Provides the latest RSS feeds for Israel News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Israel Herald.com http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/f81a4d9d561822ee/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:43:23 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:43:23 -0400 30 One day in May 1967, prime minister Levi Eshkol, at the time still the defense minister as well, visited the forward headquarters of Armored Corps commander Yisrael Tal. Under the camouflage nets, map... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299985/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:10 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299985/ The gang that kidnapped an Israeli employee of a construction company in Nigeria has made contact and is demanding ransom, a Nigerian security source told Haaretz Thursday night. The source emphasized... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299981/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:05 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299981/ Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik will use a new ethics code to crack down on ethical offenses and empower the Ethics Committee to impose serious fines on guilty MKs.At present MKs can be barred from parlia... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299983/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:04 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299983/ The ballistic missile threat to IDF bases in the Central region and South is not as grave as once thought and the bases would not need to be evacuated in the event of a war in the North, according to ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17298660/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:46:39 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17298660/ It would appear that Israel is caught between the jaws of two families: the family of organized crime and the family of immense affluence. These two families seem to be sovereign in this country. One ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299986/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:04 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299986/ Central buildings in Prague's Jewish quarter. Photo: Courtesy Yet, as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Mine started unraveling on Tisha Be'av. For years, we've been hea... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17298659/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:46:43 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17298659/ Hapoel Tel Aviv advanced to the first round of UEFA Cup play last night after drubbing Serbia's Vojvodina 3-0 in the second round of qualifying play. Meanwhile, Maccabi Netanya and Ironi Kiryat Shmona... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299978/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:16 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299978/ Georgia's war was brief and took place in a remote region, but is already considered a historic turning point in superpower relations. Russia said nyet to the West and stood its ground. The conclusion... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17298806/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:03 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17298806/ But Justice Levy was not convinced that the move would be good for Israel: "After all, we know that constant pressure leads to the release of prisoners. What happened this time?" All this was not writ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299987/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:02 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299987/ The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange dropped yesterday, with the TA-25 index of blue chips falling 1.6% to close at 1,012 points. The broader TA-100 lost 1.3% to end the day at 922 points. August options on th... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299980/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:01 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299980/ Renewable energy in Israel is receiving a major boost: The Israel Lands Administration (ILA) will grant a partial, or even full exemption from leasing fees for land used for generating 'green' electri... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299263/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:12 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299263/ The captain was Dutch, the small crew was Filipino and the cook was Irish. The food was terrible - there were cockroaches in the cornflakes, and the cook had no idea how to make French fries. Neverthe... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299984/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:01 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299984/ Hamas recently jacked up the number of Palestinian prisoners it wants Israel to release in exchange for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, from 1,000 to 1,500, a senior government source said. At a meeti... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299982/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:01 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299982/ Venture capital fund Hasso Plattner Ventures is investing $4 million in Israeli startup InnovaShare, along with the fund Israeli Cedar. This is the German fund's first Israeli investment, even though ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299703/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:59 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299703/ Armed members of the group known as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in the creeks of the Niger Delta. An Israeli religious media outlet on Thursday said it has retracted it... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299134/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:03:55 -0400 Middle East Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17299134/ If the notorious murder of two-year-old Hodaya Kedem from Jerusalem by her father, Eli Pimstein, in December 2002, was profoundly shocking, the apparent slaying of little Rose from Netanya is describe... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295664/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:49:21 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295664/ Pictures of the week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to speak for Iran. And leading the Israeli delegation? It's a mystery. The timing of next month's Kadima primary - a week before the annual UN... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17293879/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:49:19 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17293879/ Even Abie Nathan's detractors spoke warmly of him on Thursday, a day after the maverick peace activist passed away in Tel Aviv at 81 years of age. The man who founded the "Voice of Peace" pirate ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295663/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:49:24 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295663/ US prosecutors want to "debrief" Morris Talansky "without undue delay" in connection with the investigation he is undergoing in the United States, Talansky's Israeli lawyers Jacques Chen and Yehoshua ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295662/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:49:23 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295662/ Clari Karni, 80, of Kibbutz Hama'apil, put a down payment on an expensive new pair of glasses a few days ago. She decided on the hefty purchase - some NIS 2,000 - as well as other medical expenditures... