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State: IDF not to blame for activist Rachel Corrie's death

5 min 32 sec ago
The State Prosecutor's Office appealed Thursday to the Haifa District Court to dismiss outright the civil suit filed by U.S. activist Rachel Corrie's family against the Defense Ministry for unspecified compensation for their daughter's death. ...

H&M opens Israel store amid calls to boycott European branches

7 min 44 sec ago
More than 24 European and Middle Eastern pro-Palestinian organizations on Thursday condemned the opening of H&M's flagship store in Israel and called to boycott the clothing chain's stores in Europe in response. ...

Sweden to extradite suspect in Auschwitz sign theft

1 hour 17 min ago
A Swedish man accused of organising the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz will be extradited to Poland, a Swedish district court said on Thursday. ...

Biden to Israelis: Mideast status quo unsustainable

1 hour 35 min ago
Vice President says that Palestinians, Israelis must decide for themselves if they want peace.

How did U.S. groups react to Biden's condemnation of Israel?

4 hours 33 min ago
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's condemnation of Israel's plan to construct 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem was welcomed on Wednesday by advocacy groups and analysts who called for Israel to be held accountable for actions that undermine peace talks with the Palestinians. ...

Hamas releases British journalist detained in Gaza

5 hours 25 min ago
Documentary-maker Paul Martin to be freed after four weeks in jail on suspicion of spying for Israel.

PA: Peace talks off until East Jerusalem housing shelved

7 hours 42 min ago
PA says indirect negotiations with Israel on hold over plans for 1,600 Jewish homes in E. Jerusalem.

Arab League chief: Abbas won't enter indirect peace talks now

10 hours 28 min ago
Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told him he would not enter indirect talks with Israel. ...

European Parliament endorses Goldstone Gaza report

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 22:12
The European Parliament on Wednesday urged its 27-member states to monitor the Israeli and Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes committed during last year's late-winter conflict in Gaza. ...

MKs to Biden: Show kindness and mercy for Jonathan Pollard

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 21:47
A group of Knesset faction chairmen on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden requesting clemency for Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in the U.S. after being convicted of spying for Israel. ...

Noam Shalit urges EU Parliament chief: Help secure Gilad's release

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 19:49
Noam Shalit, father of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, met Wednesday in Strasbourg, France, with European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek. ...

Trial over death of U.S. activist Rachel Corrie begins

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 18:24
The family of an American activist who was fatally crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza accused Israel of whitewashing its investigation into the death Wednesday in the opening of a civil case against Israel. ...

PA cancels ceremony honoring leader of 1978 terror attack in Israel

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 17:40
The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a ceremony to honor the woman who led a 1978 hijacking of a civilian bus in Israel that left 35 people dead. ...

Are peace talks doomed to fail before they start?

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:55
There is a deep reason the majority of Israelis and Palestinians can't move toward the two-state solution.

Holocaust deniers face jail under new Hungarian law

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:34
Denying or playing down the Holocaust in Hungary is to be a criminal offense punishable by up to three years imprisonment after President Laszlo Solyom signed new legislation into law on Wednesday. ...

Egypt's top Muslim cleric dies of heart attack at age 81

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:25
Top Egyptian cleric Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, whose moderate views angered conservative Muslims, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the state-owned news agency reported. He was 81. ...

Yishai: Sorry for distress over East Jerusalem plan

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:31
Interior Minister Eli Yishai apologized on Wednesday for causing domestic and international distress as a result of Israel's recent decision to approve 1,600 more homes in East Jerusalem. ...

Jewish lobbying sways EU against support of Goldstone Gaza report

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:02
Members of the European Parliament have backtracked from their plan to pass a resolution demanding implementation of the Goldstone report, in response to pressure from European Jewish leaders, Haaretz has learned. ...

Biden: East Jerusalem plan undermines peace talks

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:00
Israel's decision to approve 1,600 new homes in an ultra-Orthodox East Jerusalem neighborhood is undermining Middle East peace talks, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said in Jerusalem on Tuesday. ...