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Clinton Calls PA a Country.
Mar 12, 2009 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told children in a televised interview o= n=20 Ali-Soutak, a Palestinian Authority TV station, that she hopes to "connect= =20 up our two countries," clearly ...
Police Foil 2nd Jerusalem Stabbing Attack in Week.
Mar 12, 2009 ... By Ha=92aretz For the second time in a week, the Israel Police foiled a stabbing attack i= n=20 Jerusalem on Wednesday, arresting a young Palestinian woman, carrying a=20 kitchen knife, in the Old City. During questioning, the young woman confessed that she had ...
Germany Seeks Arrest of Accused Nazi Guard Demjanjuk.
Mar 12, 2009 ... By Bloomberg.net & IsraelNationalNews.com A Munich court issued an indictment and arrest warrant for John Demjanjuk, = a=20 retired auto mechanic who was stripped of his U.S. citizenship after he was= =20 accused of serving as a guard at Nazi concentration camps. Germany plans ...
Victim's Cousin: Rescue Forces Screwed Up.
Mar 12, 2009 ... By YnetNews.com The cousin of an Arab Israeli killed in a failed rescue mission at a=20 minefield Wednesday slammed authorities for what he characterized as a=20 "shameful screw-up." "I=92m shocked=85it's difficult for me to talk right now, but I'll have ple= nty=20 ...
Former Intelligence Head: Israel Needs More Discretion.
Mar 12, 2009 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Former Israel intelligence head Maj. Gene. (Reserves) Aharon Ze=92evi-Farka= sh=20 said that Israel is unable to face terror alone against a nuclear threat.= =20 Zeevi-Farkash, who made his remarks at a lecture on defense at Technion=20 University, ...
Obama Team's Intel Choice Says No.
Mar 11, 2009 ... By Israel Faxx News Services The embattled choice for chairman of the National Intelligence Council, Charles "Chas" Freeman, turned down the appointment Tuesday. Following 9/11, he advocated that to effectively combat terrorism, the U.S. government should implement a national ...
Palestinians: Israel Pardoned 78 Wanted Suspects.
Mar 11, 2009 ... By YnetNews.com Israel has granted amnesty to 78 wanted members of Fatah's armed wing, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Palestinian sources said Tuesday. According to the report, 22 of the suspects received clemency and another 40 have been put on a probation period ....
Report: Netanyahu Rep Met Top Syrian Official.
Mar 11, 2009 ... By YnetNews.com A Lebanese website quotes Israeli sources as saying Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu sent top party official to Washington in January to meet a Syrian envoy. Netanyahu denies the report Knesset member Ayoob Kara said that he was the official mentioned ...
Vatican Envoy: Pope to Shun Photo at Yad Vashem.
Mar 11, 2009 ... By AFP During the Israeli visit of Benedict XVI, May 8-15, the pontiff will pay respects to Holocaust victims at Yad Vashem but he will refrain from visiting the museum featuring an exhibit critical of wartime Pope Pius XII. The pontiff will "pray and pay respect to ...
Auschwitz is a Beer, Students Tell Researchers.
Mar 11, 2009 ... By The London Telegraph Around 1.3 million people perished in the Nazi death camp during the Second World War, but a survey of more than 1,000 secondary school pupils aged 11-16 revealed that a quarter still did not know its purpose. Of those, about 10 percent were ...
Where is the Tomb of Mordechai and Esther?
Mar 11, 2009 ... By The Orthodox Union A few months ago, the normally hostile Iranian regime took the rather unusual step of adding a Jewish holy site to its National Heritage List. On Dec. 9, 2008, Iranian news outlets reported that the tomb of Mordechai and Esther, heroes of the Purim saga, ...
A Persian Love Poem from Jerusalem of the Middle Ages.
Mar 11, 2009 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com In time for Purim: a jug inscribed with a Persian love poem was recently discovered in excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority in the Old City of Jerusalem. This is the first occurrence of such a vessel in Israel. A fragment of a ...
Egyptian Cleric: Boycott Starbucks Because Queen Esther in Logo.
Mar 11, 2009 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com An Egyptian Muslim cleric has called on the Muslim and Arab world to boycott Starbucks because he claims the female character depicted in the company=92s logo is actually Queen Esther, the heroine in the story of Purim. The logo shows a ...
Attack Thwarted in Jerusalem.
Mar 10, 2009 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Police prevented a terrorist attack that was meant to take place on Monday night in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood of northern Jerusalem. Officers stopped two young Arab men after noticing that the pair was acting suspiciously. The two ...
Syrian Leader Says Peace with Israel May Be Possible.
Mar 10, 2009 ... By VOA News An Arabic newspaper quoted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as saying he may agree to sign a peace deal with Israel, but the two countries will not have fully normal relations unless the Jewish state also makes peace with the Palestinians. In an interview ...
Hizbullah: War with Israel Unlikely in Near Future.
Mar 10, 2009 ... By Ha=92aretz and Reuters Hizbullah Deputy Leader Sheikh Naim Kassem said on Monday that there was little prospect of another conflict with Israel in the near term. But he warned that, "In the distant future all things are possible." Israel fought a 34-day war with Hizbullah in ...
Hebron: Muslim Worshipers Desecrate Holy Texts.
Mar 10, 2009 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Muslims in the city of Hebron were allowed to access the entire Tomb of the Patriarchs (Maarat HaMachpelah) this week in honor of the birthday of Mohammed, whom Muslims revere as a prophet. Worshipers took advantage of the opportunity to desecrate ...
Anti-Zionist Neturei Karta: Dressing Up as Soldiers Forbidden.
Mar 10, 2009 ... By YnetNews.com The anti-Zionist Neturei Karta=92s leaders have urged the public not to wear popular costumes of policemen, soldiers on Purim, because they include 'impure symbols' of State of Israel The faction has come out against the custom - common among ...
Financial Crunch Hits Historic US Synagogue, Cancels Tours.
Mar 10, 2009 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com The oldest existing synagogue in the United States announced that it must cancel tours due to financial difficulties. The Touro Synagogue Foundation, originally comprised of volunteers, has disbanded its paid staff and has stopped conducting public ...
Israeli Aircraft Strike Gaza.
Mar 09, 2009 ... By VOA News The Israeli military says it has carried out three air strikes on Gaza following rocket attacks by Palestinian terrorists. The IDF says two of the strikes hit smuggling tunnels on the territory's border with Egypt. ...