Add To Watchlist

ISRAELI

The Wire

Suspected Israeli crime lord pleads guilty in LA

A suspected Israeli crime lord pleaded guilty Monday to being part of a racketeering enterprise that distributed Ecstasy and whose members killed a man for stealing a large drug shipment, a defense attorney said.

Snow blankets the Holy Land

FACT CHECK: US aid for Israel missile program

Two powerful House Republicans accused President Barack Obama of jeopardizing Israel's security with a "record low" budget request for a cooperative U.S.-Israeli missile defense program. The election-year claim fails to take into account the billions the administration wants in aid for the Mideast ally and ignores a few Washington realities.

NYPD ups security around Israeli locations

A spokesman for the New York City police says it has heightened security around Israeli government offices and synagogues.

Israeli reaches Chile plea deal to plant trees

Chile has settled its criminal case against an Israeli hiker accused of negligently causing a fire that destroyed much of the Torres del Paine national park.

Daughter of Israeli politician arrested in NY

The daughter of an Israeli politician and former defense minister has been jailed in New York in connection with a prescription drug fraud case in Florida, authorities said Thursday.

SKorea buying Israeli rockets to deter NKorea

South Korea has struck a $43 million deal with an Israeli company to buy advanced rockets to protect a front-line area attacked by North Korea last year, officials said Tuesday.

Report: NZ quake may have exposed Israeli spies

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - One of the victims of the February earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand may have been an Israeli spy, according to a report in .

Israeli couples wed in mass Cyprus civil ceremony

Dozens of Israeli couples exchanged wedding vows on Friday in a mass civil ceremony on the promenade of a Cypriot coastal resort.

Israeli woman gives birth in Palestinian hospital

An Israeli woman has given birth in a Palestinian hospital — an extremely rare occurrence that won her flowers and a handwritten note from the Palestinian president.

Israeli tourist killed in car accident in Jordan

An Israeli diplomat in Jordan says an Israeli tourist has been killed and five others were wounded in a car accident while visiting a famous biblical site.

Israeli envoy heads home after tough 2 years

Israel's outgoing U.N. ambassador, Gabriela Shalev, calls her job "an almost impossible mission," but she's still heading home on a note of hope.

Egypt police arrest Israeli who crossed into Sinai

Egyptian police say they have arrested an Israeli who illegally crossed into the Sinai peninsula on a motorbike.

2 Israeli Arab authors banned from Beirut festival

Two Israeli Arab authors who won literary awards in Lebanon will not be able to collect their prizes in Beirut later this month because of laws in the two countries, organizers of a cultural festival said Wednesday.

Egypt arrests Israeli journalist along the border

Egyptian security officials arrested an Israeli journalist as he tried to sneak across the porous Israeli-Egyptian border with African migrants, his newspaper reported Monday.

Fatah's only Israeli member seeks key position

The only known Israeli Jewish member of the Palestinian group Fatah announced Sunday he was seeking a position in the movement's key decision-making body.

Israeli tourist stabbed in Egyptian Red Sea resort

An Israeli tourist vacationing at an Egyptian Red Sea resort was stabbed in the face on Monday, authorities said. Israeli police said the attack was criminal and was not terrorism-related.

Dubai denies visa for Israeli tennis player

The top official in women's tennis reprimanded the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for blocking an Israeli player from a premier Dubai tournament, calling the decision to deny her a visa "regrettable."

Couple ignores Lebanese ban on Israeli film

Monika Borgmann's telephone has been ringing off the hook since she ignored a Lebanese ban on showing an Oscar-nominated film made in Israel about the Jewish state's 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

In Gaza, the attack may be televised

Derar Mohammed, a 19-year-old Palestinian, spent several hours Thursday watching a surreal scene unfold on television as Israeli forces inflicted heavy damage on the Gaza City neighborhood where he and his family lived until they fled the city nearly three weeks ago.

Q&A: The history behind Israel's Gaza strikes

Israel began a massive assault on the Gaza Strip on Dec. 27, inflicting scores of casualties over the following days. History provides some clues to what is behind this violence.

Israeli businessman kidnapped in Ghana

A top security official says an Israeli businessman has been kidnapped in Ghana and the kidnappers have contacted his family to demand a $300,000 ransom.

The Vine
New Statesman - Jewish British Ed Miliband: the patriotism of a refugee
Source: New Statesman Contents

Ed Milliband, Jewish British leader of the British Labor Party Opposition describes himself as "The first Jewish leader of the Labour Party" in an essay in an issue of the New Statesman devoted to British Jewry.

