http://www.mail.com/locations/1554-israel.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1554-israel.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861288-syrian-rebels-slam-assad-inaction-israeli-raid.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition leaders and rebels on Friday slammed President Bashar Assad for not responding to a rare Israeli airstrike near Damascus, calling it proof of his weakness and acquiescence to the Jewish State. The opposition's sharp reaction underlines how those seeking to topple the Syrian leader might be more prepared to tangle with Israe... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861288-syrian-rebels-slam-assad-inaction-israeli-raid.html 2013-02-01T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862306-nasa-marks-10-years-loss-columbia-crew.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Schoolchildren joined NASA managers and relatives of the lost crew of space shuttle Columbia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy and remember the seven astronauts who died. More than 300 people gathered at Kennedy Space Center for the outdoor ceremony, just a few miles from where Columbia was supposed to land ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862306-nasa-marks-10-years-loss-columbia-crew.html 2013-02-01T21:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861170-hillary-clinton-takes-rest-weird-that.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's plan for 2013 was simple. She'd embark on an epic swansong around the world as secretary of state, a dizzying itinerary of east-west and north-south flights that would take her past 1 million miles in the air at the helm of American diplomacy and perhaps break her own record of 112 countries visited while in the ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861170-hillary-clinton-takes-rest-weird-that.html 2013-02-01T07:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860604-leaves-clinton-sounds-warning-syria.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a parting warning Thursday about Syria's civil war, accusing Iran of playing an increasingly prominent role in directing the violence, which she said heightened the danger of a larger regional conflict that draws in Israel or other neighbors. "I've done what was possible to do," Clinton to... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860604-leaves-clinton-sounds-warning-syria.html 2013-01-31T23:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858368-syria-threatens-retaliation-israeli-airstrike.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria threatened Thursday to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike and its ally Iran said the Jewish state will regret the attack. Syria sent a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General stressing the country's "right to defend itself, its territory and sovereignty" and holding Israel and its supporters accountable. "Israel and those who protect it a... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858368-syria-threatens-retaliation-israeli-airstrike.html 2013-01-31T22:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860220-israel-feel-to-strike-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli air attack staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come. Israeli military officials appear to have concluded that the risks of attacking Syria are worth taking when compared to the dangers of allowing sophisticated weapons to reach Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon. With Syrian President ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860220-israel-feel-to-strike-syria.html 2013-01-31T21:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858236-israeli-astronauts-widow-carries-tragedy.html JERUSALEM (AP) — It's a day Israelis will never forget: Feb. 1, 2003, when national pride abruptly turned to national tragedy. People gathered around their TV screens to watch the anticipated return of Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, from a 16-day journey in space aboard the American Columbia shuttle. A hero's welcome awaited, but as people watched ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858236-israeli-astronauts-widow-carries-tragedy.html 2013-01-31T05:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856500-israeli-jets-bomb-military-target-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched a rare airstrike inside Syria, U.S. officials said Wednesday, targeting a convoy believed to contain anti-aircraft weapons bound for Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. The attack adds a potentially flammable new element to tensions already heightened by Syria's civil war. It was the latest salvo in Israel's long-running effort t... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856500-israeli-jets-bomb-military-target-syria.html 2013-01-31T01:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1857170-ten-years-loss-space-shuttle-columbia.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — He was just 8 when NASA lost the space shuttle Columbia and he lost his astronaut mom. Now, 10 years later, Iain Clark is a young man on the cusp of college with a master's rating in scuba diving and three parachute jumps in his new log book. His mother, Dr. Laurel Clark, loved scuba and skydiving. So did her flight surgeon hus... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1857170-ten-years-loss-space-shuttle-columbia.html 2013-01-30T23:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857210-morsi-germany-defends-comments-jews.html BERLIN (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president turned aside repeated criticism of his past comments referring to Jews as "the descendants of apes and pigs" as he visited Germany on Wednesday, insisting that the remarks were taken out of context and were aimed at criticizing Israeli attacks on Palestinians. A key focus of Mohammed Morsi's one-day visit to Berlin... