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Israel's Foreign Minister Told He Will Be Indicted for Fraud
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- The Israeli attorney general today told Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman that, pending a hearing, he will be indicted for fraud, money laundering and witness-tampering, a move that could eventually bring the collapse of the government. Lieberman faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted. The draft indictment had been expected this week but caught Lieberman off guard as he sat on the podium of his ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu party in Jerusalem. Lieberman's face tightened as he took the call from his lawyer. AFP / Getty Images Israeli Foreign Minister ...
Israel Strikes Hard in Gaza After School Bus Hit
By not in system - AOL NewsGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli aircraft and tanks pounded Gaza on Friday, killing seven Hamas militants and five civilians in a surge of fighting sparked by a Palestinian rocket attack on an Israeli school bus the day before. Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers seemed on the brink of another round of intense violence, just a little over two years after a three-week war in which persistent rocket fire from Gaza triggered a devastating Israeli military offensive in the territory. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack on the school bus "crossed a line" and warned that "whoever ...
Israeli Officials Celebrate After Goldstone Rethinks War Crimes Report
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- Israeli officials feel vindicated after Judge Richard Goldstone retracted part of his harsh criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza two years ago, and have launched a major diplomatic effort to get the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone Report. "I found it hard to believe that Judge Goldstone, a Jew and even a Zionist, could have really believed that Israel would deliberately target Palestinian civilians," Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon told a group of journalists, including AOL News, by phone. "He must have been influenced by Arab propaganda." Ashraf Amra, ...
Israeli Airstrike Kills 2 Gaza Militants
By not in system - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- Israeli aircraft struck a Palestinian rocket squad in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing two militants as the military prepared to activate a new defense system to shoot down incoming rockets. Islamic Jihad, a militant group that frequently attacks Israel, confirmed two members were killed in the airstrike, while a third was critically wounded. The group did not specify whether they were in the process of launching rockets. Gaza militants, including Islamic Jihad and the territory's Hamas rulers, had said over the weekend that they would halt their fire if Israel did. It was not ...
One Dead, Dozens Injured in Bombing Outside Jerusalem Bus Station
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- A 59-year-old woman was killed and 30 people were wounded when a bomb exploded this afternoon across from Jerusalem's central bus station. Police said the 3-pound bomb placed in a bag opposite the station was a terrorist attack. "We are talking about a terror attack," said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. The blast was heard throughout Jerusalem, and police sealed off the entrance to the city, causing huge traffic jams during the afternoon rush hour. Police set up roadblocks throughout the country, checking ID cards belonging to Palestinians. Two Palestinian organizations in ...
Israel Seizes Ship With Iranian Arms Destined for Gaza
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsRAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli commandos boarded and seized a Liberian-flagged ship that Israel says was carrying "tons" of weapons from Syria to Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the weapons originated in Iran and were on their way to Gaza, which is ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement. "'We are currently collecting information, and the one thing that is certain is that these weapons are from Iran with a relay station in Syria," Netanyahu said. "It is our right and duty to stop the smuggling of these weapons." Israeli naval officials said they found several anti-ship ...
Iranian Warships Enter Suez Canal in Show of Power
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsFor the first time in more than 30 years, two Iranian warships have entered the Suez Canal -- a mostly symbolic power move that nevertheless is being closely watched by Israel and the U.S. Egyptian officials told Reuters that the Alvand, a frigate, and the Kharg, a supply vessel, started their journey down the waterway early this morning and are expected to reach the Mediterranean this evening. The ships will eventually dock at the Syrian port of Lazeqiyeh, Iran's state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reports. The warships will be just 60 miles from Iran's regional arch-enemy, ...
Israel Eyes Suez Canal Trip of Iran Warships With Worry
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO -- Iran's first attempt in decades to send warships through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean on Europe's - and NATO's - southern flank could further destabilize the Middle East, a region already reeling from an unprecedented wave of anti-government rebellions. Egypt's new military rulers, who took power from ousted Hosni Mubarak a little more than a week ago, have granted two Iranian warships passage through the strategic waterway - something Israel has made clear it views as a provocation. Still, Egypt appeared to have no other choice because an international convention regulating ...
Opinion: Israel Is Missing a Chance to Back Arab Freedom
By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach - AOL NewsIsrael is missing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to support Arab freedom. While others cheer Hosni Mubarak's fall, Israel grows apprehensive. Yes, I know. The Egyptian dictator kept the peace for 30 years. But it was a mighty cold peace. But that's all beside the point. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, and it ought be the region's foremost champion of human rights. It's also the homeland of a people who gave the world the earliest foundation of democracy, namely, the Bible's declaration that every human is equally created in the image of God. The Hebrew Bible also gave the ...
Of Egypt, Middle East Peace and al-Qaida
By Nicolas B. Tatro - AOL NewsANALYSIS Nearly every major Middle East crisis has offered an opportunity to give new momentum for Arab-Israeli peace talks. All of them have fallen far short of a permanent peace. What will grow out of the upheaval in Egypt? Looking back, the 1973 Arab-Israeli war set the stage for international talks in Geneva and eventually for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's precedent-shattering trip to Jerusalem. The result of what Sadat defined as "shock" therapy for the Mideast was the first peace treaty between an Arab country and the Jewish state. For three decades, the peace pact helped silence ...
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