The Scotsman
April 9, 2011
World news about Israel, including breaking news and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Articles
9 Palestinians Killed as Israelis Retaliate for Bus Attack
Israeli air force and artillery struck Gaza repeatedly on Friday — a day after a Hamas missile hit an Israeli school bus — killing four militants and five civilians.
April 8, 2011
The Goldstone Chronicles
There seems to be little coherence in the jurist's volte-face. Did he buckle under pressure?
April 7, 2011Missile From Gaza Hits School Bus
A 16-year-old Israeli boy was critically wounded on Thursday when an anti-tank missile fired out of Gaza struck a school bus in southern Israel, officials said.
April 7, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: TERRORISM, GAZA STRIP
Germany Pushes Israelis on Peace
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that it was more urgent than ever that Israeli-Palestinian peace talks be restarted.
April 7, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: PALESTINIANS, GERMANY, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN, MERKEL, ANGELA
Warning By Israeli On U.N. Nod To Palestinians
Israel has come under intensified pressure to make a substantive offer to the Palestinians or risk a vote in the United Nations General Assembly to recognize Palestine as a state.
April 7, 2011Sudan Says Israel Launched a Missile Strike on a Car, Killing 2
Sudanese officials said a missile struck a car traveling from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, obliterating the vehicle and killing two people who were inside.
April 6, 2011Palestinians’ Bid for Statehood Gets I.M.F. Support
The International Monetary Fund says the Palestinian Authority is fully capable of running the economy of an independent state.
April 6, 2011
Israelis and Palestinians Mourn Juliano Mer Khamis
Juliano Mer Khamis was a renowned actor, director and political activist who embodied the Israeli-Arab conflict and embraced its complexities in a way that few could.
April 6, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS, PALESTINIANS
Richard Goldstone Is Said to Accept an Invitation to Israel
Richard Goldstone, the South African jurist who led a United Nations report accusing Israel of possible war crimes in Gaza and recently recanted some of its harshest conclusions, has agreed to visit Israel in July.
April 5, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, PALESTINIANS, WAR CRIMES, GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, GAZA STRIP, UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, UNITED NATIONS, GOLDSTONE, RICHARD, YISHAI, ELI
On Eve of White House Meeting, Israel Advances Housing in West Bank
Adding to a series of awkwardly timed housing announcements, Israeli officials from two agencies announced significant advances in Jewish construction in contested areas on Monday.
April 4, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS, PALESTINIANS, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL, NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN, OBAMA, BARACK, BARKAT, NIR
How to Break the Mideast Deadlock
Obama should go to the region and declare he's serious about peace. At least this would help bring clarity.
April 4, 2011
Israel Indicts Gaza Man on Terror-Linked Counts
Israel on Monday handed down an indictment against Dirar Abu Sisi, a Gaza engineer who is accused of developing rockets and missiles on behalf of Hamas.
April 4, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: SUITS AND LITIGATION, GAZA STRIP
Prominent Israelis to Propose Peace Plan
Among other things, the initiative, to be unveiled on Wednesday, calls for a Palestinian state on nearly all the West Bank and Gaza, with a capital in East Jerusalem.
April 4, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, PALESTINIANS, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, KADIMA PARTY, LABOUR PARTY, ARAB LEAGUE, NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN, YATOM, DANNY
Israel Grapples With Retraction on U.N. Report
Israelis are debating whether an investigator’s retraction on the Gaza war could rehabilitate their image.
April 3, 2011
Israel Holds Gaza Engineer, Relatives Say
The engineer, who disappeared last month in Ukraine, may have been kidnapped.
March 11, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: KIDNAPPING, GAZA STRIP
In the West Bank, an Openly Political Soccer Moment
An Olympic qualifying match between Palestinians and Thailand on Wednesday is the first event in any global competition to take place in the West Bank since 1948.
March 9, 2011
Israelis Float an Interim Plan for Peace Process
With the peace effort stalled for months, Israeli officials are talking of a temporary arrangement ahead of a two-state solution.
March 3, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, PALESTINIANS, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNREST (2010- ), ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS, ABBAS, MAHMOUD, LIEBERMAN, AVIGDOR, NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN
This Is Just The Start
Here’s a back-of-the-envelope guess list of the not-so-obvious forces that have fed the mass revolt in the Arab world.
March 2, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNREST (2010- ), OLYMPIC GAMES (2008), GOOGLE INC, OBAMA, BARACK, FAYYAD, SALAM
Migrants at Israeli School Face Uncertainty, Despite an Oscar
An Oscar-winning film celebrated a school in south Tel Aviv, but many of its students face deportation under new rules.
March 1, 2011Netanyahu Cautions Party on Settlements
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu berated leaders of his Likud Party on Monday after they pressed him for more settlement construction.
March 1, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS, NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN
Israeli Panel Finds Flaws in 2002 Airstrike on Hamas Leader
A panel said an assassination of a Hamas leader that killed at least 13 civilians was flawed but the deaths “did not stem from disregard or indifference to human lives.”
February 28, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATIONS, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, GAZA STRIP, HAMAS
Qaddafi YouTube Spoof by Israeli Gets Arab Fans
A clip mocking Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s megalomania is fast becoming a popular token of the Libyan uprising.
February 28, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: MUSIC, RECORDINGS AND DOWNLOADS (VIDEO), MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNREST (2010- ), LIBYA, YOUTUBE.COM, QADDAFI, MUAMMAR EL-
Chilean Miners, in Israel, Count Blessings Amid Media Glare
As turmoil shakes the region, 25 of the rescued Chileans are being hosted by Israel this week.
