Israel & The Region

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March 9, 2013
4:27 am

The Taba border crossing between Israel and Egypt (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Egypt tries to lure Israelis back to the Sinai

Once a prime vacation destination, revolution, terrorism and lawlessness now keep tourists away from Peninsula’s pristine beaches

By Ron Friedman

March 9, 2013
2:55 am

Venezuela's then-vice president Nicolas Maduro attends the funeral of the late president Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, in March (photo credit: AP/Rodrigo Abd/File)

Nicolas Maduro swears in as Venezuelan president

Former vice president ascends to interim role against the objections of the political opposition

March 9, 2013
2:02 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference at Ankara Palace in Ankara, Turkey, March 1, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Kerry meets with family of ex-FBI agent missing in Iran

From the web Reuters: ‘The US government remains committed to locating Mr. Levinson and reuniting him safely with his family,’ says secretary of state

March 9, 2013
1:17 am

A UN peacekeeper from the UNDOF force stands guard on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, on Friday, March 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

UN peacekeepers on Syrian border halt night patrols

International teams fear more kidnappings, violence; Israel beefs up border security

By Times of Israel staff

March 9, 2013
1:00 am

A UN peacekeeper checks a armored vehicle as it leaves from the UNDOF Ziouani camp to cross to Syria at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights,on Friday, March 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

UN team sent to free 21 Syrian hostages turns back, will try again Saturday

Forces loyal to President Assad are shelling the area, Israel TV says

By AP and Times of Israel staff

March 9, 2013
12:58 am

Kidnapped UN peacekeepers in Syria seen in a video released last Thursday. (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

‘We are safe and well-treated,’ kidnapped UN peacekeeper tells Al Arabiya

From the web Filipino hostages told they will be released Saturday morning; Friday handover botched by military shelling

March 9, 2013
12:43 am

One of thousands of Syrian refugees at the Zaatari refugee camp stands on top of a water tank, near the Jordanian-Syrian border, in Mafraq, Jordan, in January. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

In Jordan, desperate Syrian refugees turn to prostitution

‘Given the vulnerability of women, the camp’s growing population and the lack of resources, I’m not surprised,’ says UN official

By Jamal Halaby

March 8, 2013
11:16 pm

A screen showing a video image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez plays in front of the site where Chavez's funeral ceremony will take place as people gather outside the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Rodrigo Abd)

Fiery funeral for Venezuela’s Chavez

Successor Nicolas Maduro eulogizes dead president ahead of his body’s embalmment and permanent display

March 8, 2013
11:01 pm

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)

Obama’s coming, with or without a government

White House says presidential visit will go forward unimpeded, and doesn’t aim to influence internal Israeli politics

By Ilan Ben Zion

March 8, 2013
9:38 pm

Egyptian protesters chant angry slogans during a demonstration after the noon prayer in Port Said, Egypt, Friday, March 8, 2013. With the country in chaos from weeks of protests against the Islamist president, the police have now joined the fray, launching their own protests (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Police strikes in Egypt accelerate, adding turmoil

Security forces, unhappy at being blamed for crackdowns, walk off the job and take to the streets across the country

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

March 8, 2013
9:13 pm

Saeb Erekat, chief Palestinian negotiator, during a news conference in Ramallah in the West Bank on January 2, 2012 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Erekat bashes Canada for backing Israel

Canadian FM warned the PA not to take Israel to the International Court of Justice, or there would be funding ‘consequences’

By Philip Podolsky

March 8, 2013
9:05 pm

Osama bin Laden (photo credit: CNN video screen capture, YouTube)

Bin Laden son-in-law pleads not guilty to plot

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a former mosque preacher and teacher, is suspected of having served as the spokesman for al-Qaeda

March 8, 2013
8:55 pm

Egyptian human rights activist Samira Ibrahim initially claimed her Twitter account was hacked. (screencapture: Youtube/AlJazeeraEnglish)

Award canceled, Egyptian activist acknowledges anti-Semitism

After the US State Department withdraws her prize, Samira Ibrahim refuses to ‘apologize to the Zionist lobby in America’

March 8, 2013
7:44 pm

French President Francois Hollande during a joint press conference with President Shimon Peres at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Friday (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Peres: Iran may miss chance for peaceful resolution

French president says Iran’s nuclear program threatens whole world, not just Israel; calls for greater diplomatic efforts