In September, 2012, the Israeli ' Haaretz ' newspaper published an expose on Eritrea.

* Admiel Kosman, Between Orthodox Judaism and nihilism: Reflections on the recently published writings of the late Rabbi Shimon Gershon Rosenberg, Haaretz, Aug. 17, 2012.

* Tamar Rotem, Gur Hasidim and sexual separation first part Haaretz 3 February 2012 For members of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Gur sect, sex is a sin second part Haaretz 10 February 2012.

In his address at J Street's plenary session in March 2012, Beinart, who according to the Israeli daily Haaretz " has firmly established his credentials as the Jewish establishment's enfant terrible ", called for providing more space in the public discourse for critics of Israel, saying: " Any Jewish leader who conflates disagreement in policy with anti-Semitism should be fired ".

Finnish Defence Forces reported on 3 September 2012 that the United States has not delivered any of the AMRAAM anti-aircraft missiles they had ordered due to a mysterious engine malfunction in cold weather that the manufacturer, Raytheon, has not been able to determine the fault of.

but such imports remain controversial even though in 2012 the EU was reported to import 30 million tons a year of GM crops.

In 2012 it was reported that a Swiss woman died of starvation after having attempted to survive on light alone, based on one of Jasmuheen's books.

As of 2012, major equipment items reported by the IISS included ten T-55 tanks ( marked as potentially unserviceable ), 5 AMX-13 light tanks, 34 reconnaissance vehicles, 10 BMP-1 / 2 armoured infantry fighting vehicles, 41 wheeled APCs, and 36 + artillery pieces.

Following several years more of war, the IISS reported only four aircraft in 2012: one Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter, and three SA330L Puma transports ( marked as potentially unserviceable ).

As of August 7, 2012, the project reported that the world has 16, 345 indexed primary degree confluence points and 6, 132 of them, in 185 countries, have been visited at least once.

Recently, on 26 April 2012, scientists reported that lichen survived and showed remarkable results on the adaptation capacity of photosynthetic activity within the simulation time of 34 days under Martian conditions in the Mars Simulation Laboratory ( MSL ) maintained by the German Aerospace Center ( DLR ).

The Standard Model of particle physics contains 12 flavors of elementary fermions, plus their corresponding antiparticles, as well as elementary bosons that mediate the forces and the Higgs boson, which was reported on July 4th, 2012, as having been likely detected by the two main experiments at the LHC ( ATLAS and CMS ).

Equipment reportedly includes 30 T-34 tanks, 8 T-54 tanks ( IISS 2012 ), and PT-76 light tanks ( 15 reported in service by IISS Military Balance 2012 ).

In February of 2012, it was reported in Turkish newspapers that another Syriac manuscript of the Gospel of Barnabas had been found in Cyprus in 2000, in an operation conducted by police against smugglers ; and, having been kept in a police repository since then, had been deposited in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara.

In February 2012, Busey filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with reported liabilities of $ 500, 000 to $ 1, 000, 000.

On 23 January 2012, The Financial Post reported that Richard Baker ( owner of NDRC and governor of Hudson Bay's Company ) had dissolved Hudson ’ s Bay Trading Company and that the Hudson's Bay Company would now also operate the Lord & Taylor chain.

In 2012 it was reported that confidential agreements and negotiations had been entered into by the Haitian government granting licenses for exploration or mining of gold and associated metals such as copper for over 1, 000 square miles in the mineralized zone stretching from east to west across northern Haiti.

The 2012 HDI Practices and Salary Report reported that for the first time in the 20 years of the report, that Service Desk ( at 32. 3 %) is used more than Help Desk ( at 26. 6 %) or other names ( sum of which total 40. 1 %).

As of July 2012, " Hezbollah is ... reported to have up to 50, 000 missiles — more than three times the 13, 000 it reportedly held when it began launching rockets at Israel six years ago, leading to the Second Lebanon War.

Java is as of 2012 one of the most popular programming languages in use, particularly for client-server web applications, with a reported 10 million users.

* In 2009, it was reported that Roger Daltrey was developing a biographical film about Moon called See Me Feel Me: Keith Moon Naked for Your Pleasure, to be released in 2012.

and 2002, processes for growing gallium nitride ( GaN ) LEDs on silicon were successfully demonstrated, yielding high power LEDs reported in January 2012.

