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In a first since Israel's pullout from Gaza last summer, Israeli tanks and infantry have taken up positions on the Egypt-Gaza border as the army broadened its search for arms smuggling tunnels.Israel made 'no serious offer' on prisoner swap: Hamas AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 18 8:41 AM
Palestinian interior minister Said Siam insisted that Israel had made "no serious offer" on the release of Palestinian prisoners it holds in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier.Israel searches Gaza-Egypt border AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 18 8:18 AM
The Israeli army broadened its search for smuggling tunnels along the Egypt-Gaza border Wednesday, taking up positions along the frontier for the first time since Israel withdrew its troops from the coastal strip last summer.Between Syria and Israel, a strategic breakthrough for peace is possible The Christian Science Monitor - Oct 18 2:35 PM
The US should reengage with Damascus, pushing Israel toward peace. Israel stocks rise; Teva declines as CEO plans to retire Market Watch - Oct 18 11:28 AM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Israel stocks finished higher, shrugging off a nearly 3% drop in Teva, after the pharmaceutical producer said its president and chief executive would retire in 2007. Israel Searches Gaza-Egypt Border ABC News - Oct 18 8:48 AM
Israel Takes Up Positions on Gaza-Egypt Border for First Time Since PulloutPM Harper tells B'nai Brith dinner that government fully supports Israel CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Oct 18 5:48 PM
TORONTO (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he cannot and will not be neutral in dealing with terrorists, and therefore Israel has his government's full support.Harper defends support of Israel during war CTV.ca - Oct 18 5:56 PM
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has defended his staunch support of Israel's war against Hezbollah militants, in front of a receptive audience of B'nai Brith Canada members.Israel Broadens Push Into Gaza Arab News - Oct 18 4:13 PM
GAZA CITY, 19 October 2006 Israel broadened its push into the Gaza Strip and its tanks and infantry took up positions on the Egypt-Gaza border yesterday, killing two Palestinian fighters and surrounding the Rafah border terminal.Russia, Israel, discuss Iran's nuclear program Fox21 - Oct 18 4:05 PM
MOSCOW At a Kremlin meeting, Israel's prime minister has called on Russia to use its influence to help resolve the standoff over Iran's nuclear program.Israel To Allow Palestinian Student To Enter To Study Nasdaq - Oct 18 9:34 AM
JERUSALEM (AP)--A doctoral student of chemistry from the West Bank should be allowed to attend the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Israeli Supreme Court recommended Wednesday, after hearing an appeal against a blanket ban on the entry of Palestinian university students to Israel.Israel Sex Cases Defy Machismo of the Warrior New York Times - 19 minutes ago
The womanizing that used to be considered part of Israeli leaders' mystique is now a crime.Congressman Steve Israel's Common Sense campaign Massapequa Post - Oct 18 6:29 PM
Congressman Steve Israel believes rising costs on Long Island are the result of having the wrong priorities, which he says can be alleviated by his common sense approach to government.Israel threatens massive Gaza ground assault AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 17 11:17 AM
Israel has ratcheted up threats of a massive ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, amid an ongoing war of words with the ruling Hamas movement which has vowed to teach the army a harsh lesson.Israel Sex Cases Defy Machismo of the Warrior New York Times - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
As changes in Israeli law and society are increasing the rights of women, the womanizing that used to be part of a leader?s mystique is now a crime.2 Palestinians killed as Israel broadens push into Gaza USA Today - Oct 18 5:40 PM
For the first time since its pullout from Gaza a year ago, Israeli tanks and infantry took up positions on the Egypt-Gaza border Wednesday, killing two Palestinian gunmen as the army broadened its search for arms smuggling tunnels.Israel high court challenges Palestinian entry ban AlertNet - Oct 18 8:13 AM
Source: Reuters By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Israel's High Court urged the army on Wednesday to reconsider its denial of entry to a Palestinian woman who wants to study at an Israeli ... Israel searches Gaza-Egypt border Syracuse.com - Oct 18 8:43 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) The Israeli army broadened its search for smuggling tunnels along the Egypt-Gaza border Wednesday, taking up positions along the frontier for the first time since Israel withdrew its troops from the coastal strip last summer.Sergei Ivanov to visit Israel Interfax - Oct 18 7:37 AM