February 25, 2011
Protests Across Middle East Leave Israel Shaken
With reliable partners being overthrown and demonstrations for change also in Jordan, Bahrain and Morocco, Israel finds itself floundering.
February 24, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: PALESTINIANS, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNREST (2010- )
Israel Silent as Iranian Ships Transit Suez Canal
Israeli officials have described the move as a provocation but have said it should not be blown out of proportion.
February 23, 2011
Lives - Tel Aviv Broadcast
Going online for current events, with commercials.
February 20, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: DEMONSTRATIONS, PROTESTS, AND RIOTS, TEL AVIV (ISRAEL)
Will Egypt Be a Partner in Peace?
Israel welcomes change, but the Camp David pact must hold.
February 20, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: PALESTINIANS, TREATIES, DEMONSTRATIONS, PROTESTS, AND RIOTS, EGYPT, MIDDLE EAST, MUBARAK, HOSNI, SADAT, ANWAR EL-, NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN, BEN-GURION, DAVID, NASSER, GAMAL ABDEL
U.S. Tries to Head Off Vote Against Israeli Settlements
The administration wants to delay or offer a compromise over an imminent vote in the Security Council that would declare Israel’s settlement construction in the West Bank illegal.
February 18, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS, SECURITY COUNCIL, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, ABBAS, MAHMOUD, OBAMA, BARACK
Iranian Warships Bound for Syria Are Set to Transit Suez Canal, Israel Says
Israel warned that two Iranian warships were poised to pass through the Suez Canal en route to Syria, which it called a provocation that had not happened in years.
February 17, 2011Smugglers Rape, Beat and Hold Africans for Ransom, Israeli Group Says
Thousands of migrants heading to Israel have set off a national debate on how to deal with the influx.
February 16, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: SEX CRIMES, KIDNAPPING, EXTORTION AND BLACKMAIL, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, SMUGGLING, TORTURE, MIGRANT AND FOREIGN WORKERS, EGYPT, ERITREA, AFRICA
‘Port of Memory,’ Directed by Kamal Aljafari - Review
“Port of Memory” by the Palestinian director Kamal Aljafari focuses on the stillness of its characters, who live in Jaffa, Israel.
February 14, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: MOVIES
As Egypt Calms Down, So Do Israeli Nerves
The alarm and anxiety that Israel has been projecting over the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak seemed to give way on Sunday to more nuanced tones.
February 14, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, EGYPT, MAARIV, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, MUBARAK, HOSNI, BARAK, EHUD, NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN, TANTAWI, MOHAMED HUSSEIN
Palestinian Leaders Call for September Elections
Elections were announced after a meeting in which the chief Palestinian negotiator with Israel also resigned.
February 13, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: PALESTINIANS, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, ELECTIONS, HAMAS, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, EREKAT, SAEB
Stuxnet Software Worm Hit 5 Industrial Facilities in Iran
The Stuxnet software worm repeatedly sought to infect five industrial facilities in Iran over a 10-month period, a new report says.
February 13, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: COMPUTER MALWARE, CYBERATTACKS AND CYBERWARFARE, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET, IRAN, SYMANTEC CORP
Obama's Middle East Waiting Game
America’s role in the peace process.
February 13, 2011MORE ON ISRAEL AND: UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, PALESTINIANS, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, MUBARAK, HOSNI, OBAMA, BARACK
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Israelis and Palestinians React to Egypt
The revolt is setting off debates about how the region will be affected.
Israel and a New Egypt
Hisham Hellyer, left, of the University of Warwick and Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution discuss Israel and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
TimesCast | December 27, 2010
The Northeast shovels out of the blizzard; the rise of Pakistani women working in the service sector; And an old American sport is gaining new popularity in Israel.
Thursday Night Lights
In Israel, a full-padded American football league is gathering a small following and creating an alternative to soccer and basketball.
Narrating the Homeland
Serge Schmemann, editorial page editor of the International Herald Tribune, talks to the writers Amos Oz and Sari Nusseibeh about the fragility of the collective narrative in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
TimesCast | September 27, 2010
Israeli and Palestinian frustrations as settlement building resumes in the West Bank and the Science Desk examines the resilience of coyotes.
Israeli Settlement Building to Resume
Jewish settlers and Palestinians prepare for the approaching end of a ten-month freeze on the construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Confrontation in Jerusalem
Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces in and around the Old City of Jerusalem after an Israeli guard fatally shot a Palestinian resident.
Leaders Gather for Mideast Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority appeared together Wednesday with President Obama, who urged the leaders to produce “lasting change” during their peace talks in Washington.
Dispute in the Negev
Bedouins, members of Israel's Arab minority who are settled in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, are fighting government plans to relocate them from their traditional homes.
TimesCast | Aug. 20, 2010
In Friday's Timescast, reports on why the Israelis and Palestinians have resumed talks, who will be compensated for Gulf Coast oil spill damage and bad behavior in the national parks.
The West Bank - What About Fairness?
Nicholas D. Kristof reports on the living conditions of Bedouins who live under Israeli control in the Southern Hebron Hills in the West Bank.
Gaza's Summer Escape
Three years after an economic blockade, a group of surfers in Gaza are sharing what few surfboards there are to teach young people how to ride the waves.
Shalit Family Demands Prisoner Swap
Israelis are marching for 12 days to the home of President Benjamin Netanyahu to demand the release of soldier Gilad Shalit who was captured four years ago by Hamas.
From the Archive
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Victor; Its Task Now Is to Secure the Peace (June 11, 1967)
Golda Meir: Peace and Arab Acceptance Were Goals of Her 5 Years as Premier (Dec. 9, 1978)Coverage of 1967 War
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