The House of Representatives earlier this week approved a significant increase in the level of military aid to Israel, pushing the level to $3 billion in flat military aid, with an additional $205 million set aside for a short range rocket system. Both of the increases were already planned as part of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Israel, but were formally approved as... 

A group of former European leaders have called for tough sanctions against Israel in response to Tel Aviv’s failure to stop settlement expansion on occupied Palestinian land. Criticizing the European Union’s existing policy toward Israel, in a letter sent to European governments and EU institutions on Monday, former heads of states, ministers and heads of European organizations said Israel... 

Let us ponder for a second about the meaning of ‘leaking’. When something is leaking, it is usually understood that some fluid substance that is supposed to be flowing in a certain direction, is escaping from its designed route because of a defect in the structure that was built to guide it. Usually, if you have a leaking pipe in your water system, your main problem is that you are unable to control... 

A study of the U.S. State Department cables so far released by the WikiLeaks showed that there are merely 77 documents which mention Israel and only a handful have material pertaining to Tel Aviv. On its website WikiLeaks says it has so far released “almost 20,000” of the “251,287 leaked United States embassy cables.” The release, however, raised questions as it doe not contain... 

I pity the fool... duped by Wikileaks and Israel ASSANGE ACCUSED: “TOOK MONEY FROM ISRAEL” Reports have come in today, tying Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, directly to Israeli intelligence and “Israel friendly” media outlets. We are told Assange, while at a Geneva meeting, agreed to allow Israel to select or censor all Wikileak output. Despite the dramatic arrest of Julian Assange for... 

An employee of Akamai, one of the world’s largest Internet content delivery providers, was arrested and charged with wire fraud after he allegedly tried to sell confidential company data to a foreign government. Elliot Doxer, 42, of Brookline, MA, worked in Akamai’s finance department where he had access to customer information, contracts and invoices. According to the authorities, in... 

The Irish Nobel peace laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire at the Israeli supreme court yesterday. Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who tried to break Gaza blockade, loses appeal against deportation. Israel today expelled an Irish Nobel peace laureate and pro-Palestinian activist who was barred from the country for trying to break the naval blockade of Gaza. Máiread Corrigan Maguire was placed on an early morning... 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairing a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sept. 5, 2010. Russian plans to go ahead with the delivery of P-800 anti-ship missiles to Syria is “problematic” for Israel, PM tells cabinet. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Sunday that despite intensive diplomacy, Israel had failed to dissuade Russia from selling advanced missiles to Syria. Speaking... 

The P-800 Yakhont supersonic cruise missile. Remark by Russia defense minster comes amid reports that Israeli officials, including PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak, had reportedly warned arms could be used by Hezbollah. Russia plans to go ahead with its sale of advance anti-ship rockets, state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Russian Defense Minster Anatoly Serdyukov as saying on Friday, despite... 

Souvenir photos Nahal soldiers photograph themselves pointing rifles, making offensive gestures at blindfolded Palestinian detainee. Defense counsel: Many soldiers, officers have done the same. Controversial photos taken by Nahal unit soldiers on their cell phones were released Sunday evening. The four soldiers were pictured while directing their rifles at a bound Palestinian detainee in January this... 

Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure to extend a freeze on building Jewish settlements ahead of peace talks with Hillary Clinton and Mahmoud Abbas. Jerusalem says EU demand for discussions on eve of Yom Kippur is highly insensitive. Israel has said it will not meet a delegation of European foreign ministers, including William Hague, this week as diplomatic pressure mounts on its government to extend... 

Youths trying to extinguish a fire near the Jewish West bank settlement of Har Bracha on Monday July 26, 2010. ‘Idea is not to make Wikipedia rightist but for it to include our point of view,’ Naftali Bennett, director of the Yesha Council says. “Point of view” in Wikipedia? But encyclopedias were supposed to be neutral… For years now, Wikipedia has been a fierce battleground... 

Ahmadinejad dismisses US as “unable to beat a small army in Iraq”. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected fears of an attack on Iran, taunting Israel as “too weak to face up to Iran militarily,” and the US as unable to beat even a small army in Iraq, speaking in an interview with Al-Jazeera Sunday. “Israel doesn’t have the courage to do it,” Ahmadinejad... 

Activist Samar al-Hajj, organiser of the Mariam women-only aid ship which plans to break the Gaza blockade, speaks during a press conference at the entrance of Tripoli's harbour on August 19. Israel said Friday it could use force to stop a new aid boat to Gaza, as Lebanon refused to bow to warnings against authorizing an all-women ship to head for the blockaded Palestinian territory Israel informed... 

Russia Today (RT) – Files declassified in America have revealed covert public relations and lobbying activities of Israel in the U.S. The National Archive made the documents public following a Senate investigation. They suggest Israel has been trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as important. You can download the files from the web-site of the Institute for Research on Middle...