http://www.mail.com/locations/4748-jerusalem.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/4748-jerusalem.html 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/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/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/world/1846346-israeli-political-star-sets-lofty-expectations.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Political newcomer Yair Lapid electrified Israel with his surprising success in this week's election and an Obama-like message of hope and change, and expectations are high. The former TV talk show host will need to make strides on pressing economic ills and advance peace prospects with the Palestinians to avoid becoming another in a long... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1846346-israeli-political-star-sets-lofty-expectations.html 2013-01-25T21:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842634-palestinian-leader-reaches-to-israel-centrists.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president wants to meet with newly elected Israeli parliament members to lay out his views on peace, hoping a political surge of centrists will provide an opening to resume long-stalled negotiations on a Palestinian state, a senior aide said Thursday. President Mahmoud Abbas' main target appears to be Yair Lapid,... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842634-palestinian-leader-reaches-to-israel-centrists.html 2013-01-24T19:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1841332-rise-israeli-centrist-raises-hopes-peace.html JERUSALEM (AP) — The unexpectedly strong showing by a new centrist party in Israel's parliamentary election has raised hopes of a revival of peace talks with Palestinians that have languished for four years under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Political newcomer Yair Lapid, the surprise kingmaker, is already being courted by a weakened Netanyahu, who ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1841332-rise-israeli-centrist-raises-hopes-peace.html 2013-01-23T20:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839678-israeli-election-casts-ex-tv-anchor-kingmaker.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's election has put a suave former TV news anchor and political novice in the role of kingmaker, and he has signaled he will use his power to try to move the next government to more centrist positions on Mideast peacemaking. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to form the coalition as the head of the largest party, but that ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839678-israeli-election-casts-ex-tv-anchor-kingmaker.html 2013-01-23T19:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840272-palestinian-surprise-skepticism-israel-vote.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials said Wednesday they were pleasantly surprised by the unexpected surge of moderate parties in Israel's election, but doubt it's enough to change the prime minister's hard-line policies. Negotiations on a Palestinian state have been frozen under Benjamin Netanyahu, who rejects Palestinian demands for halting ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840272-palestinian-surprise-skepticism-israel-vote.html 2013-01-23T15:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839602-israeli-pm-netanyahu-scrambles-to-job.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrambled Wednesday to keep his job by extending his hand to a new centrist party that advocates a more earnest push on peacemaking with the Palestinians and whose surprisingly strong showing broadsided him with a stunning election deadlock. The results defied forecasts that Israel's next gover... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839602-israeli-pm-netanyahu-scrambles-to-job.html 2013-01-23T14:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836758-netanyahu-narrowly-wins-israeli-election.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard-line allies fared far worse than expected in a parliamentary election Tuesday, likely forcing him to reach across the aisle to court a popular political newcomer to cobble together a new coalition. While Netanyahu appeared positioned to serve a third term as prime minister, the results marked... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836758-netanyahu-narrowly-wins-israeli-election.html 2013-01-23T03:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839034-weakened-netanyahu-to-remain-israeli-leader.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Key questions following Israel's parliamentary election: —WHO WON? Exit polls indicate that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to retain his job, but he emerged politically weakened. His hard-line Likud-Yisrael Beitenu electoral bloc dropped from 42 to 31 seats, but remains the largest faction in the 120-member parliament. Togeth... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839034-weakened-netanyahu-to-remain-israeli-leader.html 2013-01-23T01:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836770-israel-netanyahus-style-marked-caution.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's hardline prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has emerged as the country's top politician with a cautious approach to peace making, saying Israel can never let down its guard if it wants to survive in a hostile region. This conservative style, which has often enraged even his closest allies abroad, was expected to propel Netanyahu... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836770-israel-netanyahus-style-marked-caution.html 2013-01-22T13:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836780-israel-vote-presents-diplomatic-domestic-choices.html JERUSALEM (AP) — —WHO IS RUNNING? Polls indicate about a dozen of 32 parties competing in Tuesday's election have a chance of winning seats in the 120-member parliament. Most parties fall either into the right-wing-religious or center-left camp, and surveys indicate hard-line and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties will command a majority. T... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836780-israel-vote-presents-diplomatic-domestic-choices.html 2013-01-22T05:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835874-israelis-vote-peace-distant.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Netanyahu seems poised for re-election as Israel's prime minister in Tuesday's voting, the result of the failure of his opponents to unite behind a viable candidate against him — and the fact that most Israelis no longer seem to believe it's possible to reach a peace settlement with the Palestinians. The widely held assumption of... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835874-israelis-vote-peace-distant.html 2013-01-22T00:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833510-ultra-orthodox-clout-ebb-israel-election.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties, long the power brokers in Israeli politics, could see their influence drop after Tuesday's parliamentary election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is expected to be re-elected, may seize on popular frustrations with the ultra-Orthodox community and play hardball with his longtime allies by turning ins... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833510-ultra-orthodox-clout-ebb-israel-election.html 2013-01-20T18:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832950-israel-leader-iran-key-issue-settlements.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Two days before national elections, Israel's prime minister on Sunday shrugged off international criticism of Israeli settlement construction, charging instead that Iran's suspect nuclear program the real threat to regional security. Speaking to his Cabinet, Benjamin Netanyahu said he had told a group of visiting U.S. senators over the we... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832950-israel-leader-iran-key-issue-settlements.html 2013-01-20T12:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832230-israeli-pm-faces-tough-choice-re-elected.html JERUSALEM (AP) — After a lackluster three-month campaign, few doubt that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to re-election. But the makeup of Netanyahu's next government remains a mystery. If re-elected on Tuesday, Netanyahu will face a critical decision that will define his term. He can form a majority coalition with the hard-line and religi... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832230-israeli-pm-faces-tough-choice-re-elected.html 2013-01-19T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1829018-palestinians-apartheid-netanyahu-wins.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians have long complained that Israel's right-wing government is killing peace prospects by settling the West Bank with Jews, but now there is something new. The Palestinian president is warning that Benjamin Netanyahu's expected victory in next week's election could lead to an Arab-majority country in the Holy Land that will eventually... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1829018-palestinians-apartheid-netanyahu-wins.html 2013-01-18T21:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830462-palestinians-build-west-bank-tent-protest.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian activists have set up a protest camp in the West Bank to demonstrate against what they say is an Israeli land grab. They say they set up a mosque and several tents Friday in the village of Beit Iksa near Jerusalem. The move comes a week after Palestinian activists set up a similar camp in a strategic West Bank corridor known a... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830462-palestinians-build-west-bank-tent-protest.html 2013-01-18T17:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1828174-jewish-arab-party-long-shot-election-bid.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Arab woman who's been toiling on the fringes of Israeli politics for nearly two decades has broken out of obscurity in this year's election with a non-conformist message that's resonating with protest voters. The message of the Daam party is as unconventional as its leader, Asma Aghbaria-Zahalka. She preaches for the nationalization of... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1828174-jewish-arab-party-long-shot-election-bid.html 2013-01-17T20:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826408-israel-takes-anti-settlement-tent-camp.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A spokesman says Israeli police have taken down a West Bank tent camp pitched by Palestinians to protest Israeli plans to build a large Jewish settlement there. The settlement near Jerusalem would have more than 3,400 apartments and drive a wedge between the eastern sector of the city and the West Bank, war-won territories the Palestinian... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826408-israel-takes-anti-settlement-tent-camp.html 2013-01-17T06:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1825348-obama-netanyahu-headed-us-israel-clash.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's premier on Wednesday dismissed President Barack Obama's reported displeasure with his hard-line policies toward the Palestinians, a sisgn that the two could be headed for a showdown. Polls suggest Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to win Israel's elections next week and continue in office. This week an American columnist with close ti... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1825348-obama-netanyahu-headed-us-israel-clash.html 2013-01-17T04:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1825270-ap-interview-israels-lapid-wont-fig-leaf.html TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Little known outside Israel, political newcomer Yair Lapid could soon become the moderate face to the world of an otherwise hard-line government after next week's parliamentary election. Gamely predicting he will one day be prime minister, the cosmopolitan Lapid stands out in a political landscape crowded with ex-officers, lawyers ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1825270-ap-interview-israels-lapid-wont-fig-leaf.html 2013-01-16T21:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823672-israeli-watchdog-rips-netanyahu-settlements.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A review of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policies shows a clear intent to prevent the creation of a viable Palestinian state by stepping up construction in strategic areas, an Israeli anti-settlement group said Wednesday. During Netanyahu's four-year term, 38 percent of nearly 6,900 West Bank construction starts were rep... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823672-israeli-watchdog-rips-netanyahu-settlements.html 2013-01-16T09:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823814-jerusalem-barrier-spurs-illicit-building-boom.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of apartment towers sprouting up illicitly in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem are creating a fraught new dynamic in the struggle for control of the sacred city at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kufr Aqab is one of several Arab areas within Jerusalem's municipal borders that have been separated from the city by the ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823814-jerusalem-barrier-spurs-illicit-building-boom.html 2013-01-16T09:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1822292-israel-to-open-exhibit-biblical-king-herod.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's national museum said Tuesday it will open what it calls the world's first exhibition devoted to the architectural legacy of biblical King Herod, the Jewish proxy monarch who ruled Jerusalem and the Holy Land under Roman occupation two millennia ago. The display includes the reconstructed tomb and sarcophagus of one of antiquity's... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1822292-israel-to-open-exhibit-biblical-king-herod.html 2013-01-15T19:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1818804-voter-turnout-push-challenge-israeli-leader.html JERUSALEM (AP) — With large numbers of Israelis expected to sit out next week's election, centrist activists have launched a last-ditch appeal to get out the vote, hoping to defy what appears to be a guaranteed victory for a hard-line bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This grassroots effort could be the moderate camp's only chance. Moderate, ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1818804-voter-turnout-push-challenge-israeli-leader.html 2013-01-14T18:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817176-israel-pm-vows-to-proceed-with-disputed-settlement.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel's prime minister pledged Sunday to move ahead with construction of a new Jewish settlement in a strategic part of the West Bank, speaking just hours after Israeli forces dragged dozens of Palestinian activists from the area. The activists pitched more than two dozen tents at the site on Friday, laying claim to the land an... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817176-israel-pm-vows-to-proceed-with-disputed-settlement.html 2013-01-13T16:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815972-palestinian-protesters-evicted-west-bank-site.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian protesters who pitched tents at a strategic West Bank site to protest plans to build a Jewish housing project there were evicted early Sunday, police said. Palestinian activists erected tents in the area known as E-1 on Friday saying they wanted to "establish facts on the ground" to stop Israeli construction in the West Bank. ... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 04:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815972-palestinian-protesters-evicted-west-bank-site.html 2013-01-13T04:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815546-influential-israeli-rabbi-ovadia-yosef-hospital.html JERUSALEM (AP) — The spiritual leader of an Israeli ultra-Orthodox political party was hospitalized after a suspected minor stroke in Jerusalem on Saturday, a development that could shake his party's fortunes and mute one of Israel's most influential voices. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, 92, is conscious and in a stable condition, Hadassah hospital spokeswoman Etti... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815546-influential-israeli-rabbi-ovadia-yosef-hospital.html 2013-01-12T19:03:00Z