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6 Israeli troops punished for protests

JERUSALEM - The Israeli army punished six soldiers, sending two to prison, for protesting the army’s demolition of structures at an unauthorized settler outpost in the West Bank, the military said yesterday. The soldiers hung a banner Monday at an ...

From MATTI FRIEDMAN, Boston Globe,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli troops kill Palestinian along Gaza border

Palestinian and Israeli officials say troops have killed one Palestinian along the Gaza border. The Israeli military says five men "appeared to be planting explosive devices" along the tense frontier when troops opened fire. A Palestinian ...

From MATTI FRIEDMAN, Taiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hamas

Beauty and tragedy in global network of war graves

It is the British empire of the dead. Scattered across 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport, a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage: the 1.7 million ...

From MATTI FRIEDMAN, Boston Globe,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hamas,  Paul Price,  Matt Johnson,  Winston Churchill

Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Al-Aqsa mosque

JERUSALEM -- Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside the Holy Land's most volatile shrine, where past violence has escalated into prolonged conflict. A wall of ...

From MATTI FRIEDMAN, The Washington Post,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Palestinian Authority,  Ariel Sharon

Violence erupts in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM — Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside the Holy Land's most volatile shrine, where past violence has escalated into prolonged conflict. A wall of ...

From MATTI FRIEDMAN, Kansas.com,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Palestinian Authority,  Ariel Sharon

Violent clashes erupt at Jerusalem's holiest site

JERUSALEM—Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside the Holy Land's most volatile shrine, where past violence has escalated into prolonged conflict. A wall of ...

From MATTI FRIEDMAN, Boston Globe,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Cohen,  Palestinian Authority,  Ariel Sharon,  United Nations,  Hamas

Israelis, Palestinians clash outside Jerusalem mosque

Palestinian men scuffle with Israeli riot police Sunday near the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. The protesters holed up in the mosque until nightfall, when 18 were arrested. No serious injuries were reported. (Ahmad Gharabli, Agence ...

From MATTI FRIEDMAN, Denver Post,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Palestinian Authority,  Ariel Sharon

Egyptians conflicted over preserving Jewish past

CAIRO—The warren of slum alleys is called the Jews' Quarter, but no Jews live there. The ancient synagogue still stands, but its roof is gone. The government is renovating it, but is doing so at a moment when anti-Israel feeling is running especially ...

From MATTI FRIEDMAN AND HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, Boston Globe,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: UNESCO,  Farouk Hosny,  United Nations,  Zahi Hawass

Israeli court rejects separate West Bank road

Israel's Supreme Court ruled Thursday against military regulations prohibiting Palestinian motorists from using a West Bank road, but stopped short of banning a widespread security measure that has drawn charges of discrimination. The Israeli ...

From MATTI FRIEDMAN, Taiwan News,  22 Oct 2009

US envoy holds Mideast talks as Obama wins Nobel

JERUSALEM - When President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, his Mideast envoy was hard at work in Jerusalem trying to revive a faltering peace process on which Obama has staked his credibility and that of the United States. ...

From MATTI FRIEDMAN, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George Mitchell,  Benjamin Netanyahu,  Shimon Peres,  Dan Gillerman

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