MOSCOW. Oct 18 (Interfax) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has invited Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov to visit Israel. Olmert extended the invitation at a meeting in Moscow. Ivanov accepted the invitation and said he had never been to the Middle East.Olmert: Iranian Threat is Israel s Primary Concern Israel National News - Oct 18 4:04 PM
(IsraelNN.com) During a joint press conference in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated the Iranian threat is Israel s primary problem.Israel Returns to Gaza-Egypt Border Crosswalk.com - Oct 18 3:45 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israeli forces are back in the border area between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, searching for weapons smuggling tunnels for the first time since Israel left the area last year, the army said on Wednesday.Politics put off MPs' trip to Israel CNews - Oct 18 12:18 PM
An MPs' educational junket to Israel has been postponed amid a raging political storm touched off by Liberal leadership frontrunner Michael Ignatieff.Russian Defense Ministers may visit Israel RosBusinessConsulting - Oct 18 9:05 AM
RBC, 18.10.2006, Moscow 19:52:50. Russian Deputy Prime Minister / Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov would be pleased to visit to Israel, he said in answer to an invitation Israeli PM Ehud Olmert extended to him during today's meeting in Moscow.'Minor' glitches delay Israel pullout from Lebanese village: UN AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 17 6:37 AM
The United Nations has said a "few minor technical issues" are due to be settled soon to allow Israel to heed demands for a pullout from the Lebanese side of the border village of Gajar.Israel wants Russian help with Iran AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 18 12:28 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appealed to Russia on Wednesday to help block Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, but Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the visiting Israeli leader no public reassurances.Israel seen lifting nuclear veil in Iran stand-off Tiscali - Oct 18 8:39 AM
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - In October 1973, with its forces battling to repel invasions by Egypt and Syria, Israel did what had previously been unthinkable: It briefly wheeled its nuclear-capable Jericho-1 missiles out of their secret silos.Putin: Russia, Israel have trusting relations Interfax - Oct 18 4:26 AM
MOSCOW. Oct 18 (Interfax) - The atmosphere in Russian-Israeli relations has improved, Russia President Vladimir Putin said. "Relations between Russia and Israel are in an absolutely new state, becoming a lot more trusting," Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in the Kremlin on Wednesday.Israel again threatens to intensify Gaza offensive AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 17 4:34 AM
Israel has again warned that it would up its offensive in the Gaza Strip, a day after the ruling Islamist Hamas movement threatened to teach the Israeli army a "lesson it will not forget".Israel's concern over Russian arms sales to Syria, Iran groundless -expert Interfax - Oct 18 3:42 AM
MOSCOW. Oct 18 (Interfax-AVN) - Israel's concern about the sale of Russian weapons to Syria and Iran are groundless, Academy of Geopolitical Problems Vice President Col. Gen. Leonid Ivashov told Interfax-AVN.Russia, Israel, discuss Iran's nuclear program NewsChannel 10 Amarillo - Oct 18 4:41 AM
MOSCOW At a Kremlin meeting, Israel's prime minister has called on Russia to use its influence to help resolve the standoff over Iran's nuclear program. Prime Minister Ehud...Israel Probes Naval Missile Defense Failure by Staff Writers Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2006 Space War - Oct 17 7:08 PM
An Israel Navy inquiry into the Hezbollah missile strike on an advanced Israeli warship in July has recommended against penalizing senior officers on the vessel, the Jerusalem post reported Monday.WAR & TERROR DIGEST: Saddam says witnesses try to aid Israel The Charlotte Observer - Oct 18 12:11 AM
Saddam Hussein accused prosecution witnesses in his genocide trial Tuesday of sowing division for the benefit of Israel after they testified that his regime's forces detained Kurds in camps where hundreds died of malnutrition.Israel PM interested in meeting with Palestine leader soon Russian Information Agency Novosti - Oct 18 6:35 AM
MOSCOW, October 18 (RIA Novosti) - Israel's prime minister said Wednesday he is interested in meeting with the president of the Palestinian National Authority as soon as possible.Prominent American figures reflect on what Israel means to them Cleveland Jewish News - Oct 18 6:50 AM
What Israel Means to Me. By Alan Dershowitz. John Wiley & Sons. Hoboken, N.J. 2006. 368 pp. $25.95. Jews have often been the target of the strange charge of dual loyalty, especially since the birth of the state of Israel (1948).October 15, 2006 Sunday School Lesson/Samuel Prays For Israel The Robesonian - Oct 18 6:48 AM
One of the spiritually low points in Israel's history was when God's children were dominated by the Philistines who removed the Ark of the Covenant into their own territory.Former rebel group in south Sudan denies relations with Israel People's Daily - Oct 18 4:24 AM
