Israel

  • Aug 10, 2010
  • 7 min read

ISRAEL: Ultra-Orthodox growth poses major challenges

In a closed-door meeting last month, Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer declared that the...

Israel
  • Aug 10, 2010
  • 2 min read

LEBANON/ISRAEL: Nasrallah calls for Israel indictment

Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah yesterday presented in a televised address what he said was...

Lebanon
  • Aug 6, 2010
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LEBANON: Tribunal tensions risk government collapse

After a period of relative calm, tensions are rising in Lebanon as a result, among other things,...

Lebanon
  • Aug 4, 2010
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LEBANON/ISRAEL: Escalation can be avoided - this time

Israeli and Lebanese military forces clashed on the border yesterday, killing two Lebanese...

Lebanon
  • Aug 3, 2010
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UN/ISRAEL/TURKEY: UN 'inquiry' will help mend ties

The UN yesterday launched an inquiry into the May 31 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla,...

Israel
  • Jul 30, 2010
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MIDDLE EAST: Arabs support conditions for direct talks

Arab ministers yesterday endorsed "in principle" the idea of direct talks between Israel and the...

  • Jul 28, 2010
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MIDDLE EAST: Saudi launches bid to calm Lebanon

Saudi Arabia's King Abdallah begins a regional tour today, in a bid to reduce rising tensions in...

Lebanon
  • Jul 13, 2010
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ISRAEL: Military supports ship raid, despite errors

The military yesterday presented its classified findings from an investigation into the raid on a...

Israel