http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/IsraelFind stories, videos, and photos about Israel from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:25:05 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Israel14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Israel from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/17/jerusalem.settlements/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/17/jerusalem.settlements/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael approved a construction plan Tuesday for hundreds of houses in a disputed neighborhood on Jerusalem's southern outskirts, quickly prompting criticism from Washington.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/10/gaza.fish/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/10/gaza.fish/index.html#cnnSTCTextSunrise over Gaza City illuminates a flurry of activity as fishermen come in from a long night on the sea and unload their catch to be taken straight to market.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/09/israel.startup.nation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/09/israel.startup.nation/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns to Washington, D.C., Monday to address a conference of the American Jewish Federations at a time of concern in Israel that the U.S.-Israel relationship is adrift.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/04/un.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/04/un.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextA resolution calling for independent investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas during last winter's Gaza war was the focus of debate in the U.N. General Assembly.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/01/somalia.israel.threat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/01/somalia.israel.threat/index.html#cnnSTCTextA militant Islamist group associated with al Qaeda has for the first time threatened to attack Israel, far from its normal base of operations in Somalia.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/28/new.and.emergent.jews/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/28/new.and.emergent.jews/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen Moses came down from Mount Sinai about 3,300 years ago, he couldn't have seen these Jews coming.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/israel.water/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/israel.water/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael is denying Palestinians access to adequate water supplies by controlling shared water resources, the human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/26/israel.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/26/israel.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli government has ruled out setting up an independent investigative body that would interview Israeli military personnel about allegations that the military committed war crimes during its offensive against Hamas earlier this year.Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/21/us.israel.drill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/21/us.israel.drill/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael and the United States commenced what is believed to be their largest ever joint military exercises in missile defense Wednesday.Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/20/israel.peres.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/20/israel.peres.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli President Shimon Peres rejected a United Nations report on his country's incursion into Gaza as "one-sided" and "unfair" in an interview with CNN.Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/16/un.gaza.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/16/un.gaza.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations Council for Human Rights approved a controversial report Friday which accuses Israel and Hamas of "actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity" during the December-January war in Gaza.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/15/un.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/15/un.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. Council for Human Rights began debate Thursday over whether to adopt the recommendations of a controversial U.N. report examining the three-week winter war between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/13/switzerland.un.hamas.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/13/switzerland.un.hamas.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session Thursday to reopen discussion of Israel's three-week offensive against the Islamic militant group Hamas in Gaza.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast.netanyahu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast.netanyahu/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a Monday speech at the opening session of the Knesset, slammed a United Nations report critical of Israel's tactics during its offensive into Gaza.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/11/turkey.israel.nato.drill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/11/turkey.israel.nato.drill/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey excluded Israel from a planned NATO military exercise, partly because of Ankara's criticism of Israel's Gaza offensive nearly a year ago, Turkey's foreign minister told CNN Sunday in an exclusive interview.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/02/israel.prisoners/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/02/israel.prisoners/index.html#cnnSTCTextA "proof-of-life" video of an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants more than two years ago was made public Friday, after its delivery led to the release of Palestinian women prisoners.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/23/blair.amanpour.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/23/blair.amanpour.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that he believes within weeks Israel and the Palestinian Authority will begin talks aimed at a permanent resolution of their decades-long conflict.Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/21/israel.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/21/israel.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael on Monday restated its long-standing policy regarding Iran after Russia's president indicated that Israel had taken the military option off the table.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/17/egypt.film.controversy.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/17/egypt.film.controversy.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Egyptian film producer has pulled his film out of the Toronto film festival in protest over the event's presentation of a series of films spotlighting the Israeli city, Tel Aviv.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/16/israel.lost.jews.campaign/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/16/israel.lost.jews.campaign/index.html#cnnSTCTextPosters featuring lost youth are not an unusual site in any big city, but the ones that recently appeared on Israeli TV and on the Internet weren't what they seemed.Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/15/un.gaza.incursion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/15/un.gaza.incursion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA United Nations report issued Tuesday says both Israel and the Palestinians committed actions amounting to war crimes during Israel's military incursion into Gaza from December 27 to January 18.Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/11/jerusalem.synagogue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/11/jerusalem.synagogue/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn what was slated to be the site of a new 122-room hotel, archaeologists say they have discovered one of the world's oldest synagogues in Northern Israel.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/11/israel.lebanon/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/11/israel.lebanon/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations has condemned Friday's rocket attack on Israel from southern Lebanon, and urged both sides "to exercise maximum restraint."Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/07/israel.settlements.barak.construction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/07/israel.settlements.barak.construction/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved the construction of 455 housing units in the West Bank, his office said Monday.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/israel.settlements/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/israel.settlements/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to approve building hundreds of new settlements in the West Bank before considering a freeze on construction in the area, a senior Israeli government official said Friday.Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/us.middle.east.settlements/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/us.middle.east.settlements/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department is sticking with a strict no-new-settlements policy toward Israel, its spokesman said Thursday, but he held out the possibility that Israelis and Palestinians might eventually take a different path.Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/19/israel.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/19/israel.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael makes no secret that it sees Iran is its biggest threat but the scale of the threat is less clear cut.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/23/israel.sweden.organ.harvesting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/23/israel.sweden.organ.harvesting/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael on Sunday withheld the press credentials of a Swedish newspaper in retaliation for a controversial piece that suggested the Israeli army kidnapped and killed young Palestinians to harvest their organs.Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/israel.sweden.organ.harvesting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/israel.sweden.organ.harvesting/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli troops are accused in a newspaper article of harvesting organs from dead Palestinians, and Israel wants Sweden's government to condemn the Swedish paper that published it.Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/19/israel.sweden.organ.harvesting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/19/israel.sweden.organ.harvesting/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael has expressed outrage about a Swedish newspaper article that called for an investigation into claims that Israeli soldiers may have harvested organs from dead Palestinians.Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/03/israel.evictions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/03/israel.evictions/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael moved to defend itself in the face of international criticism Monday over its eviction of dozens of Palestinian families from a neighborhood of Jerusalem they have lived in for generations.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/03/israel.lieberman.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/03/israel.lieberman.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael's foreign minister will resign from the post if he is indicted on corruption charges, he said Monday.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/29/analysis.us.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/29/analysis.us.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextDon't you just love a parade? Apparently the Obama administration does too, as evidenced by the steady stream of top U.S. officials visiting Israel this week. A bevy of heavy hitters are there, the likes of which haven't been seen since the Persian Gulf War.Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/26/israel.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/26/israel.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 1,000 police officers were deployed to the southern Israeli Bedouin town of Rahat on Sunday morning as two dozen Jewish right-wing extremists protested what they said was unlawful Arab construction on neighboring hilltops.Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/22/israel.arab.textbook/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/22/israel.arab.textbook/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli textbooks for Arab school children will no longer say that Arabs refer to the period surrounding the birth of Israel as al-Nakba, or "the catastrophe," Israel's education minister said Wednesday.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/14/israel.us.fugitive/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/14/israel.us.fugitive/index.html#cnnSTCTextA fugitive American white supremacist was arrested Monday in Israel, ending an international manhunt that began in 2007, Israeli and U.S. officials said.Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/02/gaza.tank.death/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/02/gaza.tank.death/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 17-year-old girl was killed and another person was injured on Thursday by Israeli tank fire at the El Marej refugee camp east of Gaza City, hospital sources said.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/02/israel.gaza.deaths.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/02/israel.gaza.deaths.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilian adults and children, broke laws and committed war crimes during their winter offensive in Gaza, Amnesty International said in a scathing report released Thursday.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/29/israel.settlement.construction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/29/israel.settlement.construction/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael plans to build 50 new housing units in an existing West Bank settlement near Jerusalem, the Defense Ministry said Monday.Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/israel.tunnels/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/israel.tunnels/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli forces said they targeted two smuggling tunnels in Gaza on Sunday in response to rocket and mortar attacks in southern Israel.Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/12/israel.settlers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/12/israel.settlers/index.html#cnnSTCTextMany Jewish settlers in the West Bank believe the land was promised to them in the Bible by God.Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/07/israel.speech/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/07/israel.speech/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will deliver a major speech next week to lay out his plan for the country's peace and security.Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/31/israel.drill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/31/israel.drill/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael started its biggest emergency drill in the nation's history Sunday to prepare civilians, soldiers and rescue crews for the possibility of war, the defense force said in a statement.Sun, 31 May 2009 11:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/11/pope.mideast.judaism/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/11/pope.mideast.judaism/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs he arrives in Israel, the focus for Pope Benedict XVI shifts from Catholic/Muslim ties, which were at the heart of his three-day visit to Jordan, to relations with Judaism.Mon, 11 May 2009 16:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/05/us.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/05/us.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextVice President Joe Biden prodded Israel on Tuesday to halt the expansion of its settlements on the West Bank, a move he called a necessary step toward ending the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Mon, 11 May 2009 14:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/01/press.freedom/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/01/press.freedom/index.html#cnnSTCText"Global declines in press freedom" persisted last year, with setbacks highlighted in Israel, Italy, Taiwan, Hong Kong and elsewhere across the world, an annual survey said Friday.Fri, 01 May 2009 21:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/20/racism.conference/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/20/racism.conference/index.html#cnnSTCTextDozens of international envoys walked out during a speech by Iran's president Monday as he accused Israel of having a "racist government" and committing genocide.Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/19/racism.conference/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/19/racism.conference/index.html#cnnSTCTextA major United Nations anti-racism conference was thrown into further disarray Sunday when more countries joined a U.S. boycott amid concerns it was developing into a platform for attacking Israel.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/04/gaza.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/04/gaza.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Palestinian woman opened fire Saturday on Israeli border police in southern Israel before they shot and killed her, an Israeli spokesman said.Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/01/israel.peace.process/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/01/israel.peace.process/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael's new hard-line foreign minister immediately distanced himself Wednesday from the 2007 relaunch of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians adopted by his predecessor, Tzipi Livni.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/27/israel.rocket.shield/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/27/israel.rocket.shield/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael says it has successfully tested an anti-rocket system developed to protect the country from short-range rocket and artillery attack from Lebanon and Gaza, defense officials said.Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/24/israel.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/24/israel.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextArab protesters threw rocks and hurled insults at flag-waving Jewish marchers in Israel's largest Arab city on Tuesday, an event that reflected fresh hostilities between Israel's Arab citizenry and rightist sectors of the Jewish state.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/23/idf.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/23/idf.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael's top general said Monday he did not believe the country's soldiers "hurt civilians in cold blood" after newspaper reports quoted soldiers who said the army had treated Gaza as a free-fire zone during its offensive this winter.Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/17/israel.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/17/israel.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCTextA potential prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas collapsed Tuesday when the Israeli Cabinet rejected the latest Hamas demands.Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/10/pope.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/10/pope.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTextPope Benedict XVI will not visit Israel's Holocaust museum when he makes his first trip to the region as pope in May, though he will visit a memorial that is part of the site, his ambassador to Israel said Tuesday.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/08/israel.shalit.parents/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/08/israel.shalit.parents/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe parents of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit set up camp Sunday outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in hopes of pressuring government officials to a secure a deal with Hamas that would bring their son home.Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/07/gaza.airstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/07/gaza.airstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael launched airstrikes into Gaza on Saturday, responding to a series of rockets fired by Hamas the day before, the Israeli military said.Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/06/israel.mauritania.embassy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/06/israel.mauritania.embassy/index.html#cnnSTCTextMauritania has requested that Israel close its embassy in the West African country, according to an official in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign affairs.Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/01/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/01/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael will retaliate against Palestinian-controlled Gaza with a "painful, sharp, strong and uncompromising response" if rocket attacks do not stop, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday.Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/25/tunnels/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/25/tunnels/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli aircraft attacked seven smuggling tunnels underneath the Gaza-Egypt border Wednesday in response to rocket attacks on southern Israel, the Israeli military said.Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/26/israel.ancient.find/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/26/israel.ancient.find/index.html#cnnSTCTextArchaeologists in Israel have discovered what they believe is the bust of a Roman boxer from the second or third century.