1: Al Arabiya online 2: American Jewish Committee (AJC) website 3: BBCi (BBC Online) 4: CounterPunch 5: Electronic Intifada 6: Ha'aretz 7: The Guardian 8: The Independent 9: The New York Times
#111388 A message to BRICUP
by Rachel Giora, 20 May 2009
I am writing to express my support of your actions toward helping the boycott
movement become engulfing and effective. By responding to the Palestinian call
to boycott Israel, you emerged as the pioneers of the boycott movement against
Israel and ...
#109586 Israel officially wipes Palestine off the map
by Mona Moussly in Al Arabiya online, 20 May 2009
Israel has officially wiped Palestine off the map, beating Iran, whose president reportedly said he would wipe the Jewish state “off the map,” to the punch.
A Ministry of Tourism advertisement for Israel posted in several London Underground, or s ...
#110515 AJC Weekly News, Update 352
by American Jewish Committee in American Jewish Committee (AJC) website, 20 May 2009
» Applauding U.S.-Israel "Shared Values, Shared Goals"
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held extensive talks in Washington with President Obama and other senior officials, as well as Jewish organizational leaders, AJC hailed th ...
#109472 UN Gaza inquiry 'to proceed despite Israel'
by BBC staff in BBCi (BBC Online), 20 May 2009
»A UN inquiry into possible war crimes in Gaza will go ahead even if Israel does not co-operate, says Richard Goldstone, who leads the inquiry team. Mr Goldstone said he was "disappointed"
Israel had given no positive response, and said his te ...
#109473 Netanyahu Adviser Steps Out of the Shadows
by Jonathan Cook in CounterPunch, 20 May 2009
»As might be expected of a former senior official with Israel's spy agency Mossad, Uzi Arad -- the most trusted political adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister -- has got
used to being in the shadows as he exerts influence. Bu ...
#109467 Two years later, no reconstruction in Nahr al-Bared
by Ray Smith in Electronic Intifada, 20 May 2009
About two years ago, a battle broke out between the Lebanese army and the militant group Fatah al-Islam in the ...
#109476 Israel's choice, Obama's challenge
by Mustafa Barghouthi in Electronic Intifada, 20 May 2009
I cannot recall a more important meeting between an American president and an Israeli prime minister than today ...
#109477 Group linked to Israeli lobby, neocons releases another Islamophobic film
by Ali Gharib, Eli Clifton in Electronic Intifada, 20 May 2009
WASHINGTON (IPS) - A new documentary from a shadowy non-profit, the Clarion Fund, has ties to groups widely acc ...
#109479 Academic freedom controversy brewing at University of California
by Max Ajl in Electronic Intifada, 20 May 2009
»A controversy is quickening at the University of California centered around William Robinson, professor of sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and a critic of
globalization, capitalism and United States imperialism in ...
#109428 Netanyahu's tweeter-in-chief hands in resignation
by Mazal Mualem in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
»Sani Sanilevich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's special adviser on technological and Internet affairs, has earned the title of the new administration's first resignation, after
informing Netanyahu at the beginning of the week t ...
#109429 U.S. pressing Israel for gestures to Palestinians before June 4
by Aluf Benn, Barak Ravid in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
WASHINGTON - The United States expects Israel to make concrete concessions to the Palestinians before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Cairo on June 4, an American official said during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Wash ...
#109430 ANALYSIS / For Netanyahu, settlements are harder than Palestinian state
by Aluf Benn in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
WASHINGTON - "We still have some work ahead of us," is how an American source summed up his impressions of Monday's White House meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama. On Iran, he said, the prime minist ...
#109431 After two-month hiatus, Gaza rocket smashes into Sderot
by Reuters, Yanir Yagna, Amos Harel in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
A Qassam rocket fired from Gaza exploded outside a home in the Western Negev town of Sderot yesterday, causing extensive damage to the dwelling and lightly injuring an 18-year-old. In addition, two women were treated for shock.
The Qassam fell at ...
#109432 Victory for Reform movement as court rules state must fund all conversions
by Tomer Zarchin in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
The principle of equality obliges the state to give financial support to private conversion programs belonging to non-Orthodox as well as Orthodox groups, the High Court of Justice ruled in a landmark decision yesterday.
The ruling was issued in r ...
#109433 Obama-Netanyahu visit elicits little response from U.S. papers, UN
by Shlomo Shamir in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
NEW YORK - The United Nations and major U.S. newspapers largely ignored Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with President Barack Obama on Monday.
