Israeli Soldier Gazan farmers whose land lies in Israeli defined buffer zone accompanied by international observers have been held down in their field by live gunfire. The Israeli army shot live ammunition for a quarter of an hour after finding the unarmed group fertilizing wheat crops. The international observers loudly informed the soldiers they were unarmed civilians, but the bullets only landed... 

Malaysia’s former prime minister accused America’s “Jewish lobby” of preventing President Obama from ending the war in Afghanistan. Local Malaysian media reported that Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, who ruled the Muslim nation between 1981 and 2003, told the Conference for the Support of Al-Quds on Jan. 21 that AIPAC was hindering two of Obama’s key election promises: ending the war in Afghanistan... 

Nancy Anderson, left, is comforted by her husband Michael during a press conference about their son, injured American activist Tristan Anderson, in Jerusalem, Monday, March 23, 2009. Anderson, 38, of Oakland, Calif., was hit in the head with a tear gas canister during a protest against Israel's separation barrier March 13, 2009 and has undergone three brain surgeries at a hospital near Tel Aviv... 

NASA Astronomer indicted as possible Israel spy Imagine if this was an Iranian spy! Bombs would be dropping on Iran… New documents presented in federal court in Washington, D.C. reveal deep ties (more than was known) between Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Dr. Stewart David Nozette, an American astronomer accused of spying for Israel. The media here covered his arrest on October 19, 2009... 

Jared Malsin Israeli authorities today deported an American journalist who was working as an editor for a Palestinian news agency. Jared Malsin, who is Jewish and in his late 20s, was detained at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport eight days ago as he returned from a holiday in Prague. His girlfriend, a Lutheran church volunteer who flew back with him, was deported two days later., but Malsin was... 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan The rift in Israeli-Turkish relations is the result of Ankara turning away from secularism and toward more radical Islam, Israel’s military intelligence chief said on Tuesday. The comments to a parliamentary committee by Maj. General Amos Yadlin reflected wider concern in Israel and followed a high profile visit to Turkey on Sunday by Defense Minister... 

Israeli security forces arrested residents of a West Bank settlement in connection with last month’s torching of a Palestinian mosque. Ten settlers were arrested at two yeshivas in the northern West Bank community of Yitzhar in a late Sunday night raid. Five are accused of burning down a mosque in the nearby village of Yasuf, allegedly in retaliation for an Israeli government-imposed freeze... 

A Jewish FBI agent says the Bureau and the Department of Justice fired him on false accusations of spying for AIPAC, the politically powerful American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. Federal agencies involved with secrecy will give their employees lie detector tests. Most likely the needle started jumping when they asked the Jewish agent about passing secrets on to Israel or AIPAC. He claims... 

Israel’s treatment of Ethiopians “racist” Health officials in Israel are subjecting many female Ethiopian immigrants to a controversial long-term birth control drug in what Israeli women’s groups allege is a racist policy to reduce the number of black babies. The contraceptive, known as Depo Provera, which is given by injection every three months, is considered by many doctors as a... 

One newspaper captioned the picture "the height of humiliation" Turkey has said it will recall its ambassador unless a row over his treatment by Israel’s deputy foreign minister is rapidly resolved. The dispute comes after the deputy minister, Danny Ayalon, summoned the ambassador, Oguz Celikkolits, to rebuke him over a TV series. He then ensured the ambassador was seated on a lower... 

Ehud Barak Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has received dozens of death threats from people who fear Jewish settlements in the West Bank will be disbanded as part of peacemaking with the Palestinians, officials said on Wednesday. In November, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu infuriated settlers by partially freezing new housing in the enclaves for 10 months. He called the moratorium a bid to coax... 

Israeli former minister Tzipi Livni faced a warrant for her arrest in Britain. Baroness Scotland announces plans to alter laws after attempts to obtain warrants against Israeli generals for war crimes. The government is determined to protect high-ranking Israeli officials from arrest in the UK, the attorney general said, as it emerged that a further visit by the Israeli military had been cancelled. Speaking... 

Khazaria, the place where the "Jews" have been invented By Evan R. Goldstein (Jewish staff editor at the Chronicle of Higher Education). This much is known: In the mid-eighth century, the ruling elite of the Khazars, a Turkic tribe in Eurasia, converted to Judaism. Their impetus was political, not spiritual. By embracing Judaism, the Khazars were able to maintain their independence from rival... 

After a British arrest warrant was issued for Tzipi Livni on war crimes charges – later withdrawn on discovery that she was not in the country – a number of Israel leaders and army officers have cancelled UK visits An Israeli military delegation has canceled an official visit to Britain, officials said Tuesday, the latest in a string of politicians and army officials to put off travel to the U.K.... 

Hateful message left for Arabs Before I start writing, let me inform you up front that I love you dearly. I would like to warmly embrace the inhabitants of the south – Arabs not included – and dedicate this festive column to them. The spectacular demonstrations in Gaza have only contributed to our feelings of a shared fate, Arabs living in the Land of Israel and the Jewish people. Let those...