http://jta.org/news/ en moster@jta.org Copyright 2010 2010-02-09T20:45:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010550/wiesel-wouldnt-cry-if-ahmajinejad-assasinated http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010550/wiesel-wouldnt-cry-if-ahmajinejad-assasinated#When:19:45:00Z Elie Wiesel said he would not cry if the "pathologically sick" Iranian president was assassinated. Frontpage Lead Headline, Breaking News, Middle East 2010-02-09T19:45:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010548/breaking-down-the-im-tirtzu-report-on-new-israel-fund Ron Kampeas http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010548/breaking-down-the-im-tirtzu-report-on-new-israel-fund#When:18:55:00Z The Israeli student group Im Tirtzu is saying that there could be no Goldstone report without groups supported by the New Israel Fund. Does Im Tirtzu's report on NIF back up that claim? Frontpage Sub Headline, Middle East, Sub Headline 2010-02-09T18:55:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010547/proposal-floated-to-allow-isarelis-abroad-to-vote http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010547/proposal-floated-to-allow-isarelis-abroad-to-vote#When:18:33:00Z Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will submit a bill allow Israelis living or traveling abroad to vote in national elections. Breaking News, Middle East 2010-02-09T18:33:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010546/free-upgrades-divorces-down-plug-in-cars Marcy Oster http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010546/free-upgrades-divorces-down-plug-in-cars#When:17:40:00Z Here are some stories from the past few days in Israel that you may have missed. Frontpage Sub Headline, Middle East, Sub Headline 2010-02-09T17:40:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010539/im-tirtzu Ben Harris http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010539/im-tirtzu#When:14:18:00Z With calls for a "second Zionist revolution," the founders of an Israeli student group embroiled in a controversy over the New Israel Fund say that Israel has lost its sense of purpose. Frontpage Sub Headline, Middle East, Sub Headline 2010-02-09T14:18:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010533/yishai-tells-committee-to-legalize-silwan-building http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/09/1010533/yishai-tells-committee-to-legalize-silwan-building#When:13:07:00Z Israel's interior minister has asked a Jerusalem municipal committee to consider legalizing a Jewish building in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood. Breaking News, Middle East 2010-02-09T13:07:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/08/1010529/fracas-over-nif-sets-off-fierce-debate Leslie Susser http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/08/1010529/fracas-over-nif-sets-off-fierce-debate#When:20:39:00Z A campaign against the New Israel Fund -- a U.S.-based organization that funds civil society activists in Israel -- has sparked a fierce debate over the limits of free speech, the financing of NGOs, the dictates of loyalty to the state and, ultimately, over the fundamental values of Israel's Zionist democracy. Middle East, Sub Headline 2010-02-08T20:39:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/08/1010527/will-israels-response-to-goldstone-be-enough Uriel Heilman http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/08/1010527/will-israels-response-to-goldstone-be-enough#When:20:00:00Z With its report on its own investigation of its wartime conduct in Gaza, Israel says it has fulfilled the conditions required by the Goldstone report on the Gaza war. So will the charges of Israeli war crimes cited by Goldstone now just go away? Frontpage Sub Headline, Middle East, Sub Headline 2010-02-08T20:00:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/08/1010521/abbas-reportedly-agrees-to-indirect-peace-talks http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/08/1010521/abbas-reportedly-agrees-to-indirect-peace-talks#When:16:08:00Z Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly has agreed in principle to hold indirect peace negotiations with Israel brokered by the United States. Frontpage Lead Headline, Breaking News, Middle East 2010-02-08T16:08:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/08/1010509/israel-arrests-foreign-peace-activists http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/08/1010509/israel-arrests-foreign-peace-activists#When:13:57:00Z Israel's Supreme Court ordered the release on bail of two pro-Palestinian activists who were arrested in Ramallah. Breaking News, Middle East 2010-02-08T13:57:00-05:00