Israel Faxx back issues from August 2008:
Poll: Netanyahu is Preferred Choice for Next PM.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Ha=92aretz Opposition leader and Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu is the Israeli public's preferred choice to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, according to a survey by Channel 10 shortly after Olmert announced his decision to resign from office as soon as the ...
Hizbullah Threatens 'Practical Measures' Against Israel.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Ha=92aretz Hizbullah is planning to take "practical measures" to counter Israeli air force overflights of Lebanon, according to Thursday's edition of the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, which is considered sympathetic to the Shi'ite group. The report is in line with ...
Israeli Politics, Mideast Peace Efforts in Turmoil with Olmert >Resignation Pledge.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Jim Teeple (VOA-Jerusalem) Israeli politics and Mideast peace efforts have been thrown into turmoil following Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's pledge to step down in September tarnished by corruption and the fact that many Israelis say his premiership has been a failure. ...
Abbas Orders Detained Hamas Members Released.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By VOA News Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered his security forces to release hundreds of Hamas members detained in a recent series of West Bank raids. Abbas' announcement was made shortly after his Fatah forces rounded up at least 15 Hamas members in the latest ...
Syria Chooses: Assad to Visit Iran.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Israel NationalNews.com & WorldNetDaily.com Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is to visit Iran this weekend, even as Syrian and Israeli negotiators are slated to continue talks in mid-August. Assad's visit answers the Israeli demand that Syria choose between Iran and peace. ...
Top Hamas Leader=92s Son Converts to Christianity.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By WorldNetDaily.com The son of one of the most popular leaders in the Hamas terrorist organization has moved to the U.S. and converted to Christianity. In an exclusive interview with Israel's Ha=92aretz newspaper, Masab Yousuf, son of West Bank Hamas leader Sheik ...
Muslim Student Associations in Our Schools.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Ed Ziegler (Commentary) It sounds very logical to think a significant cause of the war On terrorism is the lack of education. However if that is what you think, you may be sadly disappointed after you read this article. The world is facing many challenges combating ...
Hamas 'Killing People by Inserting Gas Hoses'.
Aug 04, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Hamas reportedly is killing its Fatah opponents by inserting gas hoses into them and filling them with gas, a wounded Fatah gunman in Israel told Channel 2 news Sunday. "The ...
Israel: Diplomacy with Iran Does Not Work.
Aug 04, 2008 ... By Michael Bowman (VOA-Washington) & IsraelNationalNews.com Israel said Sunday that Iran's refusal to stop enriching uranium shows the futility of diplomacy to prevent Tehran from building a nuclear weapon Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to insist he ...
Syria Closes in on Peace Deal with Israel.
Aug 04, 2008 ... By The Sunday Times & IsraelNationalNews.com Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is racing to conclude a peace deal with Syria before he steps down from office in a few months. Syria is close to agreeing to =93normal relations=94 in the words of its president, Bashar ...
Olmert to Take Revenge on Israel.
Aug 04, 2008 ... By Emanuel A. Winston (Commentary) With six weeks to go until Olmert says he=92ll resign (Don=92t believe it t= ill you see it), and with the Knesset in recess, Olmert is in a great position to "make his (notorious) mark" on Israeli history. Ehud Olmert is a criminal ...
Possible GOP VP Nominee Called Israel 'Ground Zero' in Global Fight.
Aug 04, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Virginia Republican Congressman Eric Cantor, whom Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is considering naming as his vice-presidential running mate, said in a speech last November that Jerusalem is "Ground Zero in the global battle between ...
Daughter of Righteous Gentile Won't be Deported.
Aug 04, 2008 ... By YnetNews.com The daughter of a righteous gentile from Ukraine who was to be deported from Israel will be granted a permanent resident status, Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit decided late last week following a Yedioth Ahronoth report that was reprinted by Israel News Faxx. ...
Palestinians Donate $29,500 to Obama.
Aug 05, 2008 ... By WorldNetDaily.com Palestinian brothers inside the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip are listed in government election filings as having donated $29,521.54 to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign. Donations of this nature would violate election laws, including ...
