ReutersGAZA (Reuters) – The Israeli military shot and killed a Palestinian woman in the Gaza Strip in an area near the border that Israel has declared a no-go zone for…
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Nashville’s global nursing conference fosters harmony – The Tennessean
Nashville’s global nursing conference fosters harmonyThe TennesseanNashville’s global conference on nursing this week not only connected people from all over the world but also allowed for some healing, said Merav…
Two suspects die after getting targeted by Tasers – MiamiHerald.com
MiamiHerald.comLast August, a popular Miami Beach graffiti artist named Israel Hernandez-Llach, known as Reefa, was injected with a Taser after a chase by police. He later died. Seven months later,…
Israel urges IAEA to issue full report on Iran nuclear research – Haaretz
HaaretzIran’s nuclear facility in Natanz, where the regime is enriching uranium using 3,000 centrifuges. Photo by AP. Text size. Comments (0). Print Page. Send to friend. Share on Facebook. Share…
Israel Cut Land Offer by Half, Palestinian Ex-Negotiator Says – Businessweek
BusinessweekIsrael told the Palestinians it’s willing to withdraw from only 40 percent of the West Bank, a Palestinian official close to the peace talks said, indicating how far U.S. Secretary…
Palestinian killed in Israeli arrest raid – Washington Post
Washington PostRAMALLAH, West Bank — Israeli troops trying to arrest a wanted Palestinian opened fire and killed him on Thursday after he refused to emerge from a house they had…
Amnesty: Some Israeli West Bank killings may be war crimes – Haaretz
HaaretzIsraeli army soldiers fire tear gas towards Palestinian demonstrators during clashes in the West Bank village of Yabed, near Jenin, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. Photo by AP. Text size. Comments…
Israel’s new game plan with Hezbollah and Syria – Al-Arabiya
Israel’s new game plan with Hezbollah and SyriaAl-ArabiyaUnder late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, and for 29 years, Israel did not once directly strike Syria outside the Arab-Israeli war of 1973.…
Israel suspects Hezbollah will target top Israeli officials – Haaretz
HaaretzIsrael won’t publicly admit to Monday’s strike and Hezbollah is not making threats, but under the surface, the sides are locked in conflict. By Amos Harel | Feb. 26, 2014…
Oldest Holocaust survivor, Alice Herz-Sommer, dies at 110 – Haaretz
HaaretzPrague-born pianist who knew Kafka and lived in Israel for 40 years, dies in London. By Ofer Aderet | Feb. 23, 2014 | 9:49 PM | 9. Tweet. Alice Herz-Sommer,…
No spying on friends: NSA bugs Merkel aides instead of chancellor – RT
RTIn the wake of President Obama’s promise to stop spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the US intelligence has switched its attention to her top government officials, a German newspaper…
Israel police shoot dead US killer Sheinbein in prison – BBC News
BBC NewsIsraeli special forces have shot dead an American-Israeli prisoner – jailed for a brutal murder in the US – after he opened fire on prison guards. A police spokesman…
Caesars acquires another social gaming business – Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas SunThe subsidiary acquired the Israel-based Pacific Interactive, which owns the slot machine-style app House of Fun. The game, launched in 2011, boasts 700,000 daily users. Caesars Interactive Entertainment…
Google Buys Israel’s SlickLogin – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalGoogle has acquired the Israeli startup SlickLogin, an apparent bet on a new way to more securely log into computer systems. Launched just a few months ago by…
Why did Google acquire sound login startup SlickLogin? Because security … – VentureBeat
VentureBeatSecurity breaches are on the rise, and we humans still have trouble creating and remembering secure passwords, so it’s clear we need another solution for our ongoing security. SlickLogin, a…
Google buys up sound-powered security upstart SlickLogin – Register
RegisterGoogle has bought five-month-old security startup SlickLogin, which specialises in sound-based authentication technology. Financial terms of the deal were kept secret. The Israel-based company, which was founded by three ex-Israeli-military…
UN Security Council slams deadly terrorist attack in Egypt – Xinhua
XinhuaUNITED NATIONS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — The UN Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a tourist bus in south Sinai in Egypt, which killed four people,…
