• T he missing context for what's happening in Gaza is that Israel has been working night-and-day to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people from their homeland since even before Israel become a state - when it was known as the Zionist movement. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh called Wednesday's vote "a continuation of a racist approach" by Israel. (presstv.ir)
  • What I think we believe in strongly is that Gaza cannot and should not be allowed to be a platform from which horrific terrorist attacks can be conducted against Israel,' Biden deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said in an interview with ABC 'This Week' anchor George Stephanopoulos, referring to the Palestinian territory Hamas controls. (go.com)
  • According to the 2010 poll, 58 percent feel that the Dutch government should pressure Israel to dismantle the settlements, 54 percent feel that the occupation must end, 56 percent feel that Israel must take down the separation barrier on Palestinian territory and 57 percent feel that Hamas should probably be involved in the peace process. (thedailybeast.com)
  • An agreement on a new Egypt-proposed 72-hour Gaza ceasefire was reached on Sunday, Reuters reported, citing Israeli and Palestinian officials. (rt.com)
  • "The Israeli and the Palestinian sides have agreed to the new 72-hour truce to begin serious negotiations leading to a durable ceasefire ," said a Palestinian official who is close to the Egyptian-mediated talks. (rt.com)
  • Meanwhile, Palestinian health officials say 228 people have been killed. (theepochtimes.com)
  • JERUSALEM - Palestinian plans to establish a state by summer in agreement with Israel remain on track, and the Palestinians do not intend to seek alternatives such as unilateral recognition from the international community, a top Palestinian official said in an interview aired Saturday. (inquirer.com)
  • Given the stalemate in peace talks with Israel, some other Palestinian officials have been trying to rally international recognition for an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem even without a deal with Israel. (inquirer.com)
  • He has earned praise for taking steps to build a Palestinian state from the ground up - paving roads, reforming the judiciary, and planning new cities - and by renouncing violence against Israel. (inquirer.com)
  • The fact is that Obama has been the most substantively pro-Israel, anti-Palestinian president in history, consistently refusing to hold Israel accountable for any of its crimes, including blocking UN action on Israel's 2008-2009 attack on Gaza, and boasting of " unprecedented levels " of US aid to Israel amid an economic crisis, and while Israel continually steals occupied Palestinian land for settlements. (electronicintifada.net)
  • After Israel's immoral, criminal and murderous Operation Cast Lead assault on defenseless Palestinian civilians in Gaza during January 2009, discussions about which candidate is better suited to protect Israel take on obscenely tragi-comic proportions. (electronicintifada.net)
  • The United Nations last week disciplined an employee who works with Palestinians in disputed territories for her tweet condemning the Iranian regime-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and its "indiscriminate" missile fire into Israel. (cufi.org)
  • Exchanges of fire along the Lebanon-Israel border have picked up in the two weeks since the attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas that killed over 1,400 civilians and soldiers in southern Israel. (ktla.com)
  • Instead, he said it was driven by a range of actions taken by Israel's far-right government over the past year, including provocative visits to a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site and increased pressure on Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. (kxan.com)
  • Senior Palestinian Authority official Jibril Rajoub said on Sunday that while peaceful resistance is the preferred strategy at the moment with regard to Israel's plan to apply its sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria, "our fingers are on the triggers. (jewishpress.com)
  • Returning to the square of blood" did not serve the Palestinian cause at this time as it would jeopardize the Palestinians' ability to "[maintain] the state of conflict between the international community and Israel," said Rajoub, according to Israeli media reports. (jewishpress.com)
  • The Palestinian people will not suffer alone, nor die alone if Israel goes ahead with the unilateral annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank," said Rajoub, according to IANS, India's largest independent news agency. (jewishpress.com)
  • He was one of the first rabbis to oppose the policies of the Jews in Israel and the US who advocated annexing the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War, in 1967. (wikipedia.org)
  • Israel didn't just cleanse Palestinians in 1948, when it was founded as a Western colonial project, and again under cover of a regional war in 1967. (consortiumnews.com)