Israel to Send Fatah Fighters Fleeing from Gaza to West Bank.
Aug 05, 2008 ... By Robert Berger (VOA-Jerusalem) Israel is giving a reprieve to 150 Palestinian fighters who escaped from internal fighting in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. They will be allowed to relocate to the West Bank after they fled a crackdown by the ruling Islamic terrorist group Hamas in ...
Israeli Police Admit to Joining With Arabs to Stop a Jewish Hike.
Aug 05, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com A police detective has acknowledged that Israeli police used Arab stone throwers to stop young Jews from hiking through Judea and Samaria on July 29, according to a report published by Independent Media Review Analysis (IMRA). Police ...
Convicted Spy Pollard Sues Israel.
Aug 05, 2008 ... By UPI Jonathan Pollard sued Israel Monday, claiming the country didn't help him or his family financially since he was jailed for spying nearly two dozen years ago. During a hearing in the Tel Aviv District Court, lawyers for Pollard, convicted of spying for Israel ...
Al-Qaida: American People Responsible for 'Blood of Muslims'.
Aug 05, 2008 ... By WorldNetDaily.com A top commander for al-Qaida says American people are as responsible for the U.S. military's ability to "wage war and spill the blood of Muslims" as is the American government. "Islam does not distinguish between the American people and the ...
U.S. Intelligence: Iran Plans Nuclear Strikes on U.S.
Aug 05, 2008 ... By Kenneth Timmerman, NewsMax.com =A9 2008 Iran has carried out missile tests for what could be a plan for a nuclear strike on the United States, the head of a national security panel has warned. In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee and in remarks ...
Apartments of Israeli delegation at Olympic Village >TX Receive Mezuzahs.
Aug 05, 2008 ... Receive Mezuzahs By Shturem.net The Israeli flag at the Olympics stadium will go up Thursday but the Chabad emissary to Beijing, Rabbi Shimon Freundlich has already hung up Mezuzahs in the apartments at Olympic Village where the Israeli delegation will lodge. A ...
Israeli TV Ad Poking Fun at Oil Sheikhs Draws Saudi Ire.
Aug 06, 2008 ... By Ha=92aretz Saudi Arabia's MBC TV began its Sunday night news edition not with Syrian President Bashar Assad's trip to Iran, nor with Palestinian infighting in Gaza - but with an outraged report on an Israeli TV commercial. The advertisement shows ...
IDF Trains for Simultaneous Hizbullah, Iran, Syria Missile Strikes.
Aug 06, 2008 ... By Ha=92aretz The Israel Air Force's anti-aircraft division on Tuesday carried out a large exercise testing its response to simultaneous missile strikes by Syria, Hizbullah and Iran. The exercise began with a single Syrian missile strike on Israel. Experts predict ...
Hizbullah Slams UNIFIL Plan to Rescue IAF Pilots if Shot Down.
Aug 06, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com The Hizbullah terrorist group slammed the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Tuesday night for its intention to rescue any Israel Air Force pilot whose aircraft is shot down over Lebanon. According to a report published by ...
Jewish Agency Declares End to Falashmura Aliyah.
Aug 06, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com & YnetNews.com A flight carrying 65 "Falashmura" immigrants to Israel from Ethiopia Tuesday morning was declared to be the last one in a five year project which brought 16,000 Falashmura Olim =96 immigrants =96 to Israel. The Jewish Agency's ...
Sharansky Calls Obama Presidency =91A Risk=92 to the State of Israel.
Aug 06, 2008 ... By Shalom TV In an exclusive Shalom TV interview, Natan Sharansky characterized a potential Barack Obama presidency as "a risk" to Israel, based on their being "no record" of his foreign affairs policy, experience, or actions. Commenting on whether the visit of Obama ...
Large Jewish Graveyard Discovered Near Warsaw.
Aug 06, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Road construction workers 60 miles south of Warsaw have discovered a large Jewish graveyard with well-preserved tombstones, European Jewish Press reported. The cemetery is the largest to be uncovered in decades. Nazis frequently ...
