Rockets hit Israeli resort of Eilat and Jordan’s Aqaba
BBC News – Rockets hit Israeli resort of Eilat and Jordan’s Aqaba 02/08/2010 | 09:57 GMT Police in Israel say at least five rockets have been fired at the southern Israeli tourist resort of Eilat from...
View ArticleNetanyahu angered by leaks in Israel generals’ feud
Reuters | Aug 8, 2010 | 5:01pm IST Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ordered Israel’s attorney-general to investigate embarrassing leaks about a feud among generals vying for the role of army...
View ArticleBertrand Russell on Israel in 1970 –Abed-Rabbo Samir
Facebook | Abed-Rabbo Samir Bertrand Russell On Israel1970 The latest phase of the undeclared war in the Middle East is based upon a profound miscalculation. The bombing raids deep into Egyptian...
View ArticleIsraeli defense chief tells panel aid flotilla was a ‘provocation’
Deutsche Welle | AFP | AP | 10/08/2010 Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has told a special Israeli commission that a Gaza-bound aid flotilla seized in a bloody commando raid in May was a “planned...
View ArticleIsraeli soldiers wounded in Gaza border attack
ABC News | 17/08/2010 | 5:08 pm IST Two Israeli soldiers have been wounded in a mortar attack by militants in Gaza. The Israeli military says both soldiers were taken to hospital but neither was...
View ArticleSyria’s Bashar al-Assad warns of Middle East conflict
BBC News | Thursday, 17 June 2010 | 10:55 GMT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said Israel’s raid on the Gaza aid flotilla has increased the chances of war in the Middle East. In an interview with...
View ArticleIran says Gaza aid delegation to go on Lebanon ship
Reuters | Sat Jun 26, 2010 | 3:47pm IST Iranian lawmakers protesting at Israel’s blockade of Gaza plan to travel on an aid ship that plans to leave from Lebanon, an official said on Saturday. Lebanon...
View ArticleTurkey bars Israel military flight after Gaza raid
BBC News | Monday, 28 June 2010 | 11:16 GMT Turkey has barred an Israeli military flight from Turkish airspace, in apparent retaliation for Israel’s raid on an aid convoy bound for Gaza. Turkey’s prime...
View ArticleTurkey and Israeli hold first talks since flotilla raid
Once allies till Israeli troops’ attack on Gaza bound Turkish aid flotilla recently and now foes, Israel and Turkey hold first high level meeting as per Israel’s claim. The BBC reported today that an...
View ArticleUK envoy’s praise for Lebanon cleric draws Israel anger
BBC News | Friday, 9 July 2010 | 09:36 GMT Israel has criticised Britain’s ambassador to Lebanon for eulogising a recently deceased Lebanese cleric said to have inspired Hezbollah. Frances Guy wrote on...
View ArticleIsrael admits Gaza flotilla raid ‘mistakes’
BBC News | Monday, 12 July 2010 | 17:28 GMT An Israeli military inquiry into the naval raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla says commandos were under-prepared and mistakes were made at a senior level. The...
View ArticleEU envoy urges Israel to ease off further on Gaza
Reuters | Sun Jul 18, 2010 | 2:45pm IST Israel should ease its Gaza blockade further and allow Palestinians to resume exports from the territory, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said on...
View ArticleIsraeli settlers evict Palestinian family from their home of 70 years
guardian.co.uk | Thursday 29 July 2010 | 17.15 BST Israeli settlers took over a Palestinian home in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City today, evicting about 45 members of an extended family...
View ArticleArab League backs direct Palestinian talks with Israel
BBC News | 29 July 2010 | 15:25 GMT The Arab League has endorsed direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but has left the timing to the Palestinians, officials said. The US has been pushing...
View ArticleIsraeli air strike kills Hamas commander in Gaza
Reuters | Sat Jul 31, 2010 | 1:38pm IST An Israeli air strike has killed a Hamas military commander and rocket maker in the Gaza Strip, the Islamist group that rules the Palestinian territory said on...
View ArticleThe ever-present war in Southern Lebanon
Deutsche Welle | 31.07.2010 On August 1, the UN-Convention on Cluster Munitions comes into effect. Israel has not yet signed the agreement. In the 2006 Lebanon War Israel is said to have dropped four...
View ArticleEU rebukes Israel for convicting Palestinian protester
BBC News | 26 August 2010 | 14:10 GMT The European Union has criticised Israel for convicting an organiser of weekly Palestinian protests against the West Bank separation barrier. EU foreign policy...
View ArticleIsrael rabbi calls for ‘plague’ on Mahmoud Abbas
BBC News | 30 August 2010 | 06:59 GMT A senior rabbi from a party within Israel’s coalition government has called for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to "vanish from our world". Rabbi Ovadia Yosef,...
View ArticleIsraeli PM says Hamas ‘has anti-aircraft missiles’
BBC | 18 October 2010 | 17:53 GMT Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip have obtained anti-aircraft missiles, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. He told a meeting of his Likud Party that...
View ArticleMike Leigh cancels Israel trip over loyalty oath
BBC | 18 October 2010 | 16:32 GMT The British filmmaker Mike Leigh has cancelled a visit to Israel in protest against controversial plans to compel non-Jewish new citizens to swear loyalty to Israel as...
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