Thousands of haredi protesters gathered in Jerusalem’s Bar-Ilan Street Friday evening to demonstrate against Mayor Nir Barkat’s decision to open the capital’s Carta parking lot on Saturdays.
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Foreign ministers of Group of Eight countries urged Israel to halt all settlement construction in the West Bank Friday, during a meeting in Italy largely focusing on recent events in Iran. Full Story… Israel is marking three years since Sgt Gilad Shalit, then aged 19, was seized by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid launched from Gaza. Full Story… Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad blasted Israel on Wednesday for being an untrue "partner" in the process of peacemaking in the Middle East, saying the Jewish state should relinquish the lands it occupied if it was seeking to strike a deal with Damascus. Full Story… A meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell has been postponed so the two sides have more time to prepare. Full Story… The US State Department on Wednesday praised Syria for its "constructive role to promote peace and stability" as it announced plans to return an ambassador to Damascus after a four-year absence. Read More… […] JERUSALEM, June 23 (UPI) — Israeli and European relations must not be dependent on problems in the Middle East, Hungary’s prime minister said in a visit to Israel. Read More… A deal is close to completion for the purchase of the F-35 stealth fighter jet after the Defense Ministry and the Pentagon recently reached understandings on a number of IAF demands to integrate Israeli technology into the plane. Full Story… […] Despite economic weakness and growing unemployment, most home prices are still rising in Israel Full Story… RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel released on Tuesday the Hamas speaker of the Palestinian parliament, Aziz Dweik, who was jailed for nearly three years over his ties to the Islamist group, his lawyer said. Full Story… |
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