Lieberman: Hypocritical, anti-Semitic Europe has no right to give us advice
Avigdor Lieberman, head of Yisrael Beiteinu, attacked Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, saying that the disengagement plan will turn Israel into a bi-national state
French ambassador in Israel : you have a neurosis
Gerard Araud, the French ambassador to Israel , expressed his anger toward the way Israelis see his country. "The Israelis suffer from a neurosis that makes them hostile to everything French," he told Israeli Army Radio
UN delegate calls on Europe to impose sanctions on Israel
A United Nations human rights representative called on the European Union to cut economic ties with Israel until it stops violating Palestinian rights to obtain food without restrictions
The Ivory Coast : Israelis saved from rebels
The situation in the Ivory Coast has exploded: This afternoon, the local Ivory Coast police rescued two Israeli workers with the Solel Boneh company after rebels destroyed their home
Neo-Nazi convicted criminal elected to board of German party
Germany 's National Democratic Party (NPD) elected an extreme right-wing convicted neo-Nazi today to the party's national board. During the party conference, held in Leinefelde
Israel : the UN gives refuge to murderers
Danny Gillerman, Israel's representative at the United Nations, called on UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to dismiss Peter Hansen, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)
Israel detains 25 UN employees under administrative arrest
This morning United Nations spokesman Fred Eckhard said that Israel has detained 25 UN employees under administrative arrest for nearly two years, without bringing charges against them or putting them on trial.
Jewish Agency: we must take measures against Germany for encouraging Jews to immigrate
Jewish immigration to Israel continues to decline: it is expected that 21,000-22,000 people will have immigrated Israel by the end of 2004, a 17% decline from 2003 and the smallest number of immigrants in 20 years.
Settlers attack foreign peace activists in Hebron
"We were accompanying five children to school. Suddenly five masked men dressed in black jumped out at us carrying clubs and chains
France condemns "the Israeli invasion of Gaza "
Diplomacy, French-style: France chose to comment on Qassam rocket attacks on Sederot in its own way, condemning what it described as "the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip" this afternoon
The US : Israel must stop killing civilians
The United States called on Israel today to stop targeting innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip. "The United States calls on Israel to respond appropriately and refrain from killing civilians
Roger Waters against the wall
Musician Roger Waters, a member of the band Pink Floyd, has joined a group of prominent British artists against the separation wall
Head of news at French radio resigns after describing Israel as a "racist state"
The head of the news department at French radio resigned after his criticism of Israel led to protests.
The EU will try to step up its political role in the Middle East
European Union foreign ministers announced during their meeting yesterday in the Netherlands-the current presidential seat of the UN-that the EU is interested in stepping up its role in the Middle East peace process given a freeze in US political activity due to the November presidential elections
Does Israel suffer from the fascism of the minority?
Is there no choice but to stop denying it and openly admit that Israel is becoming a new sort of fascist entity in which a minority holds sway over the people?
We expect Israel to fulfill its obligations
The United States asked Israel to immediately end construction in Judea, Samaria , and the West Bank , after Maariv reported that the green light had been given for the construction of 600 housing units in Maale Adumim.
The hidden connection
The head of the Yeshiva University , Rabbi Schechter, said that a sermon given by the late Rabbi Soloveichik following the June 67 war left him with impression that the Catholic Church had always been opposed to the Zionist movement.
France : Sharon is persona non grata in Paris
The French are angry after the Prime Minister called on the Jews of France to immigrate to Israel as soon as possible given increasing anti-Semitism in France
France in a state of hysteria
France 's hysterical reaction to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's call for French Jews to immigrate to Israel sounds like it came from someone with a guilty conscience
Bush to the United Nations: Israel must stop humiliating the Palestinian people
In his annual speech before the UN General Assembly in New York today (September 21), US President George Bush said, " Israel must put a stop to the daily humiliation of the Palestinians
Sharon's speech triggers anger in France
In yesterday's speech in Jerusalem before the North American United Jewish Communities, Sharon called on Jews in the Diaspora to immigrate to Israel
Anger in France and New Zealand
France is angry. It is intimating that the Israeli Prime Minister is unwelcome in the country after he dared voice what the entire world knows: the Jews of France are in danger of anti-Semitic attacks.
Is Israel responsible for the new anti-Semitism?
Who besides anti-Semites believes that there is a causal relationship between the new anti-Semitism and security tendencies in the state of Israel ? The answer: some Jews themselves
They're not mad about the Arabs
Europeans may walk in the streets wearing kuffiya s and t-shirts printed with "Free Palestine," but even Maya Buskila is too much for them. "What's New in Europe": a new column by journalist Gadi Lahav from Barcelona
Two leftist activists arrested in Ben-Gurion Airport
The Ministry of Interior refused to allow two human rights activists-one from the US and another from the Netherlands -to enter Israel
Is the Netherlands Israel's ally, or is it helping the enemy?
