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Obama to host tripartite meeting with Israeli PM and Palestinian President
Jerusalem, Sep 20 (ANI): In an effort to renew the peace process in the Middle East, President Barack Obama will host a tripartite meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the meeting would take place after Obama meets separately with each [...]
Russia too blasts Ahmadinejad’s ‘Holocaust-a myth’ remark
Jerusalem, Sep 20 (ANI): Following the US and UK deploring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ‘Holocaust- a myth’ remark, Russia too has called his statement “totally unacceptable.”
The Jerusalem Post quoted Russian foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko as saying that “such statements, wherever they come from, contradict the truth and are totally unacceptable.”
“Attempts to rewrite history, [...]
US, Britain deplore Ahmadinejad’s ‘false Holocaust’ remark
Jerusalem, Sep 19 (ANI): The United States and Britain have both condemned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent “hateful” speech in which he had said the Holocaust was “a false pretext to create Israel.”
The Jerusalem Post quoted White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, as saying: “Obviously we condemn what he said.”
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband [...]
Qaeda-backed LeT set for series of terror attacks in India, warns Israel’s NSC
Tel Aviv, Sep.18 (ANI): Israel’s National Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau has issued a terror warning for India, saying a Pakistani terror group, having close links with Al-Qaeda, is planning to carry out series of strikes across the country.
“A Pakistani terror organization affiliated with al-Qaida and responsible for the attacks in Mumbai last year is planning [...]
Israel says Goldstone Report supports terror
Jerusalem, Sep.16 (ANI): Israel has described the Goldstone Commission Report as biased and nauseating, and added that it has created an unjust “equivalence of a democratic state with a terror organization”.
The commission, established by the UN Human Rights Council and led by former South African constitutional court judge Richard Goldstone, concluded that “Israel committed [...]
‘US preparing sanctions against Iran’
Jerusalem, Sep. 11 (ANI): 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 [...]
Spanish balladeer Julio Iglesias performs in Israel
Jerusalem , September 10 (ANI): Spanish balladeer Julio Iglesias recently gave his first performance in Israel since 1998.
The show was the first of the two concerts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv and the 65-year-old was dressed in his trademark sleek black suit, vest and tie.
The concert titled “Julio Iglesias [...]
Israel accuses HRW of hitting a new low by hiring expert who collects Nazi memorabilia
Jerusalem, Sep.10 (ANI): 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 [...]
Israeli MP says Livni attending Madonna gig illegal
Jerusalem, Sep. 10 (ANI): Likud politician Danny Danon has filed a complaint with the Knesset Ethics Committee against opposition leader Tzipi Livni for accepting an invitation from Madonna to sit in a VIP section at the singer’s recent concert in Tel Aviv.
According to the Jerusalem Post, Livni was invited by [...]
Ex-Mossad head says ‘Netanyahu agreed to Golan pullout’
Jerusalem, Sep.10 (ANI): 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 [...]
Dead Sea evaporating faster each year rather than decreasing
Jerusalem, September 7 (ANI): New data has suggested that the Dead Sea is evaporating faster each year rather than decreasing at a steady rate.
According to a report in the Jerusalem Post, the data was provided by the Hydrological Service and geologist Eli Raz.
The sea evaporated 18 cm. in August and 19 cm. in July, dropping [...]
Neo-Nazi activities cause panic in Israeli city
Jerusalem, Sep. 7 (ANI): Following the shocking discovery of anti-Semitic messages scrawled on the wall of a synagogue located in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva, a resurgence of neo-Nazi activity is being feared in the region.
On Saturday, worshipers saw words “Long live Hitler the saint” scribbled in Hebrew on the building’s walls, alongside a [...]
Poll shows greater greater American support for Israelis than Palestinians
New York, Sep.6 (ANI): A recent poll for The Israel Project shows support has bounced back in the United States for Israelis rather than the Palestinians after slipping in the aftermath of US President Barack Obama’s Cairo speech.
The poll, conducted by Neil Newhouse of Public Opinion Strategies and Stan Greenberg of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner [...]
Jewish mysticism has transformed Madge: Kabbalah Center’s co-founder
Jerusalem, September 5 (ANI): Madonna has been transformed completely due to the influence of Jewish mysticism Kabbalah, claims co-founder of the worldwide Kabbalah Center.
Karen Berg alleged the Queen of Pop has emerged as a new being after undergoing spiritual transformation.
“If you compare her 13 years ago, when she started studying, and today, she’s a changed [...]
Exhibition glorifying female Palestinian bombers generates outrage
Jerusalem, Sep. 4 (ANI): Organizers of an art exhibition had to take down portraits depicting female Palestinian suicide bombers as the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus after the families of those killed or wounded in the attacks protested.
The controversial exhibition, which featured the work of artists Galina Bleich and Liliah [...]
Senior FBI agent says Gaddafi may have sanctioned Lockerbie bombing
Jerusalem, Sep. 4 (ANI): A senior FBI agent has claimed that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi must have personally okayed the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people.
Richard Marquise, an FBI veteran who led the US task force probing [...]
Iran’s ‘wanted’ defence minister warns Israel not to attack its N-facilities
Jerusalem, Sep. 4 (ANI): Iran’s controversial new Defence Minister Ahmad Vahid has warned Israel not to attack the country’s nuclear facilities.
“Every move from the Zionist entity against Iran will be met with a harsh and [...]
New discovery hints ancient Egypt and Israel had ties during Early Bronze Age
Jerusalem, Sept 2 (ANI): The discovery of a rare, four-centimeter-long stone fragment at the point where the Jordan River exits Lake Kinneret, has suggested a link between ancient Egypt and Israel around 3,000 BCE during the Early Bronze Age.
According [...]
Madonna tags Israel as world’s energy capital
Jerusalem, September 2 (ANI): Madonna tagged Israel as the “energy capital of the world” as she won hearts of 50,000 fans with her performance in Tel Aviv.
The Queen of Pop, who last took to the Israeli stage in 1993, arrived in the [...]
ElBaradei calls Iranian nuclear threat as ‘hyped’
Vienna (Austria), Sep.2 (ANI): Outgoing International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei has called the Iranian nuclear threat “hyped,” saying there is no proof of the Islamic republic soon having nuclear weapons.
“In many ways, I think the threat has been hyped,” ElBaradei told the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in an interview released Tuesday.
“Yes, [...]
