Wednesday, 13 January 2010


Clinton, lawmakers pushing for talks

Calls are mounting in Washington for the launch of new Israeli-Palestinian talks without preconditions. Read more »

robots at war (Wall Street Journal)

Israeli is pioneering the use of robotic warfare, developing new technologies that may remake the battlefield.

Jimmy Carter, unforgiven

The Zionist Organization of America rejects President Carter's apology to the Jewish community and criticizes other organizations that offered more positive responses.

Breaking News

A U.S. contractor held in Cuba helped the island nation's Jewish community access the Internet and connect with world Jewry.
Israel's deputy foreign minister apologized to Turkey over a public reprimand of its ambassador.
An FBI agent said he was fired because he is Jewish, saying he was unfairly under suspicion over lawful contacts with Israel and AIPAC officials.
A municipal employee in Calgary is under investigation for allegedly running at least two anti-Jewish Web sites.
The Jordanian government has asked the United Nations to help it take the Dead Sea Scrolls from Israel.
An upstate New York rabbi in a plea bargain admitted to "inappropriate physical contact" with an underage boy.
A fund-raising letter rebuking a primary candidate's views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is heating up a House race between two Jewish candidates.
An American-born rabbi and his wife intend to fight fraud charges when their case reaches court in South Australia.
A large swastika was scratched on the car hood of a Jewish high school student near Los Angeles.
A Kassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the western Negev.
Bar-Ilan University has been tapped to launch a new Israeli medical school.
A new report shows that the study of Israel at major American universities has grown significantly.