Category Archives: Top 10 News Stories
10/4/11
10/03/11
* Panetta hints US opposed to unilateral action against Iran After meeting with Barak, US defense secretary repeats that countries must work together to prevent Iranian threat to region.
* Israel is the West’s creation for Mideast dominance Iranian president slams “western intolerance for debate over Jewish state’s existence” at “Intifada Conference” in Tehran.
* Israel fears Iran will copy its policy of nuclear ambiguity Defense official tells reporters Iran could continue on current course of enriching uranium without publicly making nuclear weapon.
* Hitler letter offers first glimpse of anti-Semitic passions “The Gemlich letter proves obsessive hatred of Jews more clearly than in his later book ‘Mein Kampf'” says founder of Wiesenthal Center.
* PA Maps Show State that Swallows Up Israel While the PA speaks of the indefensible 1967 “borders” at the UN, its maps tell a different story – one in which Israel no longer exists.
* Erdogan playing with fire Turkey’s recent military moves, rhetoric have shifted from cursing to war games
* Virtual Dead Sea scrolls get more than a million hits in just one week 400,000 Americans visit new website launched by Israel Museum and Google.
* Libya conflict: New offensive on Sirte Forces of the Libyan transitional government have launched a new offensive against the pro-Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte.
* Iraqi Forces Battle Bombers, Gunmen to End Siege Iraqi security forces on Monday killed several suicide bombers and gunmen to rescue hostages seized by insurgents after they attacked a local government compound and a police station in Anbar province.
* Arab Housing Day accentuates Palestinian building boom Palestinian dwellings built this year expected to exceed total dwellings built in Israel in 2010; number of units expected to reach 884,385 in 2011.
10/01/11
09/30/11
09/29/11
09/28/11
09/27/11
09/26/11
* 58 Percent of Jewish Israelis are Religious or Traditionalist Census stats: 33 percent of Jews are religious, another 25 percent see themselves as “traditionalist but not so religious”.
* Israel on New Year: Population of 7,797,400 Central Bureau of Statistics releases data on Israeli population ahead of Jewish New Year. Findings show growth in birth rate and aliyah
* Netanyahu: Abbas Trying to Detour Negotiations Netanyahu on “Meet the Press”: “The Palestinians are trying to get a state without giving Israel peace. That should not succeed.”
* In Mideast Riddle, Turkey Offers Itself as an Answer Not so long ago, the foreign policy of Turkey revolved around a single issue: the divided island of Cyprus.
* Netanyahu terms Erdogan comments ‘outrageous, false’ PM tells Post that Turkish PM’s claims that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians and uses Holocaust to perpetrate victimhood have nothing to do with facts.
* How Putin Arranged His Return to the Presidency The false suspense ended as Dimitry Medvedev announced Putin’s candidacy.
* Abbas Launches “Palestinian Spring” in Ramallah Cheered by thousands, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced the start of “Palestinian Spring” in Ramallah Sunday upon his return from the UN.
* Dead Sea scrolls: Now online Israel’s national museum and the international web giant Google are behind the project, which put five scrolls online Monday.
* App helps travelers speak in foreign languages The translation engine trains itself to determine the most common way a native speaker would say a particular phrase.
* If vultures in danger, ‘entire ecosystem in trouble’ Experts from around the world meet in TA to discuss how to revive scavenger bird’s global population.