News Topic - Israel

US hedge fund fugitive returns to court
Samuel Israel was denied bail and ordered to be jailed immediately after the former hedge fund manager abused his previous bail terms by faking his own death and going on the run, forcing an international manhunt
Financial Times  –  Jul 3, 2008 6:39 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Israel: Egypt dropping the ball on weapons smuggling to Gaza
July 3, 2008 - Israel: Egypt dropping the ball on weapons smuggling to Gaza
World Tribune  –  Jul 3, 2008 6:07 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Hamas suspected of pressuring Arab employees of Israel security forces
July 3, 2008 - Hamas suspected of pressuring Arab employees of Israel security forces
World Tribune  –  Jul 3, 2008 6:07 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Israel weighs Jerusalem separation
After deadly rampage by Palestinian, deputy prime minister proposes severing Arab neighborhoods.
International Herald Tribune  –  Jul 3, 2008 5:55 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Fund Manager Turned Fugitive Is Sent to Prison
Samuel Israel III, the hedge fund manager who fled after faking a suicide, went to prison on Thursday, 25 days late.
New York Times  –  Jul 3, 2008 5:49 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Seized Iranians 'held by Israel'
Four Iranians kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982 are still alive and being held in Israel, the Iranian embassy in Lebanon says.
BBC News  –  Jul 3, 2008 5:34 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Survivors Reflect on Israel Dozer Rampage
Israelis reflect on Wednesday's bulldozer attack that killed 3, injured dozens.
ABC News  –  Jul 3, 2008 3:59 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Israel Won't Attack Iran Without US Nod
The Nation - The Nation -- Writing in the Washington Post, Yossi Melman, a military expert and commentator for the Israeli daily Haaretz, says that Israel won't attack Iran unless it has explicit American backing:
Yahoo!  –  Jul 3, 2008 3:30 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Call to reroute Jerusalem barrier following attack
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel should cut off outlying Arab neighborhoods from Jerusalem, Israel's vice premier proposed Thursday, the day after a Palestinian construction worker from one of these districts went on a deadly rampage in the city's center....
AP  –  Jul 3, 2008 3:28 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Militants 'fire rocket' from Gaza
A rocket from the Gaza Strip lands in southern Israel, the Israeli army says, putting more strain on a fragile truce.
BBC News  –  Jul 3, 2008 3:22 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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