Barak Ravid (Haaretz)

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  Polish President, Friend of Israel and ‘Promoter of Peace,’ Dies in Plane Crash

  Dozens of top Israeli officials sent their condolences Saturday to the Polish people after Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed as his plane crashed on approach to Smolensk airport in western Russia, along with his wife and top Polish officials. “We share in the heavy grief of the Polish people over the death of their…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) and Haaretz Service Apr 10, 2010 | 2 min read
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  U.S. Presses Israel for Jerusalem Building Freeze, in Exchange for Direct Talks With P.A.

  One of the U.S. administration’s requests to Israel regarding the peace process with the Palestinians is a four-month construction freeze in all parts of East Jerusalem. In exchange, the United States would pressure Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to hold direct talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instead of the indirect talks already agreed to by…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Mar 31, 2010 | 2 min read
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  Biden Arrives in Israel, Amid Signs of Peace Process Renewal

  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will arrive in Israel on Monday afternoon, to deliver a message to the Israeli public about U.S.-Israel relations, the Iranian nuclear program and the Middle East peace process. The vice president’s visit comes a day after the PLO’s executive committee approved a proposal allowing the Palestinian president to begin indirect…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Mar 8, 2010 | 2 min read
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  Bibi: Israeli’s Shalit Offer Is Final

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday asked Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to tell Hamas that Israel will not sweeten its offer for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Meanwhile, Medvedev told his Israeli visitor that Russia will hold off on delivering an advanced air defense system, the S-300, to Iran. Netanyahu asked Medvedev to tell Hamas that Israel…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Feb 16, 2010 | 2 min read
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  Bank of Israel Chief: Peace Could Boost Economy

  Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said Sunday that the country could expect an economic growth in the range of 7 percent should a peace agreement be signed with the Palestinians. The difference would be evident in the amount Israel needs to invest in security, Fischer told delegates to the Herzliya Conference. The last five…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Feb 1, 2010 | < 1 min read
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  Israel Rebuts Goldstone Report, Blasts ‘Misrepresentations’ of Its Inquiry

  Israel hit back Friday at claims by a United Nations report on its Gaza offensive last winter, charging in a written response submitted to the UN that the so-called Goldstone report was inaccurate, as Israel had abided by rules of war in investigating claims of war crimes. Israel launched Operation Cast Lead in late December…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Jan 29, 2010 | 2 min read
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  Israel Sends Aid to Haiti

  The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said three Israelis are unaccounted for in Haiti, which was struck on Tuesday by the worst earthquake the area has known in the last 200 years. The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dispatched a rescue team to the disaster-stricken Caribbean country, where thousands were feared dead on Wednesday. Prime Minister Benjamin…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Jan 13, 2010 | 4 min read
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  Arrest Warrants Cause IDF Officers To Cancel U.K. Trip

  Britain’s attorney general said Tuesday that she was aware of the urgent need to address the slew of arrest warrants being issued in her country against Israeli officials over alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip. Attorney General Baroness Patricia Janet Scotland made her remarks after a delegation of senior Israel Defense Forces officers canceled…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Jan 5, 2010 | < 1 min read