• Israel boycotting UN racism conference

Israel will boycott a United Nations conference on racism next year, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Wednesday, charging it would be biased against Israel and aim to delegitimize the Jewish state. The next World Conference Against Racism is...
• Where is our Zionist vision?

The salvation of land and homes was for many years an important value and target within the Zionist enterprise. However, at this time we see moral deterioration on all fronts and it appears that we reached a new, grim phase – not only do we lack initiative...
• IAEA: Syria site bore features of nuclear reactor

A Syrian complex bombed by Israel bore features that would resemble those of an undeclared nuclear reactor and Syria must cooperate more with UN inspectors to let them draw conclusions, a watchdog report said this week. According to the report...
• Wakf allows journalists to enter al-Aksa

The Wakf (Islamic Trust), which administers the Temple Mount, opened the doors of al-Aksa Mosque Wednesday for a rare visit by a group of about 40 journalists, mostly from the foreign press. But Muhammad Abu Aktesh, the group's guide...
• PA: 'Hamas is staging Gaza blackouts'

Palestinian Authority officials in Ramallah accused Hamas on Tuesday of staging the latest blackouts in the Gaza Strip in a bid to win sympathy and incite the Palestinian public against Israel and the PA. The officials said that contrary to Hamas's...
• Israel 'occupies' no Arab territories

In urgent matters of national survival and geopolitics, words matter. The still generally unchallenged language referring provocatively to an Israeli "Occupation" always overlooks the pertinent and incontestable history of the West Bank...
• Gaza Exploding

Under heavy international pressure, Israel allowed food and medicine but not fuel supplies into Gaza on Monday. Amnesty International had called on Israel to “stop its policy of collective punishment.” European Commissioner for External Relations Benita...
• Israel worried - possible German sub sale to Egypt

Israel is increasingly concerned that Germany might sell Dolphin-class submarines to Egypt, top defense and political officials told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Cairo, officials said, has opened talks with Berlin aimed at having the Egyptian navy purchase...