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IsraelHerald.com Sunday 6th July 2008 Issue 1536
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Israel accused of burying nuclear wastes in Golan Heights


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Syria has called on the United Nations to exert pressure on Israel to 'stop its continued practices and aggressions against Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan who suffer from the Israeli daily flagrant violations', the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported this...


Israeli shooting at Palestinian fishermen violates truce
Israeli marine vessels on Saturday opened fire at Palestinian fishermen in the sea, violating a ceasefire with Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas, Palestinian security sources said Saturday....


Israel blocks West Bank village over barrier protests
Israeli forces blockaded a Palestinian village overnight in what the army called an effort to curb protests against the construction of a West Bank barrier deemed illegal by the World Court. Troops...


Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
(AP Photo/Colombian Army)In this frame grab from a video released by Colombia's Army taken on July 2, 2008 and released on July 4, 2008, hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, is seen with her hands tied...


Iran created Hezbollah to replace Amal in Lebanon
In August 1978, Musa al Sadr's disappearance six months prior to the eruption of the Iranian revolution was not the mere absenting of an individual but the loss of a mode of thought, perception and...


Palestinian, Israeli negotiators to meet in Washington
RAMALLAH - Palestinian and Israeli peace negotiators will meet in Washington in ten days with US administration representatives attending the meeting, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud...


Palestinian Sources Say Israel Still Preventing Sick From Leaving Gaza
Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 06:00 CDT Text of report by Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayyam on 24 June [Commentary by Isa Sa'dallah: "Despite the Fact That the Calm in Gaza Has Entered Its Fifth...


Israel Tightens Security Measures Near Apartheid Fence
Occupied Jerusalem, July 5 (bna) -- Israeli Security Sources Said The Palestinians Living In The Gaza Strip Will Be Kept At Least 300 Meters Away From The Apartheid Wall That Was Built Around Gaza...


Jerusalem attacker once had Jewish girlfriend
In this file photo from Thursday, July 3, 2008, Palestinian Sarah Dwayat, right, reacts as she holds a portrait of her son Hussam Dwayat, 30, who carried out an attack in Jerusalem Wednesday, at the...


Israeli army arrests seven Palestinians in West Bank
Ramallah - Israeli forces arrested seven Palestinians in the West Bank early on Saturday, Israeli and Palestinian security sources said. According to the Palestinian sources, five of the detainees...


Joy in video of Colombia hostage rescue
Video recorded during the rescue of 15 hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying tears of joy after they are aloft...


Mass. surgeon operated on wrong side of patient
A Boston hospital has admitted that one of its experienced surgeons operated on the wrong side of a patient this week.Officials at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center disclosed the mistake to staff...


Hamas suspends talks with Israel on prisoner swap
A senior Islamic Hamas leader in Gaza said Friday the indirect negotiations with Israel on freeing a captive Israeli soldier in Gaza in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners...


Israel, Syria agree to extend Turkish-sponsored talks
ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News Israel and Syria have agreed to extend indirect talks under Turkish mediation, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. "The parties have indicated their shared willingness...


Israeli War Minister Order Demolition Of Palestinan Attackers House
Occupied Jerusalem, July 4 (bna) The Israeli National Radio Said War Minister Ehud Barak Had Given His Orders To The Israeli Occupation Forces (iof) To Demolish The House Of The Palestinian Citizen...


Barak gives go-ahead to raze houses
Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Friday sought the demolition of the houses of two Palestinians behind recent deadly attacks against Israelis after the attorney-general said...


Israel closes Gaza crossings in response to rocket
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel crossings with the Gaza Strip were closed Friday in retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire that has violated a rocky truce as Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers...


Hapoalim offers loans for domestic solar panels
; LSE:80OA) has launched a financing package for private customers to buy home solar systems. The bank says on its website that it is offering customers full financing at low interest rates for up to...


Obama says Iraq trip could refine his policy
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks on his Iraq policy during a news conference in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3,...


Israel and Syria on peace path
The talks were "constructive" that saw Israel and Syria address, indirectly, the "core issues" for a peace agreement. According to a source in the Turkish government, which is acting as a go-between...


Threat was made prior to plane fire
The owners of the plane that caught fire on Saturday at SFO received a threat against its aircraft shortly before the incident, according to a report issued by federal officials Thursday. The Boeing...


Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Initiates Phase II Clinical Trial In Israel For Fibrin Pad Product Candidate
0 posts Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Omrix" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: OMRI) announced that it has enrolled its first patient in a Phase II clinical trial in Israel for its Fibrin Pad product...


Israel to destroy attacker
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the army to prepare to demolish the home of the Palestinian who killed three Israelis in Jerusalem. The order follows advice by Attorney-General...


Former Evangelical Pastor Explains Why He Closed His...
In this eye-opening interview, former tongues-speaking, Pentecostal minister, Yaakov Ephraim Parisi, describes the powerful forces that led him and his wife to walk away from the church and convert...


Israeli plane makes emergency landing in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv - An airplane of the Israeli carrier Israir made an emergency landing Friday at Tel Aviv airport after developing engine troubles, media reports said. The Israeli reports said the Airbus...


