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Why Barak's use of military in Yesha freeze enforcement is devastating to IDF capability: check out What's Hot for research || Finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz: PA behavior may result in lifting the buildling freeze in Yesha || FM Lieberman: Israel will make no more gestures to Palestinians || Jewish Agency Fights with Nefesh B'Nefesh || Israel and Turkey return to normal diplomatic relations || Whiff of facism on the wind in the Defense Ministry || Gush Katif Museum in J-m: Daily Candlelighting for Chanukah near Central Bus Station || DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS OR HAVE SUFFERED LOSSES FROM THE SETTLEMENT FREEZE? Contact the Legal Forum (Forum Mishpati) 02-5022202 office@haforum.org.il || United Arab Emirates: Israel responsible for the failure of Middle East peace process || Marwan al-Barghouti Fatah leader serving life sentence rejects exile via Hamas prisoner deal || Hamas source: Much work remains on Shalit deal/No breakthrough expected at this time || Jonathan Pollard begins 25th yr of imprisonment || Mubarak criticizes adding to Jewish population in Jerusalem || FM Lieberman staunchly opposes interim Palestinian state || Former CIA military analyst: must invade Iran if want to prevent nuclear program || Hamas rejects PA unilaterial Palestinian state - says all of Israel must go || Syrain Pres Assad: War with Israel is always an option || 18 million NIS promised to Gush Katif refugee employment issue - matching funds - where will the private 18 million come from? || Flawed Obama health care bill passes - better than nothing? || (admitted) US unemployment jumps to 10.2 percent || Committee to be Reinstated to Authorize Building in Yesha || Jm Mayor Barkat to run NY Marathon || Spain's President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero receives medal from Abbas || Susan Rice, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, will visit Israel || Israeli Embassy to J Street: new lobbying group advocates policies that could "impair Israel's interests || Turkey 'indefinitely' delays annual air exercise due to Israeli participation || UNSC rejects Libya's request for special Goldstone session || ABC News: US may be planning to bomb Iran || Jerusalem March draws large numbers in spite of rain || 16 yr old Arab arrested for stabbing soldier in the neck in East J-m || 35,000 Attend Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall || Israel's attorney general to decide if any Israeli soldiers will face charges for misconduct during Gaza war || US eyes energy and financial sanctions against Iran || Yom Kippur message: “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” || Malcho and Herzog to Meet Mitchell (yet again): this time in DC || Saib Erekat: Netanyahu's demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state unacceptable || Israel Tennis Star Shahar Peer beats Italy's Brianti in straight sets in China || After 2nd mtg with Mitchell, still no freeze promise || Mitchell and Netanyahu end mtg with no Israeli compromise on Yesha bldg || Silvan Shalom to meet with Yesha Rabbis || Geo Mitchell in the Middle East; Abbas still not open to negotiations || Israel returned artillery fire into Lebanon after three Katyusha rockets hit northwestern Israel. || 98 anti-semitic incidents in Holland in January; 108 in all of 2008 || Maale Adumim Mayor Kashriel organized rally Monday at E1 building project || Der Spiegel quotes Hamas denying that Shalit exchange is imminent || Polls shows only 4% of Israelis think Obama pro-Israel || IDF bombs Gaza smuggling tunnels after rockets hit in Southern Israel || The Gap to open first store in Israel on Monday || French and other report official settlement freeze; Israeli govt denies it || Mashall denies reports of eminent release of Shalit || 80% of Israelis want their children to make their lives in Israel: 92% want their grandchildren to do the same || Moshe Arens: Neither Israel nor the US bound by Bush-Sharon agreements on Yesha || U.S. Rabbis begin complaining about Obama pressure on Yesha issues || Mitchell to Abbas: Still a gap between Israel and US on 'settlement' issue || See "Media" for Jackie Mason's take on Obama || Women in Gaza now required to wear rahala (full body-face covering) || Arabs open fire at IDF soldiers in Gaza || 4 Israelis wounded, one seriously, when davening at graveside || Ayalon Denies Sarkozy's Claim that US threatens to pull out of peace talks if there is no 6-mo freeze on Yesha building || Israel makes tennis history: Israel's