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Guards whisk away Israeli, French leaders
JERUSALEM - Israeli security guards have whisked French President Nicholas Sarkozy and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert away during an airport departure ceremony. An Israeli police spokesman says a border policeman committed suicide at the Sarkozy farewell ceremony.
End of truce? 3 Kassams hit w. Negev
Three Kassam rockets hit the western Negev on Tuesday afternoon, in a second violation of a cease-fire that Hamas has been abiding by since it went into effect last Thursday.
Rafah won't open until Schalit return
Egypt announced that it would not open the Rafah border crossing until kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit is returned to Israel, an official in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's entourage to Sharm e-Sheikh announced Tuesday.
US intel: Hizbullah attack imminent
US and Canadian intelligence agencies warned Thursday that Hizbullah attacks on Jewish targets around the world could be imminent.
Tense exchanges at PA parley in Berlin
Tense exchanges among the foreign ministers and representatives involved in the Middle East peace process marked the opening session of Tuesday's much-vaunted 'Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law.'
Arab World nuclear race / Who has what, and from where
Israel is following with interest the closer nuclear ties France is forging with the Arab world. The Foreign Ministry has declined to go on the record on the issue, but ministry officials say that though they are concerned about the matter, they do not oppose it.
Iran attack rumors flatly denied
Oil rose for a third straight session on Tuesday to more than $138 a barrel, following rumors of an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, which was later denied, Reuters reported.
Ahmadinejad: World leaders behind sanctions must stand trial
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has proposed the formation of a special court to punish world powers for their attempt to thwart Iran's nuclear program.
Bolton: Israel to strike Iran after US elections
Israel is likely to attack Iran in the time between the November presidential election in the US and the inauguration of the new president, former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton told the Daily Telegraph in an interview published Tuesday.
Analysis: Iran's talk of destroying Israel must not get lost in translation
Over the past several years, Iranian leaders - most prominently, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - have made numerous statements calling for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. Some of these statements have been interpreted by certain journalists and experts on Iran to be simple expressions of dissatisfaction with the Israeli presence in the West Bank or eastern Jerusalem, or with the current Israeli government and its policies. Juan Cole of the University of Michigan argues that Ahmadinejad was not calling for the destruction of Israel, saying, "Ahmadinejad did not say he was going to wipe Israel off the map because no such idiom exists in Persian." The British Guardian's Jonathan Steele argued that Ahmadinejad was simply remarking that "this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time." Steele continues: "He was not making a military threat. He was calling for an end to the occupation of Jerusalem at some point in the future. The 'page of time' phrase suggests he did not expect it to happen soon."
'Anti-Israel' map exhibit in Chicago Jewish institute forced to close
The Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago recently removed a controversial exhibit from its gallery in response to accusations of housing an anti-Israel display.
URL="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/995474.html"]High Court rejects petition asking to ban Jerusalem Gay Pride parade[/URL]
The High Court of Justice on Monday rejected a petition submitted by Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben-Gvir, followers of slain ultra-rightist Rabbi Meir Kahane, in their bid to prevent a Gay Pride parade from being held in Jerusalem this week.
Dobson: Obama ‘Distorting’ Bible, Pushing ‘Fruitcake Interpretation’ of Constitution
As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement’s biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a “fruitcake interpretation” of the Constitution.
JERUSALEM - Israeli security guards have whisked French President Nicholas Sarkozy and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert away during an airport departure ceremony. An Israeli police spokesman says a border policeman committed suicide at the Sarkozy farewell ceremony.
End of truce? 3 Kassams hit w. Negev
Three Kassam rockets hit the western Negev on Tuesday afternoon, in a second violation of a cease-fire that Hamas has been abiding by since it went into effect last Thursday.
Rafah won't open until Schalit return
Egypt announced that it would not open the Rafah border crossing until kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit is returned to Israel, an official in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's entourage to Sharm e-Sheikh announced Tuesday.
US intel: Hizbullah attack imminent
US and Canadian intelligence agencies warned Thursday that Hizbullah attacks on Jewish targets around the world could be imminent.
Tense exchanges at PA parley in Berlin
Tense exchanges among the foreign ministers and representatives involved in the Middle East peace process marked the opening session of Tuesday's much-vaunted 'Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law.'
Arab World nuclear race / Who has what, and from where
Israel is following with interest the closer nuclear ties France is forging with the Arab world. The Foreign Ministry has declined to go on the record on the issue, but ministry officials say that though they are concerned about the matter, they do not oppose it.
Iran attack rumors flatly denied
Oil rose for a third straight session on Tuesday to more than $138 a barrel, following rumors of an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, which was later denied, Reuters reported.
Ahmadinejad: World leaders behind sanctions must stand trial
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has proposed the formation of a special court to punish world powers for their attempt to thwart Iran's nuclear program.
Bolton: Israel to strike Iran after US elections
Israel is likely to attack Iran in the time between the November presidential election in the US and the inauguration of the new president, former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton told the Daily Telegraph in an interview published Tuesday.
Analysis: Iran's talk of destroying Israel must not get lost in translation
Over the past several years, Iranian leaders - most prominently, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - have made numerous statements calling for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. Some of these statements have been interpreted by certain journalists and experts on Iran to be simple expressions of dissatisfaction with the Israeli presence in the West Bank or eastern Jerusalem, or with the current Israeli government and its policies. Juan Cole of the University of Michigan argues that Ahmadinejad was not calling for the destruction of Israel, saying, "Ahmadinejad did not say he was going to wipe Israel off the map because no such idiom exists in Persian." The British Guardian's Jonathan Steele argued that Ahmadinejad was simply remarking that "this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time." Steele continues: "He was not making a military threat. He was calling for an end to the occupation of Jerusalem at some point in the future. The 'page of time' phrase suggests he did not expect it to happen soon."
'Anti-Israel' map exhibit in Chicago Jewish institute forced to close
The Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago recently removed a controversial exhibit from its gallery in response to accusations of housing an anti-Israel display.
URL="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/995474.html"]High Court rejects petition asking to ban Jerusalem Gay Pride parade[/URL]
The High Court of Justice on Monday rejected a petition submitted by Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben-Gvir, followers of slain ultra-rightist Rabbi Meir Kahane, in their bid to prevent a Gay Pride parade from being held in Jerusalem this week.
Dobson: Obama ‘Distorting’ Bible, Pushing ‘Fruitcake Interpretation’ of Constitution
As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement’s biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a “fruitcake interpretation” of the Constitution.
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