Merkel questions e. Jerusalem housing plan
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Israel rejects international criticism of east Jerusalem housing project – Washington Post
msnbc.comIsrael rejects international criticism of east Jerusalem housing project
Washington Post
Israel’s government on Tuesday granted the final go-ahead for the construction of 1100 new housing units in occupied east Jerusalem, raising already heightened tensions fueled by last week’s Palestinian move to seek UN membership. …
Israel rejects criticism of new Jerusalem housingeTaiwan News
Israelis Happy at Home but Glum About PeaceNew York Times
‘Post’ poll finds surge in Obama popularity in IsraelJerusalem Post
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Britain urges Israel to revoke settlement plan
Britain on Tuesday attacked Israel’s announcement that it was to build homes for 1,100 settlers in east Jerusalem and urged the government to rethink its decision.
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Analysis: Explaining as national strategy
Netanyahu’s speech at the UN General Assembly will explain uncertainty of new Middle East, how that translates to Israeli national security.
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As war looms large, Israel is sticking its head in the sand – Ha'aretz
Ha'aretzAs war looms large, Israel is sticking its head in the sand
Ha'aretz
This week, the head of the Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg, said what he thought to the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. “It’s being called the Arab Spring, but it could turn into a radical …
Israeli Defense Chief Dismisses Threat of Chemical AttackGlobal Security Newswire
Full-scale Middle East war is ‘imminent’, warns Israeli generalTelegraph.co.uk
Israeli Major General warns all-out Middle East war is in the worksExaminer.com
DEBKA file
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Cheney told Bush to bomb Syrian nuclear reactor
Former US vice president releases autobiography, discusses US foreign policy in Middle East; calls Bush “in charge, strong, resolute.”
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Untangling the Web: Terror and tweets on the net desk
I often fall into the trap of thinking I can predict the news in the Middle East. Days like last Thursday remind me that I can’
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Palestine News & Info Agency – WAFA – Palestines UN Observer: Israel Insists on Expanding Settlements Instead of …
NEW YORK, August 17, 2011 (WAFA) – Palestine’
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Likely freeze in Israel's defense budget is a victory for protesters – Ha'aretz
The HinduLikely freeze in Israel’s defense budget is a victory for protesters
Ha'aretz
Leaders of the tent protests could chalk up another victory in addition to the establishment of the Trajtenberg Committee: a freeze of the defense budget. …
Israel ministry OKs 1600 new East Jerusalem housing unitsLos Angeles Times
Israel Allows Controversial ConstructionWall Street Journal
Israel Approves New Housing in East JerusalemNew York Times
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Israel Approves New Housing in East Jerusalem
The approval of a 1,600-apartment complex could undercut efforts to salvage Middle East peace talks.
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Israel backs 1,600 settler homes
Israel gives final approval for the controversial building of 1,600 settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem.
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Israel to OK 4300 new flats in east Jerusalem – New Straits Times
Times LIVEIsrael to OK 4300 new flats in east Jerusalem
New Straits Times
JERUSALEM: Israel’s interior minister gave final authorization to build 1600 apartments in disputed east Jerusalem and will approve 2700 more in days, officials said Thursday, detailing a plan that could complicate diplomatic efforts to dissuade …
American congressman: US economic woes won’t affect IsraelJerusalem Post
Obama and Bibi talk peace and securityJewish Telegraphic Agency
Israel to build thousands of new housing units in East JerusalemHa'aretz
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Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsAPNewsBreak: Israel, Arabs, back nuke meeting
VIENNA (AP) – Israel and Arab nations have tentatively accepted an invitation by the U.N. nuclear agency to discuss a Middle East free of atomic arms, in correspondence shared with The Associated Press.
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Column One: Obamas only policy
It says a lot about Obama, that eight months after the first rebellion broke in Tunisia, his sole Middle East policy involves attacking Israel.
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Nivea, Never Again
I guess Nivea see us as the wrinkle of the Middle East
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The coming Palestinian statehood – Reuters Blogs (blog)
Telegraph.co.ukThe coming Palestinian statehood
Reuters Blogs (blog)
That’s bad news for Israel, because one of the most popular causes across the Middle East is a more genuine and vigorous defense of Palestinians. The Arab world’s uprisings have had virtually nothing to do with Israel. They are spontaneous expressions …
With Palestinian statehood bid looming, Israel offers concession to restart talksChristian Science Monitor
Revival of Middle East peace talks? Israel softens stance over 1967 bordersNew York Daily News
PM would accept pre-’67 lines as baseline for talksJerusalem Post
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EU statement shows split among diplomatic middlemen
Analysis: Unlike Quartet, EU ministers emerged with a statement on the Middle East ‘
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Upper East Side Inferno
Last Monday, a ferocious four-alarm fire all but destroyed the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun synagogue on East 85th Street on the upper East Side in Manhattan. The blaze broke out at 8:30 pm. Originally constructed in 1901, the synagogue has been closed since May for renovations scheduled for September completion. Thank God, the synagogue’s religious artifacts [...]
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Firefighters put out blaze at New York synagogue
Five lightly injured in conflagration at Kehilath Jeshurun temple on Upper East Side; structure seriously damaged.
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Foto Friday Tel Aviv Water War 2011
Every community has its traditions that stand convention on its head. Crunchy granola hippies have Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Educated Ivy Leaguers have International Talk Like A Pirate Day. And here in the arid, sun-parched Middle East, on the first July of the year, Tel Aviv holds its annual Water War. For seven years [...]