national tennis team completed a sensational 3:0 win over Russia Saturday to advance to the Davis Cup's semi-final. || Click on "Get Involved" for important message || Israel won't risk negative answer from US about Iran strike || Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan Requests Urgent Mtg with PM || US VP Biden: We won't stand in Israel's way if she decides to strike Iran || Abbas: Hamas plans to kill PA officials || Suspicion: Palestinians burned holy Jewish books at Homesh || Iranians walk out on Peres in interfaith conf in Kazakhstan || Texas organization looking for businesses in Yesha in which to invest || Netanyahu stands firm on settlement issue with Sarkozy || Click on "Get Involved' for things to do about media bias || Lieberman: Arabs use settlements as an excuse to avoid negotiations || New Judicial Selection Committee Member Rotem: Judges should have the courage to make their verdicts according to the law || 6% of Israelis see Obama as pro-Israel (down from 31%) || Four Arabs Nabbed for 2006 murder of Yakir resident Dr. Danny Yaakobi || Full text of Netanyahu's Speech: Click on What's Hot || Jimmy Carter endorses Gush Etzion communities (gee thanks) || Arab Knesset Member Tibi: PLO will never recognize the State of Israel || Aljazeera: US senators pressuring Obama to heal rift with Israel || US: not credible that Ahmadinejad opponent lost in his own balloting area || Netanyahu: I will not allow a Hamas state in Yesha || Rioting in Iran after reported Ahmadinejad victory || Check out "What's Hot" || Ayalon: Talks with Syria less promising than with Assad Sr. || Nasrallah defeated in Lebanese elections || Netanyahu will make policy address on Sunday night || Eli Yishai: Israel will continue Yesha expansion "in accordance with understandings with previous US administrations." || Obama hoping to replace Netanyahu with Livni || Calls made for Mofaz to join Likud || Supreme Court rejects case against 9 Ofra houses || Assad to Arab States: No negotiations with Israel || Civil Administration Spokesperson killed in Traffic Accident || Kassam lands in western Negev; no injuries || Arab Teen on way to stab Jew in Jerusalem Caught || Govt inquiry into failure to resettle Gaza refugees convened || Proposed budget cuts create rising tension || Newt Gingrich: Obama's ME policies weakest since Jimmy Carter || ADL poll: Large majority of Jewish Israelis support striking Iran even if Obama opposes || 5 Israelis suspected of having swine flu reported healthy || Click on Activism to see things to do in Yesha on Independence Day || Barak bickers with Lieberman || Israeli intelligence points to alliance betw Latin American and Iran || Military Intelligence Chief says Obama's policy threatens Israel || Israel Prepares for Holocaust Day || Mayor of Southern Hebron Hills, Zviki Bar Hai, demands that weapons be returned to Yesha's Jewish residents for self-protection || Egypt considering death penalty for Hizbollah leader || Arab terrorist attempt to run over 2 policeman thwarted || Natan Sharansky thinking over Netanyahu's offer to head the Jewish Agency || 19 yr old Haifa woman dies in Equadorian jail under mysterious circumstances || Barak to meet with Mitchell on Thursday || Police prepare for Temple Mount Thursday || Navy Seal snipers take out 3 pirates holding US captain captive || Demanjuk to appeal deportation order on Monday || Israelis warned against Sinai over Pesach due to terror groups planning kidnappings and murder || Terrorist killed in E. Jerusalem as he tries to drive into Border Police || Iran says that first US should divest itself of nuclear arms || 16 yr old Bedouin High School Girl Killed after She Opens Fire on Soldiers at Shoket Junction || Obama renews vows of support of Israel || New Foreign Minister links peace with disarming Hamas || Ateret Cohanim purchases home in Muslim Quarter; five move in || New Balad MK Haneen Zuabi: Iran's nuclear power is in "our" interests - whose interests? || Beilin calls new govt a "settler's govt"; we wish it were so || 2 More Arab Terrorists Captured by IDF || 4 Arabs on Wanted List Arrested in Ramallah || IDF bombed Sudan convoys from the air || HaBayit HaYehudi signs agreement with Likud || Barak media blitz makes him out to be super settlement hero || Click on Activism: get pro-active || Hamas still looking for a deal || Both Labor factions predict split in party with vote to join Netanyahu || Netanyahu denies that Egypt threatened to cut ties if Lieberman is FM || Atty proposes ousting Barak from Labor party leadership || Dichter: Releasing prisoners is not the only