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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Israel “should give some thought to what it would be like to lose a friend like Turkey in the future,” in an interview with the Euronews channe...

Muhammad cartoonist defies death threats

COPENHAGEN – Kurt Westergaard, who has been facing death threats for four years over his cartoon of the prophet Muhammad, is trying to settle back into his home – a month after an ax attack in his...

Protesters attack foreign embassies in Tehran

About 100 Iranians protested Tuesday in front of the Italian embassy in Tehran, shouting Death to Italy, Death to Berlusconi, Italy's foreign minister said. Protests were also held outside the French ...

9 arrested in Jerusalem refugee camp for hurling stones at cops

Police arrested nine youths on Tuesday for hurling stones at Border Police in the Shoafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem.The police officers were deployed to protect Jerusalem Municipality civil serva...

UK group urges Elton John to cancel Israel show

LONDON — A British academic group that supports Palestinian rights is urging singer Elton John to cancel a summer concert in Israel. The British Committee for Universities of Palestine says in ...

Life imitates art in Oscar-nominated Israeli film

There's a reason for the gritty feel of reality in "Ajami," an Oscar-nominated Israeli film about the lives of Arabs and Jews in the impoverished, crime-ridden neighborhoods of this Mediterranean city...

Israel urges "crippling" sanctions now against Iran

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for immediate and "crippling" sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, as it began making higher-grade nuclear fuel in defiance of inte...

Americans Heckle Israeli Envoy over Gaza

Shouting “killer and murderer”, hundreds of American students heckled Israeli ambassador Michael Oren during a speech at the University of California over the Gaza War, reported The Jerusa...

Israel Charged with Targeting Palestinian Medical Teams

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has charged Israel with launching hundreds of attacks against Palestinian medical teams in 2009. The aid group, also known as PRCS, said that the Israeli troops fi...

Netanyahu's government tries to save settler house

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli government has stepped in to save a house built illegally by Jewish settlers in a volatile Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem, complicating already troubled U.S. e...

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Defense Minister opposes granting right to vote to Israelis abroad

Obama: Hopes to see jobs package in coming weeks

Report: Iran jails senior reformer for five years

Moscow says US missile shield aimed at Russia

EU foreign minister: Concerned over Iran's uranium enrichment plan

Report: Pilot error behind Ethiopian jet crash

UNRWA says needs additional $100M to aid Palestinians

Report: Palestinian wounded by shot fired by settler near Nablus

Knesset Speaker freezes new protocol allowing MKs to fly business class

Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament, calls poll

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Lebanese source: Pilot error caused crash

Source close to probe of crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane says info from black box points to human error

Ahmadinejad's supporters attack Western embassies

Hundreds of students protest Western 'interference' in Iranian internal affairs in Tehran, call 'death to' Britain, France and throw eggs, tomatoes at embassies. Italian FM: Protesters are Besij militia members

Labor, Shas against Israelis voting abroad

Labor faction Chairman Simhon says coalition agreement explicitly bars bill to allow Israelis living abroad to vote in elections. Shas also says bill unacceptable. Opposition also expected from within Likud as Begin, Meridor already said would not support initiative

Hamas fails to pay employees' salaries

Clerks, security forces say pay delayed due to problem in smuggling funds to Gaza Strip

PM: Impose crippling sanctions on Iran now

(Video) While Iran defies West by augmenting uranium enrichment, Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with European ambassadors demanding condemnation of recent statements made in Tehran regarding annihilation of Israel. President Peres says Ahmadinejad a morally corrupt dictator

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Mideast Conflict

Israeli court releases pro-Palestinian activists (AP)

Netanyahu's government tries to save settler house (AP)

Hamas sees `no prospects' for Mideast peace (AP)

UN urges Egypt, Arab League to press Israel on Gaza (AFP)

Hamas' top leader visits Moscow (AP)

Palestinian force makes gains in West Bank (AP)

Palestinians set terms for talks as violence flares (Reuters)

Yemen al Qaeda urges jihad, wants Red Sea blocked (Reuters)

Israeli police raid Palestinian refugee camp (Reuters)

Palestinian refugee agency warns of funding gap (AP)

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Israel and Palestinians

Pro-Shalit protest outside jail

Protesters calling for the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit block Palestinian visitors to an Israeli jail.

No Gaza judgement by UN chief Ban

The head of the UN says it is not yet possible to say if Israel and the Palestinians are adequately probing the Gaza conflict.

