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Ecology activism and Jewish world

Young Jewish innovators unveil first international collaboration promoting Jewish environmental awareness and action

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Aid groups: Gaza plight dire despite easing of blockade

Report issued by 21 aid groups claims only marginal improvement recorded in Gaza blockade following easements declared following May’s flotilla. Groups claims Israel dragging its feet on major construction projects, still banning most exports

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Abbas warns of settlement ‘time bomb’

In special message read at UN headquarters on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Palestinian president demands ‘decisive and final end to the vicious Israeli settlement campaign.’ Meanwhile, WikiLeaks cable suggests Israeli officials doubted Abbas would last as president beyond 2011

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Officers: How will we lead troops to battle?

In letter to Netanyahu and Barak, 58 IDF reserve officers urge PM and defense minister ‘to reach a crucial decision and free Gilad Shalit

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Sneh: Leaks a blow to democracy

Former deputy defense minister not surprised by American appreciation for him revealed in secret documents, but concerned over US level of confidentiality

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UN slams US over ‘espionage’ revelations

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman says organization will take up issue ‘with our US counterparts on various levels’. White House: Stealing of classified information a crime, Obama ‘not pleased’

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US: Egypt ‘stubborn and recalcitrant’

Document written by former US ambassador in Cairo to Secretary of State Clinton reveals Egyptian President Mubarak ‘has a visceral hatred’ for Iran, sees Syria and Qatar as sycophants to Tehran

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Clinton: Leaked memos attack world

In first public comments since release of hundreds of thousands of classified State Department cables, US secretary of state says leak erodes trust among nations. Obama administration ‘aggressively pursuing’ those responsible, she adds

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Likud MKs: PM doing what he fancies

Some 200 party activists call on Netanyahu not to resume settlement construction freeze. ‘Once the red lines are crossed the Likud turns into Kadima or Labor,’ says MK Hotovely

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Iran: Cyber foes caused centrifuge problems

Enemies of Islamic Republic used computer code to make ‘limited’ problems for centrifuges involved in uranium enrichment at some of its nuclear sites, President Ahmadinejad accuses

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