Good news for Israel. The OECD voted unanimously to invite Israel to join. Unanimous votes are the only way nations are admitted to the OECD.

“I’ve been saying all along that relations between Israel and Russia must rise to a level of strategic partnership. This is even more relevant today, then previously”

“Turkey will invest $12 billion on developing phases of South Pars offshore gas field in southern Iran and construction of gas pipeline from Assalouyeh to Turkish border,” Hilmi Guler said yesterday.

It’s possible to shield Nahal Oz, maybe even Sderot “, says a senior officer,” but what about Ashkelon, and even further, Ashdod and Kiryat Gat?

In less than a month, the American people will make a choice on where they want this country to go, and who they trust to lead us in a time of war and economic crisis.

�At least 35 Saudi investors are facing semi-bankruptcy as a result of purchasing US mortgage bonds,� Al-Riyadh Arabic daily said quoting business sources.

European leaders pledged to continue bailing out their own nations’ banks, stopping short of a regional rescue effort

IMF’s Strauss-Kahn said the IMF was “ready to do what is required if we are given the mandate,”

AIG, the troubled insurer that sits at the heart of the financial system, on Monday had its key credit ratings cut, potentially triggering billions of dollars of collateral payments on its many derivatives trades.

Asian stock markets plunged Tuesday after the collapse of Lehman Brothers caused a meltdown on Wall Street

Strike action at Israel’s ports gets next to no media coverage and thus Israeli officials allow the action to drag on even though it is not only increasing the cost of trade

The deal was approved a month before the German chancellor�s March stood up in the Knesset, promised to push for further sanctions against Iran and declared that Israel�s security was �nonnegotiable.