Red Cross convoy attacked in Gaza

A roadside explosion hits a Red Cross convoy near the Erez crossing in northern Gaza on Thursday.

Fatah meets rivals Hamas in Gaza

An senior official from the Palestinian Fatah movement meets a Hamas leader in Gaza for the first time in three years.

West Bank mosque attack arrests

Israeli police arrest 10 people in a raid as part of investigations into an arson attack on a West Bank mosque.

Palestinians urged on Gaza crimes

Palestinian groups call on the West Bank and Gaza authorities to investigate war crimes allegations.

US editor refused entry to Israel

A US journalist working for a Palestinian news agency appeals against Israel's refusal to allow him entry.

West Bank settler leader resigns

A veteran Israeli settler leader resigns, saying his fellow leaders are not doing enough to distance themselves from extremists.

Air strike kills Gaza militants

Three Palestinian militants have been killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli air strike, Palestinian and Israeli sources say.

Israelis reject US loan 'threat'

Israeli officials shrug off a US envoy's suggestion that the US could withhold loan guarantees to pressure Israel over peace.

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Obama needs to take Palin’s advice on Iran

By Ted Belman Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely, US Army (Ret) comments on Israeli and Middle East Options On 9/11, Americans were attacked and the World Trade Center’s destroyed along with the deaths of almost 3,000 innocents in New York, Washington D.C. and over the fields of Western Pennsylvania. It was pre-emptive attack and a horrific unthinkable [...]

Wilders is “fighting for our culture”

In support of similar right wing parties in Europe, I have always said, “If we can fight for our culture i.e. a Jewish state, the Europeans have the right to do likewise. For Wilders, his culture includes anybody but Islam. Good on him. We are called racist and so is Wilders. Any difference? [...]

Should Israeli expats be allowed to vote?

Move for absentee voting prompts fire across the political spectrum Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beiteinu head Avigdor Lieberman announced Monday that they intend to promote a bill that would let Israeli citizens vote from abroad in Knesset elections. The parallel announcements appeared to be coordinated. Coalition parties Shas and Labor oppose the bill, as do [...]

Lieberman: ‘Land for Peace’ is Dead’

THREE CHEERS FOR LIEBERMAN by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Israel Our Home party, says, “It’s time to forget our obsession of “territory in exchange for peace; all future agreements must be based on ‘peace in exchange for peace.’” Speaking at a party faction meeting on Monday, Lieberman said, “Peace is in fact [...]

Western Civilization on Trial

National Review Online Symposium As the Geert Wilders case goes into pre-trial, National Review Online asked our experts: Is there any legitimate reason he’s in court? What are the implications of such a trial being held, nevermind its outcome? BAT YE’OR Geert Wilders is a hero for those countless Europeans who cherish a free and democratic Europe — [...]

Sarah Palin at her best

Quick- articulate - likable - fiery - rational - beautiful - informed - knowledgeable - personable - humorous. When asked if Obama can win in 2012 she said that if he declared war on Iran and came out in support of Israel “which I would like him to do”, he could win. Otherwise, no way. Notice she [...]

What is a Veteran?

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "up to and including my life."

The Third World: Destitute, Squalid, and Violent by Choice

“Culture matters. Race doesn’t.” by Bill Levinson The Third World is well known for voting against Israel in the United Nations General Assembly, and it is time to discuss the previously unmentioned elephant in the living room. These countries resent people of Euro-American background, and Jews in particular, because they remind them of the cultural inferiority that [...]

The Auschwitz Album: Stunning

This Album memorializes the arrival of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz in May of 1944. It is the only one of its kind, and it is solely due to this album that we have a visual history of what occurred in the Auschwitz-Birchenau death camp. The album was discovered after the war by an Auschwitz survivor, [...]

Shalom reflects thinking of Government

Prospects for Arab-Israeli Regional Cooperation Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom Regional cooperation begins with resuming negotiations with the Palestinians. In the interests of achieving a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace, Israel sees the economic domain as one of the cornerstones of good relations. Political dialogue with our Palestinian partners is critical, but it will [...]

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'I wouldn't cry if Ahmadinejad was killed'

Elie Wiesel tells Army Radio of petition against Iran regime, battle against Goldstone report.

Yishai moves to legalize Beit Yehonatan

Eli Yishai authorizes vote on the east J'lem building’s status next week.

'Israelis abroad should vote'

PM backs Israel Beiteinu bill which would "help shape Israel's identity."

