Tag: Israel
VIDEO: Former NBA, UCLA star shining while playing in Israel during NBA lockout
Jordan Farmar, who led the UCLA Bruins to a NCAA Final Four and who helped deliver a championship to the Los Angeles Lakers, has taken his talents to Israel, where he's playing for Maccabi Tel Avi while the NBA lockout continues....
Israelis agitating for action — possibly military — to deal with Iran's nuclear threat
A new report released Tuesday provides the clearest evidence yet that Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. In Israel, that has many speculating the country may act militarily, and unilaterally, to push back the Iranian program....
IAEA expected to release report showing best evidence yet that Iran pursuing atomic weapons
The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to release a report soon that details Iran's efforts to develop explosives that focus all their energy inward, essentially only useful in building atomic weapons....
After five years, Gilad Shalit is released by Hamas (with video)
An exchange between Hamas and Israel is underway this morning. Gilad Shalit is back home in Israel and nearly 500 Palestinian prisoners are headed for Gaza, the West Bank or other parts of the Middle East....
Israeli man trying to preserve the history of Jews in Libya
An Israeli man, descended from Libyan Jews, is trying to preserve the vanishing history of the Jewish people of Libya....
Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit to be released by Hamas
Palestinian militants kidnapped Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, more than five years ago. He's become a political symbol inside of Israel, and he may be released in days....
U.S. foils Iran's plot against Saudi ambassador
American officials say they disrupted a major terror plot with a connection to Iran....
Mahmoud Abbas's newfound popularity
On the heels of Mahmoud Abbas's dramatic request for Palestinian membership into the United Nations, the leader is riding a wave of popularity....
Israel to Palestinians: Only way to statehood is negotiation
The Israeli government says they're not against Palestinian statehood -- where they have objections is how the Palestinians are going about it....
Israel's growing isolation in the Middle East
Tensions run high between Israel and its neighbors Egypt and Turkey, leaving many Israelis feeling isolated in the Middle East....
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