Israeli Actor Stars as Saddam.
Aug 06, 2008 ... By YnetNews.com The late Saddam Hussein was, in the minds of many, the most infamous Iraqi ever to exist. In the minds of some he was the cruelest dictator who ever existed, and to others he was a persecuted victim of the Bush regime. But never was he an Israeli. Until now. ...
Israeli Threatens Action if Hizbullah Gets Anti-Aircraft Missiles.
Aug 07, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Israel will have to take military action if Hizbullah deploys anti-aircraft missile batteries in Lebanon, Channel 2's political correspondent Udi Segal reported Wednesday, quoting defense ...
Israel to Release Palestinian Prisoners as Goodwill Gesture.
Aug 07, 2008 ... By VOA News Israeli and Palestinian leaders met Wednesday in a bid to advance the peace process. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert hosted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his official residence in Jerusalem to assess progress in peace talks sponsored by the United States ....
=91Sniper=92 System Scanning Israel=92s Skies for Enemy Aircraft.
Aug 07, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com The Israeli Air Force has acquired a new electro-optical system capable of spotting an aircraft hundreds of kilometers away. The IAF=92s Air Defense Forces installed the system, called =93Sniper=94 la= te last month, but delayed showing it ...
Jerusalem Nurse's 'Nuclear Modified' Music CD Sparks Security Alert.
Aug 07, 2008 ... By Reuters When Yasmin Sabah was given a music CD by a friend, she never imagined it would make her the target of a clandestine operation by Israeli security services. Sabah, a 22-year-old nurse, said the Defense Ministry placed her under surveillance last month ...
Obama Web Site: Jews Must be 'Burned'.
Aug 07, 2008 ... By WorldNetDaily.com Jews should be "burned" and "thrown in the oven." Israel murdered 6 million Arabs. Jews control American politics and dictate decisions of war and peace. The Jewish state is leading a "Holocaust" against the Palestinian people and was responsible for 9/11. ...
Yad Vashem Marks 66 Years Since Death of Korczak.
Aug 07, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, will mark on Thursday 66 years since the deportation of Janusz Korczak, Stefania Wilczynska and the children of their orphanage, from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka. Despite offers from Polish friends to ...
Diaspora Jews Connect with Israel, Jewish Identity Through Volunteering.
Aug 07, 2008 ... By Ha=92aretz For many Jews in the Diaspora, volunteering in Israel is way of connecting with the Jewish state and their own Jewish identity. There are thousands of volunteers from abroad each year in Israel, and many programs which offer a chance to work for free. ...
Now at Home Center: Discounts for Arabs only.
Aug 08, 2008 ... By YnetNews.com Ynet has learned that Home Center, a popular home wares chain that operates throughout Israel, has been offering preferential treatment to the Arab sector via special discounts they alone are eligible for, regardless of whether the store is situated in a mostly ...
Chabad Plans $2.25 Million Center in Arad.
Aug 08, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Chabad-Lubavitch has announced it will build a new eight million shekel ($2.25 million) community center, including two mikvehs and a synagogue in Arad, located between Be'er Sheva and the Dead Sea. The complex will be named after the parents ...
Al Jazeera Apologizes to Israel.
Aug 08, 2008 ... By Israel Faxx News Services The Arab satellite TV station Al Jazeera issued a rare apology to Israel after airing a July 19 report that glorified Samir Kuntar, the Lebanese terrorist convicted of murdering four Israelis in 1979. Kuntar was released by ...
Barak: Hizbullah's Rockets Can Hit Most of Israel.
Aug 08, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com In a lecture before mayors from around the country on Thursday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that Hizbullah now has rockets that can hit most of Israel. Syria, he said, is becoming more involved in assisting the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist ...
Rice: U.S. Has No Veto Over Israeli Military Operations.
Aug 08, 2008 ... By Ha=92aretz Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday refrained from saying the U.S. would prevent Israel from mounting a much-touted attack against Iran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear aspirations. "We don't say yes or no to Israeli military operations. Israel is a ...