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/23/israel.amnesty.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/23/israel.amnesty.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe human rights group Amnesty International is calling on the United Nations to impose an arms embargo on Israel and the Palestinians, saying both sides used weapons supplied from abroad to carry out attacks on civilians during their three-week conflict in Gaza.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/21/israel.lebanon/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/21/israel.lebanon/index.html#cnnSTCTextA woman was injured Saturday when a rocket landed in northern Israel, a spokesman for the Israeli police said.Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/18/israel.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/18/israel.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael on Wednesday demanded the release of an Israeli soldier seized by militants more than two years ago as a condition of lifting its economic blockade on Gaza, a government spokesman said.Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/15/israel.pope.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/15/israel.pope.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTextPope Benedict XVI will visit Israel in May, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Sunday.Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/15/israel.hamas.negotiations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/15/israel.hamas.negotiations/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael's prime minister denied media reports that it is negotiating with the militant group Hamas, which controls Gaza, but said there will be Israeli "consultations" Sunday "regarding the situation in the south."Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/14/israel.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/14/israel.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey's Foreign Ministry summoned Israel's ambassador to the Turkish capital of Ankara on Saturday to issue a formal complaint over a top Israeli commander's reported remarks criticizing Turkey.Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/12/israel.count/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/12/israel.count/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael's centrist Kadima is maintaining its one-seat lead over right-wing Likud but with about 100,000 ballots yet to be counted the result is not yet official, the Central Elections Committee said Thursday.Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/11/israel.elections.polls/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/11/israel.elections.polls/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe leaders of Israel's two largest parties jockeyed to form ruling coalitions Wednesday, each claiming a mandate to govern as unofficial election results indicated a virtual tie between them.Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/10/israel.elections.polls/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/10/israel.elections.polls/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael's two largest parties each claimed a mandate early Wednesday after exit polls showed a surprise first-place finish by the ruling Kadima party and dramatic gains by its conservative rivals.Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/09/wedeman.israel.elections.westbank/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/09/wedeman.israel.elections.westbank/index.html#cnnSTCTextMy eyes stung, I was coughing, my nose was running. Along with cameraman David Hawley and freelance producer Kareem Khadder, I had just been tear-gassed -- not for the first time last Friday -- during a day-long clash between Palestinian kids and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Na'alin, on the West Bank.Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/09/israel.gaza.rockets/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/09/israel.gaza.rockets/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael launched air strikes against a number of targets in Gaza Monday to retaliate against Palestinian militants who have fired a "barrage" of rockets inside the Jewish state in recent days, the military said.Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/05/israel.elections.explainer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/05/israel.elections.explainer/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael was founded on democratic principles with the Jewish state's declaration of independence in 1948 including a commitment to the "complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex." It has remained a continuous democracy ever since.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/venezuela.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/venezuela.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael said Wednesday it may expel Venezuela's top diplomat from the country in a tit-for-tat gesture after the South American nation ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave over the increasingly bloody ground war in Gaza.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/30/spain.israel.gaza.lawsuit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/30/spain.israel.gaza.lawsuit/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top Israeli official named as a suspect in a war crimes investigation by Spain's high court has lambasted the move, claiming Spanish law is siding with terrorist organizations.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/29/davos.wef.thursday.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/29/davos.wef.thursday.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stormed off stage at the World Economic Forum on Thursday during an angry discussion with Israeli President Shimon Peres over the crisis in Gaza.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/29/spain.israel.gaza.lawsuit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/29/spain.israel.gaza.lawsuit/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Spanish court says it is investigating an alleged "crime against humanity" involving Israel for its 2002 bombing in Gaza that killed 15 people and wounded 150 others.Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/28/mitchell.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/28/mitchell.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA cease-fire between Israel and Gaza will hold only if Hamas ends weapons smuggling into Gaza and halts rocket fire into Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the top U.S. envoy to the Middle East on Wednesday, Israeli media reported.Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/28/israel.venezuela/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/28/israel.venezuela/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael has expelled Venezuela's ambassador in response to Venezuela's expulsion of an Israeli envoy and the rupture of diplomatic relations earlier this month.Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/27/gaza.ceasefire.breach/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/27/gaza.ceasefire.breach/index.html#cnnSTCTextPalestinians activated an explosive device and a Palestinian was killed by Israeli helicopter fire early Tuesday in the first incidents of violence since last week's Mideast cease-fire, according to Hamas and Israeli army sources.Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/25/gaza.legal.defense/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/25/gaza.legal.defense/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael's government on Sunday approved a measure that will give legal protection to its military officers if they are accused of war crimes during the Gaza incursion, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said.Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/21/gaza.analysis.wedeman/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/21/gaza.analysis.wedeman/index.html#cnnSTCTextJust a few hours before President Barack Obama rode in a triumphal parade from Capitol Hill to the White House, in Gaza City there was another triumphal parade.Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/19/gaza.war/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/19/gaza.war/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 1,300 Palestinians died and about 5,400 others were wounded during Israel's three-week offensive in Gaza, the Web site of the Palestinian Authority's Central Bureau of Statistics said Monday.Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/19/gaza.pullout.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/19/gaza.pullout.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael plans to have its troops out of Gaza as soon as possible after the weekend cease-fire that ended three weeks of fighting in the Palestinian territory, Israeli officials said Monday.Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/18/gaza.bodies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/18/gaza.bodies/index.html#cnnSTCTextPalestinians in Gaza's Zeitoun neighborhood Sunday used bare hands and bulldozers to unearth 23 bodies of people killed in what witnesses say was an Israeli attack during Israel's three-week Gaza offensive.Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/18/spain.israel.demo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/18/spain.israel.demo/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 1,000 people rallied Sunday in support of Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in the Spanish capital.Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/17/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/17/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael has declared a unilateral cease-fire in the fighting in Gaza beginning at 2 a.m. Sunday (7 p.m. ET Saturday), Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said.Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/16/gaza.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/16/gaza.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTextDiplomats edged closer to finding a way to end the fighting in Gaza on Friday as the United States and Israel signed an agreement designed to stop arms smuggling into the Palestinian territory.Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/14/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/14/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael's air and ground offensive in Gaza continued early Thursday, killing three people and wounding another outside the home of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar, according to Palestinian medical sources.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/14/bolivia.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/14/bolivia.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextVenezuela announced Wednesday it is breaking diplomatic relations with Israel over the conflict in Gaza, joining Bolivia, which did the same thing earlier in the day.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/14/gaza.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/14/gaza.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTextEgypt, which has hosted peace talks with leaders from Israel and the Palestinian Authority and has acted as an intermediary between Hamas and Israel, wants to hold a summit in Kuwait on Sunday, the eve of previously scheduled Arab economic summit there.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/14/israel.gaza.media.restrictions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/14/israel.gaza.media.restrictions/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrom a distance, smoke rises over Gaza. It is about as close as most reporters can get to the battle zone.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/12/white.phosphorus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/12/white.phosphorus/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe international group Human Rights Watch is accusing Israel of firing weapons containing white phosphorus into Gaza. The group demands that the alleged practice cease.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/10/israel.gaza.uk.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/10/israel.gaza.uk.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextThousands of demonstrators marched through cities across Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to Israel's attacks on Gaza.Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/09/gaza.us/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/09/gaza.us/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday "recognizing Israel's right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza," a measure that it said reaffirms the United States' strong support for Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/09/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/09/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael continued its offensive in Gaza on Friday, hitting more than 70 targets, despite the U.N. Security Council's call for an immediate cease-fire.Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/08/house.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/08/house.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. House of Representatives will vote Friday on a resolution "recognizing Israel's right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza," Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday.Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/08/israel.rockets/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/08/israel.rockets/index.html#cnnSTCTextLebanon's prime minister condemned the firing of rockets into northern Israel after an attack wounded two Israelis on Thursday. He said his government is trying to determine who was responsible.Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/gaza.red.cross/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/gaza.red.cross/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe International Committee of the Red Cross called on Israel to allow it immediate access to Gaza, saying a trip into Gaza City revealed weak children laying with their dead mothers and other "shocking" scenes.Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/israel.gaza.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/israel.gaza.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael will send two envoys to Cairo, Egypt, in the coming days to discuss a Gaza truce plan that is still in its early stages, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:18:00 EST