'Activists try to disrupt security ops'

IDF says int’l group urged foreign members to turn up activity in Israel.

Court order boosts groups opposed to 'free’ kid dental prog.

State to consider releasing teen allegedly abused in jail

Tirosh bill saves most furry animals – but streimels prevail

'Decision to let MKs to fly business class reflects reality'

Labor head opposes probe of NIF

Comes as Likud supports transparent funding bill.

Israel opens Jalama crossing to tour buses

Editorials

Viral irrationalism

Mumps outbreak draws attention to a not-insignificant minority of parents who refuse to immunize their children.

February 8: Is Lieberman's saber rattling justified?

Kadima has no right to toss aside his statement, which was a response to Assad’s threat to Israeli cities.

Amr Moussa's missed opportunity

Moussa does not favor a nuclear-armed Iran, but his abhorrence of Israel exceeds his fear of the mullahs.

Gifts of life

According to the Israel National Center for Transplants, there are now seven organ donations in Israel per million residents.

Frustration in Damascus

Separate isn’t equal

Our society’s pluralism doesn’t mean a license for some to humiliate women.

The ‘Goldstoning’ of Israel

The Goldstone Report was born in bias and matured into a full-fledged miscarriage of justice.

China endangered?

China is never happy when weapons are sold to Taiwan, but this time Beijing threatened to boycott American companies, including Boeing and Raytheon, involved in the deal.

On the phone, inside

In a way, cellphones allow inmates to walk through bolted doors and bound over prison barriers.

‘Never again’

When Netanyahu declares that “Never Again” will we allow the hand of evil to sever the life of our people, he is warning: Doomed are those who try.

Op-ED

Defecting for health care

Naysayers on Capitol Hill, beware; Israel is a 'yes we can' example, a democratic, free-market society with national and universal health care.

Give the man a break

Where actions speak louder than words, Barack Obama has made significant efforts to advance the moral principles we aspire to.

It's not just Israel: How Obama undermines US allies

The president, more than any other before him, has made his own personality and identity cornerstones of American diplomacy.

Who will blink first?

While the Islamic Republic's plans for nuclear self-sufficiency were born in the early 1970s, achieving nuclear capability during Ahmadinejad's tenure is said to be a mandate of the Guards.

When good deeds are worse than doing nothing

As things stand, Israel is the only country in the world - bar none - that has to justify giving aid and saving lives.

A forum for assaulting Israel and America

A complaint filed with the International Criminal Court last week against George W. Bush and others from his administration should surprise no one - and distress anyone who cares about democracy.

A medical mission of pride and promise

Even as reports of IDF rescue efforts in Haiti have left us feeling intense pride, the reaction back home has been one of far less surprise.

Krauthammer: The meaning of Scott Brown

Liberals were surprised by anti-Democratic sentiment since they've been ignoring signs of resistance.

Krauthammer: The meaning of Scott Brown

Liberals were surprised by anti-Democratic sentiment since they've been ignoring signs of resistance.

Remarkable character or pure folly?

If running a marathon can devastate even the vaunted elites, imagine what it can do to mere mortals.

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Middle East News

Senior Al Qaeda man killed in Somalia

Nairobi/Mogadishu, Feb 9 (DPA) A Somali minister Tuesday said government forces had killed a senior Al Qaeda fighter who was also a member of Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab.

Iran starts 20-percent uranium enrichment process

Tehran/Vienna, Feb 9 (DPA) Iran Tuesday started the 20-percent uranium enrichment process, the head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization said.

UAE, Poland strengthen economic ties

Abu Dhabi, Feb 9 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Poland have increased bilateral economic cooperation following the visit of a UAE delegation to Poland, WAM news agency reported Tuesday.

India digresses, but Iran continues to oppose Good-Bad Taliban theory

New Delhi, Feb.9 : Iran today expressed its reservation over the reintegration of Taliban in Afghanistan and rejected the idea of "Good Taliban and Bad Taliban".

Iran clinches closer to sanctions after declaring plans to enrich nuke stockpile

London, Feb. 9 : Iran has notified the UN that it would begin enriching its existing nuclear fuel stockpile, a step that could move the Islamic republic a step closer to nuclear weapons capability and international sanctions.

Iran reminds Pak of duty to crackdown on 'terror group' Jundullah

Lahore, Feb.9 : Iran has once again urged Pakistan to take strong actions against the hardcore Islamic militant group, Jundullah.

