1: Ha'aretz 2: OhmyNews 3: The Observer
#36841 Coalition negotiations to resume Sunday after holiday break
by Mazal Mualem in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Kadima, Labor disagree over raising minimum wage; Kadima preparing for further meetings with Shas, United Torah Judaism. ...
#36842 Haniyeh accuses Abbas of paralyzing Hamas government
by Arnon Regular in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has leveled unprecedented criticism at Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, accusing the "presidential institution" of trying to deny the elected Palestinian government its powers and present it as l ...
#36843 Man kills wife, then self, as his four children look on
by Asaf Carmel in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
On Friday night, horrific screams awoke residents of the apartment building located at 11 Asirei Tzion Street in Or Yehuda. Neighbors who broke into the Beja famil y's apartment discovered both Ilu Beja, 46, and his wife Adelu, 42, critically wo ...
#36844 Hamas in a panic
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
The Hamas leadership is in a panic. Just two weeks have elapsed since the government headed by Ismail Haniyeh was sworn in and it appears helpless. The immediate problem is paying last month's salaries. The coffers are empty, and the previous go ...
#36845 Spiritual care helps secular patients contend with illness
by Amiram Barkat in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
"The spiritual care I received at the hospital helped me find the strength in myself to deal with the disease," says Ora Haviv, 62, who developed lung cancer following exposure to asbestos. Haviv does not define herself as religious, and says she doe ...
#36846 Study: Israel comes up short on Ph.D.s
by Tamara Traubman in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Israel has a lower rate of people holding doctoral degrees than most developed and developing nations, placing it 22nd out of 45 countries. Preliminary findings of a study conducted by the planning authority at the Industry, Trade and Employment Mini ...
#36847 Coalition talks to resume today after holiday break
by Mazal Mualem in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Coalition talks are set to continue today after a break for the holidays. However, a meeting between the negotiating teams of Kadima and Labor has been postponed until tomorrow because Labor has not yet received a draft of the government guidelines ...
#36848 New lawmakers 'excited' ahead of swearing-in ceremony for 17th Knesset
by Nir Hasson in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
The 17th Knesset will be sworn in tomorrow in its maiden session. At precisely 4:00 P.M., President Moshe Katsav will call the legislature to order with three blows of a gavel. He will then invite MK Shimon Peres (Kadima) to conduct the session. As t ...
#36849 Israelis make mass Passover exodus to parks, reserves
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Some 850,000 people visited Israel's parks and nature reserves over the holiday weekend. The Jewish National Fund's (JNF) Golda Park in the Negev and Lake Agmon in the Hula Valley were filled to capacity, and a large number of cyclists took ...
#36850 Festival-goers find themselves in unfamiliar territory
by Michal Greenberg in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
No one disputes the fact that the area on the coast of the northern Dead Sea where the annual Love Festival takes place is on the other side of the Green Line. Some say it was Jordanian, others say Palestinian. Meanwhile, until someone opens these m ...
#36851 Moments before fatal accident are a blank, attorney says
by Assaf Carmel in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Attorney Avigdor Klagsbald, whose car slammed into another vehicle at a red light in north Tel Aviv on Tuesday, killing the driver and her six-year-old son, told police he had no recollection of the moments before the accident. Due to his health cond ...
#36852 Haredim plan mass rally over arrest of alleged child killer
by Yair Ettinger, Jonathan Lis in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Ultra-Orthodox protesters are planning a mass rally this week over the continued incarceration of a man accused of murdering his infant son. On Friday, dozens of ultra-Orthodox men continued to hold violent demonstrations in Jerusalem's Meah She ...
#36853 Ahmadinejad: Israel is 'rotten tree that will be annihilated'
by Haaretz staff, Agencies, Yossi Melman in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
While representatives of the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany meet in Moscow to coordinate their position ahead of the United Nations Security Council debate on Iran's nuclear program, scheduled for April 28, Iranian Pre ...
#36854 Suspect in Halimi murder placed under investigation
by AP in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
PARIS - French authorities took legal action on Friday against a leading suspect in an investigation into the grisly torture and killing of a young Jewish man, judicial officials said. The killing, which police suspect was carried out by a gang, has ...
#36855 Lebanese PM to lobby Pres. Bush on Israeli withdrawal from Shaba
by Reuters in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister said yesterday that he would be asking U.S. President George Bush to put pressure on Israel to pull out of a border strip and thus enable his government to extend its authority over all Lebanese land. Fouad Sini ...
