The IDF risked the lives of Palestinian civilians in order to minimize the risk posed to its soldiers during Operation Cast Lead, the Independent quoted "a high-ranking" IDF officer as saying in a report published Wednesday.
Secular Judaism "brought us Haskalah and maybe 'Big Brother,' but Jewish culture that provides a new Jewish language - this it did not bring," former Shas leader Aryeh Deri said on Tuesday at the annual Herzliya Conference.
Israeli F-16s carried out an air strike late Tuesday against underground smuggling tunnels at the Gaza Strip-Egypt border, in response to two explosive laden barrels that washed up on beaches in Ashdod and Ashkelon the previous day, an Israeli army spokesman said.
Police bomb disposal experts examined a barrel at Palmachim on south of Tel Aviv on Wednesday afternoon, suspecting a third explosive device washed ashore in Israel this week.
The United Nations' Goldstone Report on the Gaza war tried to incriminate Israel's justifiable actions, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told a plenum full of lawmakers and minister Wednesday, during a speech to Knesset on the third day of his visit to Israel.
A preliminary investigation conducted by Hamas suggests that the assassination of one of its officials in Dubai last month was likely carried out by agents of an Arab government, and not by Israel's Mossad spy agency.
United States special Mideast envoy George Mitchell has urged Europe to step up pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in an attempt to kick-start stalled peace talks with Israel.
De facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Monday that Hamas seeks national reconciliation and is not afraid of elections "because we came to move forward and take responsibility and we will not back down under any circumstances."
