Six members of Israel's Knesset, representing five different political parties, are scheduled to have lunch on Monday with Patrick, state Treasurer Steven Grossman and U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano.
Dempsey: Israel, Arab governments share security fears USA TODAY JERUSALEM — A shared concern among Israel and Arab governments about the rise of Islamic extremists and the growing influence of Iran could lead to a broad shift in alliances in the region, America's top military officer said Monday during a visit here. |
 CTV News | 11 ancient burial boxes recovered in Israel Fox News 11 ancient burial boxes were recovered by Israeli Police on Friday, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced. The authority says the boxes were recovered last Friday in Jerusalem when police observed a suspicious nighttime transaction involving two ... Israel Intercepts Burial Boxes From Biblical Era |
 Haaretz | What Israeli Palestinian mutual recognition really means Haaretz By now everyone has realized that there's a new issue on the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations agenda that's not going away: The demand that the Palestinians not only recognize Israel - something they have done repeatedly, starting in 1993 - but that ... |
 Financial Post | How a Canadian burger outlet made its way to the Middle East Financial Post The oil-rich states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman) have high rates of obesity and diabetes, prohibitions on alcohol, cultural infrastructure that is just now in the planning stages ... |
Former Soros Manager Sets Up Frontier Markets Firm in Dubai Wall Street Journal (blog) When money managers set up in the U.A.E., they're usually either investing in the region or trying to tap the Middle East's large pools of capital for funds that look elsewhere. Ahmad Zuaiter, however, is doing something a little different: using Dubai ... |
Two 18 year-olds were arrested on Thursday in Malmo for trying to break into a Jewish community building in the city’s center during a demonstration in the Swedish city. JTA reports that five people gathered outside the Jewish community building, making anti-Semitic comments and attempting to bypass the building’s security guards.
Malmo police released the two arrested men after questioning, and local prosecutors have yet to decide whether to charge them with trespassing and intimidation. According to the president of Malmo’s Jewish community, Fred Kahn, the suspects filmed and photographed the building before their arrest.
South Korea reported that shell fire from a North Korean offshore military exercise Monday landed on the South Korean side of their maritime border and South Korea responded with K-9 self-propelled guns into North Korean waters. Sunday, Pyongyang mentioned “a new form of a nuclear test aimed at strengthening our nuclear deterrence," without explanation.
When Michael Dorf was growing up, his favorite part of the Passover seder was the way his father incorporated current events into the story of Exodus, making the biblical narrative accessible, and relevant, for his kids. “It was a stimulating opportunity to think about Passover in that more expansive light,” Dorf, the New York-based entrepreneur behind City Winery, told me.
It’s no surprise then, that the Downtown Seder he started 15 years ago at the Knitting Factory, his original event space, invited musicians, artists, and entertainers to reimagine the different parts of the seder.
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 Jewish Daily Forward | Jewish woman among first to wed in same-sex ceremony in UK Jerusalem Post Jewish childcare worker Nicola Pettit, 29, and her non-Jewish partner Tania Ward, 28, were among the first lesbian couples to take advantage of their new equality in the eyes of the law as the United Kingdom legalized gay marriage over the weekend. Jewish Bride Among First for British Gay Nuptials Hours After Law Changes Jewish woman among first to marry same-sex partner in UK |
 American Thinker | Oliver Stone and 'Jewish Domination' American Thinker In a recent interview, Oliver Stone, defender of Marxist thugs, complained that “Jewish domination of the media” prevents Americans from putting the Holocaust in context. Stone also opined that Hitler was the product of industrialists and that the Nazi ... |
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was convicted of bribery by a Tel Aviv district court on Monday morning. In addition to Olmert, who was found guilty of two of the four charges against him stemming from his role in the Holyland complex debable, 10 of 13 former officials were convicted as well, the New York Times reports.
The controversy over the Holyland complex came to light in 2010, when it was reported that Olmert, who oversaw the Israel Land Authorities, had allowed the Jerusalem site to become more than 12 times its allotted size. According to the Times, a judge then called it “one of the worst corruption affairs in Israeli history.” In court on Monday, a judge ruled that Olmert had, with the help of his brother Yossi, funneled nearly $143,000 in shekels from Shmuel Dechner, a businessman responsible for obtaining permits.
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The Tel Aviv District Court ordered former PM Ehud Olmert and fellow-defendants in bribes case to deposit their passports within 24 hours following their conviction. They are prevented from leaving the country. The hearing on sentencing is scheduled for April 28, giving them time to appeal their convictions before the high court.
Egypt’s presidential election will take place at the end of May, the electoral commission announced Sunday, with results expected by June 5. A second round if necessary would be held in mid-June, although former military chief Abdel Fattah El-Sissi is expected to win hands down - even if he is contested. His win would continue Egypt’s tradition of presidents of military background since 1952.
Israeli-made products including those made by Jews living in Judea and Samaria are back on the shelves of Dutch stores, just in time for Passover.
Middle East awaits dawn of solar power age The National Yet across the whole Middle East, excluding Turkey and Israel, there are not even 0.2 gigawatts of solar capacity. In conventional power, mostly from burning gas, the UAE alone has more than 20 gigawatts. Current circumstances are uniquely favourable ... |
 Aljazeera.com | Two Spanish journalists freed in Syria Aljazeera.com Award-winning reporter Espinosa has been a Middle East correspondent for El Mundo since 2002 and is based in Beirut. Like Vilanova, he has covered some of the most dangerous points in the Syrian conflict, including the siege of Homs in February 2012. 2 Spanish journalists freed from kidnap in Syria Two Spanish journalists freed after 194 days in Syria Report: 2 Spanish journalists freed in Syria |
 Aljazeera.com | Deaths in Iraq shooting and suicide attacks Aljazeera.com Africa · Americas · Asia-Pacific · Central & South Asia · Europe · Middle East · Inside Story · Witness · Listening Post · People & Power · 101 East · The Stream · More · Focus · Features · In Pictures · Interactive · Spotlight · Football · Cricket ... Attacks kill 16 people in Iraq Gunmen kill 7 soldiers in Iraq Iraq attacks kill five, one month before elections |
 Aljazeera.com | Israel's water miracle that wasn't Aljazeera.com Israel credits its use of desalination plants and drip-irrigation with enabling the desert to bloom - the iconic image reinforcing the still-lingering notion that the land of historic Palestine was a dry one, while further impressing Israel's world ... |
For the first time in history the Israeli Supreme Court will hear evidence next week against officials who are accused of committing war crimes in Lebenon and Gaza.
'Israel to blame for obstructing Kerry peace efforts if Palestinian prisoners ... Jerusalem Post Hammad said that the US Administration should exert pressure on Israel to implement the understandings reached regarding the release of Palestinians imprisoned before the signing of the Oslo Accords." He said that if Israel refuses to release the ... |
