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On Monday, however, Mr. Netanyahu sounded a defiant note, telling the Israeli Parliament that construction of Jewish housing in Jerusalem was not a matter … Read More »
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Rebuilt Synagogue Is Caught in Disputes Over Jerusalem
Jewish residents returned to the Jewish Quarter after the Israeli conquest in 1967, but Israel did not decide what to do with the synagogue until 2002. … Read More »
Netanyahu Offers An Apology, But No Shift In Policy
Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel told his cabinet on Sunday that the ill-timed announcement of new housing plans for a Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem during a visit here by Vice President Read More »
Driving Drunk In Jerusalem
I am a big Joe Biden fan. The vice president is an indefatigable defender of U.S. interests abroad. So it pains me to say that on his recent trip to Israel, when Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s … Read More »
Driving Drunk in Jerusalem
Israel has already bitten off plenty of the West Bank. If it wants to remain a Jewish democracy, its only priority now should be striking a deal with the … Read More »
Clinton Rebukes Israel for Housing Announcement
Last November, the Israeli government imposed a 10-month partial freeze on the construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. … Read More »
Clinton Rebukes Israel for Housing Plans
Last November, the Israeli government imposed a 10-month partial freeze on the construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. … Read More »
Israel Seals Off West Bank To Prevent Unrest
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel because of fears of unrest. There have been clashes after Friday prayers at mosques in… Read More »
Israel Charges 2 Soldiers in Gaza War Case
A United Nations report released in September 2009 by a panel chaired by a South African judge, Richard Goldstone, accused Israel of several other cases of … Read More »
Unease Hangs Over Mideast As Biden Ends Israel Trip
Israel early this week to promote new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and tighten the bonds between Israel and the United States. He leaves on Thursday amid increased uncertainty over the nature and t… Read More »
Israeli Soldiers Indicted for Gaza War Conduct
Thursday’s announcement is only the second criminal indictment Israel’s military has issued regarding the three-week-long offensive. Israel has come under … Read More »
Hamas Releases British Journalist
GAZA — A British journalist crossed into Israel after being freedThursday by Hamas authorities, who had held him in Gaza for 25 days. … Read More »
Israel : Bomb Unit Allowed Into Gaza
By AP Israel has allowed a United Nations bomb disposal unit into the Gaza Strip to defuse unexploded munitions left over from last year’s fighting. … Read More »
Will Israel Join the March of Folly
Barbara Tuchman, in her classic book “March of Folly,” examined four cases in history when governments acted contrary to their own best interests: the Trojans who let the Greeks bring the … Read More »
Will Israel Join the March of Folly?
When I heard that during Vice President Joseph Biden’s visit to Israel the government had approved the construction of 1600 new homes in East Jerusalem, … Read More »
Israel Says ‘Bad Options’ for Iran Getting Closer
Gabriela Shalev told journalists at the UN Israel still hopes diplomatic engagement and sanctions will halt Iran’s push to become a nuclear power, … Read More »
Palestinian Family’s Eviction Stirs Old Ghosts in a Contested City
Palestinian Ghawi family have been sheltering this winter in a tent on the sidewalk opposite their home of more than five decades in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Read More »
David Kimche, an Israeli Adept as Spy and Diplomat, Dies at 82
Mr. Kimche, who was born in Britain, joined Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, in the early 1950s. Employing a combination of cunning and … Read More »
Israel Vows to Build Civilian Nuclear Plants
PARIS — Israel , widely believed to have nuclear weapons and possessing no oil, said on Tuesday that it intended to develop civilian … Read More »
Biden Calls U.S. Ties to Israel ‘Unshakable’
Joseph R. Biden Jr. opened talks with Israeli leaders on Tuesday, part of a concerted American effort to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and keep Israel focused on sanctions against Read More »
Israeli Clubs Worry Over Future as Backers Go
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Three of Israel’s best-known soccer clubs face an uncertain future after learning that they will lose their financial backers. Alona Barkat of Hapoel Beersheba and Maccabi Netan… Read More »
Israel Wants to Build Nuclear Power Plants
By AP PARIS (AP) — Israel’s infrastructure minister says his country wants to build nuclear power plants in cooperation with its Arab neighbors. … Read More »
Chile Advances in Davis Cup
By AP Chile secured a spot in the Davis Cup quarterfinals when Fernando González defeated Dudi Sela of Israel , 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, for an insurmountable 3-1 lead … Read More »
Israel : Plans for 3rd Nuclear Reactor
By REUTERS Israel will announce plans this week to build a new nuclear reactor to diversify its energy sector, officials said Monday. … Read More »
Gates Visits Afghanistan to Meet With Karzai
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Gates Visits Afghanistan to Meet With Karzai
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Biden Arrives in Israel on Trip to Restart Peace Talks
Israel on Monday, culminating a two-month procession of high-ranking Americans seeking to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and persuade Israel to help efforts to impose sanctions on Read More »
Wartime Pope Has a Huge Fan: A Jewish Knight
In Gary Krupp, a Jewish Ally in Debate Over Pope Pius XII – NYTimes.com Get Home Delivery Log In Register Now Home Page Today’s Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com N.Y. / Region World U.S. N.Y. Read More »