  • It is the main crossing point for Palestinians off the Gaza Strip wishing to enter Israel. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Palestinians tried to get attention by protesting en masse at the fence [in 2018]. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Israel could once again sit back and let the Palestinians rot in Gaza. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Israel, he added, was not compelled to approve the death penalty law because the regime keeps executing Palestinians on a daily basis as was the case in the West Bank cities of Jenin, Nablus and Jericho. (presstv.ir)
  • The U.S. believes the Middle East cannot return to the status quo and must agree on a new future for the Palestinians in the wake of Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, which led Israel to launch a war in the region, a top White House official said on Sunday. (go.com)
  • That applies both to supporting Israel in its current military operations and supporting a political future for the Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank next to Israel, Finer said. (go.com)
  • A citizen of Israel since 1955, Wesley progressed from a commitment to Labor Zionism and the kibbutz movement to a commitment to a shared homeland for Palestinians and Jews. (indybay.org)
  • They recognize that the U.S. remains in the best position to effectively influence relations between Israel and the Palestinians. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Cairo called on both Israel and the Palestinians to accept the new ceasefire starting at 21:00 GMT on Sunday, in order to allow peace talks to resume, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement few hours earlier. (rt.com)
  • Last month, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of carrying out a "calculated" campaign of killing unarmed Palestinians taking part in the Great March of Return protests in the Gaza Strip. (electronicintifada.net)
  • 650 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip who had been working in Israel on 7 October were expelled and are sheltering in the West Bank, where they require primary health care support and provision of medications for chronic conditions. (who.int)
  • He also said that the Houthis will retaliate against any "foolish act" on Israel's part, and he said that Israel deserves to be "beaten and punished" because it occupies Palestine and plunders Islamic holy lands. (memri.org)
  • Egypt has been a mediator in the talks between the two sides, meeting separately with each party, as Hamas rejects Israel's right to exist and Israel regards the group as a terrorist organization. (rt.com)
  • An Israeli soldier looks on as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, on May 19, 2021. (theepochtimes.com)
  • This is not about Shakir, but rather about muzzling Human Rights Watch and shutting down criticism of Israel's rights record," Human Rights Watch official Iain Levine stated . (electronicintifada.net)
  • Israel's defense minister said Israel hopes to complete the withdrawal from Gaza more quickly than planned. (kcbx.org)
  • Israel's ability to deter attack on its positions in the occupied Golan Heights remains undiminished despite an uptick in fire from the Syrian side of the ceasefire line, a defense official said on Wednesday. (naharnet.com)
  • Israel's Channel 2, as quoted by the Times of Israel, said the leak "came directly from the White House," and noted that "this is not the first time" that the Obama administration has pointed the finger at Israel, following a number of raids on Syrian targets. (rt.com)
  • The on-going sea blockade of Gaza by Israel still remains a key sticking point, but Israel's top diplomat in Turkey is hopeful a deal will be struck. (euronews.com)
  • As Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said when announcing the breakthrough, it represents a wider change in the region, where today, many states have come to see Israel not as an enemy, but as 'a strategic ally for stability, for security, for advancement and also for peace. (aijac.org.au)
  • June 10-11, 2003 - Two days after five Israelis were killed and five wounded in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, Israel launches a failed assassination attempt against senior Hamas official Abdel Aziz Rantissi, killing two bystanders. (jta.org)
  • Israel responded to those attacks on Tuesday, when it launched a helicopter strike in Gaza City that wounded its intended target, senior Hamas official Abdel Aziz Rantissi, and killed two bystanders. (jta.org)
  • A senior Hamas official predicted a ceasefire within days even as fighting continues, with Hamas and other terrorist groups firing more rockets from Gaza at Israel, which faced a second attack from Lebanon on Wednesday. (theepochtimes.com)
  • BEIRUT (AP) - A senior Hamas official on Monday said only a small number of top commanders inside Gaza knew about the wide-ranging incursion launched into Israel, but that allies like Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah "will join the battle if Gaza is subjected to a war of annihilation. (kxan.com)
  • JERUSALEM (AP) - Egypt's national carrier Sunday made its first official direct flight to Israel since the two countries signed an historic 1979 peace treaty as an EgyptAir jet landed at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. (newsmax.com)
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  • The latest Hamas-Israel conflict came on May 10, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, as well as a planned Jewish nationalist march in honor of the annual Jerusalem Day. (theepochtimes.com)