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295659/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:47:58 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295659/ Democrats prepared a grand spectacle on Thursday to celebrate the historic presidential nomination of Barack Obama, who will take the party reins with a speech that spells out his vision for change in... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295658/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:47:57 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295658/ Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish on Thursday lambasted the media for causing levels of public trust in the judiciary to plummet."The establishment itself has never worked with such force against ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295660/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:47:56 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295660/ to see what may be the seeds of the redemption of Gush Katif. Two girls who were expelled from Gush Katif in the 2005 Disengagement decided that they had enough of the neglect they and the other famil... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295657/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:49:16 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17295657/ The armed Nigerian group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), said Thursday it knew where a kidnapped Israeli businessman was being held. The militants stated they also knew t... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17293878/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:49:17 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17293878/ RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images There have been Jews in India for centuries, and Indians in Israel for decades. But it wasn't until 1992 that the two countries established diplomatic relations. Now, as... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17294152/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:31:01 -0400 Business Week http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17294152/ Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch is considering establishing a new appeals court that would take over much of the work currently handled by the Supreme Court. "We are in a very preliminary ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291329/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:15 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291329/ Hillary Clinton reacts after her call for the nomination of Sen. Barack Obama by acclamation was seconded at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Photo: AP http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17289743/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:12 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17289743/ (IsraelNN.com) The new Gush Katif Museum welcomed two well-known and influential visitors on Wednesday. Knesset Member Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism) and Chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan Rabbi Yaakov Arie... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291323/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:08 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291323/ Seeking to unify his secular voter base, Jerusalem opposition leader Nir Barkat has reconciled with former Jerusalem police chief Mickey Levy, a onetime potential opponent in this November's mayoral e... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291330/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:13 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291330/ Barbara Brown talks about her new pay-for-hire, dedicated aliyah service and Abby Mendelson (Writer/Editor) tells us why we may have overstayed our welcome in the diaspora. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291324/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:07 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291324/ The IDF said Thursday that it will take disciplinary action against 15 soldiers from the Golani Brigade who staged a mini-rebellion late Wednesday night and stormed out of their base in the West Bank.... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291327/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:16 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291327/ (IsraelNN.com) A Nigerian group threatened to break off negotiations for the release of kidnapped Israeli businessman on Thursday night, using the excuse that Israel National News had referred to its ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291325/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:06 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291325/ BOGOTA, Colombia - Western anti-terrorism officials are increasingly concerned that Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shiite Muslim militia that Washington has labeled a terrorist group, is using Venezuela... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17290872/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:30:43 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17290872/ Former Beatle Paul McCartney, seen here in February, is to stage his first ever concert in Israel next month, four decades after the Beatles were barred from playing there, he said on his website. (AF... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17290403/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:14:15 -0400 Middle East Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17290403/ An Israeli woman passes a poster of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in Tel Aviv, 2007. The father of Shalit who was captured by Gaza militants in 2006 accused the government of failing to do en... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291331/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:14:12 -0400 Middle East Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17291331/ Israel's Police's Galilee Precinct and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) have arrested two Shfaram residents on suspicion that they intended to carry out suicide bombings and shooting attacks agai... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284746/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:56:06 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284746/ (IsraelNN.com) A Palestinian Authority Arab youth was wounded Thursday afternoon during a violent demonstration against the Judea-Samaria separation barrier under construction at the Arab village of N... