2015-02-27 Israel More Top Stories

Wall Street Journal   

Friction Increasing Between White House, Israel   
Voice of America
WHITE HOUSE—. The war of words is escalating over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to accept an invitation to speak to the U.S. Congress next week. National security adviser Susan Rice's remarks on the subject Tuesday on the ...

2015-02-27 Israel Health

ANINEWS   

Genetic trickery deployed by malaria to escape immune system attack revealed   
Business Standard
A team of scientists has revealed that malaria plays hide-and-seek with human immune system by using long noncoding RNA to switch genes. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have revealed the genetic trickery that this deadly Plasmodium ...

2015-02-27 Israel Entertainment

DAWN.com   

Aid agencies concerned over Gaza blockade   
DAWN.com
UNITED NATIONS: A joint statement released on Wednesday by 30 aid agencies working in Gaza Strip said Israel continued to impose a blockade of the occupied territory six months after the end of fighting. “Overall, the lack of progress has deepened levels ...

2015-02-27 Israel Sci/Tech

Globes   

Tim Cook inaugurates Apple Israel headquarters   
Globes
Apple Computers CEO Tim Cook arrived in Israel yesterday, and today inaugurated the company's new R&D center in Herzliya Pituah. Cook spoke to the employees for an hour, telling them, "Trust me - there will be an Apple store in Israel." He answered ...

2015-02-27 Israel Business

Haaretz   

Histadrut threatens a Negev-wide strike   
Haaretz
The Dead Sea Works potash fertilizer manufacturing plant belongs to Israel Chemicals. Photo by Bloomberg. Text size. Comments (0). Print Page. Send to friend. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share. related articles. Labor dispute over layoffs at Israel ...

2015-02-27 Israel World

New York Post   

It's the ideology, stupid   
New York Post
We're talking about the sinister masked man who appears in ISIS videos of hostage beheadings — and who beheaded some of the victims himself. This week the man behind the mask was revealed to be a British national, Muhammad Emwazi. Contrary to the ...

2015-02-27 Israel Middle East

ABC Online   

Islamic State militants' destruction of ancient artefacts in Iraq's Mosul museum ...   
ABC Online
A rampage by sledgehammer-wielding Islamic State militants in an Iraqi museum has been compared to "the tearing down of the Colosseum brick by brick". Priceless ancient Assyrian relics and other artefacts are seen being smashed to pieces in a Mosul ...

2015-02-27 Israel Israel

Wall Street Journal   

Friction Increasing Between White House, Israel   
Voice of America
WHITE HOUSE—. The war of words is escalating over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to accept an invitation to speak to the U.S. Congress next week. National security adviser Susan Rice's remarks on the subject Tuesday on the ...