  • AIJAC is grateful to the many diplomats, political leaders and officials in Washington, Jerusalem, and Abu Dhabi whose enlightened and energetic efforts made this historic breakthrough possible," Dr. Rubenstein concluded. (aijac.org.au)
  • Israel will not negotiate under fire ," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier on Sunday, warning of a protracted military campaign in Gaza if Hamas continues to fire rockets. (rt.com)
  • Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) says he is " shocked " that senior Obama administration officials call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "chickensh*t. (pjmedia.com)
  • The October attack on Israel by Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., killed more than 1,400, according to Israeli officials. (go.com)
  • An Israel war plane flies over Lebanon as the sun sets over Tair Harfa village, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (ktla.com)
  • Hezbollah's Kassem spoke about foreign dignitaries who visited Lebanon over the past two weeks asking Lebanese officials to convince the group not to take part in the latest Hamas-Israel battle. (ktla.com)
  • If they fired too many rockets, Israel bombed them mercilessly and occasionally launched a ground invasion. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Abu Marzouk's comments on a potential ceasefire come after Israel was attacked by four rockets fired from Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon local time, triggering sirens in the country's northern region. (theepochtimes.com)
  • The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that their Iron Dome missile defense system was able to intercept one of the rockets, while their artillery forces responded by striking "a number of targets" in Lebanon. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Those attacks marked the third time that rockets were fired at Israel from its northern neighbors in the past week. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Previously, six rockets were fired from Lebanon on May 17, but most fell short of the border and landed inside Lebanese territory, the IDF said, adding that one of the rockets may have hit Israel. (theepochtimes.com)
  • On May 14, three rockets were fired at Israel from Syria, one of which fell inside Syria while the other two landed in open areas of the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Of the approximately 4,000 rockets that have been fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, about 600 have misfired and fallen inside Gaza, according to the IDF . (theepochtimes.com)
  • Rockets are launched towards Israel from Gaza City, controlled by the Hamas terrorists, on May 18, 2021. (theepochtimes.com)
  • The comments by Hezbollah's deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, came as Israel shelled and made drone strikes in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah fired rockets and missiles toward Israel. (ktla.com)
  • There are concerns that Iran-backed Hezbollah, which has a weapons arsenal consisting of tens of thousands of rockets and missiles as well as different types of drones, might try to open a new front in the Israel-Hamas war with a large-scale attack on northern Israel. (ktla.com)
  • The Iranians have the capability to fire rockets at Israel for a period of months, and Hizbollah could fire tens of thousands of grad rockets and hundreds of long-range missiles, he said. (21stcenturywire.com)
  • In the early morning hours of October 7, Hamas fired thousands of rockets into southern and central Israel. (who.int)
  • So what could make the Israelis "feel" that Obama is as pro-Israel as Clinton. (electronicintifada.net)
  • The agreement was hailed by officials on both sides as "unprecedented" and the largest military aid package ever given by the United States to any country, with Nagel taking pains to say last week that Israelis "don't take it for granted. (timesofisrael.com)
  • According to Israeli official sources, 1300 Israelis, including foreign nationals have been killed and more than 3,436 injured . (who.int)
  • Israeli officials told Reuters that Israel accepted the new ceasefire and will send negotiators to Cairo on Monday if the truce holds. (rt.com)
  • Israel walked away from the ceasefire talks over the weekend after militants resumed rocket fire on southern Israel following the expiration of an earlier three-day truce. (rt.com)
  • The Biden administration on the same day signaled to Israeli officials multiple times that it is pushing for deescalation on the path to a ceasefire in the region. (theepochtimes.com)
  • In November 1996, the Beth Israel Medical Center (BIMC) in New York City, in collaboration with the North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN), mailed questionnaires to the directors of 101 SEPs in the United States that were members of NASEN. (cdc.gov)
  • All official authorized addenda through October 1, 1996, have been included in this sixth edition. (cdc.gov)
  • He is well respected by both American and Israeli officials, though he has angered some in Israel for his aggressive campaign to boycott West Bank settlements. (inquirer.com)
