Hebrew News from around the world updated hourly. http://www.learn-how-to-speak.com en-us News newsManager v4.04.2961 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:16:09 CST 60 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=124egmeg6/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/plnm/ususaisraelbiden20 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:16:08 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=124egmeg6/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/plnm/ususaisraelbiden20 Israel has allowed a U.N. bomb disposal unit into the Gaza Strip to defuse unexploded munitions left over from last year's fighting. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12e3vbq9t/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/aponremiea/mlgazaunbombsquad1 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:16:08 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12e3vbq9t/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/aponremiea/mlgazaunbombsquad1 Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem, but made clear it had no intention of reversing the order that has cast a shadow over the latest U.S. push for Mideast peace. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12blro46o/%2Ahttp%253A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-03-10-israel-bidenN.htm?csp=34 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:16:08 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12blro46o/%2Ahttp%253A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-03-10-israel-bidenN.htm?csp=34 Israel, widely believed to have nuclear weapons and possessing no oil, said on Tuesday that it intended to develop civilian nuclear plants for energy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=123b9poh6/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/world/middleeast/10nukes.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:16:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=123b9poh6/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/world/middleeast/10nukes.html Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new attention to its secretive nuclear activities. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12e7q7mj2/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100309/aponbige/mlisraelnuclearenergy3 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12e7q7mj2/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100309/aponbige/mlisraelnuclearenergy3 Israel unveiled plans Tuesday to work with its Arab neighbours to build a nuclear power plant in a project aimed at meeting the region's energy needs and promoting peace. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=137c2g2m1/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100309/wlmideastafp/mideastisraelfrancenuclearenergy20100309111621 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=137c2g2m1/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100309/wlmideastafp/mideastisraelfrancenuclearenergy20100309111621 JERUSALEM -- Vice President Biden arrived in Israel on Monday to boost U.S. efforts to mediate talks between Israelis and Palestinians amid criticism that the Obama administration has set back the peace process. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=13g46dt4d/%2Ahttp%253A//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030801989.html?wprss=rssworld/mideast Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=13g46dt4d/%2Ahttp%253A//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030801989.html?wprss=rssworld/mideast JERUSALEM - Hours after the arrival Tuesday of Vice President Joe Biden to help launch indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israel announced the construction of 1,600 homes in a settlement block in mostly Arab East Jerusalem, an open rebuff that led Biden to issue a sharply worded condemnation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=125ujgdtt/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100309/wlmcclatchy/34471291 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:16:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=125ujgdtt/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100309/wlmcclatchy/34471291 Fed up with the tough job market, some young American Jews are choosing to wait out the recession in Israel , where the government heavily subsidizes their stay while they intern, learn Hebrew or volunteer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=14gch80kb/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/03/09/2010-03-09manyyoungamericanjewschoosetowaitoutrecessioninisraelsubsidizedbyg.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:16:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=14gch80kb/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/03/09/2010-03-09manyyoungamericanjewschoosetowaitoutrecessioninisraelsubsidizedbyg.html Vice President Joseph Biden has told Israel that the U.S. is willing to stand by those who will "take risks for peace." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12g2t04sq/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100309/aponremiea/mlisraelpalestinians18 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12g2t04sq/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100309/aponremiea/mlisraelpalestinians18 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that Israel enjoyed Washington's unstinting support for its security and repeated U.S. intent to curb Iran's nuclear program. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=123dulu0p/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100309/plnm/ususaisraelbiden5 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=123dulu0p/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100309/plnm/ususaisraelbiden5 Fed up with the tough job market, some young American Jews are choosing to wait out the recession in Israel, where the government heavily subsidizes their stay while they intern, learn Hebrew or volunteer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=125b4466k/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/usnm/ususaeconomyisrael2 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=125b4466k/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/usnm/ususaeconomyisrael2 Israel angered the Palestinians on Monday when it disclosed it would build 112 new homes in a Jewish settlement, and a U.S. envoy said more work was needed before peace talks could resume. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=127igi8ac/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/wlnm/uspalestiniansisrael12 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=127igi8ac/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/wlnm/uspalestiniansisrael12 Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) More than 30 writers and editors for the Hebrew-language daily Yediot Acharonot toured Samaria on Sunday and met residents of the area. The day-long trip included tours of several Samaria communities, including some that often make headlines. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=11rs220ce/%2Ahttp%253A//www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136396 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=11rs220ce/%2Ahttp%253A//www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136396 ( The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ) Friction in human relations is all too obvious and prevalent, but friction in physics has had a "secret life" of its own that has now been revealed by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=125rdmfjp/%2Ahttp%253A//www.eurekalert.org/pubreleases/2010-03/thuo-aml030710.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=125rdmfjp/%2Ahttp%253A//www.eurekalert.org/pubreleases/2010-03/thuo-aml030710.php ( Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research ) Building on previous studies that found racial differences in hospice use, a new study from the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife and Boston University School of Medicine finds that blacks and Hispanics use hospice for advanced heart failure at a rate of up to 50 percent less than whites, despite a markedly higher rate of http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=1257pkpck/%2Ahttp%253A//www.eurekalert.org/pubreleases/2010-03/hsif-ifa030310.