Posts Tagged ‘Israel’

Madonna fans in Israel ask government to delay war

Israeli Madonna fans are asking their country to give peace a chance — at least until after the Material Girl’s late-spring concert there.

They’re rallying around, what else, a Facebook page, called “Bibi don’t start a war with Iran until after Madonna’s show on May 29.”

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New US sanctions on Iran aim to head off Israel (AP)

FILE- In this April 8, 2008, file photo  released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the  Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidents office, File)AP – Additional U.S. sanctions on Iran are more significant for their timing than their immediate effect on Iran’s economy, coming as the United States and its allies are arguing that Israel should hold off on any military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities to allow more time for sanctions to work.


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Obama and Israel vs. Iran nukes

President Obama said Sunday he believed Israel has not yet decided whether to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.

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Israel could attack Iran as early as April: Panetta 

War hysteria continues to grip the Middle East, as heightened anxieties over Iran’s surreptitious nuclear program have the U.S. Defense Secretary on edge.

Leon Panetta said Thursday that Israel could launch attacks against Iran as early as April or May in effort to stop Tehran from building a nuclear bomb.

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Come-back to Israel ads are taken down 

WASHINGTON — The Israeli government abruptly pulled an ad campaign Friday warning expatriates that living in the U.S. places their national identity at risk.

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Prisoner swap between Israel, Hamas moves ahead (AP)

Israeli Prison Service officers stand guard as a bus transferring Palestinian prisoners, who are to be exchanged for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit arrive to Ktziot prison camp in southern Israel's Negev desert, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. The relatives of Israeli victims of Palestinian attacks are waging a charged debate over the release of militants this week in a deal to free the Israeli soldier. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP – The elaborate machinery of a prisoner swap deal between two bitter enemies swung into motion Monday, as hundreds of Palestinians and one Israeli soldier prepared to return home in one of the most dramatic recent developments in the otherwise deadlocked Israel-Palestinian conflict.


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Israel, Hamas announce swap for captured soldier (AP)

Noam, right, and Aviva Schalit, parents of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, sit in a protest tent set up outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. Israeli and Hamas have reached a deal to free Schalit, held by Hamas-linked militants in the Gaza Strip since June 25, 2006, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, officials from both sides said Tuesday, capping five years of painful negotiations that have repeatedly collapsed. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP – In a much-anticipated prisoner exchange that could have broad implications, Israel and Hamas on Tuesday announced that an Israeli soldier abducted to Gaza five years ago would be swapped for about 1,000 Palestinians held by Israel and accused of militant activity.


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