None of the newspapers mentioned the meeting on the day it took place. Tuesday, the day ...
#109434 Arab world divided on prospects for peace
by Jack Khoury in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
The new signals coming out of Washington indicating a greater American involvement in Mideast peacemaking have created further dissension among the main rival Palestinian factions.
Hamas' spokesperson in Gaza, Fauzi Barhoum, said on Tuesday t ...
#109435 Obama and the Arabs / An American message
by Zvi Bar'el in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
The public dialogue between U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was intended partly as an American monologue for Arab states, and particularly Iran.
Obama further clarified his Iran policy Monday when he explained tha ...
#109436 Defense weighing response to U.S. insistence on Gaza openings
by Amos Harel in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
»The remarks from U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday condemning the ongoing closure of the Gaza Strip were not received with particular surprise within the Israeli defense establishment.
Similar criticism has been aired in recent months by ...
#109437 ANALYSIS / The distance between the West Bank and Gaza is growing
by Avi Issacharoff in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
RAMALLAH - It's hard not to be impressed by the optimism about the Middle East that the White House is radiating. A brief visit to Ramallah, however, makes one wonder about the basis for it.
The composition of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam ...
#109438 Diskin: Shin Bet wanted to overthrow Hamas during Olmert's term as PM
by Yuval Azoulay in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
»The Shin Bet had recommended Israel overthrow the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip while Ehud Olmert was prime minister, Shin Bet head Yuval Diskin told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and
Defense Committee yesterday. This would not require occupyi ...
#109439 Arab Web surfer asks: Can I kill my cousin for 'family honor'?
by Dana Weiler-Polak in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
Should a man kill his female cousin who compromised the "family honor"? A user posted that question to Israel's fourth most popular Arabic-language Web site, Panet, last week, and said he intended to do so.
According to unofficial figures, 13 ...
#109440 Bedouin slam proposed JNF land swap with state administration
by Jack Khoury in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
»Bedouin representatives in the Negev are speaking out against an exchange of land between the Jewish National Fund and the Israel Lands Administration that is part of the pending Economic
Arrangements Bill, saying that the measure would make ...
#109441 Police to lift gag order on Bennett murder case within next few days
by Jack Khoury in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
Vicky Bennett paid her first visit yesterday to the site where her daughter Dana's remains were found several days ago, to light a memorial candle at the monument police set up there. She had trouble hiding her tears.
"I have no words," she s ...
#109442 Herzliya mom arrested for allegedly abusing sons
by Yuval Goren, Dana Weiler-Polak in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
A 36-year-old Herzliya woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly abusing her sons, ages 6 and 8.
Police suspect the woman regularly beat the children with her hands and a stick, and would withhold food and leave them unsupervised for hours at a t ...
#109443 Knesset panel allows deputy ministers attend, vote in c'tees
by Yuval Azoulay in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
The Knesset House Committee voted yesterday to change parliamentary regulations to allow deputy ministers to participate and vote in committee meetings, provoking a storm from opposition MKs and some coalition members.
The committee erupted into a ...
#109444 Legal Analysis / Blurring the border
by Ze'ev Segal in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
A deputy minister is not a cabinet member, but has nevertheless traditionally been viewed as part of the executive branch. Thus, for instance, the cabinet's rules on preventing conflicts of interest also apply to deputy ministers, and the Suprem ...
#109445 Public security minister plans shakeup of police districting
by Jonathan Lis in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch announced an ambitious plan Monday that would cancel the regional police units in the Tel Aviv and central districts. Until now these units have liaisoned between the small police stations and the distric ...
#109446 Half of Jewish children in J'lem, 74% of non-Jewish kids, below poverty line
by Nadav Shragai in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
Figures released ahead of Jerusalem Day show that at the end of 2008, over one third of Jerusalem's families live below the poverty line, and negative immigration from the capital continues, albeit at a slower rate than in previous years.
The ...
#109447 Israel still seeks Red-Dead cooperation despite Jordanian plan to go it alone
by Zafrir Rinat in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
Following a British newspaper report that Jordan would construct a Red Sea-Dead Sea canal without Israeli cooperation, the Water Authority has expressed its hope that Israel can still cooperate with the Hashemite kingdom on the project, thereby reple ...
#109448 Who was the 'Menachem' whose ancient jug was found in J'lem?
by Nadav Shragai in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
Archaeologists have discovered a biblical-era handle of a water pitcher with an ancient Hebrew inscription of the name "Menachem," marking the first time such a handle bearing this name has been found in Jerusalem.
