Ilan Ramon, Israel's First Man In Space A glimmer of light in a never-ending state of madness. In a climate of death, destruction, and despair came a man who hitched his dream to a star. Israel championed, encouraged, and basked in, the achievements of Ilan Ramon. It was February 1 2003, 1st day, 2nd month, 3rd year, when the dream came to an end. 16 days in space, and 16 minutes from home, the gleam of light went out....
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10 Palestinians killed in latest Israeli strike Israel News.Net ... others wounded Tuesday afternoon when the Israeli army hit a school run by the UN in northern Gaza, emergency officials said.
Jordan, Egypt strike balance between Israel ties, angry public Israel News.Net Tel Aviv, Jan.6 : In a growing chorus of warnings against Israel's Gaza operation emanating from the Arab world, Jordan's Prime Minister Nader al-Dahabi has that his government retained the right to reconsider its relations with Israel.
No difference between Lashkar and Hamas: Israel envoy Israel News.Net New Delhi, Jan.6 : Israel's envoy to India, Mark Sofer, on Tuesday said he saw no difference between the Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Hamas in the Gaza Strip in so far as carrying out willful acts of violence against unsuspecting and innocent civilians.
Cease-fire conditions discussed in Egypt Israel News.Net An immediate cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza has been proposed by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Reporters blast Israel for Israel News.Net Tel Aviv, : Journalists covering the present Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip have claimed that Israel is not allowing foreign press to enter the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Exertion at work and play can trigger deadly asthma attacks Israel News.Net Washington, : A new study by researchers at Tel Aviv University has revealed that physical exertion, as part of work or play, can trigger a deadly asthma attack.
Israel rejects Turkish PM Israel News.Net Tel Aviv, Jan.6 : Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's toxic comments Sunday that Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip would lead to punishment from Allah and Israel's "self-destruction" has drawn a strong protest from the Israeli Foreign Ministry, which told Turkey's ambassador to Israel that these words were "unacceptable" among friendly nations.
Arab ministers meet diplomats at UN over Gaza conflict Israel News.Net The United Nations in New York has been a scene of high diplomatic activity, with ministers and diplomats from Arab countries trying to put pressure on the Security Council to act over the Gaza Strip conflict.
Jewish targets attacked in Europe after Gaza invasion Israel News.Net Three youths tried to torch a synagogue in London amid a surge in anti-Semitic incidents in Britain and elsewhere in Europe since the Israeli invasion of Gaza, Jewish groups said Tuesday.
Hamas says Israel has legitimised the killing of its children Israel News.Net Gaza City, Jan.6 : A Hamas leader has warned that Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israel's devastating assault on the Gaza Strip.
As Gaza Fighting Rages, Israeli Strike Hits Near U.N. School PBS An Israeli artillery strike near a U.N.-run school in Gaza, where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge, killed at least 30 people on Tuesday, a U.N. official said, and stirred new concerns over...
Israel blames Hamas for school deaths The Daily Telegraph Israeli tank shells have killed at least 40 Palestinians at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international calls for a halt to...
Fury as Israeli school attack kills more than 30 Breaking News.ie International outrage grew over civilian deaths in Gaza tonight after an Israeli bombardment killed at least 34 people, many of them children, near a UN school.Hundreds of Palestinians had sought...
Nine days into offensive, Israel has not eliminated Hamas threat World Tribune Officials said the intelligence community has concluded that the nine-day Israeli military campaign has not succeeded in disabling the Islamic regime in the Gaza Strip and that Hamas was likely to...
Never knew I was evacuating my wounded soldier son from Gaza Haaretz Brig. Gen. (res.) Zvi Fogel commanded the artillery strike that provided cover for the evacuation of six IDF soldiers wounded in the Gaza Strip on Monday. It was only after the six troops were...
So what will it take for Israel to stop fighting The Independent It remains to be seen whether the civilian carnage which culminated in the attack on a UN school yesterday will bring the end of the war any closer – or dent the determination of those in...
Israel aggress to Breaking News.ie Israel said tonight it had agreed to set up a “humanitarian corridor” to ship vital supplies to the people of the Gaza Strip.The office of prime minister Ehud Olmert said in a statement that the...
Israel hits UN school, nears major Gaza towns Eview Week Israeli forces edged closer to Gaza's major population centers on Tuesday and attacked new sites, including a U.N. school, taking more civilian lives after ignoring mounting international calls for...
For Israeli Blogger, Conflict Spurs Mixed Emotions NPR 2009 · For the past year, two men — one Israeli, one Palestinian — have been blogging about their lives on opposite sides of the Israeli-Gaza border.Israeli Eric Yellin...
Israel claims Hamas fired from UN school The Times Israeli mortar rounds blasted a United Nations-run school that had been converted into a refugee shelter for hundreds of Palestinians displaced by the ten-day war in Gaza, killing more than 40...
Israel escalates offensive into Gaza cities Middle East Times Gaza Israeli tanks and helicopter gunships went blazing into towns across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, attacking Hamas targets and searching for its leaders as the war death toll approached...
Deadly Israeli raids on UN-run schools Inquirer Israeli tanks and troops blazed into towns across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking Hamas targets, but hits on three UN-run schools killed at least 48 people and sparked urgent new...
Academic union urges immediate Israeli boycott Green Left Online The Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees condemns in the strongest possible terms the bombing today of the campus of the Islamic University in Gaza. This wanton...
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Ilan Ramon, Israel's First Man In Space
