Israel News 12/05/2008

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continues to be investigated by police over allegations of illegal contributions. Top party members close ranks behind the PM in a public show of support, as Olmert vows to continue running business as usual.05/11/08

Saluting Israel on a musical note on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. foreign military bands marched in Haifa's streets playing an array of melodies for the large crowd.05/11/08

Israel is reportedly due to receive a powerful radar system from the United States, that will boost its air defense against ballistic missiles fired by Iran or any other enemy country.05/11/08

Jimmy Kedoshim, the 48 year old Israeli killed in a mortar attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Friday night will be buried on Sunday in the kibbutz cemetery. On Saturday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited the kibbutz where Kedoshim was killed, as well as other communities hit in the rocket attacks. Barak hinted to reporters that a military operation in Gaza "won't be long"in coming`05/10/08

At least 11 people have been killed and scores wounded in fierce gun battles that erupted in Beirut’s Moslem sector on Friday, Sunni neighborhoods loyal to the current Lebanese government, after Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah made good his threats and ordered his gunmen to surround strategic Beirut neighborhoods, take over the radio and airport and surround the homes of Sunni leader Saád Hariri and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt. Prime Minister Fuad Siniora was said to be holed up in his office with a number of government ministers downtown, surrounded by a heavy Lebanese Army and Police presence.05/09/08

At a late night press conference at his Jerusalem residence on Thursday night, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert responded to the partial lifting of a gag order on the new police investigation against him, and declared that if Attorney Genera Menahem Mazuz decides to press charges against him, he will step down. Olmert is suspected of receiving bribes to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars from American Jewish philanthropist Morris Talansky over a period of years, when Olmert was mayor of Jerusalem and Minister of Industry and Trade.05/08/08

On May 14, 1948, on the day in which the British Mandate over a Palestine expired, the Jewish People's Council gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum, and approved the following proclamation. Arieh Handler is said to be the only person alive today who attended the signing of Israel's Declaration of Independence. He spoke with the press at the Media Central's Jerusalem's office.05/08/08

190 paratroopers from armies all over the world participated in the Freedom Jump in the framework of Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations. The paratroopers, from the US, England,, France, Spain, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, Canada, Greece, Italy and Switzerland, gathered at Palmahim Beach on Monday. Infolive.tv was there to capture the moments and hear the paratroopers' stories.06/05/08