Google Acquires SlickLogin to Work on Password Security – Mashable
MashableGoogle acquired SlickLogin, an early-stage Israeli startup that had been developing alternative web-login options, the company announced Sunday. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Started by three graduates…
Three Koreans among dead in Egyptian tourist bus explosion – Reuters
ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) – An explosion on a tourist bus in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula killed three Koreans and the Egyptian driver on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said, an apparent turning point…
Egypt tourist bus blast kills three – BBC News
BBC NewsAn explosion on a tourist bus has killed at least three people in the Sinai peninsula, Egyptian police say. The bus blew up after it entered Egypt from Israel.…
Israel removes Palestinians’ Jordan Valley protest camp – BBC News
BBC NewsThe Israeli military has removed Palestinian activists protesting at a deserted village in the West Bank. Dozens of demonstrators had spent a week camping at Ein Hijleh in the…
Israel ex-PM recounts 2008 talks with Palestinians – Washington Post
Washington PostJERUSALEM — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Friday that if talks he held with Palestinians in 2008 had produced a peace deal, it would have forced tens…
Chief PLO negotiator says “no progress in peace talks” – Al-Bawaba
Al-BawabaLivni and Erekat reportedly had a heated argument over the peace talks in Munich. Here, they are accompanied by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. (AFP/File). More >. Create alert…
Israel, US locked in spat over Kerry boycott remark – AFP
AFPJerusalem — Israel and Washington were at loggerheads on Sunday after senior Israeli figures attacked US Secretary of State John Kerry for warning of a growing boycott threat if peace…
Kerry attempts the improbable with Middle East peace deal – Financial Times
Financial TimesJust over 20 years ago, the declaration of principles that emerged from the Oslo peace talks opened up an alluring vista of two states, Israeli and Palestinian, living peacefully…
Final Iran nuclear deal can be reached in a short time: Rouhani – Payvand
PayvandA final nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers can be achieved in a short period of time, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday. He made the remarks during…
Israel foils Al Qaeda’s plan to blow up US Embassy in Tel Aviv – Business Standard
Business StandardIsrael has reportedly said that it has foiled an ‘advanced’ Al Qaeda plan to carry out suicide bombing on the US Embassy in Tel Aviv and other targets. Analysts…
Israel says it stopped al-Qaeda attack on US Embassy – USA TODAY
USA TODAYJERUSALEM – Israel’s internal security agency said Wednesday it arrested three Palestinians for allegedly planning to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, the Jerusalem International Convention Center…
Israel arrests Al-Qaida recruits trying to bomb US embassy in Tel Aviv – Haaretz
HaaretzShin Bet officials announced on Wednesday that they have arrested three Palestinians, two of them East Jerusalem residents with Israeli identification cards, for alleged involvement in an Al-Qaida plan to…
Livni, Molcho head for Washington to confer with Kerry on peace talks – Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem PostAfter six months of negotiations, there are still believed to be enormous gaps between Israelis, Palestinians. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post. Israeli’s top two…
Two Gazans hurt as Israel strike targets Islamic Jihad – AFP
AFPJerusalem — Two Palestinians were hurt, one critically, in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City on Sunday, which the military said had targeted a senior Islamic Jihad militant. Gaza…
Israel Summons European Ambassadors to Complain – New York Times
New York TimesJERUSALEM — In the latest diplomatic confrontation over Israeli settlement building, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman of Israel took the unusual step of summoning four European ambassadors on Friday…
Israel berates ‘pro-Palestinian EU’ – BBC News
BBC NewsIsrael has summoned the ambassadors of Britain, France, Italy and Spain, accusing their countries of pro-Palestinian bias. The Foreign Ministry said the envoys would be told that their “perpetual…