http://www.newstin.com/us/DAVID_BEN_GURION Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75729988 In 1965, when Israel did not yet have television and public entertainment consisted largely of kibbutz songfests celebrating the wheat harvest, the Beatles were booked for a concert here. As the committee report put it,... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:18:37 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75729988 2008-08-28T13:18:37Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75549763 Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud) presented plans Tuesday to reform Israel's education system and to make Israeli schools some of the world's best. Netanyahu said that that if he is elected prime minister, he... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:41:54 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75549763 2008-08-26T16:41:54Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75564739 Do we know enough about Israel's current premiership candidates? Nine out of every 10 Israelis chuckle when American and Israeli leaders talk about the phone ringing at 3 am and argue over who should be the one to pick it... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:56:55 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75564739 2008-08-25T06:56:55Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75282933 John Cooley covered the Middle East for American newspapers and radio from 1953 until his death. As correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor, he became the acknowledged dean of the American press corps in Beirut some time... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75282933 2008-08-21T23:00:01Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75187945 Education Minister Yuli Tamir ridiculed on Wednesday reports that she had ordered Revisionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky removed from the ministry's curriculums. Tamir pointed out that Jabotinsky and his philosophy would be taught... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:02:33 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75187945 2008-08-21T14:02:33Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75116515 'I wish the team around him the strength to keep working at our boss' pace,' says Peres staffer as energetic octogenarian president marks birthday in desert region as part of campaign to promote growth there Israeli President... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:03:59 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75116515 2008-08-21T07:03:59Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/74958218 After a research-intensive journey that involved our readers, historians, archivists, writers and curators in the United States and France — and even the former Rolling Stones bass guitarist (and accomplished photographer) Bill... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:02:44 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/74958218 2008-08-20T14:02:44Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/74689377 Shai Agassi looks up and down the massive rectangular table in the Ritz-Carlton ballroom and begins to worry. He knows he's out of his league here. For the last day and a half, he's been listening to an elite corps of Israeli... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/74689377 2008-08-19T04:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/74568978 What went on in Georgia this past week was nothing short of naked aggression by the Russian bear. The bottom line is that the Europeans negotiated Georgia's surrender of its territorial integrity and of the West's access to its... Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:21:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/74568978 2008-08-16T19:21:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/73883711 Virginia Republican Congressman Eric Cantor, whom Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain is considering naming as his vice-presidential running mate, said in a speech last November that Jerusalem is "Ground Zero... Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:33:18 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/73883711 2008-08-13T20:33:18Z