inside a mountain near the holy city of Qum was revealed, the episode cast light on a wider pattern: Over the past decade, Iran has quietly hidden an increasingly large part of its atomic complex in networks of tunnels …

Egypt police clash with Gaza aid convoy activists
Source: BBC News

More than 50 people have been hurt in clashes between Egyptian police and pro-Palestinian activists seeking to take a convoy of supplies to Gaza.

Rotten Jewish Fish in Doha
Source: hudsonny.org

The famed Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) of NY is branching out, franchising its name overseas.

TUES: Dems face new hurdles

Tuesday. ELECTIONS: Dorgan (ND-D) will not seek reelection, Scott Brown (R) of Mass only 9pts away from winning vacant seat, with Coakley losing ground, according to a new poll MIDDLE EAST: Israeli air strikes hit Gaza militant

PRC commander killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
Source: ynetnews.com

Popular Resistance Committees spokesman says group's gunmen fired at IDF forces on Israeli side of security fence and were then targeted by Israeli aircraft.

British government will fight legal attempts to indict Israeli leaders in UK
Source: Guardian Unlimited

The government is determined to protect high-ranking Israeli officials from arrest in the UK, the attorney general said, as it emerged that a further visit by the Israeli military had been cancelled.

Human Rights Watch Anti-Israel Bias 2009 in Review
Source: israelseen.com

NGO Monitor's quantitative and qualitative analysis reveals that HRW continues to devote highly disproportionate resources to criticizing Israel.

Gaza war: One year on, Palestinians struggle to rebuild life from the rubble
Source: Guardian Unlimited

For the past year the Guardian has been following Palestinians who were caught up in the devastating war in Gaza.

Mubarak to Netanyahu: Jerusalem Must be up for Negotiation
Source: Arutz Sheva News Briefs

) Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu there would be no Arab-Israeli negotiations without Jerusalem on the table.

The Origins of Tidiness
Source: Science: Current Issue

"A tidy house, a tidy mind." Some of the more slovenly among us might bristle at this scolding old proverb, but to human evolution researchers it makes perfect sense.

Profiling terrorists / Behavior, not religion or ethnicity, should be the focus
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

(An editorial by the conservative San Diego Union Tribune):

Media is Blacking Out Effort to Aid Gaza
Source: Salem-News.com

Tim King Salem-News.com Money from Israel is closely tied to all of the major networks and newspapers that ignore the plight of Gaza.

Behind the lens of Hannah and Efraim Degani – part 6
Source: ynetnews.com

This time we present documents and pictures of Jerusalem dating back to 19th century, which were collected by owners of Prisma photography shop in capital.

Tel Aviv University students win world championship in debate
Source: ynetnews.com

Israeli team beats 30 other groups, including delegation from University of Haifa. 'Even delegations from Qatar, Iraq, Malaysia congratulated us for victory,' winners tell Ynet.

The Cook, The Thief and The Laughing Cow
Source: CounterPunch.org

The United States, Israel and Egypt A mismatch made in hell. Read em an weep kiddies..... Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Video: How does Israel protect air travel?
Source: Hot Air

We already know the answer to that question, but the video from Martin Himel at the Wall Street Journal raises an even better question.

Netanyahu is insisting on defensible borders.
Source:

Netanyahu's position is that the pre-1967 lines are not the starting point for talks, but that the reference point should be secure and defensible borders for Israel. If that is the jumping-off point, diplomatic officials explained, then it was not a given that Israel would ha …

Israeli Court: No PA Justice in 'Peace House' Case
Source: Arutz Sheva News Briefs

Judge Yitzchak Avner noted that the PA law that imposes the death sentence on an Arab who sells land to a Jew precludes a fair hearing in its courts.

Looking passengers in eye best airport security, Israeli expert says
Source: Canada.com

After the failed bombing of a Christmas Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, aviation authorities in Canada and around the world ramped up screening and created long lineups in airports that are in themselves an invitation to terrorism, says Rafi Sela.

BBC News - Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman tells envoys not to grovel
Source: BBC News

Israel's hardline Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has told Israeli ambassadors to stop "grovelling" and defend their national honour.

Gaza Freedom Marchers issue Cairo Declaration demanding End Blockade & Occupation
Source: Countercurrents

Gaza Freedom marchers, blocked from entering Gaza by Egyptian authorities have called for international endorsement of a Cairo Declaration demanding the End of the Israeli Gaza Blockade and Occupation

Perfectly Write As Rain!: 'Shock' Cure For Male Shortcomings!
Source: Israel 21c

Now new research from Israel, presented to The European Society of Sexual Medicine in Lyon, France late last year, suggests that that the same device that uses shockwaves to blast kidney stones appears to have a restorative effect on the blood vessels of the penis.

Palestinians challenge Israeli control of Dead Sea Scrolls
Source: JPost.com

As custodians begin to pack up an exhibit of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls and ship them back to Israel, both the Palestinians and the Jordanians have demanded their seizure.

Gaza Women Face Increased Violence Since Hamas Takeover
Source: Arutz Sheva News Briefs

A new study by the Gaza-based Palestinian Women's Information and Media Center (PWIMC) has found that local women have suffered increased violence since June 2007, when the Hamas terrorist group seized control of the region.

Arab MK: Tel Aviv is the Arab Village of Sheikh Munis!
Source: Arutz Sheva News Briefs

A rancorous TV interview last week with an Arab Knesset Member that revealed his apparent desires to conquer Tel Aviv continues to make waves. Arutz Sheva's Hebrew site entitled its article on the topic, "The Israeli interviewer who did not forget that he is Jewish."

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