Israel Seals West Bank Ahead of Close National Election

In less than 24 hours Israel elects a new government, and in the hours beforehand the West Bank will be sealed down. Israel's hard liners surged ahead in public perception in the days leading up to the elections,...

War Crimes Trials for Israelis for Gaza? Almost impossible

"The International Criminal Court in The Hague has no jurisdiction to investigate in the Gaza Strip, as it is not a state. Though the Palestinian Authority has been functioning as an interim sovereign polity since...

Israel rules out opening Gaza border if Hamas gains

This will be the next big dispute. If Hamas really cares for thewelfare of Gazans they will acceptothers controlling the money and aid." Israel has all but ruled out fully reopening border crossings with the Gaza...

Hamas breaks cease fire, Fires rockets at Israel Cities

" "Rockets hit despite Israeli cease-fire The United States has welcomed Israel's ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the limited truce announced afterwards by Hamas. Washington said it expected all parties to stop hostile actions immediately. Despite the unilateral ceasefire...

Trend Alert: Israel War To Ignite World War III

" " Israel War to Ignite Terror, Threaten Global Economy and possibly Spark World War III, Trends Institute Warns " By Gerald Celente 1-15-9 CAIRO, 14 January 2009 ­ Israel’s invasion of Gaza sets up the United States and any other nation supporting Israel as terror...

Israeli leader warns Hamas of 'iron fist'

Something has to happensoon to stop the killing. If Hamas thinks they are winning they have a perverted sense of what victory is. " Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stood within Hamas rocket range Monday and...

The world protests against Israel offensive in the Gaza Strip

People across the world protested today against Israel's airstrikes in Gaza, calling for an immediate end to the violence as Israeli troops have entered the Palestinian region. About 21,000 people rallied in Paris,...

Israel Warns Hamas of Gaza Strip Invasion After Rocket Attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared on Arab television warning militants in the Gaza Strip to stop launching rocket attacks on Israel from the disputed region.  Olmert issued a dire final warning that...

Israeli Jewish settlers vandalise Arab graves

Just as the Israeli Foreign Minister Livni prepares to announce an early election, this most surprising vandalising event at Hebron shows the rising tension between ultanationalist settlers and Palestinians. " Jewish settlers have gone on a...

Hezbollah Blames Israel for Militant's Death

An update to our earlier story on the death of Hezbollah security chief Imad Mughniyeh: Iran has blamed Israel for the killing -- a claim which Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert flatly denies. "One of the world's most wanted and elusive terrorists, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed...

Israeli Prime Minister Has Prostate Cancer

"JERUSALEM, Oct. 29 — The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, announced today that he had early stage prostate cancer, but said the cancer was not life-threatening and would not distract him from his work."

Israel freeing 87 jailed Palestinians to aid Abbas

"The prisoners, all members of Abbas's embattled Fatah or smaller secular factions, will be bussed out of the desert stockade of Kitsyot by 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) to Israel's boundaries with the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Prisons Service told Reuters. The freeing of prisoners...

Rice to meet Abbas in search of conference accord

"Rice may hear concerns from Abbas and his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, over Israel`s decision on Wednesday to declare the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity", as well as about the pace of Israeli moves to ease movement...

36 Israelis soldiers wounded by Gaza rocket attack

"The strike, the most bloody for months, was likely to add further pressure on the Israeli government to find a way to end the incessant rocket attacks. The rockets struck the Zikim base located north of the Gaza...

Israel Launches New Airstrikes on Hamas

"Israeli warplanes sent missiles slamming into a car carrying Hamas militants early Sunday, then demolished arms factories belonging to two Palestinian groups, the army said, in a widening of reprisals against...

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