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857210-morsi-germany-defends-comments-jews.html 2013-01-30T18:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856700-2-israeli-parties-endorse-netanyahu-term.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's two largest political parties endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister Wednesday, all but guaranteeing him a third term at the beginning of the post-election process of forming a new government. Netanyahu's Likud Party and the new Yesh Atid Party made their recommendations to President Shimon Peres, who consults with all 12... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856700-2-israeli-parties-endorse-netanyahu-term.html 2013-01-30T17:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855676-report-iran-hezbollah-terror-threat-rising.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran's elite Quds Force and Hezbollah militants are learning from a series of botched terror attacks over the past two years and pose a growing threat to the U.S. and other Western targets as well as Israel, a prominent counterterrorism expert says. Operating both independently and together, the militant groups are escalating their activ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855676-report-iran-hezbollah-terror-threat-rising.html 2013-01-30T14:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1856064-israel-central-bank-chief-quits-to-with-family.html JERUSALEM (AP) — The governor of Israel's central bank says he's stepping down to be closer to his family in the United States. Stanley Fischer told reporters on Wednesday — a day after he resigned — that after eight years on the job he's achieved most of his goals. He says he is leaving behind a strong central bank and a strong economy. ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1856064-israel-central-bank-chief-quits-to-with-family.html 2013-01-30T11:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855928-israel-jets-increase-activity-lebanese-airspace.html BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese military said Wednesday that Israeli warplanes have sharply increased their activity over Lebanon in the past week, including at least 12 sorties in less than 24 hours in the country's south. The flights come amid Israeli concerns about the civil war in neighboring Syria and fears that advanced weapons could reach hostile groups... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855928-israel-jets-increase-activity-lebanese-airspace.html 2013-01-30T11:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1855714-israel-to-transfer-tax-funds-to-palestinians.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it is transferring tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority that were frozen last year. A government statement on Wednesday says it is a one-off arrangement meant to ease the Palestinian Authority's economic woes. It said it is handing over last month's tax take of about $100 million. Israel's monthly tax transfers to the Pal... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1855714-israel-to-transfer-tax-funds-to-palestinians.html 2013-01-30T07:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1854474-sunday-times-apologizes-unreservedly-cartoon.html LONDON (AP) — The acting editor of Rupert Murdoch's Sunday Times newspaper apologized "unreservedly" on Tuesday for a cartoon depicting Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu building a wall using blood-red mortar that sparked outrage in the Jewish community. Jewish leaders have said the cartoon was reminiscent of anti-Semitic propaganda, which is often blood-... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1854474-sunday-times-apologizes-unreservedly-cartoon.html 2013-01-29T19:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1853506-israel-central-bank-chief-to-step-june.html JERUSALEM (AP) — The governor of Israel's central bank, widely credited with steering the nation's economy safely through years of world financial turmoil, resigned Tuesday. In a brief statement, the Bank of Israel said governor Stanley Fischer informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he will step down on June 30. It gave no explanation for the dep... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1853506-israel-central-bank-chief-to-step-june.html 2013-01-29T17:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853910-palestinian-fighter-rebel-dies-damascus.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A hard-line Palestinian military commander who rebelled against leader Yasser Arafat to form his own rival party died in Damascus on Tuesday, according to his representatives and hospital officials. Said Musa Maragha, better known by his nom de guerre, "Abu Musa," was 86. They said Maragha died of cancer. Maragha, a Jordanian of Pal... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853910-palestinian-fighter-rebel-dies-damascus.html 2013-01-29T15:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853498-israel-no-show-un-human-rights-review.html GENEVA (AP) — Israel became the first nation to skip a U.N. review of its human rights record without giving a reason — and then won a precedent-setting deferral Tuesday. The president of the U.N.'s top rights body, Polish diplomat Remigiusz Henczel, declared Israel a no-show at a meeting in Geneva and then reconvened the 47-nation Human Rights Council to... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853498-israel-no-show-un-human-rights-review.html 2013-01-29T15:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852750-israel-angered-argentina-iran-bombing-probe.