Monthly Archives: March 2009

Pope Benedict Officially Announces Visit To Israel

In his Sunday Mass in Rome yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI said: “From May 8-15, I will make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to ask the Lord, visiting the places sanctified by his passage...

Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad Resigns

After less than two years in office, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad announced his resignation in light of the new Hamas/Fatah alignment talks that are to begin next week in Cairo. Mr. Fayyad, who is...

Islamic Jihad Leader Killed After 120 Gaza Rocket Attacks

Haled Shaalahan, an Islamic Jihad leader, was killed in an Israeli Air Force (IAF) strike Wednesday in the northern Gaza Strip. The group has said Shaalahan headed Islamic Jihad’s rocket unit in the northern...

New Report: Hamas Acquires Weapons Through Sudan, Yemen

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has determined Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been directing rocket and other weapon shipments through both Asia and Africa. In a report, the institute said all...

Israel Prepares For Pope’s Visit

The Israel Tourism Ministry has begun its preparations for Pope Benedict XVI’s May visit to Israel. In order to leverage the visit and promote Christian tourism to Israel, the Tourism Ministry held a conference this...

Study: Palestinian Authority Will Use Conference Funds To Pay Terrorists

Yesterday, Jonathan Dahoah-Halevi, senior researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, documented that the lion’s share of the $5 billion raised on Monday at Sharm el-Sheik for rebuilding Gaza will likely instead reach...

Clinton Visits Israel

Yesterday, Hillary Rodham Clinton spent a day in Israel for the first time in her role as the Secretary of State. The first matter of business that Mrs. Clinton addressed upon her Jerusalem arrival was...

Report: Israel’s Military Mulls Facing Iran Alone

On the day Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton launched her maiden voyage to Israel in her new pivotal role in American foreign policy, the Middle East Newsline confirmed Israel’s top military brass have...

Clinton To Meet With Dignitaries During Two-Day Visit To Mideast

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived yesterday for a two-day visit in Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), after participating yesterday in a conference for rehabilitating Gaza, which took place in Egypt. Today, she is...

Israel Prime Minister Olmert To Be Indicted

Israeli Attorney General Meni Mazuz and Israel State Attorney Moshe Lador made their decision final yesterday morning to indict the disgraced outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in the “Talansky affair” or the “cash envelopes...