A former rebel group in south Sudan which signed a peace agreement with the Sudanese government last year has denied that it had built secret ties with Israel, local daily al-Sudani reported on Wednesday.Lawmaker fears wanning interest in Israel The Daily Free Press - Oct 18 6:58 AM
Israeli legislator Effie Eitam said last night he fears Jews have lost the will to fight for Israel and asked an audience of 50 at Boston University's Hillel House to remember why the state was founded almost 60 years ago. Jews with a Cause invited Eitam, a former member of the Israeli cabinet, retired Brigadier General and Israeli history expert, to share his personal history and view of Israeli Israel warns against academic boycott Cleveland Jewish News - Oct 18 6:49 AM
(JTA) - Israel's education minister warned her British counterpart against a boycott of Israeli universities. The Guardian reported that Yuli Tamir told Alan Johnson on Monday that such a boycott would have a tremendously dangerous impact on international academia.Israel stocks lower; Hapoalim and banks decline Market Watch - Oct 17 12:13 PM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Israel stocks closed mixed to lower on Tuesday, with the tech sector's key index eking out a gain but most other benchmarks finishing well into the red. Serving up a daily diet of news for Bible-believing Israel-lovers hungry for Israel-related news from an Israel-savvy Jerusalem Newswire - Oct 18 5:48 AM
Reports out of Rome revealed Wednesday that the pro-Arab regime of Italian Prime Minister Romana Prodi has chosen to actively support Lebanon against Israel.PM Olmert: Israel Will Not Tolerate a Nuclear Enemy Israel National News - Oct 18 7:19 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated today that Israel would not tolerate a situation in which a state such as Iran is in possession of nuclear weapons. A nuclear Iran, Olmert told Russian President Vladimir Putin, is at the top of Israel's security agenda.Israel Faces Stark Election Choice, With Dove Favored To Lead Labor Party The New York Sun - Oct 17 10:18 PM
If Ami Ayalon leads Israel's Labor Party into the next election, voters will face the starkest election choice in the nation's history. His vision includes surrendering parts of Jerusalem and most of Judea and Samaria, along with handing control of Israel's holy places to international control. To achieve these goals he will bypass the Palestinian Arabs, if need be, and create an "axis of Honoring Israel with support and song Quad-City Times - Oct 17 10:24 PM
Members of the evangelical and Jewish communities will unite Thursday night in a spirit of support for Israel during the third annual A Night to Honor Israel.Manufacturer sent 100,000 toys to Israel during war Canadian Jewish News - Oct 18 5:20 AM
TORONTO - This past summer, when Katyusha rockets were raining down on northern Israel and Qassam rockets were falling in the Negev, forcing families to huddle in shelters, Ronnen Harary decided to bring joy to Israeli children by giving them what all kids love and what he was in a perfect position to provide: toys.The Weight of the World on Israel The New York Sun - Oct 17 10:11 PM
Since Israel's establishment in May 1948, the world's preoccupation with the country has been far greater than its size, influence, or global role would merit. For decades now, hardly a day has passed without some mention in the international press of this tiny nation, the size of Vermont, whose sevenmillion-strong population is smaller than the Middle Eastern cities of Cairo, Tehran, and Maryland Statewide Candidates to Appear Sunday at B'nai Israel Forum [Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Oct 18 8:37 AM
> Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley, the Democratic nominee for governor of Maryland; Kristen Cox, secretary of the Maryland Department of Disabilities and the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor; and U.S. Representative Benjamin Cardin, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, are scheduled to appear Sunday, Oct. 22, at a candidates' forum at B'nai Israel Congregation in Rockville.Israel's Olmert raises Iran in Kremlin talks Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 18 5:20 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he had raised concerns about Iran's nuclear program in talks on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Israel warns of a massive Gaza assault Gulf Times - Oct 18 12:41 AM
JERUSALEM: Israel yesterday ratcheted up threats of a massive ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, amid an ongoing war of words with the ruling Hamas movement which has vowed to teach the army a harsh lesson.Ignatieff, Liberals must wait as Israel trip postponed CBC - Oct 17 5:06 PM
The Jewish group that had invited Michael Ignatieff and other Liberal leadership hopefuls on a trip to Israel has pushed back the visit until after the party picks a new chief.Canadian Liberals Put Off Visit to Israel Israel National News - Oct 18 3:20 AM
