Haaretz.com - News

International rights group: Hamas must probe attacks on Israeli civilians
Solana: Israel has closer ties to EU than candidate Croatia
Bukharian Jews protect their culture in a N.Y. enclave
ADL slams two U.S. Republicans for calling Jews penny-pinchers
'U.S. to stand by Israel in the fight against Goldstone report'

International rights group: Hamas must probe attacks on Israeli civilians

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:16 AM PDT

Hamas authorities in Gaza should immediately launch a "credible investigation" into allegations of serious violations by its fighters during last winter's Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. ...

Solana: Israel has closer ties to EU than candidate Croatia

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:24 AM PDT

Israelis are unaware of the deep relationship their country has with the European Union, Javier Solana, the union's foreign policy chief said Wednesday, adding that his organization's ties with Israel are stronger than those with candidate country Croatia. ...

Bukharian Jews protect their culture in a N.Y. enclave

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 08:56 AM PDT

For two decades, Aron Aronov has transported embroidered garments, oil portraits of rabbis and other examples of traditional Bukharian Jewish culture from his native Uzbekistan to a small museum in New York. ...

ADL slams two U.S. Republicans for calling Jews penny-pinchers

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 08:32 AM PDT

The Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday said that despite the apology of two South Carolina Republican Party chairmen for characterizing Jews as penny-pinchers, "they need to do more to publicly disavow their words and to understand why their remarks were so insensitive." ...