Dan - Instablogs
Oct 3 2009
Russian-Israeli billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak has been indicted on charges of fraud and money laundering. He is accused of seeking to buy a Dutch company without revealing his role in financing the deal, in contravention of Israel’s laws on money...
Jun 10 2009
Israel’s powerful security cabinet warned on Wednesday it would hold Hamas responsible for any attacks from its Gaza stronghold and kept in place a crippling blockade of the Palestinian territory. In the face of US pressure, Prime Minister...
May 26 2009
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considers the lifting of the Iranian nuclear threat his life’s mission. Before coming to power, he had mentioned that such an operation might cost thousands of lives, but the price was justified in view of the...
Oct 8 2008
A national poll reveals that some 100,000 children in Israel have been sexually assaulted, but only 2.5 percent of the incidents are reported to the proper authorities.
Sep 30 2008
Almost every survey about Turkish society reveals that religious observance is becoming more visible but also less dense. Let me tell you why… Mainstream Turkish media loves to be alarmist about the “creeping Islamization of Turkey.” Especially...
Apr 11 2008
The Israeli military has deployed several tanks and bulldozers to the Gaza Strip, launching a new incursion against the Hamas movement. Ten tanks and two bulldozers entered one kilometer (0.6 miles) into Gaza, west of the Bureij refugee camp, drawing...
Apr 3 2008
The World Health Organization lashed out at Israel on Tuesday for denying or delaying travel permits for critically-ill Gazans, saying the right to health appeared to be “optional” for Palestinians. Ambrogio Manenti, who heads the...
Mar 7 2008
A Palestinian gunman shot dead at least eight people at a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem, but Israel said the killings would not derail U.S.-sponsored peace talks. “It was a slaughterhouse,” Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, head of the Zaka...