Thursday, 10 May 2012

May 9, 2012
An Israeli petition to the International Olympic Committee for a moment of silence at this summer’s Olympic games in London, in...
For the first time in Gaza, since Hamas seized control in 2007, a woman has been allowed to work as a waitress in a restaurant, serving men... More
Johanna Robinson, an 11 year old student at a Jewish day school in Maryland, is a finalist for Google’s annual “Doodle 4 Google” contest...More
By Ezzy Rappaport
The unexpected announcement early this morning by Kadima spokesman Yuval Harel that his party would soon join a Likud led coalition government, sent shockwaves through the Israeli political establishment and sent media outlets scrambling for information. The statement confirmed by President Shimon Peres now in Canada, came on the foot heels of a call this past Sunday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu... More
David Wearing’s recent ‘Comment is Free’ essay (Bahrain may not be Syria, but that’s no reason for activists to turn a blind eye...More