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MALE – The Maldives, one of the world’s most renowned tourist destinations, installed a new president after the man credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean islands resigned, apparently under military pressure following a police mutiny.His party called it a bloodless coup. Read More »
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Treasury: Progress was made in overnight Histadrut talks
The Finance Ministry said it made progress with the Histadrut labor federation in talks stretching from 9 p.m. Tuesday that were continuing past the 6 a.m. start of a general strike. Read More »
Syrian army tanks thrust deeper into Homs
AMMAN – Armored forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad thrust deeper into the central city of Homs on Wednesday, firing rockets and mortar rounds to subdue opposition districts, activists said, a day after Russia said Assad wants peace. Read More »
Report: US drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan – A US drone aircraft killed 10 suspected militants in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday, security officials and residents said, the fifth such strike this year. Read More »
CNN: US preparing military contingencies for Syria
The United States has begun an internal review of its military capabilities vis-a-vis Syria despite remaining committed to diplomatic and economic pressure on Damascus, CNN’s Security Clearance blog reported on Tuesday.The report did not specify whether the White House had ordered the review or if it was initiated in the Pentagon. Read More »
Santorum wins Missouri, one of 3 Republican contests
WASHINGTON – Former US senator Rick Santorum defeated front-runner Mitt Romney in the non-binding Republican US presidential primary in Missouri, one of three states holding presidential nominating contests on Tuesday. Read More »
ElBaradei: Egyptians must work to end military rule
LONDON – Egyptians must overcome economic and political differences to unite and put the country on the path to democracy and away from military rule, former presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei said on Wednesday.”It is time to set aside our differences. Read More »
Knesset receives 4,000 Canadian signatures of support
The Canada Celebrates Israel Network presented members of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus with a book of 4,000 signatures in support of Israel on Tuesday.A delegation of 34 CCI Network members, along with the organization’s National Director Rev. Read More »
Court rules against demolition of empty Lifta homes
The abandoned Arab homes of Lifta at the western entrance to the capital will not become luxury villas, at least for the time being, after the Jerusalem District Court ruled on Monday to cancel the plan for construction.Activists called it an “historic victory” for an important heritage site in Jerusalem’s history. Read More »
Orlev, Hotovely urge caution on cancelation of custody law
The heads of two prominent Knesset committees cautioned Tuesday against hurrying to cancel a 50-year-old law that automatically awards custody of children under six to their mothers in divorce cases. Read More »
’25% of elderly forgo heating for financial reasons’
More than a quarter of elderly people are not able to heat their homes during the winter months, a survey commissioned last week by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has revealed. Read More »
Rabbi Elyashiv, 101, in critical condition
Hundreds of family members and strangers converged on Monday and Tuesday on the capital’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center out of concern for the health of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the leading haredi Ashkenazi rabbinical arbiter of the generation, who suffers from congestive heart failure and was in critical but stable condition. Read More »
‘Tal Law’ a ‘failure,’ says equality forum lawyer
A two-hour discussion was conducted on Tuesday in the Knesset between activists and politicians seeking to abolish the “Tal Law.”The session, called “An Army of Half the People?” was initiated by MK Avi Dichter, former public security minister, and the Forum for Equality in the Burden of Military Service. Read More »
Bill: Girls who lie about religiosity must serve in IDF
Girls who are found to have lied about their religious observance in order to avoid IDF service will be forced to enlist, according to a bill prepared for its second and third (final) readings by the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday. Read More »
Australia’s Qantas grounds an Airbus A380 due to cracks
CANBERRA – Australia’s Qantas Airways said on Wednesday it had grounded one its flagship Airbus A380 aircraft for up to a week after engineers found dozens of cracks in its wings during detailed inspections following a flight hit by turbulence. Read More »
Hamas men who hid out in J’lem Red Cross are indicted
The Jerusalem District Attorney indicted two Hamas members on Tuesday morning for membership in a military terrorist organization and illegally residing in Israel. Khaled Abu-Arafa and Muhammed Totah lived in the Red Cross compound in east Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood for 18 months in order to resist arrest. Read More »
‘Come learn with us,’ says coexistence principal to vandals
“Kahane was not right, Kahane was wrong. Arabs will live and they will live with Jews. That’s what we do here, we live together.” That is what Shalom Dichter, the executive-director of Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Bilingual Education in Israel, wants his students to take away from a vandalism attack against their unique school. Read More »
Regulator approves first Beduin solar license
The Public Utility Authority on Monday night issued the first license for a solar power facility on Beduin land, approving the Tarabin family’s application to build an 8-megawatt photovoltaic field on their property in the Abu Basma region in the northwestern Negev. Read More »
Argentina condemns British ‘militarization’ in Falklands
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s president on Tuesday accused Britain of “militarizing the South Atlantic” and vowed to complain to the United Nations as tension rises ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war. Read More »
‘Elections won’t keep DC from pushing peace’
If Washington feels a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians is possible in the near future it will become actively involved in securing an agreement even during an election year, former ambassador to the US Sallai Meridor said Tuesday. Read More »
Strike will ground 4,000 travelers at B-G Airport
About 4,000 air travelers will be affected by a general strike on Wednesday, as Ben-Gurion Airport will close from 6 a.m. to noon. The Israel Airports Authority will operate a situation room to manage complications arising from the labor action, as well as the handling of arriving and departing flights as soon as service resumes. Read More »
‘Power flower’: Israeli ‘tulip’ sprouting solar energy
ALMERIA, Spain – Amid the cactus-strewn mountains of Andalucía, in southern Spain, a bright yellow Israeli tulip stands tall above a sea of solar panels that move with the sun’s light. Read More »
MDA proposes discounts on ambulance debts
Magen David Adom has been working with the four health funds and the Health Ministry for some time to reach an agreement that will reduce the financial burden on members of the public who have used emergency ambulance services, MDA said Tuesday. Read More »
Cubans call 50-year-old US trade embargo a failure
HAVANA – The 50th anniversary of the US trade embargo against Cuba on Tuesday was met with little fanfare on the island, where most Cubans said it was a failed policy that had succeeded only in making their lives more difficult.If the embargo was lifted, they would likely live a little better, they said. Read More »
Who is expected to strike?
