Palestinians say direct talks depend on Israel Khaleej Times RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories ' The Palestinians on Thursday reiterated their demands regarding a move to direct talks with Israel and welcomed Arab foreign ministers' support for their position. | Aides to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Arab ministers meeting in Cairo had stood by thei...
Israel Folau's final insult to rugby league The Australian | THE player NSW wanted banned from representative football is set to leave rugby league with a fairytale Test match in the heart of western Sydney. | And his presence looms as a nightmare for the ARL. | Israel Folau has told officials he wants to represent his native Tonga for the first time when t...
Jerusalem hosts subdued gay pride march Independent online | By Karoun Demirjian | Jerusalem - Thousands of Israelis on Thursday marched calmly in Jerusalem's longest gay pride parade despite opposition from anti-gay demonstrators. | The subdued Jerusalem march from the centre of town to the parliament build...
Abbas resists US pressure for immediate talks with Israel The Independent | Arab nations yesterday backed the Palestinian President's refusal to immediately restart direct talks with Israel despite heavy US pressure. | The Arab foreign ministers endorsed the idea of direct negotiations, said Qatari Prime Minister, Sheik Ha...
The press baron who's making news in Israel The Independent | It is the brash upstart on the Israeli media scene with money to burn and already with a reputation it's trying to shed. Israel Hayom, a free newspaper that for the first time has stormed to the front of Israel's circulation battle, is such a stron...
South Asian tuk-tuks chug into Gaza, powered by smuggled fuel Daily Star Lebanon | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Friday, July 30, 2010 | - Powered by | Joseph Krauss | Agence France Presse | GAZA CITY: Gaza’s ubiquitous donkey carts are facing stiff competition after an influx of South Asia’s iconic tuk-tuks, powere...
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Arabs meet on Palestinian peace talks with Israel Khaleej Times Arab foreign ministers will hold crucial talks with Palestinian Mahmud Abbas to decide whether he will begin direct negotiations with Israel amid pressure from the US. | Abbas has ...
Abbas terms for direct talks impossible: Israel Khaleej Times Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has laid down 'impossible' conditions for moving to direct peace talks, Israel's vice prime minister charged on Wednesday. | "The Palestinians ha...
Israel's intolerance is clearly apparent Gulf News | Israel's liberal left has been warning about this for decades — and now those cautionary words seem like prophesies. Lines of Israeli authors, academics and campaigners hav...
Jerusalem hosts gay pride march The Australian | THOUSANDS of Israelis marched in Jerusalem's longest gay pride parade despite opposition from anti-gay demonstrators. | The subdued march from Jerusalem city centre to the parliament building overnight contrasted with flamboyant pride parades ...
Gaza kids fly kites to break record The Daily Telegraph Australia | THOUSANDS of kites have filled the sky over Gaza as children gathered to break their own Guinness World Record in an event organised by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. | More than 7200 children flew colourful kites at a sprawling sandy beac...
Jerusalem hosts gay pride march The Daily Telegraph Australia | THOUSANDS of Israelis marched in Jerusalem's longest gay pride parade despite opposition from anti-gay demonstrators. | The subdued march from Jerusalem city centre to the parliament building overnight contrasted with flamboyant pride parades ...
British PM calls Gaza 'prison camp' Daily Star Lebanon | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | - Powered by | ANKARA: British Prime Minister David Cameron Tuesday urged Israel to lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip, comparing the Palestinian enclave with a “prison camp.” “Let me be clear that the situation in Gaza has to change … Gaza cannot, and must not b...
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Barak renews Israeli threat to target all of Lebanon in next war Daily Star Lebanon | By Patrick Galey | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Israel will target the whole of Lebanon in any future conflict against Hizbullah, according to its Defense Minister Ehud Barak. | In a wide-ranging interview with The Washington Post in Tel Aviv – in which the former prime minister discusses sanctions on I...
