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Number of articles: 34

Article(s) appeared in following journal(s):

1: CounterPunch   2: Ha'aretz   3: Jerusalemite.net   4: Stop the Wall   5: The Independent   6: Wikipedia  

CounterPunch

#89354 What If the Israeli Lobby was the Islamic Lobby? (part 1)
by B. R. Gowani in CounterPunch, 31 August 2008
»What would you call those influential Jews, individuals and those belonging to the Lobby, in the US who played an important role in the war to destroy an Arab country of Iraq without any reason or are now pushing for a war against Iran? They ...

Ha'aretz

#89250 Olmert seeks to convince Abbas to accept framework for two-state solution
by Aluf Benn, Barak Ravid, Avi Issacharoff in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
As far as prime minister is concerned, only two weeks left to reach agreement before he steps down. ...

#89281 Court bans woman suspected of drowning son from funeral, fearing for her safety
by Igal Hai in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Court cites fears boy's father might hurt Olga Borisov; suspect's remand was extended on Friday by 10 days. ...

#89251 Olmert pressing Abbas to accept framework deal
by Aluf Benn, Barak Ravid, Avi Issacharoff in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are scheduled to meet today in Jerusalem, in what will most likely be their final meeting before the Kadima primary on September 17. Olmert will seek to convince the Pale ...

#89252 Where have all the elementary school dropouts gone?
by Or Kashti in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Some 3,500 children in grades 1 through 6 dropped out of school last year, and the Education Ministry has no information about them, according to internal ministry data published here for the first time. Under the Compulsory Education Law all chil ...

#89253 Hamas piping in fuel from Egypt
by Avi Issacharoff in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
»Arab sources report that Hamas recently laid a pipeline for supplying the blockaded Gaza Strip with fuel from Egypt. In a move that indicates that Hamas is trying to place the smuggling operation between Egyptian and Palestinian Rafah on an o ...

#89254 Collaborator living quietly in Germany
by Assaf Uni in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
KIRCHBERG, Germany - A Lithuanian citizen convicted of collaborating with the Nazis and persecuting Jews during World War II is living peacefully in a small town in Germany. As a member of the Nazi-sponsored Lithuanian Security Police, Dailide arr ...

#89255 Mother drowns son on Bat Yam beach
by Igal Hai, Ronit Singer-Heruti in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
A Rishon Letzion woman suspected in the drowning death late Thursday night of her 4-year-old son was arraigned on Friday and ordered to remain in custody for 10 days. Olga Borisov, 42, allegedly drowned Alon Borisov at a beach in Bat Yam. Ilan Yeh ...

#89256 Jewish Dems: Palin out of step with community opinions
by Haaretz staff, Natasha Mozgovaya in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Following U.S. Presidential candidate John McCain's announcement that he had selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate on Friday, the National Jewish Democratic Council issued a statement saying McCain's judgment appears " ...

#89257 PM's wife questioned on Cremieux house
by Jonathan Lis in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's wife for two hours Friday regarding the investigation into the house Olmert bought on Jerusalem's Cremieux Street. But the police stressed that Aliza Olmert was not being questioned under warni ...

#89258 Hamas wants 1,000 released for Shalit
by Agencies, Avi Issacharoff in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Hamas is rejecting any discussion on a list of 450 prisoners that Israel might offer in exchange for Gilad Shalit, and says that it is asking for more than a 1,000. A spokesman for Hamas' military wing, the Iz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said ...

#89259 Hamas fires Fatah-affiliated schoolteachers in Gaza
by Avi Issacharoff in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
The conflict between Fatah and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has reached the schools, where Hamas has removed from their positions teachers and principals who are affiliated with Fatah. The dismissals occurred a week ago, on the eve of the new school ye ...

#89260 Peres: Woe to us had Nathan listened to consensus
by Ofra Edelman in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Hundreds of people paid their last respects to Abie Nathan Friday morning, at a funeral service held at Tel Aviv's Tzavta Theater. A video projected on the stage backdrop showed photos of Nathan and news reports on his humanitarian and peace eff ...

#89261 Gustav slams Cuba as Cat 4 storm; many evacuated
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
HAVANA - Gustav howled into Cuba's Isla de Juventud as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane yesterday while both Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the path of the fast-growing storm. Forecasters said it could gain yet more power, becoming a ...

#89262 They failed to free Shalit
by Haaretz editorial writer in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
A ministerial committee headed by Haim Ramon will begin work this morning on a list of 450 Palestinian prisoners whom Israel will be willing to release in exchange for Gilad Shalit. It is difficult to offer an explanation for this puzzling story. Is ...

#89263 The Rose parade
by Gideon Levy in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
»The truth must be told: Our patience has run out, like the waters of the Yarkon that the police considered drying out. The searches of the muddy river broadcast live on the Internet and in a constant loop on television, the interminable scrut ...

#89264 If Russia shows interest in the conflict
by Zvi Bar'el in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
»Russia not only ignored the West's demands and warnings, it added threats of its own and warned of a conflagration in the Black Sea. On Wednesday, Russia poked Washington in the eye one more time and caused a stir in Israel. The charge d ...

