Steve K. Walz, <i>Jewish Press Israel Correspondent</i>

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	News Articles By Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent (157 Articles) Next 20 Articles > 1) Montel Entertains 'Lone Soldiers' In Jerusalem Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Nov 02 2011 JERUSALEM - Emmy Award-winning daytime talk show host Montel Williams couldn't do enough last week for a group of American and Canadian-born Israel Defense Forces "lone soldiers." Read Article 2) Israeli Students Urge Bibi: 'Don't Trade Us For Terrorists' Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Oct 26 2011 JERUSALEM - A number of Israeli high school students on the verge of being inducted into the IDF publicly called on Prime Minister Netanyahu not to trade high-profile terrorists for them in the event they fall into enemy hands. Read Article 3) Tense Countdown To Shalit's Release Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Oct 18 2011 JERUSALEM - As the nation waited with baited breath for the safe return of Gilad Shalit after five years of Hamas captivity, Israel's security establishment was girding itself for a variety of potentially violent scenarios that could undermine the complicated exchange between the Jewish state, Hamas and Egypt. Read Article 4) Israel's Hospital System On Verge Of Collapse Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Oct 16 2011 JERUSALEM - Israelis faced the prospect of losing proper hospital care throughout the country after more than 300 medical residents stayed home from work Monday in protest of the government's alleged unwillingness to improve wages and working conditions. Read Article 5) Panetta Attempts To Cool Rising Tensions Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Oct 05 2011 JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta met on Monday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Mossad head Tamir Pardo in an attempt to get a handle on the growing regional tensions. Read Article 6) Dismay Over Alleged Terror Cover-Up Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Sep 27 2011 JERUSALEM - YESHA Council officials and a growing number of right-wing Knesset members are demanding a government investigation into what they allege was an attempted IDF cover-up of the murder of Asher Palmer and his infant son by rock-throwing Palestinians last Friday near Kiryat Arba. Read Article 7) Israeli Officials Take Their Case To The Media Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Sep 21 2011 JERUSALEM - Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor and a host of other government officials - including Prime Minister Netanyahu, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and Defense Minister Ehud Barak - engaged the international media in Jerusalem and New York earlier this week in an effort to explain Israel's position on the Palestinian Authority's UN bid for statehood. Read Article 8) Erdogan Strengthens Ties With Islamic Radicals Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Sep 14 2011 JERUSALEM - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan's vociferous saber rattling aimed at Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Syria, and his deepening alliances with radical Islamic forces including Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, are raising concerns among NATO nations and the Israeli military. Read Article 9) Officials Warn Of Increased Threat To Aircraft Flying In And Out Of Eilat Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Sep 07 2011 JERUSALEM - The rapidly deteriorating security situation along Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, whose northern sector is adjacent to Eilat, Israel's bustling Red Sea resort city, has prompted Israeli defense officials to urge the country's airlines to add anti-missile systems to their aircraft. Read Article 10) Report: Documents Detail 9/11 Links To Iran, Hizbullah Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Aug 31 2011 JERUSALEM - An exposé by Yediot Aharonot military affairs reporter Ronen Bergman revealed last week that the wife of Captain Victor Saracini, the pilot murdered aboard United Airlines Flight 175 before terrorists flew it into the World Trade Center's south tower, secured documents from a special U.S. intelligence committee that allege Iran and Hizbullah provided the hijackers the means to launch their attacks. Read Article 11) Blunders Expose Flaws In IDF Defense Strategy Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Aug 24 2011 JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have come under scathing criticism from residents of Southern Israel for a series of intelligence and military blunders that cost the lives of nearly a dozen Israeli soldiers and civilians last week. Read Article 12) U.S. Bankrolls PA Terrorists Who Earn More Than Israeli Citizens Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Aug 17 2011 JERUSALEM - Palestinian terrorists who have murdered and maimed Israeli citizens and are serving time in Israeli jails are earning more money behind bars than average Israeli citizens struggling to pay their monthly bills. Read Article 13) Bibi Seeks To Defuse Social Justice Time Bomb Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Aug 10 2011 JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given a new panel of socio-economic experts thirty days to come up with a new financial plan that will satisfy the demands of Israel's social justice protestors without bankrupting the country. Read Article 14) 'All Jews Are One Big Extended Family' A Global Jewish Genealogy Project Reveals New Things About Our Jewishness Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Aug 03 2011 Jewish genealogy is no longer a passing fad. The combination of genetic research by scientists, the unearthing of various genizot all over the world, and good old-fashioned groundwork by academicians and people just curious about their heritage has led to some fascinating personal discoveries. Read Article 15) Economic Stress Imperils Netanyahu Government Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Jul 27 2011 JERUSALEM - Wildcat strikes by overworked and underpaid physicians, consumer boycotts to counter food and gasoline monopolies, and street protests against spiraling mortgages and real estate prices have fomented a sense of domestic gloom that ultimately could force Prime Minister Netanyahu's Likud-led government from power. Read Article 16) New Momentum For Nefesh B'Nefesh Aliyah Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Jul 21 2011 Anti-Semitism on college campuses, an uninspiring singles scene and the desire to join family members are spurring a new wave of aliyah from the U.S. In an interview last week with Rabbi Yehoshua Fass aboard the first of two chartered El Al flights from JFK International Airport this summer, the co-founder of Nefesh B'Nefesh told The Jewish Press, "Some fascinating trends have emerged, which couldn't have been predicted 10 years ago when we first started our flights. Back then, the whole concept of making aliyah was more of a pioneering experience for those who made the move. Today, as the fabric of American society has changed, so has the type of person or family seeking a new life in Israel." Read Article 17) Raphael Shore's Clarion Call To Stand Against Radical Islam Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Jul 13 2011 JERUSALEM - As headlines proclaim Iran's seemingly inevitable march toward nuclear capability and reveal the existence of an al Qaeda plot to implant explosive devices in the bowels of terrorists, Raphael Shore isn't about to call a press conference to say "I told you so." Read Article 18) As Flotilla Flounders, Radicals Threaten 'Fly'In' Rally Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Jul 07 2011 JERUSALEM - As Israeli naval forces remained on high alert to deal with the radical remnants of the dissipating international flotilla, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered Border Police units to Ben Gurion Airport in advance of an organized protest effort that threatened to create chaos at the international arrivals terminal later in the week. Read Article 19) Flotilla Terrorists Armed With Chemical Agents Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Jun 29 2011 JERUSALEM-Israeli navy commando units went on heightened alert Tuesday morning after military intelligence discovered that one of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 2 vessels is being helmed by a group of pirate Islamic terrorists. Read Article 20) Bibi Preps For Phased West Bank Withdrawal Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent \| Posted Jun 22 2011 JERUSALEM - With no signs on the horizon of a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, Prime Minister Netanyahu is preparing the groundwork for several major policy shifts designed to thwart the Palestinian Authority's push for UN approval of Palestinian statehood in September. Read Article
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