How Come No One Wants to Help Gaza? :: Stonegate Institute
admin | February 21, 2012
Who is stopping the Palestinians from turning the Gaza Strip into the Middle East's Hong Kong? Is it Israel, the Palestinians themselves or the Arab countries
Khader Adnan's Hunger Strike Challenges Israel's Detention of …
admin | February 21, 2012
Commentators throughout the Middle East debate the stakes of Khader Adnan's hunger protest, 66 days in.
China: Israel Must Accept Hamas & Fatah « Newsessentials Blog
admin | February 21, 2012
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JERUSALEM – China's special envoy to the Middle East, Wu Sike stressed that Israel must accept the reconciliation between Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas . “I hope that Israel will accept both the …
Israel Safest as Investors Discount War Threat: Riskless Return
admin | February 20, 2012
February 20, 2012, 1:56 AM EST By Tal Barak Harif (For more columns, click on NI RISKLESS <GO>.) Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Israel, under threat of war from its neighbors since being founded in 1948, produced better risk- adjusted returns than all other developed stock markets in the past decade as the technology-driven economy attracted global investors
Is Israel a Bigger Threat than Iran? | The Official Website of …
admin | February 20, 2012
“The United States government and foreign policy under George W. Bush is run by neoconservatives tightly linked to Israel's right wing Likud Party … Both groups desire to re-make the Middle East, in large part to make it safer …
Israel Safest as Investors Discount War Threat
admin | February 20, 2012
By Tal Barak Harif – Sun Feb 19 22:00:00 GMT 2012 Enlarge image Bank Of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer Stanley Fischer, governor of the Bank of Israel, helped steer the economy back to growth after the worst global recession since World War II. Stanley Fischer, governor of the Bank of Israel, helped steer the economy back to growth after the worst global recession since World War II. Photographer: Adam Reynolds/Bloomberg Feb
Egypt pushing forward with trial
admin | February 19, 2012
By The Associated Press CAIRO — Egypt said Saturday the criminal trial of 16 Americans and 27 others will start Feb. 26 in a politically charged case against foreign-funded pro-democracy groups that has badly shaken Cairo’s ties with Washington
West Bank settlements violate Oslo accords, says left-wing Israeli activist
admin | February 19, 2012
Israeli settlers from the West Bank are violating the 1995 Oslo accords, says a left-wing Israeli activist. Dror Etkes, a prominent anti-settlement activist, told Haaretz today that Israeli settlers are taking over an area called Area B.
Israel calls for tougher Iran sanctions
admin | February 18, 2012
TOKYO (Reuters) – Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Saturday a nuclear-armed Iran would trigger an arms race in the Middle East and nations should impose “crippling” sanctions on Tehran to force it to give up its atomic program. “A nuclear Iran is a threat to the whole world, not just to Israel … Other major powers in the Middle East will have to try to reach nuclear capability, probably Saudi Arabia, probably Turkey, probably even Egypt,” Barak told reporters in Tokyo
Egypt sets Feb. 26 as start date for NGO trial
admin | February 18, 2012
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will begin hearing the criminal trial of 19 Americans and 24 others on Feb. 26 in a politically charged case against foreign-funded pro-democracy groups, the country's state news agency said Saturday
