News from Israel

Pastor Umar Mulinde in Isreal for acid attack treatment
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
Mulinde, 38, arrived in Israel on Jan. 5 for emergency medical treatment at Tel Aviv's Sheba Medical Center with a severely burned face and a damaged right eye. According to sources, Mulinde got financial and logistical help from Jerusalem Online ...

Activists Push for End to Isreali Presence in West Bank, Gaza
Patch.com
According to literature distributed by the group, it seeks to address "a root cause of the violence: the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem." The group stands outside Saint Louis Bread Co. from 12-1 pm on the second ...

Jerry Glickson | Meet elsewhere in Philadelphia
The Daily Pennsylvanian
Under Jordanian administration, access to Jewish holy places in Jerusalem was denied and the Jewish cemetery on the Mt. of Olives was desecrated with tombstones being used to line roads and urinals. Now Jordan and Egypt advocate that Israel grant the ...

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Israeli police heighten state of alert following overseas attacks
Toronto Star
Associated Press JERUSALEM—Israeli police say they have increased the state of alert all over the country following bomb attacks against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Tuesday that emphasis has been ...

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Face of Defense: Former Israeli Soldier Serves in Guard
Department of Defense
In Israel, Houten prayed often with his fellow soldiers and also at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, one of the most sacred sites for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike. "Being in Israel and the homeland of my religion, ethnicity of my people and going ...

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'Deceptive practices': US levies new sanctions on Iran
msnbc.com
The order came amid new tensions in the Middle East and around the world over the potential of a unilateral strike by Israel on Iran's nuclear program. "Among other things, the (executive order) freezes all property of the Central Bank of Iran and all ...

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Foreign Affairs Minister takes on US over Isreal
CFJC TV Kamloops
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has publicly declared in an Israeli newspaper interview that Canada is a better and stronger friend to Israel than the US is. His interview in the Jerusalem Post also saw Baird criticize past foreign policy that ...

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Isreal Is World's Second Most Educated Country: OECD Report
Bernama
JERUSALEM, Feb 2 (Bernama) -- Israel is the second country in the world with the highest education, though it ranked poorly in education expenditure and gross domestic product (GDP), said a report released Wednesday by the Organisation for Economic ...

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Is the Harper government's policy in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the ...
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
... John Baird, walks during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, in Jerusalem, …There's no subtlety when it comes to the Harper government's position on Israel. Speaking at the opening of the 12th annual Herzliya Conference on Monday, ...

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'Time Running Out' For Military Strike On Iran
Yahoo! News UK
Israel's defence minister Ehud Barak has warned that "time is urgently running out" to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. He said the Iranians are "deliberately drifting into what we call an immunity zone where practically no surgical ...

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