Iranian Diplomat Warns of Harsh Response to Any Strike.
Aug 08, 2008 ... By YnetNews.com In what is believed to be the first interview granted by an Iranian official with an Israeli publication, the press attach=E9 for the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Majid Bashtestani, warned Israel against striking his country's nuclear facilities. "If ...
Hamas Transforms Former Gaza Settlement Into Movie Lot.
Aug 08, 2008 ... By Ha=92aretz From the ruins of a former Gaza Strip settlement and the site of what Hamas hopes will become a glittering movie production house, comes a new motion picture about the terrorist group's war with Israel. The location was once home to the settlement of ...
PA Forces Shut Down Hamas-Linked Charities, Shops.
Aug 11, 2008 ... By VOA News Security sources said Palestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas have shut down four charities and two printing shops in the West Bank for their alleged ties to rival political faction Hamas. The stores and charities are located in an around ...
PA: We May Demand a Bi-National Israel-Palestinian State.
Aug 11, 2008 ... By Reuters Senior Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia said Sunday that the Palestinians may demand to become part of a bi-national state if Israel continued to reject the borders they propose for a separate country. Qureia, who heads Palestinian negotiators in ...
Foreign Ministry Assisting Georgian Jews.
Aug 11, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com As fierce battles that are rapidly developing into a war heat up between Russia and Georgia, approximately 200 Georgian Jews have fled their homes in the Gori area of South Ossetia. The new refugees, who fled the combat zone at the advice of ...
Sunday Evening Marked End of the Ninth of Av Fast Day - Birthday of the >Messiah.
Aug 11, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Jews around the world joined those in Israel Sunday marking the Ninth of the Hebrew month of Av fast day, the day of mourning for the fall of the First and Second Temples. Torah sages teach that the Messiah would be born on Tisha B'Av as a ...
Palestinians Mourn Death of 'National Poet' Mahmoud Darwish.
Aug 11, 2008 ... By Robert Berger (VOA-Jerusalem) Palestinians are mourning the death Saturday of renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who was considered a cultural icon. The Palestinians are observing three days of mourning for Darwish, described as their "National Poet." He died after ...
Russia's Israeli Basketball Coach Shakes Hands with Iranian Team.
Aug 11, 2008 ... By Ha=92aretz Despite Iran's insistence that its representatives will have no contact with Israelis, David Blatt, the Israeli coach of Russia's Olympic basketball team met - and shook hands - with the coach and players of Iran's Olympic team before dawn Sunday (Israeli time). ...
Father Sues After Exclusion from Son's Circumcision.
Aug 11, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com A man from central Israel sued his estranged wife and her lawyer for damages Sunday, after he was forcibly distanced from his own son's brit (circumcision). According to the lawsuit, the father arrived at the brit and was shocked to discover ...
Brad Pitt to Play 'Hillbilly Leader of Jewish Soldiers'.
Aug 12, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Brad Pitt will play an American resistance fighter battling Nazis in German-occupied France in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film, "Inglorious Bastards." Daily Variety and the ...
Israeli Forces Use 'Skunk Bombs' Against Palestinian Protesters.
Aug 12, 2008 ... By VOA News Israeli security forces have started to use a foul-smelling liquid to disperse Palestinian protests in the West Bank. Israeli police said the new crowd-control method, which they call a "skunk bomb," was used for the first time Friday in the village of ...
Jews Caught in Crossfire in Georgia-Russia War.
Aug 12, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com As the Russian offensive against Georgia rages on, 40 Israeli teachers are trying to make their way out of Georgia, via Turkey or Armenia, and some 50 Jews have requested to make aliyah (immigration to Israel). The 40 teachers arrived in ...
Skype Announces Special Call Packages For Israel.
Aug 12, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Israeli users of the popular Voice over IP (VoIP) service Skype, are being offered attractive phone packages for calls between fixed line phones following an announcement from the company last week. Israeli callers will be able to make unlimited calls ...