The following is a list of institutions that will participate in Wednesday’s general strike, if it goes ahead: Government Staff at all government ministries will strike. Staff at all municipalities will strike, but rescue and emergency services will continue to operate. Read More »
Pending breakthrough, general strike set to begin
A general strike was set to begin on Wednesday at 6 a.m., dependent on the outcome of late-night negotiations between the Histadrut and the Treasury over the employment status of contract workers. Histadrut labor federation chairman Ofer Eini and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz sat down in Jerusalem at 9 p.m. Read More »
Grapevine: The centenary of Raoul Wallenberg’s birth
■ OF ALL the Righteous among the Nations, the name of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is inextricably bound with both the fate and the future of the Jewish people. Read More »
Treasury makes new offer on contract worker budget
In a last-ditched effort to avoid a general strike scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. Wednesday, the Finance Ministry offered the Histadrut Labor Federation made a new, higher offer of the amount of money budgeted for improving the conditions of contract workers early Wednesday morning. Read More »
US eyes cuts to Iraq embassy after troops exit
BAGHDAD – The US government is looking to cut the size of its embassy in Iraq, by far its largest and most expensive mission, months after the last American troops withdrew, US officials said on Tuesday. Read More »
Vilna’i on way to becoming next envoy to China
Homeland Defense Minister Matan Vilna’i (Independence) is expected to be named Israel’s next ambassador to China, following an interview he had Tuesday with the Civil Services Commission. Read More »
Canada says may use information from torture, rarely
OTTAWA – Canada’s spy service can in exceptional circumstances use information that has been obtained by a foreign country through torture if it will save Canadian lives, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said on Tuesday. Read More »
Gal-On wins Meretz leadership race
MK Zehava Gal-On won Tuesday’s Meretz leadership race over MK Ilan Gilon and activist Ori Ophir. In voting at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds, Gal-On received 506 votes, Gilon 306, andOphir 23. Ninety percent of the Meretz council members voted. “Meretz is waking up,” Gal-On said. Read More »
Unity or peace
Hamas, recognized as a terrorist organization by the European Union and the United States, appears to be undergoing a worrisome process of legitimization of late. Read More »
Candidly speaking: The erosion of Israeli leadership
It is somewhat depressing to observe the stark contrasts between the caliber and extraordinary dedication of Israel’s founding fathers and our more recent leaders.This would perhaps be understandable if we were now living in normal times. But alas that does not apply to our current situation. Read More »
Inside Out: Netanyahu’s ‘Sharon moment’
Ariel Sharon was a man who knew how to seize an opportunity. A brilliant general and a skilled politician, Sharon had no qualms about reversing previously-held positions when opportunity knocked. Read More »
In My Own Write: Of courage and comfort
Men and communities in this world are often in the position of Arctic explorers who are making great speed in a given direction, while the ice-floe beneath them is making greater speed in the opposite direction – Naturalist and philosopher John Read More »
February 8: Pray for the dead
Pray for the dead Sir, – On the front page of your February 6 issue, there is a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad praying during a celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday (“US, France hint at efforts to bolster Syrian opposition”). Read More »
Russia claims Assad promised ‘end to violence’
Russia won a promise from Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday to bring an end to bloodshed in his country, but Western and Arab states acted to isolate Assad further after activists and rebels said his forces killed over 100 in the city of Homs. Read More »
Islamist Abu Qatada set for release after UK overruled
LONDON – A radical Islamist cleric who is said to have been Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe is set to be released by British authorities following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights. Read More »
MK Zehava Gal-On voted leader of Meretz party
MK Zehava Gal-On was voted the leader of Meretz on Tuesday, receiving some 60 percent of the party’s governing council’s vote in an election held Tuesday.Gal-On received 506 votes to her competitor Ilan Gilon’s 306 votes. Meretz youth leader Ori Ophir received 23 votes.Polls were open from 4 to 10 p.m. Read More »
‘Hezbollah will choose response to strike on Iran’
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday stated that in the event of an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Hezbollah would decide itself how to react, rather than taking orders from Tehran. Read More »
Is academia a (professional) guild?