The official website of the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center ( www.intelligence.org.il ) reports that Holland is strengthening its relationship with the Islamic Jihad movement, and in August a Dutch diplomatic delegation visited the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's student headquarters in the Gaza Strip
UN: the wall must come down
There were no surprises in the UN General Assembly's resolution; 150 nations supported the Palestinian proposal to adopt the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague concerning the removal of the separation wall. Six nations opposed the resolution, while ten abstained from voting.
148 persons die in an Egyptian airplane crash over the Red Sea
An Egyptian Boeing 737 flight crashed over the Red Sea after taking off from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Sinai.
Gandhi: "The Jews treat the Palestinians like Nazis"
Member of the Palestinian parliament Azmi al-Shuaibi praised the proposal made by Arun Gandhi, grandson of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, to arrange a protest march to bring back 50,000 refugees to Israeli territory
France to purchase $200 million worth of arms from Israel
In the next few days France and Israel will announce the signing of a deal involving the sale of information and technology from Israel Aircraft Industries to produce unmanned drones worth $150-200 million.
Former US envoy to the region Dennis Ross: let Arafat go; he should be allowed to go to Gaza if he promises to change the security situation
"Even though he does not deserve it, Arafat should be released from his headquarters," said former US envoy to the Middle East , Dennis Ross. He says that in order to pressure Arafat to make efforts, we must promise him something in return.
Israeli attorney in a Washington Post article: "Bush needs to put pressure on Israel "
In an article last Thursday (Aug 26) in the Washington Post , lawyer Danny Zeidman, the founder of the leftist Ir Shalom organization, called on the US Administration to put pressure on Israel to stop construction in the Maale Adumim area.
Turkish Prime Minister: Israel has broken the law
After several days of criticism of IDF actions in Rafah and a threat to recall the Turkish ambassador to Israel , Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at Israel again
Israel : biased, unacceptable political tactics
Foreign Ministry spokesman Yoni Peled announced Israel 's official response to the International Court of Justice opinion
We should not give up on France
"The French people always like to help the weak, and it has always been clear to them that we will never again be the weak ones, and we will never go back to being that small, magical country we were before 1967
Switzerland : Mohammed Bakri and a pro-Palestinian film take top prizes in festival
The Italian film Private took first prize for foreign films in the 57th annual Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland . The star of the film, Arab Israeli Mohammed Bakri, won the award for best actor
British newspapers charmed by Israeli musician who hates his country
In the past few days, British newspapers have been filled with praise for Israeli saxophonist Gilad Atzmon. Newspapers are happily transmitting all his lies and statements against Israel . Atzmon describes himself as a self-imposed exile due to his "disgust with the treatment of the Palestinians
France : Sharon 's declarations are unacceptable
Yesterday (July 18) Paris described Sharon 's plea to the Jews of France to "immigrate to Israel immediately" as unacceptable. Sharon said yesterday that France is currently witnessing "one of the worst cases of anti-Semitism.
Avnery calls on French Jews to criticize Israel
In two articles published on Islamic and Palestinian websites, Uri Avnery, former MK and leader of the leftist Gush Shalom, called on world Jewry, especially Jews in France, to criticize Israel
Fear that anti-Semitism in France could increase
After a young woman complained of anti-Semitic attack on train in Paris and thereafter admitted lying
A racist attack or an overactive imagination?
Yesterday, the story of the anti-Semitic attack on a suburban Paris train filled news headlines in France ..
The High Court of Justice refuses part of the route of the barrier in Jerusalem
This morning (6/30) the High Court of Justice ruled against a planned 30 out of the 40 kilometers of a part of the separation barrier which would border Jerusalem
The Hague Court : The barrier is in violation of international law and must be removed
The International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled today (7/9) against the Israeli separation barrier and said that Israeli security considerations did not justify building this barrier which violates international law
France : Judas Iscariot as part of the curriculum
While the government of France says that it is determined to combat anti-Semitism, a study of official schoolbooks undertaken by the Jewish Agency in France found certain worrying examples
Studying Greek myths
Question
Is it permissible to read or study Greek mythology?
Turkey threatens: we shall recall the ambassador
Today Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said that Turkey is considering recalling its ambassador in Israel for "consultations."
Art installation against the wall shown at a rock festival in Denmark
An eight-meter high model of the separation wall constructed in the territories was set up at the Roskilde rock festival in Denmark to protest the wall and Israel 's policies in the territories.
Remember what Hitler—may the Lord erase his memory—did to you
Why do we expect the peoples of Europe to love us? Were not six million Jews murdered and burned alive in Europe 55 years ago because they were Jews?