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U.S. Gas Giant Works to Avoid Israel Electric Shortage   5.17.12 

Noble Energy is to hook up two small natural gas fields to Israel's central gas supply to avoid electricity shortages over the summer due to the cutoff in Egyptian supplies. >> MORE

Shapiro: US Military Ready for Iran Strike, If Needed   5.17.12

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said this week his nation's military is ready to execute "the military option" on Iran's nuclear program if need be. >> MORE

School Suspended after Row over Anti-Jewish Curriculum   5.17.12

The Toronto District School Board suspended a permit issued to the Islamic Shia Study Center, which operated the East End Madrassah out of a Toronto high school, after the center was found to be using teaching materials that disparaged Jews and encouraged boys to keep fit for jihad. >> MORE

Abbas swears in new Palestinian Authority Cabinet   5.17.12

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a new Cabinet, in a move that could spell the end of a Fatah-Hamas unity government. >> MORE

Putin Said Israel Would Take Care of Iran   5.17.12 

Don't worry about Iran, Israel will take care of it, former Spanish president Jose Maria Aznar quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as telling him a number of years ago. >> MORE

Parliamentarian Denounces PA Corruption   5.17.12 

The deputy speaker of the Palestinian parliament, Hasan Khreishah, says, "Corruption in the Palestinian Authority is more widespread than in the past." >> MORE

"Khamenei Told Me that Israel Must Be Burned to the Ground"    5.17.12 

Israel has, for years, cautioned against Iran's intentions and the dangers of its nuclear ambitions, but on Wednesday former Spanish president Jose Maria Aznar gave the world yet another reason to heed those warnings. >> MORE

Israeli troops fire at Palestinians near Gaza border    5.17.12

Israeli troops fired at armed Palestinians who came too close to the border fence with Gaza despite warnings. >> MORE

Israeli forces raze structures at two outposts    5.17.12

Israel Defense Forces troops, Border Guard forces and police razed a building late Wednesday night at the Ramat Migron outpost, and then razed other structures at the Oz Zion outpost located nearby, according to reports. >> MORE

Israeli Company Wins Finnish Mini UAV Bid   5.17.12  

Finland's Ministry of Defense has selected Israeli company Aeronautics for a 20-year program to equip, train and support tactical ground forces in the use of the company's Orbiter II mini UAV. >> MORE

Iran Boasts of End to US-Israeli Alliance    5.17.12

An Iranian newspaper tied to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei recently boasted that the U.S. has "rejected" Israel over the past three months. >> MORE

Ex-Mossad chief to international community: Sanctions only way to halt Iran's nuclear program    5.17.12

Meir Dagan outlines four steps international community should take to stop nuclear program in a Wall Street Journal article co-authored with former intelligence and former diplomats. >> MORE

Celebrating Jerusalem and its 'Watchmen on the Walls'    5.17.12

Forty-five years ago on Sunday (May 20^th), Israel, in a war of defense against neighboring Jordan and other Arab states, reunified the city of Jerusalem under Jewish rule for the first time in nearly 2,000 years. >> MORE

Abbas' ridiculous claim of Israeli ethnic cleansing   5.16.12

Israel's "moderate" Palestinian peace partner Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday marked the "catastrophe" (Nakba) of Israel's modern rebirth by publicly claiming that the Jews are trying to ethnically cleanse Jerusalem of its Arab population. If that is true, then Israel is the absolute worst practitioner of ethnic cleansing in history. >> MORE

ABUNDANT FRUIT HARVEST IN ISRAEL   5.16.12

Israel is enjoying a bountiful cherry season thanks to a frigid winter that helped trees "sleep" before waking up in the spring to yield approximately 6,500 tons. >> MORE

AHMADINEJAD SAYS ISRAEL IS NOTHING MORE THAN A MOSQUITO TO IRAN   5.16.12

Ahead of upcoming nuclear talks, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad downplayed the threat Israel poses to Iran, comparing it to an annoying bug. >> MORE

IDF Intelligence: Assad's Fate Is Sealed, Hizbullah Is Strengthening in South Lebanon   5.16.12

