Source: Rome Reports, 4-30-13
Pope Francis and Shimon Peres also highlighted the improvements in relations between Israel and the Holy See, since the creation of a bilateral permanent working commission 14 years ago….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 30, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/israel-political-brief-april-30-2013-president-shimon-peres-gives-pope-francis-personal-invitation-to-visit-jerusalem/
Source: JTA, 4-30-13
Some 2,000 Israeli army reservists were called up for a surprise drill on the border with Lebanon….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 30, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/israel-political-brief-april-30-2013-israeli-army-calls-up-2000-reservists-for-drill-on-lebanese-border/
Source: JTA, 4-30-13
Natan Sharansky’s proposal to reduce tensions at the Western Wall has lost support from Orthodox and non-Orthodox leaders….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 30, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/israel-brief-april-30-2013-nathan-sharanskys-egalitarian-kotel-plan-loses-support-from-both-sides/
Source: JTA, 4-30-13
A Palestinian stabbed to death an Israeli man at a bus stop in the West Bank….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 30, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/israel-brief-april-30-2013-palestinian-kills-israeli-at-west-bank-bus-stop/
Source: JTA, 4-30-13
An Israeli airstrike killed a senior Palestinian terrorist in northern Gaza….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 30, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/israel-brief-april-30-2013-israeli-airstrike-kills-senior-palestinian-terrorist-in-gaza/
Source: JTA, 4-29-13
A rocket fired from Gaza struck Israel for the second time in two days….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 29, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/israel-brief-april-29-2013-second-gaza-rocket-strikes-israel-in-two-days/
Source: JTA, 4-29-13
Israel’s security cabinet discussed the possibility that chemical weapons have been used by the Syrian government in that country’s civil war….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 29, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/israel-political-brief-april-29-2013-israels-security-cabinet-meets-on-syria/
Source: JTA, 4-28-13
Bonfires lit throughout Israel to mark Lag b’Omer burned out of control, stranding thousands of celebrants in the northern Israeli town of Meron….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 28, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/israel-brief-april-28-2013-lag-bomer-bonfires-burn-out-of-control-in-northern-israel/
Source: JTA, 4-28-13
Israel’s Air Force bombed a terrorist training base in Gaza hours after a rocket from the coastal strip struck near a community in southern Israel….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 28, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/israel-brief-april-28-2013-israels-air-force-hits-gaza-sites-after-rocket-attack/
Source: JTA, 4-25-13
Women praying together out loud at the Western Wall in prayer shawls did not disturb the public order and should not have been arrested, an Israeli court found….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 25, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/israel-political-brief-april-25-2013-judge-rules-women-should-not-have-been-arrested-at-western-wall/
Source: JTA, 4-25-13
Israel’s Air Force shot down an unmanned aircraft off the coast of Haifa….READ MORE »
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 25, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/israel-political-brief-april-25-2013-israel-shoots-down-unmanned-aerial-vehicle-near-haifa/
Source: JTA, 4-24-13
Israel has agreed to allow UNESCO to inspect sites in Jerusalem in exchange for the postponing of five Palestinian-sponsored resolutions critical of Israel….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 24, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/israel-political-brief-april-24-2013-israel-to-allow-unesco-inspectors-in-jerusalem/
Source: JTA, 4-23-13
Israeli lawmakers are condemning U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s comparison of the Boston Marathon bombing victims to the 2010 deaths of Turkish citizens aboard the Mavi Marmara ship….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 23, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/israel-political-brief-april-23-2013-israeli-lawmakers-slam-us-secretary-of-state-john-kerry-for-boston-marathon-mavi-marmara-comparison/
Source: JTA, 4-22-13
The United States will make available to Israel advanced new military capabilities, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 22, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/israel-political-brief-april-22-2013-us-secretary-of-defense-chuck-hagel-announces-us-to-provide-israel-with-advanced-weapons/
Source: JTA, 4-22-13
Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky was given a green light by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue his plan for a permanent egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall…READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 22, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/israel-brief-april-22-2013-jewish-agency-chairman-natan-sharansky-gets-green-light-to-pursue-western-wall-prayer-plan/
Source: JTA, 4-22-13
Three Israeli airlines ended their two-day strike following a deal struck between the Finance Ministry and El Al….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 22, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/israel-brief-april-22-2013-israeli-airlines-end-strike-after-agreement-with-finance-ministry/
Source: Haaretz, 4-18-13
Finance Minister Yair Lapid may have to wait until 2016 for another shot at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s seat, but he can boast a more modest victory right away: He has replaced Netanyahu as Israel’s lone representative on Time Magazine’s list….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 18, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/israel-political-brief-april-18-2013-yair-lapid-pushes-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-off-the-time-100-list/
Source: JTA, 4-17-13
Two long-range rockets fired from the Sinai Desert struck the Israeli resort city of Eilat….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 17, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/israel-brief-april-17-2013-long-range-rockets-strike-eilat/
Source: The Times of Israel, 4-17-13
Overlooked amid the good-natured chuckling that greeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s smooth appearance on high-rating satire show “Eretz Nehederet” (A Wonderful Country) on Tuesday was the fact that Netanyahu indicated publicly for the first time….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 17, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/israel-political-brief-april-17-2013-benjamin-netanyahu-indicates-he-wants-fourth-term-as-pm-on-eretz-nehederet/
Source: Jerusalem Post, 4-17-13
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara joined a host of British and international dignitaries in London on Wednesday, as the British capital stages its biggest political funeral in almost half a century for former prime minister Margaret Thatcher….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 17, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/israel-political-brief-april-18-2013-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-among-dignitaries-at-margaret-thatcher-funeral/
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