Israeli Ad Pulled Due to Saudi Pressure.
Aug 12, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Nissan Motor Company has asked its Israeli distributor to pull a local television commercial for the new Nissan Tiida (sold in the U.S. under the name Versa) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D_rM4tQ2ibEk. The decision came after a Saudi Arabian official ...
Report: U.S. Clips Israel's Wings on Iran.
Aug 14, 2008 ... By Ha=92aretz The United States is reportedly withholding military support for Israel that could be used in an attack on Iran. The Bush administration recently rejected an Israeli request for equipment and other military help, fearing that Jerusalem is planning to attack Iran's ...
Ahmadinejad: West Must Quit Support of Dying Israeli Regime.
Aug 14, 2008 ... By Reuters Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a fresh verbal attack on Israel on Wednesday on the eve of a visit to Turkey, saying Western countries should quit their support of Israel. The comments highlight the difficult path which Turkey, a member of ...
Former Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Says He Was a Spy.
Aug 14, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Mohammed Bassiouni said in a lecture at the Egyptian National Library in Alexandria last weekend that his real mission in the Jewish State was that of a spy. "I was sent to Israel as an intelligence ...
'Saddam's Sons' Seek Refugee Status in Israel.
Aug 14, 2008 ... By YnetNews.com A recent family of infiltrators seeking a safe haven in Israel caused several officials in the Foreign Ministry to stand up and takes notice. Officials were surprised to discover that two of the children are named Uday and Qusay, after the sons of former Iraqi ...
Jordan: Israeli Tourists Asked to Surrender Jewish Paraphernalia.
Aug 14, 2008 ... By YnetNews.com Dozens of Israelis who have passed through the Arava border crossing during the last few days were given a choice, either turn over all items that carry Jewish symbols or be denied entry into Jordan. The reason? According to the Jordanians it is ...
Court Paves Way for In-Vitro Adultery.
Aug 14, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com The Jerusalem District Court ruled on Tuesday that if a married man wishes to participate in in-vitro fertilization with a woman who is not his wife, his wife need not be informed. Judge Yehonatan Adiel thus nullified a Health Ministry ...
Three 9,000-Year-Old Skulls Found in Galilee.
Aug 14, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Archaeologists have discovered three 9,000-year-old skulls at the Yiftah'el dig in the Lower Galilee, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. Experts said the placement of the skulls confirms the worship of ancestors from during that time, ...
Muslim Father Burns Christian Daughter Alive.
Aug 15, 2008 ... By WorldNetDaily A Saudi Arabian Muslim father cut out his daughter's tongue and lit her on fire upon learning that she had become a Christian. The child became curious about Jesus after she read Christian material online, the Gulf News reported. Her father read of ...
Report: Israel Offers to Allow Return of Some Palestinian Refugees.
Aug 15, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Israel reportedly has offered to admit 20,000 Palestinian refugees as part of a final peace accord. As part of U.S.-sponsored negotiations revived last November, the Olmert government proposed that Israel absorb that number of refugees over ...
Israel Pessimistic on Anniversary of Lebanon War Truce.
Aug 15, 2008 ... By Robert Berger (VOA-Jerusalem) This is the second anniversary of the truce ending the Lebanon War between Israel and the Islamic terror group Hizbullah and Israel is pessimistic about the results. The Israeli army said Hizbullah has re-armed with 40,000 ...
Israeli Reporters in Georgia Harassed by Russians.
Aug 15, 2008 ... By Israel Faxx News Services Russian soldiers harassed four Israeli journalists covering the Georgian conflict. Reporters from Israel's Ha=92aretz newspaper, Ynet news Web site, and Channel Two television were stopped Thursday by Russian soldiers outside Gori, a flashpoint of ...
Israelis Name Most Dangerous Threat to Jerusalem.
Aug 15, 2008 ... By IsraelNationalNews.com Recently a survey was conducted by the Mutagim Institute on behalf of the Ynet Jewish section and the Gesher Organization, asking respondents to list the most dangerous potential situations in which yet another destruction could occur in Jerusalem. ...