WHITE PLAINS – The last time Samuel Israel III took an extended excursion from facing his fate, it resulted in an international manhunt.
This time, it will be at the behest of authorities.
A federal judge yesterday put off a guilty plea by the fraud artist turned fugitive and ordered that Israel, 49, be sent to a federal medical center in North Carolina for 90 days of psychological and medical treatment.
“It’s certainly in Mr. Israel’s best Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 13, 2009
GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian medical staff was able this morning to recover bodies of 22 Palestinian citizens killed during the IOF troops’ attempts to advance last night and early Tuesday into the Tel Al-Islam neighborhood, southeast Gaza city.
The medical staff have not been able to have access to all bodies which are caught in crossfire in the area, according to Dr. Muawiya Hassanein, the director of emergency services in the health Read the rest of this entry »

Doctors at Gaza’s Shifa hospital say they are outraged by Israeli charges that the medical facility has been used as a Hamas hideout.
The charges, made by Shin Bet Director Yuval Diskin earlier in the day, were dismissed by doctors as “nonsense,” “complete lies,” “crazy,” and “an attempt to score political points.”
Diskin, who briefed the cabinet Wednesday, told ministers that Hamas sustained grave blows and that many of its members were hiding Read the rest of this entry »

WHITE PLAINS – Fugitive fraud artist Samuel Israel III will be sent to a federal medical prison for the next 90 days in an effort to get him well enough to plead guilty to fleeing from the start of a 20-year prison sentence, a judge ruled today.
Israel, 49, of Armonk, appeared to have gained back the weight he lost during treatment for withdrawal from the painkillers to which he is addicted. But during a brief appearance in U.S. District Court in Read the rest of this entry »