Hamas Freezes Talks on Shalit, Cites Closure of Gaza Crossings
(IsraelNN.com) Hamas has frozen all negotiations on freeing kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit because of what Israel's closure of crossings into Gaza following another Kassam rocket attack Thursday....


Father of baby who survived Jerusalem attack found
JERUSALEM (AP) - A five-month-old baby whose mother threw her out of a car window to save her from a Palestinian attacker in Jerusalem has been reunited with her father. The child's mother was...


Why Israel Is Freeing Samir Kuntar
, wearing his standard-issue brown jumpsuit, stepped up to the glass partition and picked up the phone. For weeks, Israeli talking heads had been speculating that Kuntar—a Lebanese militant...


Israel faces legitimacy crisis
Larijani Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said here Thursday that Israel faces legitimacy crisis today. "Current problem with the Zionist Regime is the legitimacy crisis. The Regime has never been able to...


Hezbollah confirms prisoner exchange
Hezbollah's leader has confirmed for the first time his group will hand over two captured Israeli soldiers and information on a missing Israeli airman in exchange for five Lebanese prisoners in...


Israel in Jerusalem dilemma after bulldozer attack
JERUSALEM - Reuters A deadly rampage in a bulldozer by a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem left Israel grappling yesterday with the dilemma of how to maintain security in the city along with the...


Ron Arad Died 20 Years Ago
(IsraelNN.com) Ofer Dekel, Israel's negotiator for the release of captives, has returned to Israel with a Hizbullah report stating that Arad died two years after he was captured.The Hizbullah...


Web video platform co PLYmedia raises $6m
PLYmedia has developed an interactive, multidimensional web video platform PLYplatform, which delivers web video publishers and broadcasters a range of applications for creating personalized content....


Israeli rabbi invited to Saudi interfaith meeting
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Saudi Arabia has invited an Israeli rabbi to an interfaith conference in Spain, potentially the first step in wider contacts between the kingdom and Israel, the rabbi told The...


Former Tax Authority heads to be indicted
The Office of the State Prosecutor will prosecute eight suspects in the Israel Tax Authority affair, headed by former Tax Authority director Jackie Matza, and deputy directors Gidi Bar-Zakai and...


Calls for capital movement curbs irresponsible
Governor of the Bank of Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer spoke today at the Caesarea Forum of the Israel Democracy Institute, saying, "Inflation's damage to the economy is very serious both in terms of...


Electrical goods imports up sharply
The exchange rates of the shekel against the dollar and euro are plummeting, and Israelis are buying more electrical goods, mostly televisions, refrigerators, washing machines and dish washers,...


Yediot Ahronot seeks end to monopoly status
Israel Antitrust Authority to revoke its classification as a monopoly in the media sector. The request comes 13 years after the Hebrew daily paper was first classed as a monopoly in the Hebrew...


Iran says 4 missing Iranians alive in Israel
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- An Iranian diplomat said Thursday that four Iranians who disappeared in Lebanon in 1982 are alive in Israel and called for their...


Levy on plastic bags won
"The 6% of plastic bags tossed as litter onto roads and public spaces cause the greatest environmental harm," states a study by the Technion Institute of...


Survivors Reflect on Israel Dozer Rampage
Obama or McCain: Israel Debates Glass shattered and sprayed when the bus hit the sidewalk. "We were simply crushed beneath it," Sinai said. "The glass cut us, and it was so shocking to see people...


Israel pushes for direct talks with Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called on Thursday for quickly starting face-to-face negotiations with Syria after a third round of indirect peace talks mediated by Turkey ended...


Austrian investor eyes Africa-Israel
) Ramat Aviv mall. Sources inform ''Globes'' that an Austrian businessman is interested in acquiring the controlling stake in the mall and recently met Africa-Israel Properties...


Versace obtains ban on Israeli namesake
Italian fashion house Gianni Versace SpA has won its civil case against Israeli company Versace 83 Ltd., owned by Benayahu Zadik-Pur. In a precedent-setting ruling, the Israeli Trademark Registrar...


Israel to Proceed Directly to Jail
(Newser) – A federal judge in New York ordered white-collar fugitive Samuel Israel to start serving his 20-year fraud sentence immediately,...


Discount sees shekel at 3.50/$ by year-end
Discount Bank analysts predict that the shekel-dollar exchange rate will reach NIS 3.50/$ by year-end. In an updated economic review for 2008, the analysts assume that the US Fed interest rate will...


The tidal wave will hit us
"There is extreme uncertainty and the tidal wave will probably hit us and cause a slowdown," said Ministry of Finance director general Yarom Ariav at the Israel Democracy Institute 16th Annual...


TASE down sharply; Israel Chemicals plunges
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell sharply this morning, trading under the influence of losses on international markets. The Tel Aviv 25 index fell 2.1% to 1043 points, the Tel Aviv 100 index...


Record fiscal deficit in June
The government posted a record fiscal deficit of NIS 3.8 billion on its domestic and foreign activities in June 2008, after a surplus of NIS 6.5 billion in January-May. The government posted a...


NY judge scolds hedge fund scammer who ran away
A hedge fund swindler who faked suicide said Thursday that he really did try to kill himself after becoming a fugitive because "it was better to do myself in than to turn myself in."Samuel Israel III...