(IsraelNN.com) A controversial leader of the Canadian Liberal party has been forced to put off a planned three-day visit to Israel with other Liberal Members of Parliament because of fears that his presence in the Jewish state would rekindle sparks over his charges that Israel was guilty of war crimes in the war against Hizbullah terrorists.Jewish group calls off Ignatieff's mid-leadership trip to Israel CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Oct 17 4:24 PM
OTTAWA (CP) - Michael Ignatieff's attempt to douse controversy over his views on Middle East conflict were stymied Tuesday when his invitation to visit Israel was postponed until after the Liberal leadership race.Israel great for Raptor winnipegsun.com - Oct 17 11:33 PM
TORONTO -- Anthony Parker cherishes the five years he spent living and playing basketball in Israel -- the number on his jersey says as much. Parker wears 18 for the Toronto Raptors, a number that represents the Jewish symbol for life.Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Hosts the Interactive Life in Motion Movement Disorders Experience Center to [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 18 4:00 AM
The Beth Israel Medical Deaconess Medical Center and WE MOVE Worldwide Education and Awareness of Movement Disorders) have partnered to bring a free, public, interactive exhibit, the Life in Motion Movement Disorders Experience Center, to BIDMC in order to educate Bostonians about movement disorders and their symptoms, and to provide suggestions to help people work with their healthcare FIBA lifts Israel home ban Haaretz Daily - Oct 17 8:30 PM
Three months after banning international games in Israel in the wake of the Lebanon war, basketball's governing authority FIBA confirmed yesterday that Israel could once again host games in the country.Israel using combat drones in Gaza incursion World Tribune - Oct 17 11:55 AM
GAZA CITY The Israel Air Force is using unmanned combat aerial vehicles in the military operation in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said. The sources said Israel used UCAVs to fire air-to-ground missiles at insurgency targets in the Gaza Strip at least twice over the weekend.Israel's president in deep trouble Crikey - Oct 17 8:03 PM
Australia went through a period of awkwardness when then Governor-General Peter Hollingworth was accused of having covered up sexual abuse in the Anglican church. But that's nothing compared to what Israel is now going through with its head of state.Israel Electric Experimenting With Pre Paid Plan Israel National News - Oct 17 8:49 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Israel Electric Company is experimenting with a pre paid plan which entails the installation of a special pre-paid electric meter in the home of private customers. The project is now being tested in Eilat, and officials indicate it will be working its way to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.Israel police abuzz over sex toy theft AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 18 8:08 AM
Israeli police say they are on the lookout for 40 vibrators and a 200-dollar dildo after thieves plundered the automobile of a noted sexologist in Tel Aviv.Israel not ignoring leadership wrongs AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 16 1:01 PM
The legal troubles of President Moshe Katsav are a sign of the changing times in Israel, where accusations of sexual wrongdoing by the nation's leaders were once shrugged off or ignored altogether.Israel's troubled president skips parliament's opening / Police recommend indictment on rape, misconduct charges San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 17 3:51 AM
Israel's president, dogged by rape allegations and calls to step down, sat out the opening of parliament's winter session Monday after police recommended that he be indicted. Some members of parliament had threatened to boycott or stay in their seats... Israel PM to discuss Iran, Mideast problems with Russia FM Itar-Tass - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
MOSCOW, October 19 (Itar-Tass) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday to discuss the developments around the Iranian nuclear problem and the situation in the Middle East.Harper tells B nai Brith dinner that government fully supports Israel Canada.com - 58 minutes ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at an annual awards dinner of the B'Nai Brith in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. TORONTO Prime Minister Stephen Harper mounted a vigorous defence on Wednesday of his government s Middle East policy.Israel's president stays out of spotlight amid allegations Boston Globe - Oct 17 2:25 AM
JERUSALEM -- Israel's president, dogged by rape allegations and calls to step down, sat out the opening of the parliament's winter session yesterday after police recommended he be indicted.Intel plans to expand workforce in Israel Geek.com - Oct 17 12:09 PM
