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Syria found liable in landmark suit
A Washington D.C. court awarded $332 million in damages to an American-Jewish family whose 16-year-old son, Daniel Wultz of Weston, FL, was killed in Tel Aviv in 2006 when Sami Salim Mohammed Hammed of
Jenin detonated five kilos of explosives in a bag packed with nails and metal shards.
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EU condemns Israel for supposedly threatening 2-state solution
"Nakba Day" origins in 1920 division of Syria-Palestine
On Monday, European Union foreign ministers released their annual statement on relations with surrounding nations and used the occasion to lash out against Israel for threatening the viability of the two-state solution.
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Ulpana outpost and Tal Law, two important tests for the new government
On Wednesday afternoon the Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that the two most important tests for the new coalition government is the Ulpana settlement and the Tal Law. With regard to Ulpana, Lieberman said that "the government must pass a law in order to circumvent the decision to tear down the outpost.
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Head of Arab League warns of civil war in Syria
On Tuesday afternoon the head of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby warned that the rising violence in Syria could lead to a full-blown civil war, and expressed his support for the current peace plan put in place by Koffi Annan, the UN-Arab league Special envoy to Syria.
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New elections cancelled as PM Netanyahu strikes a deal with Mofaz
Forms a 94 seat national unity government by including Kadima in the coalition
In a surprise move early Tuesday morning Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Shaul Mofaz, the newly elected opposition party leader, agreed to incorporate Kadima into a 94 seat strong coalition government. read more
President Putin back in the Kremlin
Vladimir Putin was sworn in as the President of Russia on Monday after four years as Prime Minister. In his inauguration speech Putin congratulated former President Dmitry Medvedev for his faithfulness to the country during his tenure as president and remarked that much of the country's stability was due to Medvedev.
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Netanyahu confirms September elections while France elects its first socialist president in 17 years Neo Naziparty enters the Greek parliament
During a convention held by the Likud party in Tel Aviv on Sunday, Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu announced that new elections will be scheduled for the month of September. Netanyahu said that his three-year old coalition government had been fairly stable until recent tensions led to instability, an unhealthy condition for the country.
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New Police station on Mount of Olives boosts security
A new police station, which has 24 full-time officers, opened last week in response to increasing desecration of graves and stoning attacks against visitors and mourners trying to visit the ancient Jewish cemetery.
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Syrian violence continues despite UN brokered ceasefire
Libya banns political parties based on religion, ethnicity and tribe
On Wednesday reports from a Syrian Human Rights group claimed that some 30 Syrians had been killed by governmental forces, in addition 22 troops loyal to President Bashar Assad lost
their lives in an ambush in the northern city of Aleppo.
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Prime Minister's father, Benzion Netanyahu, dies at the age of 102
Benzion Netanyahu, the father of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu died early Monday morning at his home in Jerusalem. Benzion was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1910 and his family immigrated to Israel in 1920 where he came to study at the Hebrew University. read more
Prime Minister Netanyahu to decide on early elections
Avigdor Liberman threatens to leave the government
The Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced over the weekend that in the coming weeks he will take the decision on when to hold Israel's next national elections. Netanyahu's comments came after it was revealed that one of the coalition partners in his government, Yisrael Beytenu, headed by Avigdor Lieberman, threatened to leave the coalition over disagreements concerning the 2002 "Tal Law."
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