IDF Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi made a secret visit two weeks ago to Washington and to UN headquarters in New York, where he discussed the Iranian nuclear program, the Syria crisis and Hizbullah's increasing power in Lebanon, a senior Israeli official has said. >> MORE

IDF to Boost Surveillance on Jordanian Border   5.16.12  

An advanced surveillance system is to be deployed along the border with Jordan as Israeli defense officials fear growing infiltration attempts. >> MORE

IOC Rejects Silence for Munich Victims at London Olympics   5.16.12

The International Olympic Committee has rejected an Israeli call for a minute's silence at the London Games to mark the 40th anniversary of the Munich terrorist attack in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed. >> MORE

ISRAEL LETS GAZA EXPORT CLOTHES AFTER A LONG BREAK   5.16.12

Israel allowed on Monday the export of Palestinian-made clothes from the Gaza Strip for the first time in at least five years. >> MORE

Israel: Palestinians Should Direct Anger at Their Own Leaders   5.16.12

Rather than demonstrating against Israel, the Palestinians should be directing their "Nakba Day" anger at the extremist Palestinian leadership that 64 years ago rejected any accommodation, Prime Minister Netanyahu's spokesman Mark Regev said Tuesday. >> MORE

Israel to Send Fighter Jets for Joint Exercises in U.S.   5.16.12

The Israeli Air Force is soon to send fighter jets to take part in joint military exercises in the U.S., Israel Channel 2 TV reported Tuesday. >> MORE

Israeli Group Wins $323 Million Suit in U.S. Against Iran and Syria for Restaurant Bombing   5.16.12

A U.S. court awarded a $323 million judgment against Iran and Syria for supporting Palestinian militants that killed an American teenager and ten others in a 2006 bombing, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of the Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, that represents victims of Palestinian violence, said Tuesday. >> MORE

Nakba Day Defanged   5.16.12

On May 15, "Nakba Day" demonstrations were limited to the West Bank. Bassem Eid, a Palestinian human rights worker, attributed the relative calm to the state of Palestinian society, which he described as frustrated, fractured, tired and hopeless. >> MORE

PA ARAB WHO SOLD HEVRON PROPERTY TO JEWS IN LIFE-THREATENING DANGER   5.16.12

Israel's Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara said Tuesday that there was a serious threat to the life of Muhammad Abu Shahala, the Palestinian Authority Arab who arranged the sale of property in Hevron to Jews. >> MORE

Palestinians Riot on Nakba Day   5.16.12

One Israeli soldier, three border policemen and 270 Palestinians were lightly hurt, mostly from tear gas inhalation, in clashes in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem Tuesday as Palestinians marked the "Nakba," meaning "catastrophe," their loss to Israel in 1948. >> MORE

Queers Against Israeli Apartheid to return to Toronto Pride parade this year   5.16.12

The activist group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid plans to return to the Pride parade this summer, raising the possibility of another battle over whether to provide city money to the major gay festival. >> MORE

Turkey suspects dead bird is Israeli spy   5.16.12

Turkish media this week reported that local authorities have been inspecting the carcass of a dead bird as a suspected Israeli spy. >> MORE

Abbas Rejects Netanyahu's Proposal to Renew Peace Talks   5.15.12 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer to resume negotiations without preconditions, prolonging the long-standing impasse in the peace process. >> MORE

Administrative Detention in the West Bank   5.15.12

Administrative detention is a lawful security measure allowing the deprivation of a person's liberty for a limited time. >> MORE

Details of Understanding Reached between Israel and Security Prisoners Security prisoners'   5.15.12

Understandings Regarding the Halt to the Involvement in Terrorist Activity by Security Prisoners in Israel and the Conditions under Which They are Being Held >> MORE

EU ministers slam Israel for threatening viability of two-state solution   5.15.12

European Union foreign ministers at a meeting in Brussels slammed Israel for threatening the viability of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. >> MORE

Hamas calls for kidnapping Israeli soldiers   5.15.12

Hamas's spokesman in Gaza's Khan Younis Hammad al-Ruqab called on Tuesday on Palestinians to kidnap Israeli soldiers to use as bargaining chips in prisoner exchanges, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported. >> MORE

Israel to Return Bodies of 100 Palestinian Terrorists   5.15.12 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided on Monday to return 100 bodies of Palestinian terrorists buried in Israel to the Palestinian Authority. >> MORE