Amidst a massive streak of layoffs in the next year, Intel intends to significantly expand its workforce in Israel. Much ado has been made about the recently announced layoffs of some 10,000 Intel employees, representing approximately 10% of its global workforce (see our coverage ). Despite decimating its workforce elsewhere, Intel expects to hire some 1,500 new employees in its Israeli Palestinian rivals lock horns over unity cabinet AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 18 10:57 AM
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and the ruling Hamas movement were at loggerheads again over forming a unity cabinet as Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip claimed more lives.Counsellor of Palestine Mission to UN: Israel Denies Palestinian Natural Human Rights Palestine News Agency - Oct 17 2:19 PM
NEW YORK, October 17, 2006 (WAFA) - Counsellor of Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, Nadya Rasheed, said that the Palestinian people have been subjected to Israel's occupation of their land and denial of their natural and inalienable human rights.Weapons Smuggling Into Gaza 'Uncontrollable,' Israel Says Crosswalk.com - Oct 17 4:44 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israel is trying to prevent a Hamas military build-up in the Gaza Strip similar to that of Hizballah in Lebanon, but it has received little help in stopping the weapons smuggling under the Egyptian-Gaza border, Israeli officials said.US commends Lebanon for its efforts on UN resolution AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 18 12:26 PM
The United States commended Lebanon for its application of the UN resolution which brought an end to the 34-day conflict between Israel and Shiite Hezbollah fighters.Mysterious wounds point to Israel's use of new weapon Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 18 1:40 PM
DOCTORS in Gaza have reported previously unseen injuries from Israeli weapons that cause severe burning and leave deep internal wounds, often resulting in amputations or death. -Israeli machismo slams into the law International Herald Tribune - Oct 18 12:50 PM
For decades, rumors that some of Israel's top military officers and government ministers considered sexual encounters with female employees a seigneurial right were widely tolerated. But the ground is shifting rapidly.Israel wants Lebanon talks but not Syria AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 16 7:46 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday invited the Lebanese prime minister to begin peace talks following Israel's recent war against Hezbollah guerrillas, but Olmert ruled out peace talks with Syria at the present time, saying President Bashar Assad isn't a suitable negotiating partner.Israel invites Lebanon to peace talks AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 16 7:42 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday invited the Lebanese prime minister to begin peace talks following Israel's recent war against Hezbollah guerrillas.Israel says Syria continues to arm Hezbollah Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 16 7:25 AM
Israel accused Syria on Monday of continuing to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon in violation of a United Nations-backed ceasefire and said it might take military action if the shipments didn't stop.Israelis Kill 2 Palestinians in Gaza ABC News - Oct 18 6:32 PM
2 Palestinians Killed As Israel Broadens Push Into GazaIsrael Requena The Plain Dealer - 15 minutes ago
© 2006 The Plain Dealer. Used with permission. Receive 2 weeks FREE delivery of The Plain Dealer for complete Browns coverage! Sign up now!Think Again: Israel vs. Hezbollah Foreign Policy Magazine - Oct 17 1:24 AM
No. Israel did not decisively win the war against Hezbollah, but nor did it lose. The goal of the Israeli operation was to force Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon and to weaken the militia s capabilities considerably. In both of these objectives, Israel succeeded.U.N. force only protects Israel: top Shi'ite cleric Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 16 5:34 AM
Lebanon's top Shi'ite Muslim cleric said on Monday a reinforced international force on the Lebanese border was only there to protect Israel.Israel threatens huge offensive News 24 South Africa - Oct 17 11:22 AM
Israel has ratcheted up threats of a massive ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, despite Hamas vowing to teach the army a harsh lesson.Israel threatens massive Gaza ground assault Mail and Guardian - Oct 17 8:07 AM
Israel on Tuesday ratcheted up threats of a massive ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, amid an ongoing war of words with the ruling Hamas movement, which has vowed to teach the army a harsh lesson.Israel kills 9 Palestinians in Gaza Mail and Guardian - Oct 17 8:07 AM
Israel killed nine Palestinians, at least three of them Hamas militants, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, pressing a nearly four-month offensive launched after a soldier was abducted, witnesses said.Israeli court urges ban lift BBC News - Oct 18 12:52 PM
Israel's High Court urges the army to allow a Palestinian student access to Israel to pursue her university studies.Israel's president retreats in face of sex offence claims Belfast Telegraph - Oct 17 4:31 AM
