|  | | During a private audience outside Rome, Peres and the pope expressed the hope that the talks in Washington would help reach an agreement "that is respectful of the legitimate aspirations of the two peoples and capable of bringing lasting peace to the Holy Land." | | | | | |  | | PA Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Karake praised the Abu Hamid family as 'a model of willpower and of the struggle for the independence of Palestine.' He was accompanied by other PA representatives and by representatives of PA "human rights" groups. | | | | | | The attack late Wednesday night occurred at the Rimonim Junction east of Ramallah. One of the car's occupants is in critical condition and the second was lightly injured, according to initial reports.
| | | | |  | | Standing with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Obama condemned the killings on Tuesday of four Israelis who were shot while traveling near the West Bank city of Hebron. Hamas, which rejects Israel's right to exist and opposes peace talks, claimed responsibility. | | | | | |  | | It's been a long time since I've seen four bodies on the street, murdered by Arabs only because they are Jews, living in Israel. | | | | | |  | | The victims of the Tuesday night terrorist attack near Hevron were buried Wednesday, eulogized by their children. "The tears we shed today are not only in our eyes; the heart weeps as well. The entire nation mourns." | | | | | |  | | Israel would be willing to divide control over Jerusalem as part of a peace deal, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told an Israeli newspaper. | | | | | |  | | More than one gunman approached the car and shot the victims -- two men ages 25 and 40, and two women of about the same ages -- at point blank range, according to preliminary reports. | | | | | |  | | Egyptian press stated that the firing of the rockets from Egyptian territory by Hamas or by organizations cooperating with it constituted an infringement on Egyptian sovereignty and the crossing of a red line. | | | | | |  | | Barak met with Abbas Sunday night in Amman, Israeli media reported, hours after meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah at his palace. Barak reportedly returned to Israel to brief Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu between the meetings. | | | | | |  | | Some US officials said the two men were suspected of testing the aviation security system. They were arrested at Schiphol and reportedly charged with preparing a terrorist attack. | | | | | |  | | Syrian President Bashar Assad urged a joint Syrian-Lebanese-Hizbullah front against Israel while hosting Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri on Sunday | | | | | | | An investigation has found that the default situation is that construction can resume with a bang on Sept. 27 in no fewer than 57 Jewish towns in Yesha. | | | | |  | | During a protest Saturday night across the street from the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, the crowd marked Shalit's 24th birthday. | | | | | |  | | "The mosques called on everyone to come out and within seconds there were dozens of Arabs at the entrance to the Pool of Shiloach, blocking the roads and setting Jews' cars on fire." | | | | | |  | | A recent CIA paper cited Jewish acts of terrorism in the West Bank in its analysis of whether the United States is an exporter of terrorism. | | | | | | | | In addition to the dire predictions of catastrophe planted on various op-ed pages, the Obama administration this week sent two big guns to Jerusalem to try and check an Israel attack.
| | | | | |  | | Lebanese soldiers shot IDF troops in an unprovoked attack earlier this month, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced Wednesday, as it released the findings of its investigation into the incident. | | | | | |  | | Iran also announced that Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has officially asked the Islamic Republic to help equip the Lebanese Army. | | | | | |  | | A readout of the transcript of the daily State Department briefing reads like a wild goose chase as reporters tried to read through a smokescreen of diplomatic semantics that did not address their questions. | | | | | |  | | Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has beamed a congratulatory message in the Farsi language to Iranians for their efforts 'to liberate themselves from the burden of the oppressive regime' headed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. | | | | | |  | | "I know that there is a skepticism after 17 years having passed since the beginning of the Oslo process. We are seeking to surprise the critics and the skeptics, but in order to do this we need a real partner on the Palestinian side," Netanyahu said. | | | | | |  | | The Holyland probe revolved around suspicions that Olmert took huge bribes from businessmen to advance the Holyland project. | | | | | |  | | Iran announced Monday its growing arsenal soon will include homemade two high-speed missile-launching assault boats to patrol the Persian Gulf. | | | | | |  | | Troubles besetting Iran's nuclear program mean that Iran has at least a year's "dash" time, Gary Samore, a National Security Council official, told the New York Times' Friday edition. | | | | | |  | | Tunnels bringing weaponry from Egypt to Gaza, and from Gaza to Israel were destroyed in the IAF raid, as well as an arms manufacturing installation in the central part of the strip. | | | | | |
