Netanyahu tells lawmakers: West Bank settlement construction will not be completely frozenJERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected U.S. calls to freeze all settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, angering Palestinians and putting a New York summit in question. Netanyahu tells lawmakers: Settlement construction will not be frozenJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuffed U.S. demands for a total West Bank settlement freeze on Monday, digging in his heels before a crucial meeting with Washington’s special Mideast envoy. Fighter-jet crash in Israel kills late astronaut’s sonJERUSALEM - An Israeli F-16A fighter jet crashed in the West Bank Sunday afternoon, killing a son of late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 Columbia spaceship tragedy, the Israeli army said. Israeli PM Netanyahu: Differences remain with US over restarting peace talks with PalestiniansJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking before a key meeting with the White House Mideast envoy, said Sunday that differences remain with the U.S. over resuming peacemaking with the Palestinians. Son of Israeli astronaut killed in space shuttle Columbia disaster dies in fighter crashJERUSALEM — The son of an Israeli astronaut who died in the space shuttle Columbia disaster six years ago was killed Sunday when his F-16 warplane crashed on a routine training flight, the Israeli military said. Netanyahu says he hopes to bridge remaining gaps with US on peacemakingJERUSALEM — An ongoing disagreement between Israel and the U.S. over how to resume Mideast peace talks remains unresolved, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. Netanyahu warns Lebanon that Israel won’t hold back when attackedJERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon on Sunday that Israel “will not hold back” when attacked and holds the Lebanese government responsible for any assault on his country. Hitler’s Beetle design may have had Jewish originJERUSALEM - A Dutch journalist and historian, Paul Schilperoord, has alleged in his new book Het Ware Verhaal van de Kever (”The True Story of the Beetle”), to be released later this month, that Ferdinand Porsche’s iconic Beetle, officially commissioned by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, may well have been taken from a design by a Jewish engineer identified as Josef Ganz. Shimon Peres discharged from hospital after collapsingJERUSALEM - Israeli President Shimon Peres was released from hospital Sunday morning, where he spent the night after collapsing during an event in Tel Aviv, the presidential spokeswoman said. Israeli President Peres leaves hospital; to meet US peace envoy later SundayJERUSALEM — Israeli President Shimon Peres was discharged from a Tel Aviv hospital on Sunday, a day after fainting on stage during a talk. Israeli president leaves hospital, to meet US peace envoy later SundayJERUSALEM — Israeli President Shimon Peres was discharged from a Tel Aviv hospital on Sunday, a day after fainting on stage during a talk. Israeli President Peres to leave hospital Sunday after faintingJERUSALEM — A spokeswoman says Israeli President Shimon Peres will be discharged from a hospital a day after fainting on stage. Israeli president to leave hospital Sunday after faintingJERUSALEM — A spokeswoman says Israeli President Shimon Peres will be discharged from a hospital a day after fainting on stage. US envoy George Mitchell arrives Jerusalem for talks with Israeli and PalestiniansJERUSALEM — U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell is in Israel to try and kick start Israeli-Palestinian talks before the two sides meet at the U.N. later this month. Israeli President Shimon Peres has faints on stage while speaking in Tel AvivJERUSALEM — Israeli President Shimon Peres was rushed to the hospital Saturday night after he fainted on stage while speaking at an event in Tel Aviv. He regained consciousness shortly afterwards but is being held overnight for observation. Archaeologists uncover early depiction of seven-branched candelabra in ancient synagogueJERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Friday. The menorah was engraved in stone around 2,000 years ago and found in a synagogue recently discovered by the Sea of Galilee. ‘US preparing sanctions against Iran’JERUSALEM - Following an apparently unyielding diplomatic engagement in Iran, the Obama administration is preparing the groundwork for sanctions against the Islamic country, two senior US officials have told Jewish leaders in Washington. Netanyahu’s mysterious absence sets off flap in Israel, did he cover up trip to Russia?JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu dropped out of sight for most of a day this week, a mysterious absence that has set off feverish speculation about what the Israeli leader was up to — and accusations he lied to cover up a clandestine trip to Moscow. Israel accuses HRW of hitting a new low by hiring expert who collects Nazi memorabiliaJERUSALEM - Human Rights Watch’s employment of a man who trades and collects Nazi memorabilia as its “senior military expert” is a “new low” for the organization that frequently criticizes Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s policy director Ron Dermer said Wednesday. Ex-Mossad head says ‘Netanyahu agreed to Golan pullout’JERUSALEM - Former Mossad head Danny Yatom has claimed that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to withdraw Israeli troops from the entire Golan Heights during his first term in exchange for a peace deal with Syria and the normalization of ties between Jerusalem and Damascus. Yatom told Israel Radio that the proof for his claim was a document that appears in his new book, in which Ron Lauder, Netanyahu’s special envoy for talks with Syria at the time, reported the prime minister’s agreement to then-US president Bill Clinton. Netanyahu’s dilemma: Keep coalition intact without angering the White House over settlementsJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given the green light for hundreds of new homes in a Palestinian-claimed area of Jerusalem, officials confirmed Wednesday, part of a gamble to mollify his restive coalition without sparking a major confrontation with the U.S. Months after capture, Israeli soldier wrote of ‘nightmare’ in Hamas captivity in GazaJERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier seized by Palestinian militants more than three years ago described his captivity as an “intolerable and inhumane nightmare” in a handwritten 2006 letter to his parents made public on Wednesday. Rare 14th-century Hebrew prayer book to go on display for first time at Israeli museumJERUSALEM — A rare Hebrew manuscript written in 14th century Germany is going on display for the first time, just before the Jewish New Year, Israel Museum officials said Wednesday. Campaign against Jewish assimilation yanked over uproar abroadJERUSALEM — An ad campaign against Jewish assimilation, co-sponsored by the Israeli government, has been yanked after outraging Jews abroad, an official said Wednesday, laying bare the sometimes fraught relations between residents of the Jewish homeland and world Jewry. Israel seeks bids to build hundreds of apartments in east Jerusalem, over US objectionsJERUSALEM — Israel is pushing ahead with a long-delayed plan to build hundreds of apartments in east Jerusalem, staking claims to land the Palestinians want for a future state and complicating already tense relations with the U.S. over its demand for a construction moratorium. Israel-Europe relations strained under rightist Netanyahu government, but ties still strongJERUSALEM — A nasty diplomatic row with Sweden, Norway’s decision to divest from an Israeli defense contractor and rising European condemnation of Israeli settlements point to growing friction in the Jewish state’s already tricky relationship with Europe. Israel seeks bids to build 486 apartments in east Jerusalem over US objectionsJERUSALEM — Israel is pushing ahead a long-delayed plan to build hundreds of apartments in disputed east Jerusalem, staking claims to land the Palestinians claim for a future state and complicating already tense relations with the U.S., which has demanded a construction freeze. Israeli rights group’s tally of Gaza war: 1,387 Palestinians killed, 773 of them noncombatantsJERUSALEM — Well over half of nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed in Israel’s Gaza war were civilians, including 252 children younger than 16, a leading Israeli human rights groups said Wednesday, challenging Israel’s claim that most of the dead were militants. Interpol denies issuing international arrest warrant against VahidiJERUSALEM - Interpol has denied issuing an international arrest warrant for Iran’s new Defense Minister Ahmed Vahidi, who is suspected of masterminding the 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish centre bomb blast that killed 85 people and wounded hundreds more. Israel approves 366 new West Bank apartments, plans 84 moreJERUSALEM — Israel officially approved the construction of hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, the Defense Ministry said Monday, deepening an already unprecedented rift with the U.S. over Israeli settlement expansion. |
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