Israeli parliament moves ahead bill against compensation for Palestinians

Prisoner exchange could see Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit released ...

By: intellectual

Israel and the Palestinians are preparing a prisoner exchanger that could lead to the release of an Israeli soldier who has been held for more than three years In the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of Palestinian militants will be released by Israel. Ther has been a media frenzy since reports that Gilad Schalit, the young Israeli corporal ...

9 days ago

Dutch government to investigate Israeli settler products

By: SarahIrving

The government of the Netherlands has agreed to conduct an investigation into the conditions under which Ahava beauty products are manufactured in the illegal Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Shalom in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. Ahava has been the subject of an international boycott campaign and actions over its appropriation of Palestinian ...

18 days ago

Israeli, Palestinian leaders mostly praise peace prize for Obama

By: BiodunIginla

Friday, October 9, 2009 Israeli President Shimon Peres congratulates Obama. A spokesman for the Palestinian Authority says there's hope the Nobel will be an 'incentive' for the president to help end the region's conflict. Israeli President Shimon Peres -- who shared the Nobel Pea

about 1 month ago

The view from Egypt: Jumping the gun on the peace prize

By: genius-world

When President Barack Obama came to Cairo in June and made his address to the Muslim world, reaction in Egypt was wildly positive. U.S. President Obama delivers a key address at the Cairo University campus in June, 2009 Many Egyptians had fallen in love with the new young American president with an Arabic middle ...

about 1 month ago