Israel
Chief Rabbi Metzger issues prayer for return of Gilad Shalit
Jerusalem PostOct 10, 2008
Israeli Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger has issued a prayer for the safe return of captive soldier Gilad Shalit which he planned to distribute and read in synagogues...
Arab terrorist from East Jerusalem drives car into bystanders
Jerusalem PostSep 25, 2008
JERUSALEM An Arab resident of east Jerusalem rammed his vehicle into a group of soldiers at a central Jerusalem thoroughfare late Monday night, Sept. 21, wounding 15...
Will Livni get her coalition?
Leslie Susser, JTASep 25, 2008
JERUSALEM With her primary victory in hand, prime minister-designate Tzipi Livni now has six weeks to form a government and stave off new elections. Theoretically, if...
Livni wins Kadmia primary by a one percent margin
JTASep 18, 2008
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni won the Kadima Party primary by a 1 percent margin of victory. In the early hours on Thursday morning, Sept. 18, Judge Dan Arbel...
Muslim to McCartney: If you go to Israel, you’ll be killed
Jerusalem PostSep 18, 2008
JERUSALEM Former Beatle Paul McCartneys decision to perform in Tel Aviv has resulted in a threat made against the singer by extremist Islamic leader Omar Bakri. His...
Israel’s ruling party Kadima to choose new leader
Leslie Susser, JTASep 12, 2008
JERUSALEM With the Kadima leadership primary just days away, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni looks like a sure winner. The latest opinion poll shows her 20 percentage...
Israel, arms supplier to Georgia, faces indirect Russian hostility
Roy Eitan, JTAAug 14, 2008
TEL AVIV As Russian and Georgian forces battle over South Ossetia, Israel finds itself on the defensive. Though a favored armed supplier for the former Soviet...
More Falash Mura come to Israel; no end in sight
Uriel Heilman, JTAAug 07, 2008
NEW YORK When the plane from Ethiopia touched down early Tuesday morning at Ben Gurion International Airport with 65 new immigrants aboard, there was no ceremony to...
Olmert to resign after Kadima head picked
Jerusalem PostJul 31, 2008
JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a special press conference on Wednesday, July 30, to announce that he will not run in the Kadima primary scheduled to take...
Second bulldozer attack in Jerusalem
Marcy Oster, JTAJul 25, 2008
JERUSALEM In an apparent imitation of an attack nearly three weeks ago, an Arab construction worker rampaged through the streets of Jerusalem on a bulldozer, crushing...