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286692/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:55:50 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286692/ DOWNLOAD What is the mysterious power of the Blog? Hear audio from Nefesh B'Nefesh's first-ever Jewish Blogger convention including famous Israeli bloggers and Yishai as a panel moderator. Then go to ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286691/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:55:49 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286691/ Palestine The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) Thursday condemned Israel's closure of the al-Aqsa Foundation and seizure of thousands of historic documents which preserve the heritage of the Islamic an... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286693/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:10:29 -0400 IRNA http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286693/ Two boatloads of international protesters who defied Israel's blockade of Gaza set sail for Cyprus on Thursday, carrying seven Gaza Palestinians who had been confined to the territory. The navy made n... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284749/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:55:56 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284749/ Galilee region police have recently arrested two Israeli Arab youths they believe belonged to a cell of Islamic Jihad operatives that planned to kill Israeli pilots, scientists and university lecturer... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284779/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:00:23 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284779/ ) in the second quarter. The bank recorded net profit of NIS 97 million in the quarter, compared with NIS 173 million in the corresponding quarter of 2007. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17285894/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:53:20 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17285894/ Israel's unemployment is at a record low - find out what jobs are hot right now. Yishai renominates the Chicken as Israel's national bird, with Ben Stein trying to determine which came first - the chi... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286689/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:55:47 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286689/ South Lebanon - A Lebanese airman was killed Thursday when the military helicopter he was flying over Sojod hills in south Lebanon came under gunfire attack from Hezbollah gunmen. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286694/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:10:24 -0400 Ya Libnan http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286694/ Justice Shulamit Wasserkrug ruled that Derekh Eretz had taken advantage of wording in the Toll Road Law to refuse to supply free itemizations, and that this was against Income Tax regulations and ille... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286690/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:55:48 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286690/ TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- The pullback in Israeli stocks carried into a third session Thursday as Bank Hapoalim reported second-quarter earnings that came in below analysts' expectations, and as Aladd... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284895/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:33:04 -0400 Market Watch http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284895/ (IsraelNN.com) The Kadima party primaries are only three weeks away, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has opened a wide lead in the polls over her rival, Transportation Minister Sha'ul Mofaz. Polls sh... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286688/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:55:46 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286688/ ) has increased his stake in the company to 13.2% from 10.1%, exploiting the recent falls in the company's share. Silicom is part of the RAD Group owned by the brothers Zohar and Yehuda Zisapel. Accor... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286695/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:53:26 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286695/ An independent valuation prepared in June by KPMG in Australia for Dapei Zahav (Yellow Pages) parent company Babcock and Brown Capital (ASX: BNB) gave Dapei Zahav a value of only A$ 44-57 million ($38... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286696/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:53:22 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286696/ Attackers opened fire at a military helicopter as it flew over a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Thursday, killing a navigator and forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing, the Le... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284781/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:00:18 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284781/ Israel A leading German legislator of the opposition The Left (Linke) party on Thursday lashed out at Israel for repeatedly threatening Iran militarily. Addressing a press briefing at the German parli... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286123/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:10:28 -0400 IRNA http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286123/ Hebrew University researchers have raised Israel's first sturgeon at Kibbutz Dan in the Upper Galilee to help Israel cash in on the world's growing demand for caviar due to declining fish populations ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284747/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:56:02 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17284747/ Macca will perform at a Friendship First concert in Tel Aviv on September 25 as part of a series of one-off gigs in places he has never visited before. In a statement on his http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286133/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:38:17 -0400 Sky News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17286133/ JERUSALEM : In 1965, when Israel did not yet have television and public entertainment consisted largely of kibbutz songfests celebrating the wheat harvest, the Beatles were booked for a concert here. ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17285477/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:35:21 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17285477/ HONG KONG, Aug. 28 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Bank of China, one of China's big four banks, said Thursday that accusations its U.S. branch transferred funds to terrorists in the Middle East are unsubstan... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17285014/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:03:50 -0400 Breitbart http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17285014/ 28.8.2008 at 15:54 Alexander Stubb (cons), the Finnish foreign minister, is to travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories on 2 September, the Finnish government said in a statement Thursday. D... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17285284/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:55 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17285284/ Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that he rejects the idea that Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon might be forced to stay there permanently. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17279549/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:44:05 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17279549/ August 28, 2008, 09:00 Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will easily win leadership elections in the ruling Kadima party to replace embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, poll results showed today. ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281765/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:50:15 -0400 SABC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281765/ (IsraelNN.com) International terrorism experts fear that Venezuela will soon become a base for terrorist attack initiatives, in light of the tightening of ties between the South American dictatorship ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281760/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:43:58 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281760/ are descended from Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism during the Inquisition more than 500 years ago, and who are now seeking to renew their ties with the Jewish people and the State of Is... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281759/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:43:59 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281759/ RAMALLAH/STOCKHOLM, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - The occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) continues to suffer from drought, but the head of the Water Authority told IRIN there was a limit to what he could ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17280615/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:43:48 -0400 IRIN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17280615/ (IsraelNN.com) A new junior high school pilot program will place two teachers in the classroom this September for heart-to-heart talks when budding teenagers return to school. The "New Horizon" progra... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281761/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:43:57 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281761/ ) has reported second quarter revenue that was double that of the second quarter of 2007. With two significant acquisitions over the past twelve months, Cimatron revenue continues to grow. Second quar... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281767/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:41:20 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281767/ Manpower Israel Ltd. unit Manpower Professional Ltd. indicate that the economic slowdown is beginning to have an effect on the job market. Demand for financial sector workers was down 22.1% in the sec... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17279855/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:41:14 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17279855/ U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attends a press conference with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, on August 26, 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy - Tel Aviv via Getty I... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281758/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:56 -0400 The Epoch Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281758/ ), is suing the company for more than NIS 500,000, claiming that she was illegally fired after three months on the job after she exposed corruption and embezzlement. She was employed at the company be... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281768/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:41:16 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281768/ Fuel prices are unlikely to fall in September despite the falls in oil prices in recent weeks. Energy market sources expect that prices for 95 and 96 octane gasoline will remain unchanged despite the ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281766/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:41:24 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281766/ The Jerusalem Quartet are set to make their Festival debut on Friday with a programme of works by Haydn, Smetana and Brahms.But Edinburgh-born Jewish writer and honorary president of The Scottish Pale... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17280398/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:21:25 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17280398/ The head of the Shin Bet security service, Yuval Diskin, is accusing Hebrew University rector, Professor Haim Rabinowitch, of de-legitimizing and slandering the agency more than two years after Rabino... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281763/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:42:11 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281763/ Israeli army has arrested 17 Palestinians in the West Bank for the last two days, including a Fatah activist who was granted an amnesty, Palestinian sources said. The arrest of Adham Labada, a fighter... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281272/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:41:26 -0400 People's Daily http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17281272/ (IsraelNN.com) In a Wednesday night raid on a warehouse in Ashkelon, inspectors from the Infrastructure Ministry seized about 85 tons of natural gas in 1,700 gas tanks. The ministry says the gas was m... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17277048/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:04:58 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17277048/ The collapse of real estate developer Heftsiba Building Development & Investments Ltd. is an event that will probably be etched in the minds of everyone. Investment managers will remember it chiefly a... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17277053/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:02:31 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17277053/ Evogene (TASE: EVGN) in stages. Evogene has developed technology for discovering and developing genes for the improvement of plant traits. Initially, Monsanto will invest $18 million for 13.5% of Evog... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17277055/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:02:26 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17277055/ RAMALLAH, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - If the Israeli Ministry of Finance manages to push through some reforms as part of the proposed 2009 budget, there may soon be almost no Palestinian workers in Israel... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17275934/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:04:46 -0400 IRIN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17275934/ Veteran peace activist Abie Nathan died last night at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, 11 years after suffering a stroke that left him confined to a wheelchair. He was famous for the messages of peace he... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17277054/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:02:28 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17277054/ ) and make a takeover bid. Today, Vector was given the cold shoulder by the Israeli information security company, which announced that its board had rejected the bid made a week ago. Vector Capital, a... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17275974/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:02:29 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17275974/ GAZA (Reuters) - Israel on Thursday reopened its border crossings with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, two days after they were shut in response to rocket attacks. Palestinian officials said three of... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17276649/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:54:59 -0400 The Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17276649/ Though unemployment is dropping sharply and business sectors are gaining employees, Israel soon won't have enough teachers.At current rates, Israel will face a shortage of more than 10,500 teachers wi... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17277047/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:04:59 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17277047/ The third birthday of Gilad Shalit in Hamas captivity does not bode well. What is publicly known so far - in negotiations of this sort there is always a chance that a deal is being reached away from t... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17275701/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:07:59 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17275701/ (IsraelNN.com) Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet on Sunday amid growing signs that the Israeli leader is trying to complete the outline for a n... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17273187/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:16:13 -0400 Arutz Sheva http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17273187/ ) published its financial report for the second quarter of 2008 today, revealing a swing back to profit after the massive NIS 1.57 billion loss in the previous quarter. The bank recorded the loss afte... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17273192/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:37 -0400 Globes http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17273192/ An upcoming concert by Paul McCartney has revived memories of the 1960s, when an Israeli official supposedly called off a Beatles concert for fear it would corrupt the nation's youth.The episode is of... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17269745/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:16 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17269745/ Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday removed one major stumbling block to the 2008/09 school year beginning on time next week, but two more still remain. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17269206/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:28:05 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17269206/ Some 63,000 young men are expected to begin studying this week in kollels - yeshivas, or Talmudic academies for married men, the Education Ministry announced Wednesday. The cost of funding this year's... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17270175/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:26:42 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17270175/ Israel will open the border crossings with the Gaza Strip Thursday morning and permit Palestinians requiring medical treatment to enter Israel via the Erez crossing. Fuel, merchandise and humanitarian... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17269246/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:31:12 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17269246/ An Israeli construction manager was kidnapped outside his home in Nigeria on Tuesday night, but the region's main militant group said yesterday it was not responsible and offered to help negotiate his... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17269398/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:26:43 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17269398/ Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Israel agreed to settle the issue of 64 wanted Palestinian fighters and activists, security sources said on Wednesday. In a meeting between Israeli and Palesti... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17269847/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:35:14 -0400 People's Daily http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17269847/ Italy's largest newspaper, Corriere della Sera, featured the headline "Shock in Israel: Rose was murdered by her grandfather" prominently on its Web site Wednesday. Although it does not usually mentio... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17265567/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:51:44 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17265567/ Ehud Olmert said during a visit last week to the Home Front Command that "the next war will also reach the cities and homes." "What we will be called on to do," he added, "is bring about a quick victo... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17266768/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:47:24 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17266768/ DAMASCUS - The Russian navy will make more use of Syrian ports as part of increased military presence in the Mediterranean, a Russian diplomat said on Wednesday. The announcement comes as tensions ris... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17265961/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:47:23 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17265961/ It was one of those evenings whose memory you cherish for years. As the masses crowded at the Volume Kinneret show on the lakeshore, a star was born at the foot of the mountain. The last time I had se... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17266769/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:47:22 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17266769/ Significant strategic changes often occur surprisingly quietly, without drawing the deserved attention. A clear example of this is the agreement last month for the deployment of a U.S. radar system in... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17266767/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:47:26 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17266767/ Lebanon has indicted Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi and is seeking his arrest for his alleged role in the disappearance of a Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim leader in 1978, according to Lebanese local radio Wed... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17266440/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:47:20 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17266440/ Israel Defense Forces (IDF) [official website] announced Tuesday that a military court had sentenced a former West Bank mayor to six years in prison after finding him guilty of belonging to and assist... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17266444/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:23:31 -0400 Jurist http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f81a4d9d561822ee/id/17266444/