Month: February 2008

The Green Party of England and Wales has adopted a radical policy in support of boycotting Israel. At its spring conference in Reading over the weekend, delegates agreed to back the “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” […]

CAIRO (AFP) — Around 15 Egyptian trade unions — from doctors to writers — issued a protest on Thursday over a decision to make Israel a guest of honour at a major Paris book fair […]

As pictures of Gaza in darkness circulated the world’s media a few weeks ago, the start of Israel’s blockade of the strip caused a far lesser-known crisis in kitchens across the Jewish state. In an […]

Livni: Palestinian people have no future under Hamas rule Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Thursday that the Palestinian people had no future under Hamas, adding that Israel would continue its campaign against the terror […]

Former Israeli secret service chief Efraim Halevy has shocked the Israeli political establishment by arguing that Israel should enter talks with Hamas. Not because he likes the movement but because he thinks it is in […]

Paris — In an unprecedented speech by a French president to the umbrella organization of French Jewry, Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to boost the France-Israel relationship and play a major role in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. Fulfilling a […]

Ever since billionaire diamond and real estate magnate Lev Leviev began to raise his profile and personalize his brand with the opening of deluxe diamond shops in London in 2006 and here in 2007, the […]

On February 19, 2008, Vanunu wrote: “The court hearing today Feb. 19, was again postponed, because of a small snow here. We are waiting for the next hearing date soon.” On July 2, 2007, an […]

The recent proposal that Norway boycott Israeli goods has provoked passionate debate. In my view, a rational examination of this issue would pose two questions: 1) Do Israeli human rights violations warrant an economic boycott? […]

We live in a thunderously failed reality. … A state lacking justice cannot survive. … Even if the Arabs lower their heads and swallow their shame and anger for ever, it won’t work. A structure […]