In a Cairo meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the renewal of direct talks Thursday, the Arab League said that it endorsed direct talks within certain conditions when the Palestinian side was ready to proceed. In the meantime, they said, the League supported indirect negotiations. [full story]

Defense Minister Ehud Barak praised the Arab League's decision to support direct talks between Palestinians and Israelis on Thursday.

Speaking from Washington, Barak reportedly said that only direct negotiations would make reaching a two-state solution possible.
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The "Jewish Terrorist" Haim Pearlman's remand was extended until next Wednesday by the Petah Tikva Magistrate Court, it was reported on Thursday.

Pearlman's alleged accomplice David Sitbon, accused of providing Pearlman with a weapon stolen from an IDF base, was released to house arrest earlier today. [full story]

To determine just who are the happiest people in the world, researchers at the Gallup World Poll surveyed thousands of respondents in 155 countries between 2005 and 2009 and found that "by and large, rich countries are happier." [full story]

Because Nazi death camp guard Samuel Kunz was still a minor when he allegedly participated in the murder of 430,000 Jews at the Belzec death camp, charges were filed against him in a youth court, a court spokesman said Thursday. [full story]

Saudi King Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar Assad were scheduled to visit Lebanon on Friday in order to ease tensions caused by the UN tribunal into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, Reuters reported. [full story]

Iran's parliament has adopted a bill authorizing tit-for-tat retaliation against countries that inspect Iranian ships and aircraft as part of the latest set of UN sanctions slapped on Tehran. [full story]

Unthinkable human tragedy is playing out on the streets of Jerusalem. Elderly Russian Jewsare scrounging through trash seeking sustenance for every day. With the threat of war looming,these Jews, who fled from persecution in their homeland in hopes of a better life in Israel, arenow facing a battle for survival. Some are Holocaust survivors who find bitter memories broughtback to life by hunger; some are young children whose parents cannot find work and are put tobed early at night because there is no food on the table. [Read More]

Israel has just announced the successful final test of a new anti-missile system called IronDome that may offer hope to Jewish people, like those in Sderot, who live with the constantthreat of terrorist attacks. The Iron Dome uses a sophisticated radar system to track incomingrockets, which is linked to a control network allowing Israel to intercept and destroy them farfrom their targets. It is the only anti-rocket system of its kind in the world, according to experts. [Read More]

Jerusalem Prayer Team Founder Mike Evans says sources in Israel indicate that Iran isprepared to "go atomic” before next Passover. During the last two wars with Israel, Iran’sterrorist proxies fired more than 14,000 rockets at Israel. [Read More]

Mike Evans Speaks at Ariel University Center of Samaria Watch the full video of Mike Evans’ speech at this Center, located in the Samarian hills of Israel

Mike Evans Speaks at Knesset
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Atomic Iran from Mike Evans