Many winners, few losers in deal to end Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike   5.15.12

Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are each playing their cards to preserve the relative silence in Gaza and the West Bank. >> MORE

Nakba Day marked with rioting, rock throwing and rally   5.15.12

Some Palestinians marked Nakba Day with riots and rock throwing, while a rally in Ramallah drew thousands and later turned violent. >> MORE

Palestinian Prisoners End Hunger Strike  

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails agreed on Monday to end a mass hunger strike after winning concessions from Israel to improve their conditions, the Israel Security Agency announced. >> MORE 

Israel, Palestinians sign deal to end hunger strike   5.15.12

Israel and Palestinian security prisoners signed a deal to end a 28-day hunger strike by the inmates on Monday. >> MORE

Knesset committee rejects law to annex settlements   5.15.12

A bill aimed at applying Israeli law on West Bank settlements was rejected by a Knesset committee. >> MORE

Minister's idea to cut electricity to Gaza before Israel is ignored   5.15.12

Israel's Cabinet ignored a suggestion by the environmental protection minister to cut the electricity supply to Gaza rather than have rolling blackouts in Israel. >> MORE

Oil drilling near Haifa halted   5.15.12

Oil drilling in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Haifa was frozen as the investment partners prepare to put a new oil rig in place. >> MORE

Social protest rallies held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem   5.14.12

Social protest rallies were held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and three other Israeli cities. >> MORE

Ulpana residents ask Supreme Court to reconsider evacuation order   5.14.12

Two Ulpana residents have asked Israel's Supreme Court to reconsider its evacuation order against the neighborhood on the outskirts of the Beit El settlement in the West Bank. >> MORE

Palestinians rebuff Netanyahu peace overture   5.14.12

The Palestinian Authority on Sunday dismissed a letter from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas suggesting that the two men return to the negotiating table. >> MORE

U.S. Congress Moves to Control Egypt, PA Money   5.14.12 

The House Foreign Operations Appropriations subcommittee approved a foreign aid budget tightening control over money to Egypt and the Palestinians Wednesday. >> MORE

Poll: Israelis Want Peace Negotiations But Don't Believe They Will Succeed   5.14.12 

While 71% of the Israeli public favors holding peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 67% do not believe that negotiations will lead to peace in the coming years, according to the April 2012 Peace Index survey of the Evens Program for Conflict Resolution at Tel Aviv University and the Israel Democracy Institute. >> MORE

 etanyahu to Abbas: Israeli unity cabinet can advance Mideast peace    5.14.12 

The national unity government has created a new opportunity to move the peace process ahead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a letter he sent Abbas on Saturday night. >> MORE

Netanyahu Responds to Palestinian Letter   5.14.12  

Israel and the Palestinian Authority issued a rare joint statement on Saturday, saying they were committed to peace after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched his envoy Isaac Molcho to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. >> MORE

Israeli army: Media paints incomplete picture of terrorist threat   5.14.12

The Israeli army complained in a blog post last week that both the international and the Israeli medias paint a grossly incomplete picture of the terrorist threat facing the Jewish state by regularly ignorning significant security incidents. >> MORE

Israel Navy Commandos Conduct Largest Exercise in Decade   5.14.12 

Last week, Israel Navy commando forces carried out their largest drill in the past decade, together with the Israel Air Force. Soldiers simulated neutralization of an enemy force at sea, ship malfunctions, and evacuation of an injured soldier by helicopter - all within narrow time limits. >> MORE

Aussie Editor Apologizes for Apartheid Headline   5.14.12

HonestReporting critiqued a particularly nasty piece of journalism in The Australian. While the newspaper hasn't addressed the one-sided contents of the article itself, the editor has, at least, apologized for the appalling headline that originally appeared. >> MORE

WWII British report: Hitler developed 'Jewish phobia'   5.13.12

Unknown secret wartime report from 1942 reveals Hitler's unstable mental state as tide was turning in allies' favor. Analysis suggests Hitler's growing fear of defeat, belief he was leading crusade against Jewish people. >> MORE 