In light of the recent controversy surrounding Yair Lapid’s pursuit of an M.A, the Supervisory Committee of the Council for Higher Education has revoked Bar-Ilan University’s authority to accept applications for advanced degrees from applicants who do not have a BA. Read More »
Lieberman: New Iran sanctions send ‘very important message’
WASHINGTON – Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman thanked US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday for the “very important message” recent sanctions on Iran have sent. Read More »
Romney’s lead dips despite wins, poll shows
WASHINGTON – Despite his strong showing in early voting contests in the race for the US Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney’s support among Republicans nationwide has dipped slightly during the past month, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday. Read More »
Muse of the past
Every night before Dr. Martin Kieselstein falls asleep, he conjures up an image of his mother from the deep recesses of his mind. He imagines her dressed in white, sitting on her bed and praying out of her worn prayer book. Read More »
Palestinians slam selection of Abbas as PM in unity deal
Palestinians across the political spectrum Tuesday criticized the Qatari-sponsored Hamas-Fatah reconciliation agreement according to which Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would also serve as prime minister of an interim unity government. Read More »
US says weighing humanitarian aid to Syrian people
WASHINGTON – The United States is considering providing humanitarian aid to the Syrian people as Washington ramps up pressure on the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the White House said on Tuesday.”We are going to continue to work with international allies … Read More »
Nasrallah thanks Iran for not ‘selling out Palestine’
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday thanked the Iranian regime for its support, saying that Tehran could escape western sanctions if it wanted to, but instead chooses not to “sell out Palestine. Read More »
PA: Write only nice things about your leaders
Facebook has become a dangerous playground for Palestinians living under the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. The US-backed Palestinian Authority security forces belonging to Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad have been monitoring the activities of Palestinians on Facebook to make sure that no one criticizes them. Read More »
PM: Strike will not solve the contract workers issue
The strike will not solve the issue of the contract workers, said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night.”The conditions of contract workers can be improved without striking the economy and disrupting the lives of civilians,” Netanyahu said the night before the strike was due to commence. Read More »
Washington: Lieberman thanks Clinton for US stance on Iran
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman thanks US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for on the US’ determined stance on Iran, during a meeting between the two in Washington Tuesday.Lieberman said that the steps taken in recent weeks sent an important message to the entire region, Channel 10 News reported. Read More »
‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’ removed from Delta list
Israelis fearing that the era of Palestinian aviation had returned can rest assured: Following a press inquiry by The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, Delta Airlines removed “Occupied Palestinian Territory” from its list of destinations in the Middle East. Read More »
IDF faces near-shutdown come April 1
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz has ordered unit commanders to begin preparing for a near shutdown of the military in two months due to a continued standoff with the Treasury over the defense budget. On Monday, Gantz and Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Read More »
Activists to plant saplings in W. Bank for Tu b’shvat
In honor of the Tu B’shvat holiday on Wednesday right wing and left wing activists plan to plant saplings in the West Bank in areas where they feel it is important to make a political statement. Read More »
Islamist MPs clash in Egypt over call to prayer
CAIRO – The Islamist speaker in Egypt’s parliament reprimanded a hardline Salafi for reciting the call to prayer during a legislative session on Tuesday, telling him “you are no more of a Muslim than I am”. Read More »
Eini accuses Treasury of ‘going into a bunker’
Histadrut Labor Federation Chairman Ofer Eini on Tuesday attacked the Finance Ministry for “going into a bunker”in negotiations over the status of contract workers.Eini was scheduled to meet with Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz on Tuesday night in efforts to avoid a general strike over the issue scheduled to begin on Wednesday. Read More »
American CEOs get an Israeli medical education
Descending the Tower, the imposing new state-of-the-art inpatient hospital at Hadassah’s Ein Kerem Medical Center, Joseph Mapa was impressed. The chief executive officer of Toronto’s Mt. Sinai Hospital said he’s seen innovations he would like to bring back to Canada. “It’s leading edge. Read More »
Feiglin: 800 of my votes disappeared in Likud primary
Likud activist Moshe Feiglin’s campaign for the Likud leadership appealed the results of last Tuesday’s primary race against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday after the Likud published official results. The results published were the same as last week: 48,490 votes (76.79 percent) for Netanyahu and 14,660 (23.21%) for Feiglin. Read More »
Israel Aerospace Industries secures $150m. foreign deal
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) scored another large defense contract on Tuesday to supply radar systems to a foreign customer for $150 million.The deal comes just a month after IAI announced that it had signed a $1.1 billion deal with an unnamed Asian country which will include the sale of aircraft, missiles and intelligence systems. Read More »
Assad says he backs any effort that helps Syrian stability
DAMASCUS – Syria will cooperate with any effort to resolve its crisis that promotes stability in the country, the state news agency SANA quoted President Bashar Assad as saying on Tuesday. Read More »
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