<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : israel : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Israel to Grant Citizenship to Muslims From Darfur]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/34803/1/" /><id>34803</id><summary><![CDATA[Israel to Grant Citizenship to Muslims From Darfur]]></summary><issued>2007-09-06T20:10:37+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-06T20:10:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Israel will grant citizenship to some of the hundreds of Muslim refugees from Sudan's violence-ridden Darfur region who have already arrived, Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit said Wednesday. The arrival of the Darfurians has touched off hot debate over whether the Jewish state, founded after the Nazi genocide, has a duty to take in people fleeing persecution.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hezbollah chief threatens Israel]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50611/1/" /><id>50611</id><summary><![CDATA[Hezbollah chief threatens Israel]]></summary><issued>2008-02-14T16:45:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-14T16:45:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has warned that the militant group is ready for &quot;open war&quot; with Israel, after the killing of one of its leaders in Syria.<br/><br/>woot]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Happy 60th Anniversary, Israel]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/61568/1/" /><id>61568</id><summary><![CDATA[Happy 60th Anniversary, Israel]]></summary><issued>2008-05-12T18:24:25+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-12T18:24:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Or is it, as Israel approaches its 60th anniversary on May 14th, and continues to face many challenges? Still, in 1948, some said the new nation would not last 60 days.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[An invention called 'the Jewish people']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/53589/1/" /><id>53589</id><summary><![CDATA[An invention called 'the Jewish people']]></summary><issued>2008-03-09T11:07:21+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-09T11:07:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Israel states that the Jewish people arose in the Land of Israel and was exiled from its homeland. Schoolchildren are taught that this happened during the period of Roman rule, in 70 CE. The nation remained loyal to its land, to which it began to return after two millennia of exile. Wrong, says the historian Shlomo Zand. There never was a Jewish people, only a Jewish religion, and the exile also never happened. Zand rejects most of the stories of national-identity formation in the Bible, including the exodus from Egypt and, most satisfactorily, the horrors of the conquest under Joshua. It's all fiction and myth that served as an excuse for the establishment of the State of Israel, he asserts.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Underground cave dating from the year 1 AD, one of the largest in Israel, exposed in Jordan Valley]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/127537/1/" /><id>127537</id><summary><![CDATA[Underground cave dating from the year 1 AD, one of the largest in Israel, exposed in Jordan Valley]]></summary><issued>2009-07-13T01:05:38+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-13T01:05:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An artificial underground cave, the largest in Israel that is not connected to a city, has been exposed in the Jordan Valley in the course of a survey. Various engravings were uncovered in the cave, including cross markings, and it is assumed that this could have been an early monastery.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hamas says it will not police truce with Israel]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/66626/1/" /><id>66626</id><summary><![CDATA[Hamas says it will not police truce with Israel]]></summary><issued>2008-06-25T11:22:45+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-25T11:22:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The comments by Hamas leader Khalil al-Haya came shortly after Gaza militants fired three rockets into southern Israel Tuesday, lightly wounding two Israelis. It was the first attack since the truce took effect last Thursday.<br/><br/>Who else isn't surprised?  If someone posted this, then I need a lesson in checking tags.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Israel Agrees To Gaza Cease Fire - for now...]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/65790/1/" /><id>65790</id><summary><![CDATA[Israel Agrees To Gaza Cease Fire - for now...]]></summary><issued>2008-06-18T11:00:14+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-18T11:00:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[After many months of bitter clashes with Hamas and Israel, a truce has been agreed to by both parties. In addition, the Israeli blockade of Gaza will end.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Perfume vials from Christ's era unearthed in Israel]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/84318/1/" /><id>84318</id><summary><![CDATA[Perfume vials from Christ's era unearthed in Israel]]></summary><issued>2008-12-11T08:37:26+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-11T08:37:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A team of Franciscan archaeologists digging in the biblical town of Magdala in what is now Israel say they have unearthed vials of perfume similar to those that may have been used by the woman said to have washed Jesus' feet.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Swine flu: Israel row over non-kosher virus name]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/110567/1/" /><id>110567</id><summary><![CDATA[Swine flu: Israel row over non-kosher virus name]]></summary><issued>2009-04-29T11:57:04+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-29T11:57:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Israel will continue to use the name Swine Flu for the deadly virus sweeping the world despite religious calls for it to be rebranded Mexican Flu.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[US eyes $US65m sale of bombs to Israel]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/17324/1/" /><id>17324</id><summary><![CDATA[US eyes $US65m sale of bombs to Israel]]></summary><issued>2007-04-21T11:25:19+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-21T11:25:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Bush administration has announced what would be the first officially disclosed sale of US military equipment to Israel since the end of Israel's armed conflict with Lebanon in 2006.