way to pressure Hamas to release Gilad Shalit || Olmertt extends Shalit deal 24 hours || Olmert Pessamistic Regarding Shalit Deal with Hamas || Netanyahu Signs Coalition Agreement with Yisrael Beiteinu Sunday Night || Livni quietly in negotiations with Netanyahu || Israel reportedly agrees to entire list of 450 terrorists to be released in Shalit exchange || Hamas: We gained invaluable experience from Gaza operation || Typical Olmert quote: Peace impossible unless part of Jerusalem becomes Palestinian capitol || Netanyahu: Palestinians should govern themselves but without threatening Israel || US to boycott "Durban II" racism conference || Advanced missile hits Ashkelon school: no injuries || Iran demands an apology from Hollywood delegation to Iran for "The Wrestler" and "300" || Amos Gilad to make formal apology to PM || Olmert criticizes Livni for refusal to join Netanyahu govt || Shin Bet head rumored to be Amos Gilad's replacement || US to give $90 million in aid to Gaza || Nat'l Unity's Coalition Demands Include Unfreezing Yesha Building Freeze || Olmert: No Ceasefire Agreement w/out Gilad Shalit || Livni to demand Kadima be given right to form govt in spite of 20 mandate dominance of the Right || A triumphant Right bloc in Israel's 18th knesset || Still too close to call - Kadima's slim majority may be gone in moments || Yisrael Beiteinu Rises; Labor in Ruins || Likud Still Leading Kadima going into Election Day || Voting Turnot Higher than 2006; over half of eligible voters vote by 6 p.m. || Bibi promises not to be party to evacuation of Jews in Yesha || Caracas, Venezuela: Sephardi Synagogue vandalized; guard held at gunpoint || Yesha Council hosts 12 foreign correspondents in Tekoa, Hebron and Sussia || Click on media || Hamas Loots Humanitarian Aid Meant for Gazan Civilians || 8 mortar shells launched Tuesday from Gaza || Shilo area resident in critical condition after being shot in the face by terrorists near Cochav HaShachar || Firefights in Gaza Sunday after Unilateral "Ceasefire" || School cancelled Sunday in Ashdod, Ashkelon and Beersheva || Olmert hints that Israel is closer to achieving Gilad Shalit's release || NRP: ceasefire without return of Shalit immoral || In reality Egyptian truce proposal offers nothing to Israel || UN bldg and hospital source of Hamas fire on IDF troops || 2 seriously injured in Beersheva; IDF wipes out terrorists who launched the strike || Kiryat Arba: 3 soldiers wounded lightly when Arabs open fire || Egypt to Hamas: Agreement requires ceasefire for at least one year || 15 Hamas units hit hard in Gaza City Tuesday || Iran warns Hamas it will cease funding if Hamas agrees to ceasefire || Hamas rocket fire down over 50% || 10,000 at pro-Israel rally in liberal NYC || 35,000 at pro-Israel rally in London || Obama: Israel has the right to defend its citizens || Quiet maintained in Judea & Samaria; Arab solidarity dead || Hamas refuses to report on well-being of Gilad Shalit || Direct missile hit on apt. bldg. in Ashkelon; one lightly injured || High-ranking cardinal - Vatican envoy - uses Hamas terminology to characterize Israel || 15 More Hamas Operatives Killed in Gaza on Saturday || IDF: UN Driver definitely not killed by Israel || 2 hurt in Rehovot by axe-wielding Arab || Obama to abandon Bush's policy of isolating Hamas as terrorist organization || Dozens of rockets fall after UN resolution calls for ceasefire || Israeli Cabinet Okays Expanded Army Offensive in Gaza || Haniyeh spokesman: We win or we die || Hamas: We will not accept a permanent ceasefire || Click on media for IDF response to UN school strike in Gaza || Israel approves "humanitarian corridor" || Israel Mulls over Expanding Operation in Gaza || Yesha residents urged to avoid hitchhiking and being in secluded places after dark || 100 Hamas terrorists killed; dozens taken prisoner || Golani soldier foils Hamas kidnap attempt in Gaza tunnel || Wed a.m. narrows the margin - Kadima 28, Likud 27 || France's Sarkozy: Hamas to blame for IDF campaign in Gaza || 45 Hamas rockets land in southern Israel on Sunday || Dem and Rep leaders in the US Senate support Gaza campaign || Not much left of Hamas governing level || Over 50 Hamas operatives killed in land offensive; IDF forces right on schedule || NYC mayor and police commissioner visit Israel to show support || Click on media for clip on missiles in Sderot || Hamas Officer in charge of grad attacks killed in land offensive || Rockets land in Sderot, Ashkelon, Ashdod on Sunday; no seriously injuries || 30 IDF soldiers wounded; Gaza cut in half by IDF land offensive || Dozens