en_il-hotdailynews: 2014-12-17 Israel Israel

Russia Hints at US Effort to Avoid a UN Showdown Over a Palestinian State
Newsweek
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Villa Taverna in Rome December 15, 2014. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/Pool. Share on Tumblr. Filed Under: World, Israel, Palestinians, Palestine, United Nations.
Liberman trying to prove his centrist cred   Jerusalem Post
This Israeli Election Matters   New York Times
US urges caution as Palestinians bid for UN vote   Zee News
Reuters
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Thomas D. Elias column: Anti-Semitism continues to fester on UC campuses
San Jose Mercury News
Few disputes fought by student governments have ever been as acrimonious as those raging intermittently across this state over whether to push University of California regents and the trustees of other universities to join an international campaign against ...

The Secret Origin of the Chanukiah   The Jewish Press
Hanukkah and the Lessons of International Pressure Against Israel   Algemeiner
Chanukah Celebrates Rededication   AmmoLand.com
Jewish Daily Forward (blog)
JP Updates
Independent Media Review Analysis (IMRA)
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The Heroism of Effective Logistics: A Dispatch from Kerem Shalom
Lawfare (blog)
We witnessed a moving scene today—if the loading and unloading of trucks amid looming concrete security barriers can ever really be moving: A major joint Palestinian-Israeli operation to route goods into the Gaza Strip. We're not talking here about politics.
US donates $10mn for Gaza rubble removal   www.worldbulletin.net
Hamas Chief Nixes Prisoner Swap for Remains of IDF Soldiers Killed During ...   Algemeiner
What is behind Hamas-Iran rapprochement?   Aljazeera.com
Middle East Monitor
Cihan News Agency
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How Israel's poor were lost between defense and politics
Ynetnews
After report reveals 1.6 million Israelis live below poverty line, Alalouf Commission chair says government must act immediately; single-parent mother: 'Country does not take care of poverty or the poor.' Omri Efraim ...

Israeli Arab Poverty Drops While Haredi Poverty Rises; Israel's Poverty Rate ...   FailedMessiah.com
In poverty report, Arab sector sees improvement, while haredi sector gets poorer   Jerusalem Post
Poverty Report Indicates Drop in Poor Israelis in 2013   Arutz Sheva
The Times of Israel
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Legal impact of Geneva panel on settlements, ICC likely only symbolic
Jerusalem Post
One could argue that Wednesday's special conference on the Fourth Geneva Convention is a coup for the Palestinians. The Hague. The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague. (photo credit:REUTERS). Share on Facebook
Israel prevents Gaza Palestinians from visiting jailed relatives   Press TV
Israel's Impunity Enables War Crimes to Continue   teleSUR English
On Palestine, Kerry in Rome Discusses "Possible UNSC Action"   Inner City Press
Arutz Sheva
Middle East Monitor
www.worldbulletin.net
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Hizbullah Reports Mossad Agent Found in the Organization
Yeshiva World News
The person is describe as high-ranking, having worked himself into a command position, in charge of Hizbullah's “910” external operations, which entails Israeli targets worldwide. The alleged Israeli spy is described as a businessman, M.S., and he traveled ...

Super-Mole Discovered Working in Upper Ranks of Hezbollah on Behalf of ...   Washington Free Beacon
JNS news briefs: December 16, 2014   San Diego Jewish World
Report: Mossad Agent Infiltrated Hezbollah's Upper Echelons   Arutz Sheva
Jerusalem Post
Journal of Turkish Weekly
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A united Israeli-Arab party could force Netanyahu out
Al-Monitor
“After we get 15 seats, I am planning on sending flowers to [Foreign Minister Avigdor] Liberman,” Knesset member Jamal Zahalka, the Balad faction chairman, told Al-Monitor. "We owe him for this achievement. He united the Arabs.” Summary⎙ Print Polls ...

Where do Israeli lawmakers stand on matters of religion and state?   Haaretz
Electoral reform that works   Jerusalem Post
A Knesset without Arab parties?   Mondoweiss

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