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The Israeli government will present a "more humble" policy for its relations with the Diaspora. A policy report featuring the government strategy's redefining its Diaspora ties will be made public tomorrow at the Jewish Agency Board of Governors meeting in Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post reported. More ... Hamas released a letter from its Israeli captive, abducted soldier Gilad Shalit. Making good on its promise to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, the Palestinian Islamist faction recently delivered a letter from Shalit, an Israeli soldier who was abducted to the Gaza Strip almost two years ago. More ... JERUSALEM - Israel's officials have long walked a rhetorical tightrope when it comes to Iran, balancing deterrence against diplomacy. Shaul Mofaz may have teetered a bit too far. More ... JERUSALEM- Lebanon rebuffed Ehud Olmert's call to seek peace with Israel. The Lebanese government in a statement sidestepped the Israeli prime minister's idea of rapprochement with Jerusalem. Instead it called on Israel to first "end the occupation of the Shebaa Farms. More ... JERUSALEM- An Egyptian Jewish group asked the United Nations to help it recover the community's historic archives. The Historical Society of Jews from Egypt says the government has refused to release the documents due to fear of restitution claims, the Jerusalem Post reported. More ... JERUSALEM- Hamas claimed responsibility for two Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel in 2002. The Islamist group's armed wing issued a statement saying it was behind two suicide bombings that killed 26 Israelis in 2002. The first, in May of that year, took place in a Rishon Lezion pool hall. The second, four months later, was on Tel Aviv's Allenby Street. More ... JERUSALEM - Although Israeli officialdom is not commenting on the possibility of a Barack Obama presidency, in private some officials in Jerusalem are expressing mixed feelings about the prospect. More ... Susan and I made our first trip to Israel on a Federation mission in 1977. Since that time, I have returned 16 times and Susan another 10. G-d willing, when I accompany our delegation to the November UJC General Assembly it will be my "Chai" trip. More ... |
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