On 22 March 2012, it was reported that rebel troops from the military appeared on state TV announcing they had seized control of the country.

After the death of band member Greg Ham on 19 April 2012, many stories reported his disappointment at the ruling and " suggesting that this particular case and the ruling completely destroyed his life ".

Forbes reported that Whitacre was guest speaker at the Quantico FBI Academy during 2011 about second chances., and he was keynote speaker for the 40th Annual NAPSA ( Pre Trial Services and U. S. Federal Probation ) Conference in 2012 along with Robert F Kennedy, Jr.

An article in 2012 in a front-page story of the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported that much of the information pertaining to the mishandling of the massacre has been covered up by the German authorities for the past decades.

In August 2012, Der Spiegel reported that following the massacre, Germany began secret meetings with Black September, at the behest of the West German government, due to the fear that Black September would carry out other terrorist attacks in Germany.

On 16 July 2012, North Korean state media reported that the Chief of General Staff of the Korean People's Army Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho had been relieved of all his Party duties, namely his Politburo Standing Committee membership, Politburo membership, and Party Central Military Commission vice-chairmanship, stating this move was due to unspecified illness.

On 9 February 2012, Steinsaltz was honored by Israeli President Shimon Peres with Israel's first President's Prize for his scholarship in Talmud.

In July 2012, a Lebanese man was detained by Cyprus police on possible charges relating to terrorism laws for planning attacks against Israeli tourists.

In April 2012, UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, in response to moves by Israel to legalise Israeli outposts, reiterated that all settlement activity is illegal, and " runs contrary to Israel's obligations under the Road Map and repeated Quartet calls for the parties to refrain from provocations.

Loach is supporting the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition in the London Assembly election, 2012 He wrote a letter to The Observer in 2012 condemning the Globe theatre for allowing an Israeli theatre company to perform there.

* 1910 – Benzion Netanyahu, Israeli historian, father of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Shmuel Tankus, Israeli naval officer, fifth commander of the Israeli Navy ( b. 1914 )

In May 2012, Patinkin delivered the opening speech at the " Annual Convention of the Israeli Left ", where he recounted his experiences during a visit to the West Bank with members of the " breaking the silence " organization.

" The IOC rejected an international campaign in support of a minute of silence at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics in honor of the Israeli victims of the massacre.

In the July 2012 issue of Foreign Affairs Waltz took issue with the view of most U. S., European, and Israeli, commentators and policymakers that a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable.

* 2012 – Yehuda Elkana, Israeli historian and philosopher ( b. 1934 )

* 2012 – Haim Hefer, Israeli songwriter and poet ( b. 1925 )

According to their tally, there were 751 Samaritans as of January 1, 2012, living exclusively in two localities, one in Kiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank, and the other in the Israeli city of Holon.

** Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician ( d. 2012 )

* Israeli transfer of Palestinian militant bodies ( 2012 )

In February 2012, Netanyahu visited Cyprus, the first visit of an Israeli Prime Minister in history.

In August 2012, seven Israeli youths were arrested in Jerusalem for what several witnesses described as an attempted lynching of several Palestinian teenagers.

* Michael Harris ( academic ), named the best Israeli in the field of academics, as one of " The 10 Most Successful Israelis in 10 Different Fields in the World " by Maariv ( newspaper ) in April 2012.

The President of the Technion is Prof. Peretz Lavie, who was ranked in 2012 by the Israeli national newspaper The Marker as among the country's 100 most influential people.

In August 2012, amid a time of uncertainty regarding the future of the peace treaty, the Egyptian Military entered with Tanks in to the de-militarized zone without Israeli approval, in violation of the peace treaty terms.

In March 2012, the Israeli Knesset passed a bill sponsored by Kadima MK Rachel Adato and Likud MK Danny Danon requiring advertisements which have been retouched to alter the body shape of models to fully disclose the fact.

In May 2012, Lauder reacted " with dismay " at a suggestion by Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore to impose a European Union-wide import ban on products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which Gilmore said were “ illegal ” and made peace between Israel and the Palestinians “ impossible ”.

In June 2012, on the third anniversary of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’ s speech at Bar-Ilan University, Lauder published a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal and other newspapers in which he called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to return to the negotiating table.