of Hamas gunmen killed in beginning of ground offensive in Gaza || tens of thousands of IDF reservists called up || 38 rockets land in Israel over Shabbat || IDF begins land incursion into Gaza || Over 100 members of Yesha Council's general committee meet in Ariel - click on media for report || Likud and Labor gain in the polls; Kadima is the big loser || Israel allows 400 Arabs with foreign passports to leave Gaza || Uzi Arad to speak to large Yesha Council gathering in Ariel || 11 missiles hit Beersheva on Wednesday alone || US supports Israel's airstrikes || Hamas Prime Minister Haniyeh's office bombed || Ben Gurion University to remain closed until the end of the week || One person injured in latest hail of rockets in the South || Shin Bet: Hamas rockets can hit the outskirts of Beersheva || Britain warns against purchasing houses in "the West Bank" || IDF blows up Hamas munitions storage facility in Gaza || || Supreme Court rules it permissable to destroy homes of terrorists || Elisha Reicher calls on Daniella Weiss to take responsibility for Beit HaShalom failure || Call to Boycott B&B products as Dutch Company, Unilever, 51% owners of B&B pretzels, divests of factory in Barkan || Youth inside Beit HaShalom secretly make calls asking for help; dictator atmosphere inside || Mumbai victims returned to Israel for Tuesday burial || Tel Aviv under threat of terrorist attack; roadblocks delay morning rush hour || Olmert refuses to resign even after Mazuz announces indictment and Kadima calls for his resignation || Jabotinsky's grandson joins Likud || Livni says she won't "sell Israel to the haredim" || Shas responds to Livni: Kadima is a party for whites only || Mahmoud Abbas claims he is NOT a puppet of the US and Israeli governments || 8 Israeli neo-Nazis receive jail sentences || Barak: Negotiations not the only way to get Gilad Shalit released || Moshe "Boogie" Yaalon Wows 'Em in Israeli TV Interview || Uzi Landau Joins Yisrael Beiteinu: 2nd on the List || Huldai wins re-election bid in Tel Aviv over Hadash candidate || Dimona's "Hebrew Jews" see Obama as their "sibling of struggle" || Jerusalem mayoral election to be held today || Huge underground bunkers, storage and highways discovered between Gaza and Egypt; that's where all the donated building materials are going || Israel Forces Fired on with Anti-Tank Missiles near Gaza; No Soldiers Injured || 40 rockets land in Israel in one day; one in residential Ashkelon || Historic Election puts the first Black President in the White House || Benny Begin Back in Political Life - Rejoins Likud || Peres - the political role a president's not supposed to take || Livni gives up mandate because of refusal to give in to Shas demands for not negotiating Jerusalem || Joe the Plumber says a vote for Obama is a vote for the death of Israel || Yossi Beilin to announce he's leaving political life || Livni asks for a 2 wk extension to try to make a govt || Livni-Barak talks cancelled || See new video about campaign: click on Media || The Yesha Council wishes Am Yisrael a year of health, productivity and peace || McCain Stronger than Obama in First Debate || Netanyahu: As long as there are no elections, there will be no stability in government. || Barak renews his campaign to make destruction of terrorists' homes legal and quick || Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu and National Union parties call for elections || UN official, Robert Serry, urges next Israeli government to stop settlement expansion || Bitter Olmert still demanding his peace agreement be concluded post haste || Abbas vows not to agree to anything short of his total demands || Head of PA asks Israel to take control of Hebron or it will fall into Hamas hands || Israel Warns Israelis: Stay out of Sinai!!! Definite Threat of Kidnapping by Hisbollah and Hamas || Defense Minister Barak approves transfer of automatic weapons and ammunition from Jordan to PA || 3 suspected terrorists captured by IDF in Yesha || Israeli kidnapped in Nigeria released || Olmert questioned about suspect political appointments || Rumors about party ousting Barak appear false || Israel opens first solar energy plant in the Negev || 200 freed terrorists receive heroes welcome in Ramallah || Third anniversary of Gilad Shalit's kidnapping to be marked soon || Israeli businessman kidnapped in Nigeria || Vote on the 2009 Budget to Take Place Sunday || Hamas declares itself ready to take revenge for assassination of leader, Mugniyah || Police interrogate Olmert for the 6th time || Prosecution to ask for immunity for Talansky || Meir Sheetrit gets