|  | | Nancy Pelosi agreed with an ADL call for transparency in the funding of the mosque and interfaith center near Ground Zero, but said its opponents should also make their funding transparent. | | | | | |  | | Islamic extremism in Gaza appears to be behind the Wednesday murder of a 62-year-old woman. The woman, Jabriyeh Abu Kanas, had been accused by neighbors of practicing witchcraft. | | | | | |  | | Muhammad Hussein, known as the 'Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine,' calls on all Moslems to take action to save the 'holy places' and to support the Palestinian intifada. | | | | | |  | | The world reacts as gruesome pictures of one IDF soldier mocking and posing besides Palestinian prisoners arrive to us in the vehicle of her facebook page. | | | | | |  | | Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, told Israel Radio today that there are only three days left for Israel to attack Iran if it wants to stop the Islamic Republic from manufacturing nuclear weapons. | | | | | |  | | An Iranian F4 Phantom fighter jet was claimed by Tehran to have crashed 6 kilometers north of the Bushehr nuclear reactor in southern Iran. Debkafile's military sources report it was shot down by Russian-made TOR-M1 air-missile defense batteries guarding the reactor. | | | | | |  | | Russian and Iranian officials assure the world that Bushehr is a harmless and peaceful project for manufacturing electricity, whereas American experts stressed Monday: "Once fueled and operational, Bushehr will produce plutonium 239 which can be used to make nuclear weapons." | | | | | |  | | "The Palestinians, who have lost valuable time by refusing to revive these direct contacts, will present all the topics they want to discuss at the negotiating table." | | | | | |  | | President Barack Obama has warned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that if his country wants to purchase United States weapons, it must change its foreign affairs policy regarding both Israel and Iran, according to the Financial Times. | | | | | |  | 33 year-old Elias Abuelazam was arrested in the US on suspicion of killing five people and wounding 13 in a stabbing spree that spanned across three US states. Most of the men who were attacked were black and US police said Thursday that they believe the suspect chose victims based on the color of their skin.
| | | | | |  | | An alleged Israeli Mossad agent suspected of involvement in the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai was extradited from Poland to Germany. | | | | | | | Working under the auspices of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office, the commission will "investigate the attack and the treatment the activists faced" when Israel intercepted the flotilla on May 31, Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced Thursday. | | | | |  | | Filmed in the stairwell of one of the ship's below-board floors, the clip first shows Zouabi with an orange life-jacket, standing and talking with mob members. One Israel Navy soldier testified that it was at this point that three of his comrades were being dragged below in an attempt to kidnap them. | | | | | |  | | The Dove World Outreach Center has drawn international attention to itself with its planned book burning of the Koran. The church urges people to send them copies of the book for burning at a bonfire event to be held on church property this coming September 11. | | | | | |  | | The United States has cut funding for Israel's defense systems, even though a one-time grant appears to have raised the aid allocation. | | | | | |  | | The Israeli military planned to trim the foliage in the area; UNIFIL asked the army to delay the activity until later in order to prepare for the Israeli presence. The delay gave the Lebanese army time to arrange the ambush. | | | | | |  | | "A sense of absolute prosperity prevails, as manifested by the grand resorts along and near Gaza's coast. Further, the sight of the merchandise and luxuries filling the Gaza shops amazed me. Merchandise is sold more cheaply than in Egypt." | | | | | |  | | The spokesperson for the tanker's owners Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd said the attack must have come from the outside. "We believe it's highly likely an attack, maybe a terrorist incident. There is nothing that could cause a spontaneous explosion in that part of the vessel." | | | | | |  | | The PLO/PA representation's status has been upgraded by Obama's government and their flag can now be flown in Washington D.C. | | | | | |  | | "From the deck of The Audacity of Hope, we will be in a powerful and unique position to challenge U.S. foreign policy and affirm the universal obligation to uphold human rights and international law," organizers wrote on their website, UStoGaza.org. | | | | | |  | | A stream of armed Hizballah militiamen are flooding South Lebanon, actively endangering the one-and-a-half million Israelis living just across the border. | | | | | |  | The Iranian reactor at Bushehr is not just a power plant but also has military applications. Chief among them is the reuse of its fuel rods to produce plutonium as atomic weapon fuel.
| | | | | |  | | as Western and Turkish media outlets harped on Israel's loss of its only Muslim ally in the Middle East, Jerusalem was busy acquiring a new strategic partner: Greece, a NATO member like Turkey with plenty of Middle East interests | | | | | |  | | Netanyahu said that Israel agreed to free 1,000 Hamas terrorists from its jails in exchange for Shalit, who was abducted four years ago. However, Israel would not free terrorists who had murdered people into Judea and Samaria. | | | | | |  | | Former Shin Bet spy and 'Son of Hamas' Mosab Hassan Yousef faces an immigration judge in San Diego on Wednesday to plead against deportation. | | | | | |  | | Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh who died by an unknown hand in Dubai last January was not targeted for death but for capture as a live hostage against the release of Gilad Shalit. | | | | |
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