The discovery was made during ex ...
#109449 Art attack
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
The ninth Musrara Mix Festival will open this year on May 25 in Jerusalem and will focus on the concept of avodah zara, which means both foreign labor and idolatry in Hebrew. The festival is the brainchild of Musrara's Naggar School of Photograp ...
#109451 Butternut squash and spinach pie
by Doram Gaunt in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
An open-faced vegetable pie with mild curry seasoning
Ingredients (for a 28 cm. round pie plate): ...
#109452 Prepare for round two
by Haaretz editorial writer in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
The positions that U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented at the conclusion of their first meeting at the White House revealed fundamental gaps regarding the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Though ...
#109453 The newlywed game
by Aluf Benn in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
WASHINGTON - Those who attended Monday's meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United States President Barack Obama at the White House formed the impression that while there was no lovefest: The conference was a businesslike enco ...
#109454 The minister who's easy to get along with
by Avirama Golan in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman likes to show his friends a little piece of paper that he always carries in his pocket: Nahmanides' letter to his son, who lived far away from him. In it, Nahmanides reminds his son of the principles of good educat ...
#109455 Darkness and light in Jerusalem
by Nadav Shragai in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
»The 200,000 Jews whom the State of Israel has settled in parts of Jerusalem that lie on the other side of its former border are not an obstacle to peace, but an obstacle to partition. And
partition is the greatest possible guarantee of a chao ...
#109456 Stop the smuggling
by Yom Tov Samia in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
»A few months before September 2000, I met with an Egyptian general. The atmosphere was informal, and the coffee and water pipe made it easier for me to ask my question simply and directly:
"What exactly do you need in order to stop the smuggl ...
#109457 Hezbollah wrestles with Lebanon government in bid to grab power
by Zvi Bar'el in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
Hezbollah is looking to control politics in Beirut. Will the country's electoral system allow for the opposition's power grab? The poster war is intensifying in the run-up to Lebanese parliamentary elections, slated for less than three week ...
#109458 Jewish community on American campus squirms under post-shooting spotlight
by Anthony Weiss in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut - When the alleged murderer of Wesleyan University student Johanna Justin-Jinich shattered the idyllic calm of this leafy Connecticut campus, it was just the beginning of his plans, police say.
In his journal and other writ ...
#109459 Turkish team comes to Israel in bid to woo back tourists
by Irit Rosenblum in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
Delegation includes 50 hoteliers from 35 hotels; Israeli tourism to Turkey plummeted by 60% in first months of 2009. ...
#109468 The long arc of Israeli politics bends toward Kadima
by Benjamin L. Hartman in Ha'aretz, 20 May 2009
Now that Netanyahu has achieved his one goal of becoming prime minister, he has nowhere to go. ...
#109460 Obama and Netanyahu: up close and personal
by Guardian editorial writer in The Guardian, 20 May 2009
We do not know what Barack Obama said to Binyamin Netanyahu for the two hours they spent alone in the Oval Office together. But we do know that it was alone. Mr Obama conducted the most closely watched meeting of his four-month-old administration wit ...
#109466 Diaspora Jews find their voice
by Antony Lerman in The Guardian, 20 May 2009
#109475 Iran test fires missile capable of reaching US bases or Israel
by Julian Borger in The Guardian, 20 May 2009
#109461 Israel goes cold on plan for regional peace deal - Defence minister backs Netanyahu's refusal to endorse Palestinian state
by Donald Macintyre in The Independent, 20 May 2009
»The Israeli Defence Minister yesterday issued one of the government's bluntest warnings against linkage between its stance on a two-state solution with the Palestinians and efforts to stop
Iran becoming a nuclear power. In what also appe ...
#109462 Leading article: Mr Obama's bold new strategy
by Editorial writer for The Independent in The Independent, 20 May 2009
The simple truth of efforts to reach peace in the Middle East is that pessimism has so often proved justified. So it will have come as no surprise to most observers – and certainly any observer in the region – that the first meeting this week of the ...
#109919 Netanyahu’s Embrace of Mark Twain
by Robert Mackey in The New York Times, 20 May 2009
Earlier this week a two-paragraph article on the Web site of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, on how a book by Mark Twain might factor in the quest for Middle East peace, sparked a brush fire of commentary from bloggers and journalists. The Haaretz rep ...
#1233 Harman's plan for the disintegration of Iran
with Jane Harman, 20 May 2009