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:27:48 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=1257pkpck/%2Ahttp%253A//www.eurekalert.org/pubreleases/2010-03/hsif-ifa030310.php COQUIMBO, Chile (AP) -- Chile has secured a spot in the Davis Cup quarterfinals after Fernando Gonzalez defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to give the South Americans an unbeatable 3-1 lead in their first-round series. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=1330h4fcq/%2Ahttp%253A//sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/tennis/03/08/chile.israel.ap/index.html?section=silatest Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=1330h4fcq/%2Ahttp%253A//sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/tennis/03/08/chile.israel.ap/index.html?section=silatest Israel authorized the construction of new apartments in the West Bank despite a pledge to slow down settlement building, the government disclosed Monday - enraging the Palestinians just as the U.S. vice president landed in Israel to push new peace talks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12g604mvd/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100308/aponremiea/mlisraelpalestinians12 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12g604mvd/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100308/aponremiea/mlisraelpalestinians12 One of the top defenders in the NBA had the word "defense" inscribed in his hair in Hebrew, as well as in Japanese and Hindi. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=131q8up59/%2Ahttp%253A//www.jewishjournal.com/sports/article/lakersartesthasaheadfullofhebrew20100308/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=131q8up59/%2Ahttp%253A//www.jewishjournal.com/sports/article/lakersartesthasaheadfullofhebrew20100308/ Vice President Joe Biden began a visit to Israel and the West Bank on Monday, assuring Israelis in a newspaper interview that Washington would close ranks with them against any threat from a nuclear-armed Iran. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=123lb5sd1/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/plnm/ususaisraelbiden3 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=123lb5sd1/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/plnm/ususaisraelbiden3 Israel will this week unveil plans to produce nuclear-generated electricity, officials said on Monday, a move that could draw fresh international attention toward its assumed atomic arsenal. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=121tt408j/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/tsnm/usnuclearisrael5 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=121tt408j/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/tsnm/usnuclearisrael5 Ron Artest has a dramatic new haircut, and the Lakers forward's barber was helpful enough to explain the meaning behind the blonde and purple look. "Boogie" says he and Artest spent a lot of time on Twitter before finalizing the lettering, which says "defense" in Hebrew, Hindi and Japanese. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=12ktoadn1/%2Ahttp%253A//www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/ron-artest-haircut-picturn489753.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=12ktoadn1/%2Ahttp%253A//www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/ron-artest-haircut-picturn489753.html The complete original manuscript of Albert Einstein's epoch-making theory of relativity were exhibited for the first time on Sunday in Israel. The 46-page manuscript of the Theory of General Relativity, which was donated by Einstein to Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1925, were on its first public display at the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibition, part of the events http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=11vqihqh6/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6912088.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:22:32 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hebrew%2522/SIG=11vqihqh6/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6912088.html The highest Palestinian political body authorized President Mahmoud Abbas to begin indirect peace talks with Israel for a four-month trial period, clearing the way for the first negotiations in more than a year ahead of Vice President Joseph Biden's arrival in the region later this week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=11oogh32e/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100307/wlcsm/2856611 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:27:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=11oogh32e/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100307/wlcsm/2856611 The Palestinian president is seeking final authorization from a top decision-making body to allow him to resume indirect peace talks with Israel. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12if9ilk7/%2Ahttp%253A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-03-07-israel-palestiniansN.htm?csp=34 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12if9ilk7/%2Ahttp%253A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-03-07-israel-palestiniansN.htm?csp=34 A skeptical Palestinian leadership agreed Sunday to hold U.S.-mediated peace talks with Israel for four months, effectively ending a 14-month breakdown in communications between the two sides. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12fbm76e9/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100307/aponremiea/mlisraelpalestinians3 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12fbm76e9/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100307/aponremiea/mlisraelpalestinians3 The Israeli-Arab co-director of "Ajami," an Oscar-nominated foreign language film, said on Sunday he should not be seen as representing Israel -- "a country that doesn't represent me" -- at the Academy Awards. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12b2fsf8j/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100307/filmnm/usoscarsisraeldirector1 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12b2fsf8j/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100307/filmnm/usoscarsisraeldirector1 President Bashar al-Assad and visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday discussed the prospects of resuming indirect talks between Syria and Israel. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=138st4n6u/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100307/wlmideastafp/mideastsyriaturkeyisraeldiplomacy20100307234815 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:16:09 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=138st4n6u/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100307/wlmideastafp/mideastsyriaturkeyisraeldiplomacy20100307234815 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Results Sunday from the Davis Cup first-round tie between Chile and Israel in the World Group, played at Coquimbo, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) north of Santiago: Chile 2, Israel 1 Doubles Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram , Israel def. Paul Capderville and Jorge Aguilar , Chile, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (9), 2-6, 6-1, 6-0. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12hcc26pt/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=ap-chile-israelresult%26prov=ap%26type=lgns Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:03:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522israel%2522/SIG=12hcc26pt/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=ap-chile-israelresult%26prov=ap%26type=lgns