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Jerusalem Politics Alleged Fraud Disturbed Cemetery
Monday, August 23rd, 2010A political battle over a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem that began with charges of insensitivity leveled at plans for a museum of religious tolerance at the site has spread into a more curious fight about whether hundreds of nearby tombstones are even real.
The Mamilla cemetery had its peace disturbed this month by Israeli bulldozers demolishing [...]
New war looming in Middle East
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Tensions in the Middle East are rising with many now expecting Israel to launch a new war against Lebanon.
Speculation has been building over several months with the trigger-point expected to be indictments of a number of people with links to Hezbollah over the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri in [...]
Obama challenged by Goldstone over Bias Claims
Sunday, April 4th, 2010Jurist Richard Goldstone, whose report to the United Nations accused Israel of war crimes, challenged United States President Barack Obama on Thursday over charges of bias. Obama’s administration expressed concern that the report was both biased against Israel and flawed.
// “I have yet to hear from the Obama administration what the flaws in the report [...]
How the Next Middle East War Could Start
Thursday, March 25th, 2010This May, Israel will celebrate its 62nd Independence Day. And barring the unexpected, the country will have good reason to celebrate. This will have been the safest year in a decade and a half for Israeli civilians—the year with the fewest fatalities in acts of war or terror.
Ironically, Israel’s most bitter foes are responsible for [...]
Fischer offered second term as Bank of Israel governor
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed to Stanley Fischer that he stays on another term as governor of the Bank of Israel. His first term in this …
Rachel Corrie civil action to open in Israel
Saturday, March 6th, 2010A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, has begun in Israel.
The civil action against the Israeli defence ministry will decide whether damages should be paid for her death in Gaza at the age of 23.
Corrie and other activists had been trying [...]
Saudis to host conference in Chicago
Thursday, March 4th, 2010So now, when times aren’t so good, the Middle East’s largest economy can afford to dip into reserves and launch the largest stimulus package on the planet …