#89265 Candidates who know how to be led
by Uzi Benziman in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Shaul Mofaz was photographed barefoot at home. As far as we can tell from the photograph, he's not foot model material, but his public relations advisers instructed him to peel off his serious, humorless persona - and the transportation minister ...

#89266 A grating tone
by Yehuda Ben Meir in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
This past Wednesday, a public demonstration of solidarity was organized in the south of the country to mark Gilad Shalit's 22nd birthday. During the rally, a young reserve army officer, a first lieutenant who also happened to be Shalit's co ...

#89267 Olmert's aides, at their service
by Ora Coren in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
While Ehud Olmert was industry and trade minister from 2003 to 2006, his aides wielded pressure on the head of the ministry's Investments Center in order to determine which ventures received funding and grants, contrary to standard ministerial p ...

#89268 Kibbutz Eilot: Report proves our claims justified
by Revital Levy-Stein in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Since 2002, Kibbutz Eilot has waged a series of legal battles against the Aquaria project, which has sought to expropriate land from the kibbutz. The kibbutz has filed numerous petitions with local courts as well as the High Court of Justice, seeking ...

#89269 Olmert's disappearing fingerprints
by Ora Coren in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss confirmed what many have known for some time: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert grossly interfered with proper government procedure while industry and trade minister by exerting undue influence on the bureaucrats in cha ...

#89270 Ran Peker's political and business connections
by Guy Leshem in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Ran Peker, 73, is the son of moshav Kfar Vitkin's founding family. In 1953, he began his military career as a Spitfire fighter pilot. He was also one of the first pilots to receive training for the new Mirage fighter jets. During the Six-Day War ...

#89282 Rabin assassin Amir suspected of threatening wife's neighbor
by Jonathan Lis in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Yigal Amir allegedly phoned neighbor posing as wife's lawyer; police trace call to Amir's jail. ...

#89283 Dichter mulls approving dismissal of top police commander
by Jonathan Lis in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Public Security Min. initially opposed Commissioner's decision to end career of Southern District commander. ...

#89291 Ex-Ambassador to U.S.: Arabs in Galilee are secessionist threat
by Jack Khoury in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Danny Ayalon warns of S. Ossetia scenario in 1st public appearance since joining Yisrael Beiteinu. ...

#89292 Jewish Agency cedes North America aliyah operations to Nefesh B'Nefesh
by Anshel Pfeffer in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
Deal comes after row between private group, state agency; Agency to still to decide who can immigrate. ...

#91525 IDF, PA meet for highest-level security talks held since 1994
by Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff in Ha'aretz, 31 August 2008
All Palestinian security organizations in the West Bank met Thursday with their Israel Defense Forces counterparts in the highest-level talks held since 1994 in Beit El army headquarters, near Ramallah. At the meeting the Palestinians requested t ...

Jerusalemite.net

#112315 A conversation with Eetta Prince-Gibson, editor-in-chief of 'The Jerusalem Report'
by Jerusalemite.net staff, Eetta Prince-Gibson (interviewee) in Jerusalemite.net, 31 August 2008
Without getting into politics and various nationalist agendas too much, what do you see as the big issues facing the cultural future of Jerusalem? How can we keep the young people from moving away? How can we ensure that the city maintains at least a ...

Stop the Wall

#89280 New Israeli Medical Association boycott website
by STW contributor in Stop the Wall, 31 August 2008
The Medical Committee for Boycott of the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) has launched a new website. The site contains information, articles and analysis on the Occupation’s use of torture as well as the acceptance by Israeli doctors of this ...

#89324 Photo Exhibit: “Threatened villages – 6 years of struggle”
by STW contributor in Stop the Wall, 31 August 2008
A powerful photo exhibit illustrates the reality and struggle of the Palestinian villages threatened by the Wall and the Bedouin communities within the context of the ongoing Nakba. 36 photos, including captions. ...

#89325 Report: “The Arab Jahalin: from the Nakba to the Wall”
by STW contributor in Stop the Wall, 31 August 2008
An in depth study on the history of the Jahalin Bedouin, from there expulsion from Tal ‘Arad until the present. Based on a number of oral histories, the Jahalin narrate their own struggle. ...

The Independent

#89273 Israeli minister denies sleaze
by Matthew Bell in The Independent, 31 August 2008
Poll ratings for Israel's Labour Party are in freefall following a sleaze scandal involving cash-for-access. Nili Priel, the wife of Ehud Barak, the Defence Minister, is alleged to have offered to set up meetings between decision-makers and foreign i ...

Wikipedia

#89329 History of the Jews in China
by Wikipedia contributors in Wikipedia, 31 August 2008
Jews and Judaism in China have had a long history. Jewish settlers are documented in China as early as the 7th or 8th century CE, but may have arrived during the mid Han Dynasty, or even as early as 231 BCE[1]. Relatively isolated communities develop ...

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Alternative Information Center

#1000 Media Matters interview Alexander Cockburn
with Alexander Cockburn, Robert W. McChesney, on Alternative Information Center, 31 August 2008



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