Avigdor Lieberman to Jews Worldwide: 'You Must Love Me'
Source: http://mondoweiss.net/

Adam Horowitz wrote:  Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday to a Jewish audience in London that he expects Jewish communities around the world to support whatever Israeli government is in power, regardless of its views. CoH, please

The Nakba Hoax
Source: Israel Hayom

(Block quote not working; From the article) "No revisionist or post-Zionist spin can plausibly deny that the War of Independence was an attempt by a coalition of Arab states to annihilate us. But as Joseph Goebbels used to say, “Repeat the same lie again and again and ul …

Peace-making without Mediators

By Nicola Nasser**   A surplus of mediators have been around all the time, including the heavy weight Quartet of the UN, U.S., EU and Russia, as well as heaps of terms of reference of UNSC resolutions, bilateral signed accords and “roadmaps,” in addition to mara …

Desmond Tutu: Justice requires action to stop subjugation of Palestinians
Source: Tehran Times

Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu: "Black South Africans and others around the world have seen the 2010 Human Rights Watch report which "describes the two-tier system of laws, rules, and services that Israel operates for the two populations in areas in the West Bank under …

Mass killer Breivik from believing in absurdities to committing atrocities
Source: New Statesman Contents

NS Leader writes that the most shocking thing about anti-Muslim mass murderer Anders Breivik is that so many people agree with his Islamophobic, xenophobic and racist opinions.

German reaction to Israeli ban on Nobel Laureate Gunter Grass
Source: The Local - Germany's news in English

Obama, AIPAC, Zionists & Congress - Israelis say "We Control America"
Source: Intifada

In 2001 Netanyahu bragged  "… America is something that can be moved easily" and in 2003 Israeli PM Sharon  bragged to the Israeli President "we [Jews] control America." In 2012 Obama told Atlantic magazine: "“Every single commitment I have made to…  …

'No Amount of Reading and Word Of Mouth Could Have Prepared Me for the Reality' - Remembering Rachel Corrie
Source: Mondoweiss

Allison Deger wrote:  Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, the peace activist whose life was cruelly cut short in 2003 by the Israeli military when the IDF crushed her with a bulldozer. Corrie was just 23 years old when killed while volunteering with  …

Could Iran be building nuclear weapons? IAEA: no direct proof
Source: The Conversation

Professor Martin Sevior (Physics Deoartment, University of Melbourne) : "Now Iran, of course, is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – unlike many other Middle East nations – and thus far the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has found no direc …

Indian Defence bans Israeli Military Industries & others over corruption
Source: United Press International

The Indian defence Ministry has banned for 10 years some defence contractors for corruption including Israeli Military Industries which supplies weapons, ammunition and military technology to the Israeli mililtary, including the Uzi submachine gun used by criminals and mercenarie …

German Soccer Fans Gave Nazi Salute to Israeli Player
Source: wtsp

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany - The German soccer team Kaiserslautern has reported a group of fans to police for allegedly giving Nazi salutes to an Israeli player.

Zionists @ Ben White: claim Israel can be Jewish and democratic
Source: New Statesman Contents

British Zionists responding to Ben White and claiming that race-based Israel is "democratic": "BICOM has recently published articles by four experts to raise the level of discussion in the UK about the state of Israeli democracy.

Ongoing Tension between Iran and US - ABC Late Night Live interviews
Source: ABC Radio National Late Night Live

ABC Late Night :Live interview with US and Israeli experts on ME: as rhetoric and tension escalates between Iran, the US and Israel, does this period compare to that of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Ben White, UK New Statesman - Is Israel a democracy or an ethnocracy?
Source: New Statesman Contents

Ben White: "Firstly, foundational to Israel's legal framework as a Jewish state is legislation passed in the first few years, specifically the Law of Return, the Absentee Property Law, and the Citizenship Law.

Dr David Slucki, Monash Uni: Australia, Israel and the politics of diaspora
Source: The Conversation

Dr David Slucki (Monash University, Melbourne): "Questions arise when the homeland — be it Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, or Sri Lanka — becomes mired in ongoing conflict.

Egypt lawyer: Israel, US plotted protest shooting of Egyptian protestors
Source: The Daily News Egypt

Report: "The United States and Israel plotted the killing of Egyptian protesters during last year's 18-day uprising that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak, a lawyer for his former interior minister claimed Thursday."

Rabbi's Followers' Funds Given to Grimm's House Race Broke the Law ~~~ GOP Show Pony Stumbles
Source: The New York Times

Mr. Grimm, a former agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a Roman Catholic who regularly attends Sunday Mass, traveled around the New York region with one of the rabbi’s top aides, Ofer Biton, to raise campaign money from the rabbi’s followers.

Israelis See Iran's Threats of Retaliation as Bluff
Source: The New York Times

Israeli intelligence estimates, backed by academic studies, have cast doubt on the widespread assumption that a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would set off a catastrophic set of events like a regional conflagration, widespread acts of terrorism and sky …

This area needs news. Click here to seed the vine