  • In interviews he gave on January 24, 2022, Houthi Deputy Minister of Information Nasr Al-Din Amer threatened the UAE and Israel with military attacks. (memri.org)
  • Since the fighting began on May 10, authorities put the death toll to date at 12 in Israel, where repeated rocket attacks from Hamas and other terrorist groups have sent people rushing into shelters. (theepochtimes.com)
  • The renewed attack on Obama comes after the president appeared on the CBS program 60 Minutes on Sunday and dismissed intense pressure from the Israel lobby to take an even more aggressive stance toward Iran as " noise ," amid continued Republican attacks that Obama has not been sufficiently pro-Israel. (electronicintifada.net)
  • With the killing of Osama Bin Laden in May and the very real threat of terrorist attacks against the United States, it is more important than ever to arm our law enforcement officials with the best information available and the best information available comes from one of the front lines of the global war on terrorism - Israel. (jinsa.org)
  • This is not the first time Israel has been accused by the United States for carrying out attacks on Syrian territory. (rt.com)
  • As far as we are concerned, we have the right [to attack Israel] because this entity plunders our holy lands in occupied Palestine. (memri.org)
  • Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on Tuesday left for Israel and Palestine on an official visit, the Foreign Ministry's press service told News.Az. (news.az)
  • Washington - The U.S. believes a deal between Israel and Hamas to release hostages held by the terrorist group is close, a top national security adviser to President Biden said Sunday. (cbsnews.com)
  • Najjari also said that Israel extremely afraid of Iran and that because in recent military exercises, Iran's armed forces effectively ta rgeted a model of the Dimona nuclear reactor. (memri.org)
  • Now it's too late," the Obama administration official bragged, for Israel to stop Iran from building deployable nuclear weapons. (pjmedia.com)
  • Iran, by the way, has vowed in the past to use those weapons to annihilate Israel. (pjmedia.com)
  • So that's two Obama administration officials hiding behind anonymity while insulting Netanyahu, and one evidently tilting toward Iran. (pjmedia.com)
  • Barakeh on Monday denied that Iran or the Lebanese Hezbollah had helped plan or were even aware of the wide-ranging incursion his group launched into Israel, but said "our allies will join the battle if Gaza is subjected to a war of annihilation. (kxan.com)
  • A large part of the talks" hammering out the deal were begun in 2013, during President Barack Obama's visit to Israel that year, and so "were carried out before the Iran deal was even on the table. (timesofisrael.com)
  • A longtime CIA officer who spent 21 years in the Middle East is predicting that Israel will bomb Iran this fall, dragging the United States into another major war and endangering U.S. military and civilian personnel (and other interests) throughout the Middle East and beyond. (21stcenturywire.com)
  • MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab World (and their diasporas) from the seventh century to modern times. (lu.se)
  • Beyond that, what comes on the day after [fighting ends], I think we've also started to speak to: We cannot go back to a pre-Oct. 7 environment in Gaza where [terrorists] can threaten Israel in that way,' Finer said. (go.com)
  • On Sunday, Stephanopoulos asked Finer about Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who is perhaps the most vocal Democrat in criticizing the administration's support of Israel in the war. (go.com)
  • White House Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer isn't ready to comment on whether or not Israel is following international law in its ongoing war against Hamas. (thewrap.com)
  • Finer added that the U.S. does not believe Israel should "conduct air strikes on the hospital or ground assaults on the hospital" but that ultimately the responsibility for what happened at the hospital lies with Hamas. (thewrap.com)
  • Finer continued, "… of Israel and said also that we are not going to in real time … play judge and jury on this question. (thewrap.com)
  • Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer said in a Meet the Press interview on Sunday that U.S. intelligence had corroborated Israeli intelligence that Hamas operated out of the hospital, but he refused to answer moderator Kristen Welker 's question on whether Israel was following international law in its occupation. (yahoo.com)
  • We are confident that it is our position that it needs to," Finer started, prompting Welker to interject: "You said Israel needs to follow international law. (yahoo.com)
  • Surrounded by Israel lobbyists, including past and current chairmen of AIPAC, President Barack Obama signs the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act in the Oval Office, 27 July 2012. (electronicintifada.net)
  • Instead, the official Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) account tweeted this morning, "Israeli official: Obama doesn't give us same sense Clinton did that he'll be there if things go bad. (electronicintifada.net)
  • The Clinton Standard: Is Obama ready to "get in a ditch, and fight and die" for Israel? (electronicintifada.net)
