Israel

Israel

A community portal about Israel with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The State of Israel is a country in the Western Asian Levant, on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon on the north... [more]

A community portal about Israel with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The State of Israel is a country in the Western Asian Levant, on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon on the north, Syria and Jordan on the east, and Egypt on the south-west. It has a population of over seven million people. Israel declared independence in 1948 and is the world's only Jewish state, although Israeli citizens include many other ethnic and religious backgrounds. Israel is the most industrially developed country in the Middle East and the region's only liberal democracy.

 
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The United States has complained to Israel over rules that keep Palestinian-Americans from entering Israel, officials said Thursday. A travel update posted by the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem says that for some time, Israel has not permitted Palestinians who also hold American passports to enter through Israel's Ben-Gurion international airport, requiring that they use the Allenby Bridge land crossing from Jordan directly into the West Bank. Since spring this year, travelers using the Israeli-controlled bridge crossing have had their passports stamped permitting travel only in Palestinian controlled areas, the update said. Israeli Interior Ministry spokeswoman Sabin Hadad said there is a general ban on ... Read Full Story
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Fourteen-year-old Jum'a Ismail lives 50 km (30 miles) from the Mediterranean but had never seen the sea. The Palestinian youth had never set eyes on an Israeli civilian or an airport. Juma'a's horizons expanded this summer, when he left Jalazoun refugee camp in the occupied West Bank with "Birthright Replugged" on a trip taking Palestinian refugee children to Israel to visit the villages of their ancestors. "It's an attempt to get out, while they still can," said the program's creator, Dunya Alwan. Once Palestinian children turn 15, they must carry Israeli-issued West Bank identity cards and are no longer ... Read Full Story
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The United States said Wednesday it had complained to Israel about restrictions on the travel of US citizens of Palestinian origin, calling the measures "unacceptable." The State Department said that Israel has been issuing entry stamps for some travelers, mostly those of Arab ancestry, stating that they are only allowed in the Palestinian Authority and cannot transit through Israel. "We have made it quite known to the Israeli government ... that we expect all American citizens to be treated the same regardless of their national origin," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said. "These kinds of restrictions we consider unacceptable," Kelly told reporters. "We will ... Read Full Story
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I'm going to back up my friend Chaim over at Freedom's Cost , who's taking some flack for posting about a truth-telling video the jihadists are trying to get pulled off of YouTube... about Palestine. In my book -- Truth is TRUTH. I always tell the truth and always have facts to back me up. I have never accused anyone of anything without backup. Ever. And I am getting damn sick, too - of people telling me how "horrible" Israel is. I know what it's like to be accused of being abusive - usually by the SAME PERSON OR ENTITY THAT'S ABUSING YOU. It's ... Read Full Story
Written by DavidBenAriel on
Israelites - Stop the politicians from playing Russian roulette with Israel's life! ************ Sadly this reminds me of Holocaust hypocrisy and The hypocrisy of Benjamin Netanyahu’s UN speech . Why should the world care more about Jews and Israelis than Jews and Israelis do? Read Full Story
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Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Obama Drags America Into the Darkness Monumental Meeting Tonight Goodbye, Jerusalem? Hello “Al Quds”? thelastcrusade.org Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet this evening with President Obama this evening to discuss the immediate formation of a Palestinian State, with [East] Jerusalem as its capital. The meeting comes on the heels of reports that President Obama has pledged his support to Palestinian Authority Prime Minister...  
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JERUSALEM — The chief Palestinian negotiator on Monday warned Israel that if it does not take peacemaking seriously, it will find itself dealing with the militant Hamas instead of moderates like him. Negotiator Saeb Erekat and other Palestinian officials have been quoted as recommending dismantling the Palestinian Authority, set up in interim accords with Israel to prepare for creation of a Palestinian state. Erekat said that plan has failed...  
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TEL AVIV – The U.S. is considering adopting a unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence in the West Bank and Jerusalem regardless of negotiations with the Jewish state, according to Israeli sources speaking to Israel's Haaretz newspaper. WND first reported in September that according to a top Palestinian Authority official, the Obama administration has largely adopted the positions of the PA to create a Palestinian state within two...  
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Two academics who authored the military's ethical code are now calling on Israel to investigate some of the claims raised in the Goldstone report over its military offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter. While the scholars level harsh criticism at ...  
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And 'round and round we go: The Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip said Sunday that they would never negotiate with the "Zionist enemy", hours after Kadima MK Shaul Mofaz presented a plan to hold talks with the group and establish a Palestinian state in 60 percent of the West Bank within one year.In its official response, Hamas called Mofaz's offer "Zionist vulgarity" and said it would never recognize Israel or give legitimacy to the occupation...  
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President Obama has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority; and he received King Abdullah of Jordan in Washington, and was in Saudi Arabia and Egypt in June. He is trying to alter the negative image and perception of the U.S. in the region. He has gained the good will of the people, but not yet their trust. Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Wilson Center's Middle East...  
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Hamas militants in Gaza have successfully test-fired in recent days an Iranian rocket able to reach Tel Aviv in Israel, the Israeli military intelligence chief said Tuesday.Major General Amos Yadlin told the Israeli Parliament's foreign affairs and defense committee that the rocket could fly 60 kilometers, which would put the country's largest urban center at risk, Israeli media reported.  
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General Says Hamas Rocket Can Hit Tel Aviv JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Hamas has a missile that can reach Tel Aviv, according to an Israeli army official. Gen. Amos Yadlin told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Hamas recentl...  
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Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat on Wednesday said Palestinian elections should not be held without the participation of residents of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip."We cannot have elections without Gaza because we cannot have a Palestinian state without Gaza," Erakat said.Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas last month called for elections to be held on the constitutionally mandated date of January 24 after Hamas refused to sign on to an...  
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Palestinian militants based in the Gaza Strip may now have the ability to fire rockets with a range of 60km, putting Tel Aviv and other Israeli population centres at risk, senior Israeli officials said on Tuesday. Amos Yadlin, the director of Israeli ...  
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