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Rice sees difficulties in Mideast peace process

AP — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:15:58 +0000

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Monday it will be difficult to reach a year-end target for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, but said the two sides and the United States remain committed to that...

Shaping trees to grow into eco-houses for a green living!

Deepa — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:37:36 +0000

Cutting trees to erect houses gets you in bad books of ecologists. And shaping trees to rise in to a eco-den seems to be an eco-fantasy! Professors Yoav Waisel and Amram Eshel from Tel Aviv University are hell-bent on making this eco-fantasy come...

Illegal foreign workers in Israel - A story untold!

Amir Kolner — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:03:38 +0000

According to the Israeli central bureau of statistics there are about 100 thousand illegal foreign workers in Israel. Most of them are from Romania, Thailand, China and the Philippines. There is only one formal clinic for illegal workers in...

Messianic Jews say they are persecuted in Israel

AP — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:33:50 +0000

Safety pins and screws are still lodged in 15-year-old Ami Ortiz’s body three months after he opened a booby-trapped gift basket sent to his family. The explosion severed two toes, damaged his hearing and harmed a promising basketball...

Rice: Jewish housing plan undermines peace talks

AP — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:01:05 +0000

The United States took Israel to task Saturday for a planned expansion of Jewish homes in the portion of Jerusalem that Palestinians claim for the capital of a future state.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that such moves undermine...

Rice: Housing move undermines Palestinian faith

AP — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:49:20 +0000

The United States is taking Israel to task for a planned expansion of Jewish homes in the portion of Jerusalem that Palestinians claim for the capital of a future state.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday in Tel Aviv that such...

The call is Palestinian but the decision is Israeli!

Nadia Hasan — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:46:15 +0000

The 60 years of Israeli Occupation of Palestine and other areas of the Arab Homeland puts constant pressure in a direct way upon the daily lives of the Palestinian people. Walls and fences, checkpoints and block roads, closure and siege are just...

Israel: Syria must cut militant ties

AP — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:43:59 +0000

Israel’s foreign minister is calling on Syria to cut its ties with Arab militant groups if it wants to reach peace with Israel.Israel and Syria announced Wednesday that indirect peace talks had resumed after an eight-year break.Foreign...

Gore wins $1 million prize from Israeli group

AP — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:29:38 +0000

Al Gore received a $1 million prize on Monday for his environmental work from an Israeli fund.The Dan David Foundation awarded the former vice president its annual “present” prize for alerting the world to the crisis from the overuse of...

Bush opens Mideast trip to mark Israel's anniversary

AP — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:09:25 +0000

President Bush has opened a celebratory visit to Israel where he’ll make a new push for peace in the long-troubled Middle East.The president arrived in Tel Aviv and was flying by helicopter to Jerusalem for events marking the 60th anniversary...