  • This official does not believe Obama is uniquely unfriendly toward Israel, noting, "He just doesn't seem to make friends. (electronicintifada.net)
  • But it sets a standard Obama will be hard-pressed to meet, even though he has been trying to appease AIPAC and the rest of the Israel lobby for years . (electronicintifada.net)
  • After sources in the Obama administration said Israel was responsible for Wednesday's attack on a Syrian missile base, an Israeli analyst warned that the US risks starting 'a very major flare-up. (rt.com)
  • So they were operating off of official Obama administration policy, which attempted to assert that the smears are not reflective of the administration's stance, but no one will be punished for undermining what is the official administration stance, with regard to a key ally. (pjmedia.com)
  • There could be a behind-the-scenes effort to get to the bottom of it, if one supposes that hating Israel is not the pervasive attitude in the Obama administration. (pjmedia.com)
  • But Jeffrey Goldberg's article in the Atlantic makes it clear, despite most readers and pundits' failure to pick up on this, that the anti-Israel attitude is widespread in the Obama administration. (pjmedia.com)
  • That second official brags that the Obama administration's pressure has worked against Netanyahu, long enough to stall him and allow Iran's nuclear program to proceed. (pjmedia.com)
  • The official said the Obama administration no longer believes that Netanyahu would launch a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities in order to keep the regime in Tehran from building an atomic arsenal. (pjmedia.com)
  • How many Obama officials are on that list? (pjmedia.com)
  • Don't the American people deserve to know how rife the Obama administration is with anti-Israel officials? (pjmedia.com)
  • The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the attack. (rt.com)
  • This is the first time in Human Rights Watch history that Israel has ordered an official to be deported, Shakir wrote on Twitter. (electronicintifada.net)
  • Israel Seymour Dresner (April 22, 1929 - January 13, 2022) was an American Reform rabbi who served as president of the Education Fund for Israeli Civil Rights and Peace. (wikipedia.org)
  • Netanyahu told CBS News on Thursday that Israel was "closer" to a deal on securing the release of hostages, but said there would only be a temporary cease-fire "if we can get our hostages back. (cbsnews.com)
  • In the article itself, we have the unnamed senior administration official dubbing Netanyahu a "chickensh*t" and another agreeing with that (in paragraph six of the story), adding that he is a "coward. (pjmedia.com)
  • Dresner was a critic of the Netanyahu government and was active in the peace movement in Israel. (wikipedia.org)
  • Amid fatal Hamas rocket fire from Gaza, Israel launches a string of targeted assassinations, killing more than 20 Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives. (jta.org)
  • We speak with Josh Paul, a former State Department official who resigned last month to protest continued arms sales to Israel amid its bombardment of Gaza, writing in a viral letter that one-sided U.S. support for Israel is "shortsighted," "destructive" and "contradictory. (democracynow.org)
  • BEIRUT (AP) - A top official with Hezbollah vowed that Israel will pay a high price whenever it starts a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and said Saturday that his militant group based in Lebanon already is "in the heart of the battle. (ktla.com)
  • For Hezbollah, heating up the Lebanon-Israel border has a clear purpose, Kassem said: "We are trying to weaken the Israeli enemy and let them know that we are ready. (ktla.com)
  • Hamas officials have said that if Israel starts a ground offensive in Gaza, Hezbollah will join the fighting. (ktla.com)
  • The Israeli Air Force struck a military base near the Syrian port city of Latakia, targeting Russian-made SA 125 missiles that Israel claims were set to be transferred to Hezbollah in Lebanon, a security official told AP. (rt.com)
  • rather, Tel Aviv reiterated that Israel will not allow advanced weapons to pass into the hands of Hezbollah via Syrian territory. (rt.com)
  • The approval of the law clearly showed the truth about Israel and exposed it to the world's public opinion. (presstv.ir)
  • Israel was the world's first country to impose a second general lockdown. (bvsalud.org)
  • Diagnostic tests for TBE in Israel have been available since 2006 and are performed only in the Israeli Central Virology Reference Laboratories (Tel Hashomer, Israel) of the Israeli Ministry of Health by using an indirect immunofluorescence commercial kit (Euroimmun AG, Lübeck, Germany) according to manufacturer instructions. (cdc.gov)
  • Last week, Bahrain's GulfAir made its first direct flight to Israel, further cementing commercial ties established with the signing of the "Abraham Accords" between Israel and four Arab states last year. (newsmax.com)
  • The authors recall the 'historical ties and solidarity' with Israel, but stress at the same time that these 'must not preclude calling it to account for violating the law. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Israeli officials say efforts to restore full diplomatic ties with Turkey must now wait until a new government is formed in Ankara. (euronews.com)
