By Vasilije Gallak on Jun 8, 2009 in Featured, Israel | 0 Comments
Jerusalem – Israel called Monday on the next Lebanese government to stop the smuggling of arms to Hezbollah via Syria and the sea.
By Vasilije Gallak on Jun 8, 2009 in Featured, Israel | 0 Comments
Tel Aviv – A Tel Aviv court convicted Monday former Israeli finance minister Avraham Hirchson of embezzlement, for stealing millions of shekels from the National Federation of Workers (NFW) over a seven-year period, and of illicitly obtaining funds.
By Vasilije Gallak on Jun 2, 2009 in Featured, Israel | 0 Comments
Tel Aviv – Sirens were scheduled to wail throughout Israel Tuesday morning and the country’s more than 7 million citizens ordered to enter shelters and pre-prepared “safe places,” as part of a major civil defence exercise.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 30, 2009 in Berlin, Featured, Germany, Israel | 0 Comments
Berlin – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has demanded that Israel put an end to all settlement building in the occupied territories, in a newspaper interview published Saturday.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 27, 2009 in Featured, Israel | 0 Comments
Tel Aviv – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed a planned trip to Europe next week, local media reported Wednesday.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 20, 2009 in Featured, Israel | 0 Comments
Gaza – Israeli warplanes struck several targets Tuesday night in the Gaza Strip, wounding five people and severely damaging several buildings, medics and witnesses said.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 18, 2009 in Featured, Israel | 0 Comments
Tel Aviv – Israel is beginning construction of the first completely new Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank in 26 years, Israel Army Radio reported Monday.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 14, 2009 in Featured, Israel | 0 Comments
Nazareth, Israel – Pope Benedict XVI called Thursday on Christians and Muslims in Nazareth to live together peacefully, despite the tensions which in recent years have riven the two communities in the town of Jesus Christ’s boyhood.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 14, 2009 in Featured, Israel | 0 Comments
Tel Aviv – The trial of former Israeli President Moshe Katsav got underway in Tel Aviv Thursday, with the defence team rejecting all charges against their client.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 12, 2009 in Featured, General News, Israel | 0 Comments
Jerusalem – Pope Benedict XVI arrived late Tuesday afternoon in his Popemobil to the Garden of Gethsemane, outside the walled Old City of Jerusalem, to conduct an open-air mass attended by thousands of pilgrims and local Palestinian and Arab-Israeli Christians.