Israel’s inclusion of two West Bank locations—the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb—on a list of “national heritage sites” has drawn widespread protests.
A preliminary Hamas investigation suggests the assassination of the organization’s operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai was carried out by agents of an Arab government.
Two high-ranking Israeli military officers have been disciplined for firing shells into a populated area of the Gaza Strip during last year’s Operation Cast Lead.
Just because Israel’s Jewish Agency says anti-Semitic incidents have reached a record high not seen since World War II doesn’t mean that it isn’t true.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans for construction of a fence along Israel’s border with Egypt “to close Israel’s southern border to infiltrators and terrorists.”
Israel is conducting tests of a short-range missile-defense system to fend off rockets from the Gaza Strip, dubbed the “Iron Dome,” and says the system is nearly ready to be deployed.
Last year’s Israeli bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip has left a high concentration of toxic metals in the soil, according to a study by the New Weapons Research Committee (NWRC).
Medical aid and 500 activists entered Gaza after protests against Egypt’s refusal to admit the group lead to clashes at the Rafah crossing in which one Egyptain solider was killed.
Israeli officials said a military delegation has canceled a trip to the UK over fears that they would be arrested on war crimes charges for their involvement in last year’s Gaza offensive.
Barack Obama pledges $2.77 billion for Israel in 2010, and $30 billion over the next decade. Israel is for the first time bound to use 75% of the aid to buy military material from the US.
The Israeli daily Ha’aretz reports that construction in West Bank settlements is “booming” despite the declared freeze, with expansion underway at more than 50 settlements and two industrial zones.
Several international activists were injured by Egyptian riot police during demonstrations with the Gaza Freedom March in Cairo. Egypt has denied the march access to the besieged Strip.