  • Barakeh also denied speculation that the attack, which had been planned for more than a year, was aimed at derailing U.S. efforts to convince Saudi Arabia to normalize ties with Israel. (kxan.com)
  • Anat Sultan-Dadon, consul general of Israel to the Southeastern U.S., who traveled with Georgia leader and helped organize the trip, said closer political ties have bolstered the economic relationship. (globalatlanta.com)
  • And I will tell you, unlike a lot of other people who are expressing opinions about this, I was there and spoke to the leaders in Israel, spoke to the president of Israel, spoke to members of the Israeli Defense Forces," he added. (thewrap.com)
  • The official was speaking anonymously Monday to Channel 10 about deep cuts to the defense budget that have reportedly hurt the army's training programs and general readiness. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Levy accused the defense establishment of mismanaging the budget and urged defense officials to "sit down and prioritize. (timesofisrael.com)
  • In response, Israel Defense Forces soldiers returned precise fire at the source of the gunfire. (naharnet.com)
  • Roughly 240 hostages are believed to have been taken during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants, according to the Israel Defense Forces. (cbsnews.com)
  • While the defense package heralds an increase in aid, a number of reports said Israel had sought an additional $400 million for missile defense spending - which could have raised the total amount to more than $4 billion annually. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Weeks before implementing its unilateral disengagement for Gaza, Israel resumes its policy of targeted assassinations, killing seven Hamas members in helicopter strikes in the northern Gaza Strip and northern West Bank. (jta.org)
  • Israel launched air raids inside Syria this month targeting what sources said were arms destined for its arch foe Hizbullah, whose members have entered the conflict alongside the Syrian army. (naharnet.com)
  • Kassem said his group, which is allied with Hamas, already was affecting the course of the conflict by heating up the Lebanon-Israel border and keeping three Israeli army divisions tied up in the north instead of preparing to fight in Gaza. (ktla.com)
  • We tell those who are contacting us, 'Stop the (Israeli) aggression so that its (conflict) repercussions and possibility of expansion stops,'" Kassem said, referring to the officials who recently visited Beirut, including the foreign ministers of France and Germany. (ktla.com)
  • Israel even has a special word for it in Hebrew: "Judaisation," or making the land Jewish. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Israel declines to deal with Falk or even allow him into the country, accusing him of bias against the Jewish state. (ynetnews.com)
  • Under the legislation, anyone who "intentionally or out of indifference causes the death of an Israeli citizen when the act is carried out from a racist motive or hate to a certain public… and with the purpose of harming the State of Israel and the rebirth of the Jewish people in its homeland. (presstv.ir)
  • That's why we started the Times of Israel eleven years ago - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world. (timesofisrael.com)
  • The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today warmly welcomed the establishment of full diplomatic relations, including the exchange of embassies, economic exchanges, direct flights, tourism and other forms of normalised relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, announced overnight. (aijac.org.au)
  • The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) is the premier public affairs organisation for the Australian Jewish community. (aijac.org.au)
  • The scaffolding of apartheid is in place, and the Jewish Nationality Law gives the entire structure its legal and official form. (icahd.org)
  • He visited Israel since 1951 on 36 occasions, lastly in October and November 2013. (wikipedia.org)
  • A collection of lectures, seminars etc. delivered by the members of the mission during their visit to Israel in September and October 1951. (who.int)
  • White House spokesman Ari Fleischer criticized the 'loss of innocent life' and criticized Israel for 'a deliberate attack against a building where civilians were known to be located,' adding that the 'heavy handed' attack was 'not consistent with dedication to peace in the Middle East. (jta.org)
  • In 1960, Fleischer emigrated to Israel, where he researched medieval Hebrew literature. (wikipedia.org)
  • He was also the director of the Geniza Research Institute for Hebrew Poetry of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. (wikipedia.org)
  • KELLY: And you just elevated the hostages above any other priority in terms of what happens next in Gaza, which interests me because I have heard some others saying, as awful as it is that these hostages are there, they are in danger, there's a bigger priority, and it's protecting Israel from this ever happening again. (kzyx.org)
  • The group also had the opportunity to experience policing in Israel first hand when they participated in a ride along with patrol officers in Tel Aviv. (jinsa.org)
  • Israel, which is technically at war with Syria, seized 1,200 square kilometers (460 square miles) of the Golan from its Arab neighbor in the 1967 Six-Day War. (naharnet.com)
