Antigone Rising Travels To Israel And West Bank As Arts Envoys

ANTIGONE RISING, the popular all female country/rock band, will travel to Israel and the West Bank as Arts Envoys, a cultural initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.  During the trip, from February 19th- 28th, Antigone Rising will perform...

Key West Bank Settlement Outpost Slated for Evacuation

Israel’s High Court of Justice has ordered Israeli settlers in the Migron settlement outpost in the West Bank to leave by 31 March in response to a 2006 petition filed by seven Palestinian landowners and Israeli pressure group Peace Now. How People...

Computer Hackers Hit Websites of Israel’s Stock Exchange And the National Airline El Al

Computer hackers disrupted the websites of Israel’s stock exchange and the national airline El Al, the latest attacks in what Israeli officials describe as “cyber-terrorism.” How People Arrived Here: cyber terrorism Israel el al

Jordan Spearheading New Effort to Revive the Middle East Peace Process

After a long stalemate, Jordan is spearheading a new effort to revive the Middle East peace process. Israeli and Palestinian chief negotiators will meet for the first time in more than a year Tuesday in Jordan. While it is not a formal negotiating session,...

Peace on Earth, Good Will Towards Men?

This morning BBC News reported an alternative take on the spirit of Christmas: Scuffles have broken out between rival groups of Greek Orthodox and Armenian Christian clerics over a turf war in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. Around a hundred...

The Right Word in the Right Language

This may just be politics as usual in Israel, but it is interesting to see just how the leading opposition party there is using today’s mass protest against “gender segregation” (as one report put it) by the ultra-Orthodox extremists of Beit...

Israel Completes Prisoner Swap with the Palestinian Militant Group Hamas

Israel has completed a prisoner swap with the Palestinian militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip.

President Barack Obama Says the United States is Fully Committed to Israel

In an address Friday to the largest North American Jewish organization, President Barack Obama said the United States is fully committed to Israel, and responded to recent sharp criticisms on the subject from Republican presidential candidates.

Israel Approves Plan to Curb Flood of African Migrants

Israel is taking steps to curb the influx of migrant workers arriving from Africa.  With about 2,000 African migrants illegally entering Israel each month, the Cabinet approved a program to deal with what it sees as a growing threat.