Egypt FM: Gaza border crossing to be permanently opened   5.13.12 

Egyptian FM tells Al-Jazeera that preparations are already underway to permanently open Rafah border crossing, which would allow goods and people in and out of Gaza with no Israeli supervision. >> MORE

Ya'alon: Unjust to destroy Ulpana outpost homes   5.12.12 

Speaking at Ness Ziona cultural event Vice premier says a solution must be found to save the 30 Ulpana outpost homes. >> MORE

Thousands gather in TA to jumpstart social justice movement   5.12.12 

At least 5,000 activists rallied in Tel Aviv's central Rabin Square on Saturday in an attempt to reinvigorate last year's social justice movement, of which the largest protest attracted nearly half a million people. >> MORE

Poll: 61% of Egyptians want to cancel Israel treaty   5.12.12 

Six in ten Egyptians want to cancel the peace treaty with Israel, a new poll has found, up from just over half of respondents since last year's survey. >> MORE

Leftists Tour Samaria, And Come Away With a Changed Attitude   5.12.12

Over 500 members of kibbutzim toured Samaria last week, as guests of the "Getting to Know Samaria" program. >> MORE

Israel, PA pledge commitment to peace after Ramallah parley   5.12.12 

Netanyahu's envoy delivers letter to Abbas; J Street's Ben Ami also meets PA president, tells 'Post' that Abbas spoke of need for upfront commitment from Israel that final status agreement would be based on 1967 lines >> MORE

5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Israel   5.11.12

An earthquake rocked Israel on Friday evening, and was felt in areas from northern Israel to central Israel. >> MORE

Palestinian prisoners escalate hunger strike   5.11.12

Hunger-strikers say they'll refuse vitamin supplements, prison clinics; solidarity demonstrations take place across W. Bank. >> MORE

Saudi Clerics Use Social Media to Spread Hate   5.11.12  

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has released "Facebook Fatwa," the first-ever study of what radical Saudi Wahhabists are preaching to their followers about the U.S. and non-Muslims on social media sites. >> MORE

Egypt Seizes Arms Convoy Headed to Sinai   5.11.12 

Egyptian security forces intercepted three trucks carrying weapons en route to Sinai, Ynet learned Thursday. The arms shipment, which included surface-to-surface and anti-tank missiles, as well as RPG rockets, originated from Libya. According to Al-Ahram, Egyptian security forces seized 40 surface-to-surface missiles, 17 RPG rockets, seven assault rifles, surveillance equipment and over 10,000 rounds of ammunition. >> MORE

Iran, Hizbullah Planning More Attacks on Israelis Overseas   5.11.12 

Iran and Hizbullah are plotting attacks against senior IDF officers and official military delegations traveling overseas, a senior IDF officer revealed on Thursday. >> MORE

Israel Seeks Deal with Palestinian Hunger Strikers   5.11.12 

Israel's prison service has offered to ease restrictions on Palestinian prisoners in a bid to end a mass hunger strike, sources told AFP on Thursday. >> MORE

"Moderate" Islamist Egyptian Candidate: Israel an "Enemy," Revise Peace Treaty   5.11.12 

The two top-rated Egyptian presidential candidates battled Thursday in the first televised presidential debate in the nation's history. It featured Amr Moussa, 75, former chief of the Arab League, and Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, 60, considered a moderate Islamist. Aboul Fotouh called Israel an "enemy" of Egypt and promised to revise the peace treaty. >> MORE

"Moderate" Islamist Egyptian Candidate: Israel an "Enemy," Revise Peace Treaty   5.11.12 

Seven years after grounding its planes, Palestinian Airlines was back in business on Wednesday, with an inaugural flight between the Egyptian town of El Arish and Jordan's capital, Amman. >> MORE

US Congress Votes to Tighten Security Ties with Israel   5.11.12

In a nearly unanimous bipartisan vote, the U.S. Congress decided Wednesday to tighten security ties with Israel. >> MORE

U.S. Concerned Netanyahu, Mofaz May Attack Iran   5.11.12

The United States is worried that Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party's joining a unity government with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could result in an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities at any given moment >> MORE

Haniyeh: Hamas will not go to war for Iran   5.11.12

Hamas will not let itself be dragged into a war against Israel if it attacks the nuclear facilities of Hamas ally Iran, Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Thursday. >> MORE