  • AIJAC National Chairman Mark Leibler AC, said, "Full relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates represents a historic breakthrough, signifying a change to the anomalous and unproductive paradigm that, for more than 70 years, saw Israel and its Arab regional neighbours only as enemies. (aijac.org.au)
  • In a nice addendum to the compilation of Israeli and Western past and current official views about the so-called Iranian "threat" provided by Just Foreign Policy, the Christian Science Monitor's Dan Murphy has categorized Israeli views on the political spectrum. (lobelog.com)
  • He denied reports that Iranian security officials helped plan the attack or gave the go-ahead at a meeting last week in Beirut. (kxan.com)
  • For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE , as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Missiles fired from an Israeli helicopter gunship in the Gaza Strip kill Hamas official Ismail Abu Shanab and two of his bodyguards. (jta.org)
  • On July 5, 2013, the Israeli Air Force was suspected of targeting a military installation in Latakia that allegedly housed Russian Yakhont anti-ship missiles, an advanced weapon that Israeli officials previously said they would not allow to reach Syria. (rt.com)
  • Israel kills Salah Shehada, commander of Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip, in an airstrike that also kills 14 civilians. (jta.org)
  • Israel entered the hospital after its leaders and military alleged that a Hamas command center was housed under the structure. (thewrap.com)
  • A senior military official reportedly said that "the IDF has run out of funds" and that the military needs "billions of shekels within days in order to continue to operate. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Military officials say several hundred families will leave Gaza Tuesday. (kcbx.org)
  • However, neither Israel nor Syria confirmed that a military strike of any sort had occurred. (rt.com)
  • Al-Qaida militants targeted a military camp in Yemen's southern Abyan province, killing at least 20 troops and setting off hours-long clashes that lasted into early morning Friday, Yemeni officials and tribal leaders said. (cufi.org)
  • Israel has declared a state of war and a large-scale military operation is ongoing in Gaza. (who.int)
  • Ali Barakeh, a member of Hamas' exiled leadership, spoke to The Associated Press in his Beirut office as Israel bombarded Gaza and vowed a total blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory. (kxan.com)
  • Because Israel believes, when it comes right down to it America is the only big country that cares whether they live or die. (electronicintifada.net)
  • Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson said that may stem from a surface-level of understanding of Israel, where the department has operated an office since 1994 precisely because of the outsize influence created by its unique blend of religious significance, entrepreneurial vigor and affinity with the U.S. (globalatlanta.com)
  • Unsatisfied with his answer, Welker asked again, "And are you confident Israel is following international law, Jon? (thewrap.com)
  • Later, Welker posed the same question to 2024 GOP candidate Chris Christie, who visited Israel on Sunday. (thewrap.com)
  • Christie, who claimed he was "600 feet from the Gaza border," told Welker, "Yes, I absolutely do think Israel is following international law, Kristen. (thewrap.com)
  • Abdullah Kawasme, a senior member of Hamas responsible for terrorist bombings that had killed 52 people in Israel, is shot to death as he attempts to flee apprehension by members of an elite Israeli police unit outside of a Hebron mosque. (jta.org)
  • Israel and Hamas have waged multiple conflicts since the terrorist group took control of Gaza in 2007. (theepochtimes.com)
  • At a population of around 8.4 million and an area of 8,019 square miles (equivalent to 1.5 times the area of Northern Ireland), Israel is a relatively small country. (fendt.com)
  • Israel has ordered Shakir to leave the country within 14 days, Human Rights Watch announced on Tuesday. (electronicintifada.net)
  • Now that the two-state solution has been eliminated by Israel and, I assume and hope, apartheid is unacceptable, only one other way out of this tragedy remains: transforming the one apartheid state created by Israel over the entire country with a single democratic state of equal rights for everyone. (icahd.org)
  • Data are updated regularly and are derived from official country reporting to the World Health Organization. (who.int)
  • Engel is a pro-Israel Democrat but, tellingly, he didn't call for an apology. (pjmedia.com)
  • Israel repeatedly denied Human Rights Watch a work permit to employ Shakir last year, but eventually granted it. (electronicintifada.net)
  • The attack came as Israel had fired warning shots at some rioters from Lebanon who breached the border fence into Israeli territory, setting fire to the area. (theepochtimes.com)
  • It makes the reality of Israeli apartheid explicit and official. (icahd.org)
  • The dossier describes The Electronic Intifada as "one of the major platforms for the promotion of delegitimation and boycott campaigns against Israel. (electronicintifada.net)