ISRAEL NEWS - Last Generation Network News - MONDAY MAY 1 2017

ISRAEL NEWS - Last Generation Network News - MONDAY MAY 1 2017

How Israel's violent birth destroyed Palestine

Aljazeera.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
As Israel celebrates the Palestinian Nakba as its triumphant independence on May 1, it is preparing for a massive celebration for the 50th anniversary of its occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.

Israel stops to honor fallen soldiers and terror victims

ABC News - ‎20 hours ago‎
A woman waters flowers by grave of a fallen soldier on the eve of memorial Day in Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, April 30, 2017. Israel marks the annual Memorial Day in remembrance of soldiers who died in the nation's ...

Israel Fest comes to U.Va.

University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily - ‎7 hours ago‎
Israel Fest, a joint collaboration between Hoos for Israel and Brody Jewish Center, was held for the first time in Lambeth Field on Friday.

Poll: Arab citizens think higher of Israel than its Jewish citizens do

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎5 hours ago‎
As Israel turns 69 on Monday, a nation prone to endless kvetching is more content with its lot then one would gather from the media or conversations around Shabbat evening tables, according to a poll released Sunday by the Israel Democracy Institute.

3 Films By Israeli Directors Top Los Angeles Times List

Forward - ‎3 hours ago‎
The next Israeli pick on the list was Emil Ben-Shimon's “The Women's Balcony,” centering on a clash between a strict Orthodox rabbi and his more permissive congregants.

Hamas Nixes Call For Destruction Of Israel — Or Does It?

Forward - ‎1 hour ago‎
The sources said Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007, will say in the document that it agrees to a transitional Palestinian state along the borders from 1967, when Israel captured Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem in a war with ...

Israel's Air Force flyover: When will the planes fly over your town?

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Israel Independence Day. Beachgoers watch the Israeli Air Force Aerobatic team rehearse over the Mediterranean Sea in preparation for an aerial display on Israel's Independence Day in Tel Aviv April 20, 2015.. (photo credit:REUTERS). The Israeli Air ...

Israeli encrypted communications start-up Elsight heads for the ASX

The Australian Financial Review - ‎12 hours ago‎
The flood of Israeli-based start-ups listing on the ASX is showing no signs of abating, with secure communications technology company Elsight the latest planning to go public on the exchange.

Right-wing Protesters Disrupt Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremonies

Haaretz - ‎17 hours ago‎
The alternative Memorial Day commemoration is organized by The Parents Circle Families Forum, an Israeli-Palestinian group of those who have lost family members in the conflict, along with Combatants for Peace, a group of former Israeli soldiers and ...

Israel, Palestinians battle for votes over Jerusalem resolution at UNESCO

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎14 hours ago‎
The United States, one of the 58 UNESCO Executive Board members, is expected to oppose the resolution. The Palestinians have an automatic majority on the board, but the PA and Israel are battling for the support of the 11 EU member states. Their votes ...

Israel serves interests of American Empire in Mideast: Analyst

Press TV - ‎5 hours ago‎
Israel is empowered and armed by the United States because it serves the interests of the American Empire in the Middle East, according to Richard Becker, a political analyst and activist based in California.

The Real Reason Behind Rare War Of Words Between Israel And North Korea

Haaretz - ‎16 hours ago‎
First, an anonymous “senior officer” warned in a briefing that a confrontation between Washington and Pyongyang could affect Israel's security, by diverting the attention of the Trump administration away from the Middle East. This was followed by ...

Ros-Lehtinen, champion of Israel, Holocaust survivors, to retire from Congress

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ‎1 hour ago‎
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., a congressional leader who has been a staunch defender of Israel and the rights of Holocaust survivors, is leaving Congress.

Danon: US likely to support Israel's seat on UN Security Council

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎17 hours ago‎
Danon, back on a work-visit to Israel, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that while there is still a year to go before the General Assembly will vote on the five members who will join the council in 2019, he is already raising the issue with different ...

Delaware judge won't dismiss suit over Israel resort project

The Times of Israel - ‎14 hours ago‎
The defendants sought to dismiss the complaint, arguing that relevant contracts mandate Israeli jurisdiction and application of Orthodox Jewish law to the dispute.

The fallen Israeli soldiers who left behind two bereaved families ...

Haaretz - ‎15 hours ago‎
The adoptive families of soldiers who moved to Israel alone and died serving it aren't officially recognized as bereaved, but are grieving as well.

Marking Israel's first Independence Day without dreamer-in-chief Shimon Peres

The Times of Israel - ‎4 hours ago‎
“It will be Israel's first independence day without him,” his son Chemi Peres, 58, said poignantly in an interview last week.

15 Israel-based companies added to US financial watchdog's 'red list'

The Times of Israel - ‎2 hours ago‎
Last June, when there were only 40 companies on the list, The Times of Israel reported that more than one-third of these were Israeli. Despite widespread media exposure in the last year, and calls from foreign governments to shut the industry down ...

Israel's bereaved are holy, but they don't all want to be sacred cows

The Times of Israel - ‎3 hours ago‎
And as the day turns to night and Israel shifts to celebrating Independence Day, Avi Yacoby, his wife and two daughters will remain bereaved, a status that accompanies them wherever they go in Israeli society. They are part of a caste both pitied and ...

An Open Letter to Ed Asner on Israel | Jewish & Israel News ...

Algemeiner - ‎22 hours ago‎
Some of my best early memories were of watching you on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. I was proud when I learned that you were Jewish, and I was in awe when ...

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