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel summoned the Argentinian ambassador on Tuesday in protest over an agreement between Iran and Argentina to jointly investigate the bombing 19 years ago of a Jewish center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires and that was widely blamed on Tehran. The terror attack was the deadliest on Argentinian soil, coming just two years after a ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852750-israel-angered-argentina-iran-bombing-probe.html 2013-01-29T08:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851648-israels-comatose-sharon-brain-activity.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Seven years after a massive stroke removed him from office and left him in a vegetative state, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is able to process information and has exhibited "robust activity" in his brain, according to doctors who conducted recent tests. Though some hoped Sharon might regain consciousness and resume his life,... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851648-israels-comatose-sharon-brain-activity.html 2013-01-28T22:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850402-white-house-egypts-democracy-difficult-path.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Egypt is on a "difficult path" to a peaceful democracy, the White House said Monday as months of lukewarm political support for the conservative Islamic government was in danger of backfiring after deadly weekend riots pushed Cairo to crack down on civil rights. It was the latest strain on the stretched-thin detente between the Obama adm... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850402-white-house-egypts-democracy-difficult-path.html 2013-01-28T20:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851386-murdoch-apologizes-sunday-times-cartoon.html LONDON (AP) — Media baron Rupert Murdoch has apologized for a Sunday Times cartoon depicting Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu building a wall using blood-red mortar, an image Jewish leaders said was reminiscent of anti-Semitic propaganda. The political cartoon, which was published on Holocaust Memorial Day, shows Netanyahu wielding a long, sharp trowel a... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851386-murdoch-apologizes-sunday-times-cartoon.html 2013-01-28T18:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1851388-obama-congratulates-israels-netanyahu-election.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is congratulating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his success in last week's election. The White House says Obama and Netanyahu spoke by telephone on Monday, almost a week after Netanyahu's ticket narrowly won the most seats in Israel's parliamentary election. In the phone call, Obama said he looked fo... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1851388-obama-congratulates-israels-netanyahu-election.html 2013-01-28T16:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850748-hamas-inter-palestinian-talks-egypt.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Reconciliation talks between Palestinian militant group Hamas and its rival Fatah are on track and will resume in Egypt on Feb. 9, Hamas' political leader said Monday. Khalid Mashaal said that "obstacles" over crucial issues such as elections and a future government remain, but that he expected progress in talks with Palestinian leade... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850748-hamas-inter-palestinian-talks-egypt.html 2013-01-28T13:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850368-refugees-again-palestinians-flee-syrias-war.html EIN EL-HILWEH, Lebanon (AP) — When Syrian warplanes bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus last December, Umm Sami rounded up her three sons, shut the windows and locked the doors so they could neither hear nor heed the call to arms by rebels and pro-government gunmen fighting in the streets. Then she told her sons they were leaving their home in t... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850368-refugees-again-palestinians-flee-syrias-war.html 2013-01-28T12:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850502-group-israel-abused-crowd-control-methods.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli human rights group on Monday accused the military of "extensively and systematically" violating its own rules of engagement in suppressing Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank, contributing to dozens of deaths in recent years. According to a report by the B'Tselem group, a total of 56 Palestinians have been killed in clas... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850502-group-israel-abused-crowd-control-methods.html 2013-01-28T11:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1849282-fragile-economy-global-woes-dominated-davos.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The fragile state of the world economy, along with the relentless turmoil in Syria and the rocky fallout from the Arab Spring, dominated discussions during this year's annual gathering of the global elite at Davos, leaving many participants uneasy about what lies ahead as they left for home Sunday. Even broad agreement that there... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1849282-fragile-economy-global-woes-dominated-davos.html 2013-01-27T23:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1849398-holocaust-items-display-remembrance-day.html JERUSALEM (AP) — When Stella Knobel's family fled World War II Poland in 1939, the only thing the 7-year-old girl could take with her was her teddy bear. For the next six years, the stuffed animal never left her side as the family wandered through the Soviet Union, to Iran and finally the Holy Land. "He was like family. He was all I had. He knew all my se... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1849398-holocaust-items-display-remembrance-day.html 2013-01-27T18:41:00Z