The worker, who was shot and wounded by border policeman at a roadblock, subsequently died of his wounds.
by Oz Rosenberg 0 commentsHow did it happen that Israel is endangering the solid Jewish majority that lives in 78 percent of the area of the Land of Israel, because it wants to annex another 3 percent in the West Bank?
by Shaul Arieli 4 comments
Consulate insists that Israeli courts have no jurisdiction over its affairs, apart from cases handled through diplomatic channels.
by Oz Rosenberg 3 comments
From higher enriched uranium found in Iran, to Syrian rebel attempts to poison Assad’s government officials, Haaretz brings you the top headlines from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.
by Haaretz 0 comments
Court rules that Israeli police officers are responsible for death of Palestinian car thief Omar Abu Jariban, after they dumped him by the side of the road while seriously injured.
by Chaim Levinson 9 commentsThe situation in Syria is becoming more ominous, and even less of a simple Manichean "good vs. bad.'
by Riad al Khouri 0 comments
As a result of the third Jerusalem stabbing attack within the last month, one man is hospitalized in moderate condition, as two Palestinian suspects arrested.
by Oz Rosenberg 3 comments
Four anti-terrorist judges would lead inquiry into gunman Mohamed Merah's killing of three Jewish children, a rabbi and three soldiers, and investigate his elder brother Abdelkader Merah for complicity.
by Reuters 1 comments
Human Rights Council votes to dispatch a fact-finding mission to investigate the effects of Israel's settlements on Palestinians; Netanyahu calls council 'hypocritical' and out of touch with reality.
by Barak Ravid 103 comments
Here is a basis for a thesis: The more powerful Israel grows - the more special 'the special relationship' becomes. The more 'special' the relations - the greater is Israel's dependence on the Americans.
by Tom Segev 0 comments
Hana Shalbi says she was subjected to embarrassing body search by a male Israeli soldier, assaulted when she resisted, and put in periodic solitary confinement as punishment for hunger strike.
by Avi Issacharoff 8 comments
Release is second stage of deal with Hamas that brought home IDF soldier Gilad Shalit after five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip.
by Reuters 21 commentsPalestine was, and still is, a bleeding wound in the body of the Arab nation; now is the time for an historic breakthrough.
by Oudeh Basharat 3 comments
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he's sympathetic to the frustrations of the Palestinian people who have failed to achieve an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
by The Associated Press 26 comments
