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# israel - Friday 17 May, 2013
Turkey and US demand Assad stand down
The US President and Turkish Prime Minister met in Washington to discuss Syria’s ongoing, bloody conflict.
# israel - Saturday 11 May, 2013
# israel - Thursday 9 May, 2013
Israel approves 296 West Bank settler homes
The announcement comes just two days after Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a freeze on tenders for new settler homes in a bid to give a chance to US-led efforts to revive peace talks.
# israel - Monday 6 May, 2013
Israeli PM visits China after Syria strikes
Benjamin Netanyahu’s signalling of a return to “business as usual” may indicate that Israel does not expect an immediate retaliation for this weekend’s airstrikes.
# israel - Sunday 5 May, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added men trying to break into a police station
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Israel hits military research centre in Syria in second attack
It is Israel’s second strike on Syria in three days.
# israel - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Israel targets shipment of surface-to-air missiles in Syria
At least 70,000 people have been killed in Syria so far, including 122 people killed in violence yesterday.
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Saturday morning.
# israel - Friday 3 May, 2013
Google Palestine now exists
The search engine replaced its Palestine Territories products and named them Google Palestine.
# israel - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Column: The EU must do more to help resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict
The EU has considerable leverage in the region, yet is taking a back-seat to the US – which dithers as relations in the region break-down. It’s time for a change, writes Emer Costello MEP.
# israel - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know as you work your way into Wednesday.
# israel - Sunday 31 March, 2013
Opinion: History is a nightmare from which Trapattoni’s Irish side are trying to awake
Will the Austria draw be remembered as Trap’s ‘Israel moment’?
# israel - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# israel - Friday 22 March, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added chicks sniffing daffodils
The things we learned, loved and shared today…
Turkey accepts Israeli apology over fatal flotilla raid
Benjamin Netanyahu has apologised to Turkey for a deadly 2010 flotilla raid and announced a full resumption of diplomatic ties as well as compensation for the families of those killed.
# israel - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Obama to visit Israel in first foreign trip since re-election
The US President will arrive in Tel Aviv to inspect a rocket-and-mortar defence system produced by Israel with American assistance.
# israel - Sunday 17 March, 2013
Alan Shatter tells Israel: Ireland is still your friend
The Minister for Justice also told an Israeli newspaper that he had been the target of some anti-Semitism during his time in politics but that it had been “extremely rare”.
# israel - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Done deal: Netanyahu confirms that he has formed a new Israeli government
The agreement will see Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party form a government with the centrist HaTnuah, Yesh Atid and the far right Jewish Home.
# israel - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Shatter: Ireland would consider sending more soldiers to Syrian border
The Defence Minister, speaking at the beginning of a tour of Lebanon and Israel, said increased tension could lead to involvement of more peacekeepers at Golan Heights. Niamh Fleming-Farrell reports from Beirut.
Some of the best and worst teachers ever
Oh captain my captain.
# israel - Thursday 28 February, 2013
BAI upholds complaint about Vincent Browne’s ‘cancer in foreign affairs’ show
A complaint about an Ireland AM segment on abortion was also upheld.
Gilmore meets new US Secretary of State John Kerry
The pair agreed to formally meet again in Washington DC around St Patrick’s Day.
# israel - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Israel says no more prisoners being held incognito after Prisoner X
Mossad agent Ben Zygier was identified by Australian media as Prisoner X, who was found hanged in his isolation cell in an Israeli prison.
# israel - Thursday 14 February, 2013
Israel confirms it held mysterious ‘Prisoner X’
Israel has confirmed it held Ben Zygier in solitary confinement on security grounds and said he later took his own life but few other details are clear about the alleged Mossad agent.
# israel - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
Australia orders inquiry into mysterious ‘Prisoner X’ case in Israel
The secret incarceration of ‘Prisoner X’ by Israel in 2010 caused controversy and now an Australia TV channel claims that the prisoner was an Australian citizen and Mossad agent Ben Zygier.
# israel - Friday 8 February, 2013
Watch council workers paint ‘disabled’ space around a car… then tow it
The driver got a €270 fine for parking in a disabled spot, in Tel Aviv.
# israel - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Israel strike on Syria ‘unacceptable’: Russia
Russia’s foreign ministry said it was “deeply concerned” by the Syrian claims and that it was taking “urgent measures” to clarify the situation.
# israel - Monday 28 January, 2013
Israel issues rules on contraceptives for immigrants
Allegations surfaced last month that Ethiopian women were coerced into taking contraceptive jabs.
# israel - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
Big win for centrists in poll upset, but Netanyahu still likely to lead Israel
The 120-seat Israeli parliament, the Knesset, is now evenly divided between right wing and centre-left parties but Netanyahu is expected to negotiate a coalition and third term as prime minister.
# israel - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Polls open in Israeli elections as Netanyahu expected to retain power
A government of hardline, right wing and religious parties is expected to come together after elections to the 120-seat Knesset today with polls opening this morning.
# israel - Sunday 13 January, 2013
Photos: Israel evicts Palestinians from West Bank protest site
Dozens of protesters were evicted from the first-of-its-kind protest camp in an area slated for Jewish settlement.
# israel - Friday 4 January, 2013
PHOTOS: Hamas allows huge Fatah rally in Gaza – the first since 2007
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Fatah attended the mass rally – the first since Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007.
# israel - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
Financially-strapped Palestine asks Arab nations to stump up cash
Israel has withheld the usual instalments of tax revenue since Palestine successfully won observer status at the UN.
# israel - Monday 31 December, 2012
Former Israeli foreign minister charged with breach of trust and fraud
The charges were filed against Avigdor Lieberman, who resigned his cabinet post earlier this month.
# israel - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
2012: a year in striking images
The year’s biggest news stories…in pics.
# israel - Tuesday 25 December, 2012
Thousands celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem
Meanwhile the Pope led Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican.
# israel - Friday 21 December, 2012
Former presidential candidate John Kerry to be new US Secretary of State
The veteran Democratic senator will succeed Hillary Clinton in the new year provided he is confirmed by his colleagues in the senate.
# israel - Thursday 20 December, 2012
Israel okays initial stages of new West Bank city
Plans to build 523 homes gets go ahead.
Google launches Dead Sea Scrolls online library
Only five conservators worldwide are authorized to handle the Dead Sea Scrolls, but now, everyone can view them.
# israel - Saturday 8 December, 2012
Pics: In fiery speech, Hamas chief says he will cede no land to Israel
Tens of thousands of people attended a rally in the Gaza Strip to mark the 25th anniversary of Hamas and the return from exile of its political leader, Khaled Meshaal.
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