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[A small city in Israel sues Google for false information]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/51836/1/" /><id>51836</id><summary><![CDATA[A small city in Israel sues Google for false information]]></summary><issued>2008-02-24T05:01:10+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-24T05:01:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Officials in Kiryat Yam, a small city in northern Israel, have filed a complaint with police against the Internet search engine Google. The city argues that one of Google&#8217;s programs, Google Earth, gives viewers false information that offends the city&#8217;s image.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Israel approves release of 200 jailed Palestinians]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/72586/1/" /><id>72586</id><summary><![CDATA[Israel approves release of 200 jailed Palestinians]]></summary><issued>2008-08-17T08:29:44+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-17T08:29:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[On israel]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hamas sets terms for ceasefire with Israel]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/53961/1/" /><id>53961</id><summary><![CDATA[Hamas sets terms for ceasefire with Israel]]></summary><issued>2008-03-12T10:40:28+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-12T10:40:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Hamas set out its conditions on Wednesday for a ceasefire with Israel, calling for an end to all acts of Israeli &quot;aggression&quot; in the Gaza Strip and West Bank and the reopening of Gaza border crossings]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Rockets from Lebanon hit Israel]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/88327/1/" /><id>88327</id><summary><![CDATA[Rockets from Lebanon hit Israel]]></summary><issued>2009-01-08T10:24:58+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-08T10:24:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[At least three rockets fired from Lebanon exploded in northern Israel today in the first such attack since Israel launched an assault in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip nearly two weeks ago.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Israel asked US for green light to bomb nuclear sites in Iran]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/77701/1/" /><id>77701</id><summary><![CDATA[Israel asked US for green light to bomb nuclear sites in Iran]]></summary><issued>2008-09-26T01:45:15+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-26T01:45:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The US announced two weeks ago that it would sell Israel 1,000 bunker-busting bombs. The move was interpreted by some analysts as a consolation prize for Israel after Bush told Olmert of his opposition to an attack on Iran.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Biden: Israel has right to deal with nuclear Iran (update - Obama says bad Biden bad Biden)]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126952/1/" /><id>126952</id><summary><![CDATA[Biden: Israel has right to deal with nuclear Iran (update - Obama says bad Biden bad Biden)]]></summary><issued>2009-07-07T12:48:00+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-07T12:48:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Israel has a sovereign right to decide what is in its best interest in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions whether the United States agrees or not, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview on Sunday.<br/><i><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/07/obama-u-s-not-giving-israel-green-light-to-attack-iran/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">update:</a> Obama says he hasn't given permission for the sovereign nation to act as they see best to protect themselves</i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pope under fire again in Israel for 'Nazi Youths']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/113886/1/" /><id>113886</id><summary><![CDATA[Pope under fire again in Israel for 'Nazi Youths']]></summary><issued>2009-05-13T03:18:12+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-13T03:18:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Controversy struck up again on the Pope's visit in Israel, where the question of him having been a member of Nazi Youths came up.<br/><br/>In a local paper there's also mention of him being criticised for saying &quot;<i>killed</i>&quot; Jews rather than &quot;<i>murdered</i>&quot; Jews.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/59125/1/" /><id>59125</id><summary><![CDATA[Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor]]></summary><issued>2008-04-21T11:28:01+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-21T11:28:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Former President Carter said Monday that Hamas &#8212; the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel &#8212; is prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to &quot;live as a neighbor next door in peace.&quot; <br/><br/>Actually, maybe <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/21/carter.hamas/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> not</a><br/><br/>But Carter warned that there would not be peace if Israel and the U.S. continue to shut out Hamas and its main backer, Syria.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Israel To Teach Israelis to Hate Israel]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/28433/1/" /><id>28433</id><summary><![CDATA[Israel To Teach Israelis to Hate Israel]]></summary><issued>2007-07-22T14:58:35+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-22T14:58:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[History textbooks for Israeli Arab students this year will for the first time present the Palestinian version of Israel&#8217;s <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab-Israeli_war" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">creation</a> as a &#8220;catastrophe.&#8221;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Israel's Eurovision song could be banned]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12594/1/" /><id>12594</id><summary><![CDATA[Israel's Eurovision song could be banned]]></summary><issued>2007-03-08T14:02:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-08T14:02:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Israel's &quot;Push The Button&quot; Eurovision entry has some controversial lyrics, and Eurovision organisers are considering banning it.]]></content></entry></items></xml>