Kadima primaries postponed on a technicality || Kadima Coalition Head Hasson supports reclaiming Jewish property in Hebron || Talansky Fears Return to Israel may Complicate his Legal Situation in the US || Ehud Barak calls disengagement from Gush Katif one of Kadima's failures || Abu Mazan: Olmert's suggested peace agreement a waste of time || Prof. Weiss charged with incitement for cursing soldier expelling Jewish families in Hebron || US nixes Israeli attack on Iran || Arab youth arrested near Nablus with pipe bomb || 500 Egyptian policemen at Gaza-Egypt border || Yesha Hasbara Evening Postponed: Lead Speaker Called to the U.S. || IDF Gabi Ashkenazi claims that Shalit's whereabouts and captors are known || Israelis warned to leave West African countries as terror threat is received || IDF soldier: Asks Forgiveness for Participating in Expelling Jews from Gush Katif || Abu Mazan Threatens to Dismantle PA if Hamas Leaders Released from Israeli Prisons || Recent Poll: 30% of England's Muslim students back killing in the name of religion || Olmert "considering" resignation in September || Kadima vote for party leadership primary in mid-August || Abu Mazan tries diplomatic avenues to protect bulldozer terrorist's home || A 7th investigation opened into Olmert corruption || Hamas Official: The Goldwasser/Regev Exchange Raises the Price Israel will have to Pay for Gilad Shalit || Bulldozer terrorist buried in his hometown || Yesha's Danny Dayan: Abu Mazan's Blessings to Kuntar Show His Real Face || Brookings Institute Poll: Most Admired Arab Leaders - Nasrallah, Assad and Ahmadinejad || Bill to Expunge disengagement criminal files passes first reading || Israels told to leave Sinai because of intelligence pointing to urgent danger of kidnapping || Hundreds of houses to be built in metropolitan Jerusalem in spite of American opposition || Olmert: Talansky did give me money, but only small amounts || Bulldozer terrorist's homne to be sealed, not demolished || Israel confirms 4th round of talks with Syria || Police order mourning tent for terrorist dismantled || Hizbollah spreads its wings: training camps in Iraq and Iran || 3rd round of indirect talks begin between Syria and Israel || U.S.: Israel may well attack Iran before the end of the year || First Court Case in Opposition to Terrorist Agreement: Relatives of Missing Iranian Jews say that some of the released terrorists have critical information about their missing loved ones || Rockets Fired at the Karni Crossing as soon as Gaza Crossings Opened || High Court Rejects Shalit Family's Case || IDF Rabbi Considering Declaring Regev and Goldwasser officially || 10 more IDF roadblocks in Yesha dismantled bringing the total to 100 || Olmert asks that primaries be delayed until after Talansky cross-examination || 75% of Israelis polled believe truce in Gaza will not last || Emergency Siren Goes Off in Sderot; No Rockets Fall || Israel Carries Out Military Exercise Practicing Iran Attack || Dani Dayan: It's a sign of this government's failure that within two years it has managed to lose international support even over [Jerusalem neighborhoods such as] Gilo, Ramot and Pisgat Ze'ev." || Gov't approves plan to build 1300 more homes in East Jerusalem || One woman moderately wounded as 40 rockets land in the South || Barak tells Labor Party that it looks like a vote to disband the knesset on July 25th || Only 16% of Israelis polled support withdrawal from The Golan Heights as part of agreement with Syria || Gaza shell kills father of 3 at Kibbutz Nirim || Obama waffles on issue of undivided Jerusalem || Left-wing Jews Again Join Arabs in Trying to Destroy Jewish Homes - this time in Ofra || Lame Duck President Bush meets with Lame Duck Prime Minister Olmert || Israeli Govt calls for significant increase in Birthright funding || Shaul Mofaz campaigns to take over Kadima Party from Olmert || Former Finance Minister Hirchson indicted || Golan Heights Residents Meet to Organize Protest Against Olmert-Syria Initiative || Left-wing Think Tank Survey Shows: majority of Israel Jews are pro-settlement || 76% of all Jews in Israel think that Arab transfer, in some form, acceptable || Sderot protests government´s lack of action || Shekel considered one of the strongest currencies at a 6% rise in value; dollar falls to 3.62 shekels to the dollar || Defense Officials Say Hamas is Planning Large Scale Attack Against Soldiers || Police Admit They were Ordered to Use Violent in Amona || Har Homa Sales Not Affected by Rumors and Threats || Ami Ayalon says Israel lacks intelligence info to rescue Gilad Shalit ||