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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Swedish newspaper provoked outrage in Israel and drew condemnation from Sweden's ambassador on Wednesday after it ran a story on transplant organ theft, a report an Israeli official branded anti-Semitic "hate porn."
The editor ...
From ALASTAIR MACDONALD,
Boston Globe,
19 Aug 2009
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A television advert for an Israeli cellphone firm showing soldiers playing soccer over the West Bank barrier has sparked cries of bad taste and prompted Arab lawmakers on Sunday to demand it be taken off air.
The jaunty commercial ...
From ALLYN FISHER-ILAN AND ALASTAIR MACDONALD,
Boston Globe,
12 Jul 2009
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday.
As Washington ...
From ADAM ENTOUS AND ALASTAIR MACDONALD,
Boston Globe,
3 Jul 2009
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy will hold a second meeting in a week with Israel's defense minister, an Israeli official said on Friday, announcing talks on Monday likely to focus again on a dispute over settlements.
A senior ...
From ALASTAIR MACDONALD AND DAN WILLIAMS,
Boston Globe,
3 Jul 2009
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli officials played down reports on Friday that a deal was close with Hamas that would include the release of an Israeli soldier held captive in the Gaza Strip in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
Israeli and ...
From ALASTAIR MACDONALD AND ADAM ENTOUS,
Boston Globe,
26 Jun 2009
HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinians last week were a "pogrom" and that Israeli police must end "intolerable leniency" toward such violent offenders.
"As a Jew, ...
From ALASTAIR MACDONALD,
Boston Globe,
7 Dec 2008
HEBRON, West Bank Forces loyal to Mahmoud Abbas, the Western-backed Palestinian president, are rounding up suspected Islamist activists and allegations of torture and abuse of legal procedure are mounting sharply.
“They shouted ‘You're Hamas! Tell us ...
From ADAM ENTOUS AND ALASTAIR MACDONALD,
Globe and Mail,
4 Dec 2008
HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Allegations of torture, arbitrary arrest and other abuses of due legal process have long been common from Palestinians in the West Bank.
But lately more such accusations are leveled not at Israeli occupying forces but at ...
From ALASTAIR MACDONALD AND HAITHAM TAMIMI,
Boston Globe,
4 Dec 2008
Related Topics:
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - "Jingle Bells" rang out over Manger Square on Sunday as Bethlehem opened a Christmas market that the Palestinian city hopes will help cap a boom year for tourism with a profitable festive season.
"It has been an ...
From ALASTAIR MACDONALD,
Boston Globe,
30 Nov 2008
A synagogue newly reopened in Jerusalem's Old City has worried Arab neighbors and Palestinian leaders who accuse Israel of using its political power to push them out and shift the city's religious balance toward the Jews.
Western Wall Rabbi ...
From ALASTAIR MACDONALD,
eTaiwan News,
8 Nov 2008
