April 23, 2008 / Mideast

Israel shuns UN official

JERUSALEM- Israel is blacklisting a UN official who compared its crackdown on the Gaza Strip to the Nazis. More...

Settlers hand in army guns

JERUSALEM (JTA)- Israel has been quietly collecting army-issued firearms from some West Bank settlers. More...

SCANDAL

Katsav reneges on plea bargain

JERUSALEM- Moshe Katsav, the Israeli ex-president mired in a sex scandal, has rejected his plea agreement. Katsav appeared in Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual offenses. More...

Mosque wears Israeli colors

JERUSALEM- Residents of an Israeli-Arab village painted their mosque blue and white in honor of the Jewish state's 60th anniversary. More...

Israel told U.S. of Syria strike

JERUSALEM- Israel has kept the United States informed about its mysterious airstrike in Syria last year, Ehud Olmert said. The Israeli prime minister, who like the rest of his government has refused to provide details of the Sept. More...

REPORT…

Education is Israel's Achilles' heel

JERUSALEM- Education woes are a long-term threat to Israel, according to The Economist. The latest edition of the prestigious British journal is dedicated to assessing Israel 60 years after its founding and its prospects for the future. More...

Kosher wine from Cyprus

JERUSALEM (JTA)- The tiny Jewish community on Cyprus made its own kosher wine. The first 12,000 bottles of Yayin Kafrisin recently rolled out of the Lambouri Winery in Kato Platres, a 300- year-old boutique winery. More...