Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

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July 18, 2013
9:42 pm

Liberal Democrat MP David Ward (screen capture: Youtube/DavidWardMP)

British MP booted from party for anti-Semitic tweets

Liberal Democrats suspend David Ward for remarks about ‘the Jews’ and reference to Israel as an apartheid state

July 18, 2013
9:21 pm

Smoke rises into the sky after an explosion at Burgas airport, Bulgaria, on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Burgasinfo)

Bulgaria calls for EU to blacklist Hezbollah

Lebanon PM says it will ask Europe to not brand Shi’ite group, a ‘main component of Lebanese society,’ as terrorists

July 18, 2013
8:33 pm

General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American soldier as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his reappointment hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, July 18, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US considering using force in Syria, top general says

Martin Dempsey says deploying air power ‘under deliberation’ but situation ‘can be made worse’ by military intervention

By Richard Lardner

July 18, 2013
8:23 pm

Magda Haroun, president of Egypt's Jewish community vows "never, never, never" to leave the country. (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

New head of Egyptian Jewish community: Zionism is racism

Magda Haroun: ‘Much like some people mix up al-Qaeda and Islam, others mix Israel and Judaism up’

July 18, 2013
8:23 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, June 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Palestinian media: Most PLO factions oppose new talks

Kerry presented no commitment on Israeli settlement freeze or 1967 lines, Palestinian parliamentarian says

By Elhanan Miller

July 18, 2013
8:03 pm

US Capitol building (photo credit: courtesy)

US bill threatens to cut PA funding if UN grants statehood

Security money for Israel remains intact under House appropriations bill, but strings attached to Palestinian and Egyptian aid

By Ilan Ben Zion and AP

July 18, 2013
7:59 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, July 18, 2013. (Photo by Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

‘Palestinians will resume talks if US specifies goal is state based on ’67 lines’

Amid much speculation over new negotiations, Palestinian source says Abbas ready to initially put aside demands for prisoner release and settlement freeze

By Avi Issacharoff, Lazar Berman and AP

July 18, 2013
7:14 pm

The aftermath of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires (photo credit: Newspaper La Nación (Argentina)/Wikipedia Commons)

Argentine Jews pan government over AMIA bombing

President Fernandez misses 19th anniversary memorial, criticized for toothless deal to investigate Iran’s involvement in attack

By AP and Times of Israel staff

July 18, 2013
5:23 pm

A view of Efrat, a settlement near Jerusalem (illustrative photo: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Full text of the European Union’s settlement guidelines

New directives prohibit Israeli companies located beyond the 1967 lines from receiving prizes, grants, or financing

By Times of Israel staff

July 18, 2013
4:40 pm

In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian girls paint their faces with colors of the Syrian revolutionary flag during a fesitval, in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday March 20, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)

UN says Syria’s war children will grow up illiterate

Special envoy Leila Zerrougui says thousands of schools destroyed, children witness to atrocities

July 18, 2013
3:01 pm

Palestinians look at homemade rockets during a Palestinian heritage exhibition a festival marking the 61st anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe) on April 27, 2009, in Gaza (photo credit: Abed Abed/Flash90)

Egyptian general: Hamas ‘terrorizing Egyptians’

Osama Askar, commander of Third Field Army, says smuggled rockets were enough ‘to destroy a neighborhood’

By Elhanan Miller

July 18, 2013
2:59 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 27, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

PA delays decision, US denies peace talks announcement imminent

Netanyahu and Abbas reported to accept negotiations based on ’67 lines; Palestinians form special committee to decide on matter Friday

By Lazar Berman and AP

July 18, 2013
2:23 pm

Israelis hold up signs as they take part in a protest march against Finance Minister Yair Lapid's proposed budget cuts and tax hikes, in Tel Aviv on Saturday, May 11, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)

Yeah, but there’s still death

Lapid pulls back some planned tax hikes, though some say he didn’t go far enough, and Netanyahu gives Malta a lesson on priorities

By Joshua Davidovich

July 18, 2013
1:40 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, not pictured, in Amman, May 22, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Syrian refugees urge Kerry, US to take action

Secretary of state visits Zaatari camp in Jordan, defends American policy

By Matthew Lee

July 18, 2013
11:58 am

Gold bars (photo credit: CC BY Brian Giesen/Flickr)

Dubai to reward weight loss with gold

As part of Ramadan initiative, Arab emirate to pay participants for every kilo shed

By Lazar Berman

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