Tag: Isreali
Elbit sees $60-65 mln write-down due to blocked deal
Israeli electronic defence firm Elbit Systems said it expected a $60-$65 million drop in 2011 fourth quarter net profit after it lost...
Israel calls for “paralysing” sanctions on Iran
Iran's ruling clerics could use nuclear weapons to strengthen their grip on power and the world must urgently impose crippling sanctions to...
Israel blames Palestinians for spurning peace talks
Israel blamed the Palestinians for rejecting a call to hold face-to-face peace talks when representatives of Middle East power brokers visit the...
Israeli troops kill gunman in Gaza -medics
Israeli forces clashed with members of the militant Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip killing one gunman and wounding another in a...
US election ups risk of Israeli strike on Iran – expert
An Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites may become likelier in 2012 if Israel calculates it has more room to act alone...
Israeli air strike kills Hamas policeman in Gaza
An Israeli air strike on a Hamas compound in the Gaza Strip killed one policeman and wounded four others after Palestinian militants...
Israel says Iran closer to atom bomb than thought
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the full extent of Iran's nuclear programme was not reflected in a recent UN report, which...
Sarkozy tells Obama Netanyahu is a “liar”
French President Nicolas Sarkozy branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a liar" in a private conversation with President Barack Obama that was...
Israeli air strike kills Palestinian militant in Gaza
An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian member of Islamic Jihad and wounded two others in the southern Gaza Strip the militant...
Bike, radio gave Israeli held in Gaza some reprieve
Gilad Shalit's captors provided him with a stationary bicycle, a radio and paper on which to draw and chronicle his captivity, according...
Israel begins deporting Gaza boat activists
Israeli authorities began deporting pro-Palestinian activists who tried to breach the Jewish state's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli navy on...
Quartet on mission impossible in Mideast logjam
World powers trying to revive peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians may be flogging a dead horse and their repeated failure is...
Elbit Systems unit wins $25 mln Embraer contracts
Israeli defence electronics specialist Elbit Systems said its Brazilian subsidiary AEL Sistemas won contracts worth US$25 million from a subsidiary of Embraer...
Israeli soldier, Palestinians freed in captive swap
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians crossed Israel's borders in opposite directions as a thousand-for-one prisoner swap brought joy to...
Hamas success may push Abbas further down U.N. path
The huge Palestinian prisoner release won by Hamas in exchange for a lone Israeli soldier has drawn praise from those in the...
Quartet to hold separate talks with Mideast parties
International mediators will meet separately with Israeli and Palestinian officials on October 26 in Jerusalem to try to revive direct peace talks...
Elbit Systems wins US$23 mln US Army contract
Israeli defence electronics firm Elbit Systems said on Monday its U.S. subsidiary won a five-year, $23 million maintenance contract by the U.S....
Israel accepts Quartet call for peace talks
Israel accepted a call by international mediators to resume peace talks with the Palestinians, who quickly reaffirmed their refusal to negotiate until...
Egypt condemns Israeli plan to expand settlements
Egypt condemned an Israeli decision to construct 1,100 Jewish settlers homes in East Jerusalem and called the move "provocative".
Egypt, which has a...
UK law on rights arrests ends row with Israel
A British law limiting citizens' rights to seek the arrest of foreign politicians for alleged war crimes took effect removing a thorn...
Egypt,Israel seek normality after embassy storming
Egypt and Israel said they wanted a return to normal diplomatic activities after the Israeli ambassador flew home following the storming of...
Analysis – Israel faces perfect storm in shifting region
Militarily strong, Israel is battling a diplomatic storm as Arab uprisings upset once-stable relationships and worsen the Jewish state's isolation in its...
Israel troops kill Gaza gunman in incursion
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman and wounded two civilians during an incursion into the southern Gaza Strip militants and medical sources...
Egypt acts on border region as Israel tensions linger
Egypt announced plans to develop a region bordering Israel after Israeli officials blamed its loosening grip on the area for the killing...
Israeli air strike kills chiefs of Gaza’s PRC group
An Israeli air strike killed the leader of an armed Palestinian faction, a top lieutenant and three other members in the southern...
Gunmen fire at Israeli vehicles near Egypt, several dead – TV
Several people were killed when gunmen fired at Israeli vehicles near the Egyptian frontier Israeli TV said, attacks likely to raise concerns...
Analysis – Revolt or summer fever? Israel ponders tent protest
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined emergency housing reforms in a televised address, many of the protesters who had prompted the measures...