#36856 The noise before the storm
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been gripped by a growing verbal momentum in the past few weeks. In the middle of last week, he took pride in his country's success in enriching uranium - the admission ticket to the nuclear club; ...
#36857 Ahmadinejad awaits a response
by Zvi Bar'el in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not understand nuance. When he grants a "gift" to the world, he also tears off the wrapping like a wild man. Iran has enriched uranium, he said, and is a nuclear power. True or not, it doesn't matter. N ...
#36858 The misery ministry
by Ruth Sinai in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Over the past five years, social budgets have increased by 55.5 percent; in less than a decade, child allowances swelled by 300 percent, and a quarter of a million people were extricated from poverty. No, not in Israel, but in a country much favored ...
#36859 How serious is Olmert?
by Uzi Benziman in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
In a series of interviews in the foreign press, the most recent and most focused of which appeared in last weekend's Wall Street Journal, Prime Minister-designate Ehud Olmert firmed up his commitment to the convergence plan. In contrast to Ariel ...
#36861 An anti-Zionist government
by Baruch Kimmerling in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
As these lines are being written, it is becoming apparent that Ehud Olmert intends to form a broad coalition government with Labor's agreement and participation, which will also include Yisrael Beiteinu. In exchange for the legitimacy granted to ...
#36862 All together in 'the long war'
by Shmuel Rosner in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
TAMPA, FLORIDA - Brigadier General Ikram Haq is a tall, trim, straight-backed man whose broad, somewhat embarrassed smile reveals long teeth. Had he requested the permission of his superiors to give an interview to an Israeli journalist? He replies i ...
#36864 Ultra-Orthodox plan mass rally over arrest of alleged child killer
by Yair Ettinger, Jonathan Lis in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Planned protest follows violent demonstrations in Jerusalem over weekend. ...
#36865 Study: Israel fares low on rate of Ph.D. holders
by Tamara Traubman in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Israel comes 22nd out of 45 developed and developing nations in number of holders of doctoral degrees. ...
#36866 Heavy rain spreads throughout the country
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Danger of floods during the day; warmer weather forecast for the rest of the week. ...
#36867 Teva gets FDA thumbs up for generic prostate cancer pain drug
by AP in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Teva can begin shipping Mitoxantrone Hydrochloride injection USP immediately. ...
#36871 For first time, El Al to buy Airbus instead of Boeing
by Zohar Blumenkrantz in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
El Al to buy 8 A-330 Airbus jets, to replace Boeing 767 passenger planes, at cost of half billion dollars. ...
#36872 'U.S. demanding Pollard document held by Eitan'
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Jonathan Pollard's attorney said Sunday that the United States would release the convicted spy if Pollard's onetime handler, Rafi Eitan, handed over a secret document which details broad Israeli government in the affair.
U.S. and Israeli officials ...
#36873 Heavy rain spreads throughout the country, dampening holiday
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Danger of floods during the day; warmer weather forecast for the rest of the week. ...
#36874 Passover tourism to Israel up 20% over last year
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Tourism Minister: Goal of three million tourists this year could be reached. ...
#36860 Who is a terrorist?
by Gideon Levy in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
»Instead of expressions of sorrow at the death of children, the upper echelons of the defense establishment came out with a stream of strident statements. The defense minister said that the
only thing to do was step up the pressure on the Pale ...
#36876 Pink Floyd's Waters moves TA show to promote coexistence
by Tamar Sukenik in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
June 22 concert moved to Jewish-Arab town in show of solidarity with Israeli, Palestinian 'voices of reason.' ...
#36877 Kadima, Labor clash on two key parts of government guidelines
by Mazal Mualem in Ha'aretz, 16 April 2006
Labor pushing to raise minimum wage; also wants political guidelines to include phrase 'unilateral withdrawal,' commitment to clear outposts. ...
#36878 Hamas Being Forced To Collapse: Does this serve U.S. and Israeli interests?
by Sam Bahour in OhmyNews, 16 April 2006
»But cautious optimism was not the case. Instead, the U.S. wasted no time in dehumanizing the newly elected Palestinian parliamentarians and cabinet ministers. The war of words has been
nearly non-stop since Hamas’ victory with all level ...
#36863 Gaza on brink of implosion as aid cut-off starts to bite
by Conal Urquhart in The Observer, 16 April 2006
The end of Western funding and Israel's crossing closure sharpen Palestinian divisions, reports Conal Urquhart in Gaza City. ...
#104064 Gaza on brink of implosion as aid cut-off starts to bite
by Conal Urquhart in The Observer, 16 April 2006