Israel's President Moshe Katsav cancelled his scheduled appearance at the opening of the Knesset yesterday in the wake of a police report recommending his indictment for rape and other sexual offences, along with a string of other charges.REPORT: ISRAEL MILITARY REFUSED TO FIGHT WAR Middle East Newsline - Oct 17 4:29 AM
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military, refusing to treat the 34-day battle with Hizbullah as a war, kept its commanders away from the front and sent soldiers on poorly-planned missions in Lebanon.Report: Terminally Ill Boy Died After Disney Ride WKMG Local6.com via Yahoo! News - Oct 18 4:27 AM
A terminally ill boy from Israel died after riding the Walt Disney Ride Space Mountain in August, according to a report released Wednesday.Israel Steps Up Gaza Incursion Voice of America - Oct 18 6:19 AM
At least four Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip as Israeli troops, backed by tanks, stepped up their offensive operations in the territory. Wednesday's Gaza incursion follows an Israeli military operation, Tuesday in the West Bank, in which five Palestinians were killed.Israel's PM rejects talks with Syria, but urges Lebanese leader to come to Fox21 - Oct 17 2:51 AM
JERUSALEM Israel's leader is rejecting peace talks with Syria -- though he'd be happy to chat with Lebanese officials.Israel Not Ignoring Leadership Wrongs ABC News - Oct 16 1:18 PM
Accusations of Sexual Wrongdoing by Top Officials No Longer Ignored in IsraelIsrael Takes Up Positions On Gaza-Egypt Border KGO-TV Bay Area - Oct 18 9:20 AM
The Israeli army broadened its search for smuggling tunnels along the Egypt-Gaza border Wednesday.Israel Cancer Association: Thousands Diagnosed Each Year Israel National News - Oct 17 8:19 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Some 23,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed annually, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Israel Cancer Association in anticipation of its annual door to door fund-raising campaign.UN: Israel's investment potential unfulfilled Globes Online - Oct 17 3:15 AM
Israel placed 23rd for attractiveness, but 63rd in fulfillment of its potential.Corruption trial of top Israel lawmaker opens AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 17 9:44 AM
The corruption trial of Tzahi Hanegbi, a top Israeli lawmaker and close ally of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, has opened behind closed doors in Jerusalem, judicial sources said.Nobel winner doubts Israel's survival Haaretz Daily - Oct 17 3:45 AM
Professor Robert (Yisrael) Aumann, the Israeli-American scholar who won the Nobel Prize for economics last year, said this week that Israel may not be capable of continuing to exist in the long-term.Life s good for Jews of Bahrain as long as they don t visit Israel JTA - Oct 18 3:33 PM
MANAMA, Bahrain, Oct. 18 (JTA) If you want to find the only synagogue in the Arabian Gulf, come to Bahrain a tiny desert kingdom linked to Saudi Arabia by the 15-mile King Fahd Causeway.Teva Announces New Leadership AP via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 18 10:27 AM
Israeli generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced Wednesday that its president and chief executive, Israel Makov, will retire next year as part of a planned succession move.Serving up a daily diet of news for Bible-believing Israel-lovers hungry for Israel-related news from an Israel-savvy Jerusalem Newswire - Oct 17 2:18 AM
Spurred on by Hizb'allah's successful baiting and bleeding of Israel, Syria is now focusing on developing a two-to-three front war of attrition against the Jewish state.UN force only protects Israel: top Shia cleric Gulf Times - Oct 17 1:11 AM
BEIRUT: Lebanon s top Shia cleric said yesterday a reinforced international force on the Lebanese border was only there to protect Israel.Israel in nuclear talks with Russia The Scotsman - Oct 18 4:08 AM
ISRAELI Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, was set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin today, a visit expected to be dominated by talks over Iran's nuclear programme.Serving up a daily diet of news for Bible-believing Israel-lovers hungry for Israel-related news from an Israel-savvy Jerusalem Newswire - Oct 17 12:19 AM
Egypt, which has long believed that a make-believe peace-seeking Palestinian Authority will successfully ambush Israel into a trap that will see it destroyed, messaged Hamas Monday saying the terror group had to get out of the way and allow a PA without Hamas to continue to negotiate land-for- peace with the Jewish state.News in brief Guardian Unlimited - Oct 18 5:45 PM
Hamas militants killed as Israel widens Gaza push | Litigation fears bring halt to playground games | Oliver Stone plans film on Afghanistan invasionTwo Palestinians killed as Israel broadens push into Gaza Fox21 - Oct 18 4:05 PM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Two Palestinians have been killed as Israeli tanks and infantry pushed deeper into the southern Gaza Strip this morning in search of smuggling tunnels.