Bush was determined to overthrow Saddam

London, Feb.9 : Former US President George Bush is said to have warned former British Prime Minister Tony Blair that the United States would go ahead with the invasion of Iraq "come what may".

Iranian opposition leader sentenced six-year jail

Tehran, Feb 9 (DPA) Former Iranian deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzadeh has been given a six-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, opposition websites reported Monday.

Al-Qaida Group in Yemen Reaches out to Somali Rebels

Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen in a 2009 file photo taken from undated video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group

US wants UN sanctions resolution on Iran within weeks

TEHRAN: Iran said it will start making higher-grade reactor fuel on Tuesday and will add 10 uranium enrichment plants over the next year in a nuclear expansion sure to stoke tensions with the West.

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U.S. seeks sanctions 'within weeks' over Iran nuclear program

Russia official: Iran nuclear work testing world's patience; Netanyahu: Crippling sanctions needed now.

Egypt soccer boss: I'd rather starve than coach Israelis

Veteran trainer Hassan Shehata ends speculation over cross-border move in bluntest possible terms.

Protesters attack foreign embassies in Tehran

Wiesel: If Ahmadinejad were assassinated, I wouldn't shed a tear

Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel said on Tuesday that if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were assassinated, he would not shed a tear. ...

Muslim students scream 'killer' during Israel envoy speech in L.A.

Police arrest 12 hecklers who disrupted Michael Oren's speech at California university.

Opinion

Megalomania on the rails

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday presented to Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and senior treasury officials his grandiose plan for investments to link the periphery to the center of the country via a network of highways and railway lines over the next 20 years. The lion's share of the costs, some NIS 50 billion, will go to the rail network, from Eilat to Kiryat Shmona, and from Haifa to Beit She'an. ...

If Netanyahu wants peace, he must lose Lieberman

In our government, everyone talks whenever he pleases about whatever he pleases. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman acts like the neighborhood bully; his style and statements suit the extreme right's worst thugs, who do what they want in the territories. ...

The good life of the young retiree

On Sunday afternoon, the finance minister and the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff met to discuss a sensitive topic: raising the retirement age in the Israel Defense Forces. ...

When planting trees is unethical

It's green and the people doing it consider themselves green, so tree-planting should really be a genuinely ecological act - and this is how it is indeed presented with regularity by the Jewish National Fund each year at Tu Bishvat, Jewish Arbor Day. But there is nothing environmental or ecological about enlisting tree-planting to promote the protracted occupation of the West Bank. ...

Horses wearing blinders

More than 10 years late, the people in charge of higher education have remembered to tackle the real problem. Not research budgets, not tuition fees, not lecturers' salaries - but education itself. The chairman of the Council for Higher Education's planning and budget committee, Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, has dared to touch the burning coals and declare that the decline in humanistic education has to be remedied by integrating general studies into all bachelor degree courses, whatever the student is majoring in. ...

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Costa Rica Elects First Female President, Jewish VP

A Central American nation has chosen its first female president, and a Jewish vice president, in national elections this week.

British and American Courts Threaten Jews� Independence

Orthodox Jews in Britain and US fear recent court cases may take away their right to define who is Jewish. British Muslims remain independent.

"Poverty is Expensive"

Jihad Culture of Death Promises 72 Dark-Eyed Virgins

A recent Islamic sermon broadcast on Hamas TV promised 7 awaiting terrorists who sacrifice their lives in suicide bombing attacks against Israel.

Geert Wilders to INN: "Traditional European Freedom at Stake"

Wilders to IsraelNationalNews: �I�m fighting for the preservation of our culture. It is based on Christianity, Judaism & humanism- not on Islam."

'What�s the Alternative?' MK Orlev: Jordan is Palestine

Asked to present his alternative to the �two-state option,� MK Zevulun Orlev says, �The PA Arabs already have a state � Jordan.�

Barak Rails against New Israel Fund�s Donations

Labor party chairman Barak has joined a growing chorus of voices against the New Israel Fund�s financing of anti-Israeli organizations.

Hamas and Fatah Ready for Reconciliation?

A top Fatah official says that Hamas has agreed to release its political prisoners and reopen the faction's headquarters in Gaza.

Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, 94

Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, founder and president of Touro College and Lander Institute, passed away Monday in his home in New York at the age of 94.

Iran Heads for 'Stunning Punch' Against West

Iran plans to quintuple its uranium enrichment level for atomic weapons, and Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran plans to "stun" the West this week.

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