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U.S. condemns Hezbollahs intervention in Syrian conflict
Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States on Monday denounced Hezbollah for siding with the Syrian government forces in their battle against the rebels in Syria's central city of al-Qussair. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said his country condemned the "direct intervention" by the Shiite militant group in neighboring Lebanon, as its fighters were playing "a significant role" ...
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Israel cancels UNESCO delegations visit
Israel has cancelled a planned visit by a UNESCO delegation to Jerusalem due to the efforts of Palestinian factions to politicise it. The Israeli foreign ministry said Monday the Palestinians were trying to turn this visit into a "fact-finding mission of Israel's moves in Jerusalem ". "The delegation's visit has been postponed, " reported Xinhua citing a source. "This was supposed to be a ...
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95 killed in Syrian violence Report
A total of 95 people, including 23 Hezbollah members, have been killed in an intense fighting in Syria's Al-Qussair city since Saturday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. The toll comprises four civilians, 56 rebel fighters, 12 government troops and 23 fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah militant group, Xinhua reported. The army pushed its way into al-Qussair ...
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Israel warns Assad over Golan Heights exchange of fire
JERUSALEM //Israel's military chief yesterday issued a stern warning to Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad after an Israeli military vehicle came under fire from Syrian forces. Lt General Benny Gantz's comments followed reports that Syrian and Israeli forces exchanged fire in the Golan Heights early yesterday and added to fears that Syria's civil war could create further regional ...
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Video Gunman storms Israeli bank killing four
A gunman storms into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday, killing four people and taking a hostage before killing himself, police ...
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Eleven Palestinians have died under PA Hamas detention
Eleven Palestinians have died in Palestinian Authority and Hamas detention centers during 2012, according to a report released Tuesday by the Palestinian Independent Commission For Human Rights [ICHR].Two of the Palestinians died in PA detention centers in the West Bank, while the nine others died in Hamas custody in the Gaza Strip. Seven of the Palestinians who died in detention had been ...
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In my own write Right to die
If I could in any way help to change this law [against assisted suicide], it would let me die a proud man, a very proud man - Briton Paul Lamb, left almost totally paralyzed after a car ...
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Report Top politicians banned from Iranian election
DUBAI - Iranian authorities have barred two prominent politicians from running for president, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, leaving the June 14 election to be contested between mostly hardline conservatives loyal to the country's supreme leader.Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, failed to make it ...
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From the media’s ‘gotcha’ grip to Zionist fulfillment
Jerusalem Post item this Sunday, sandwiched between sobering Syria updates, was "Israeli restaurateur goes viral with online meltdown."These sideshows reveal a political culture corrupted by media demagoguery and celebrity worship.Naturally, when word leaks out about prime ministerial predilections for designer ice cream, flying beds and fancy threads, cynics delight and moralists ...
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Chabad Issues Oklahoma Relief Appeal to Jews Worldwide
The Chabad Center of Oklahoma City has issued an appeal to the worldwide Jewish community to contribute "as generously as possible" to their preferred relief organizations. "The situation is heart wrenching, to be so close to such devastation yet so distant in circumstance. However, to witness the tremendous outpour of support is comforting and heartwarming," writes Rabbi ...
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IDF Soldier Killed in Training Accident
An IDF soldier was killed Tuesday night in a training exercise when a mine he was handling exploded. The soldier was undergoing training in a battlefield unit, removing mines in a field. The mine exploded, and the soldier later died from his injuries. The soldier's family has been informed. There is no word yet on funeral arrangements. An investigative panel has been formed in the ...
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Europe Parliament Head Says Counting Jews Line a Misquote
President of the European Parliament Martin Schultz has demanded that a Belgian newspaper issue a clarification for reportedly misquoting him as saying that "Hungary wants to count the Jews." "Referring to your article in the 16 May edition where Martin Schulz is quoted as saying that ‘in Hungary they are counting the Jews’ I would like to strongly clarify that this ...
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Airline Mulls Israel-Poland Link For Auschwitz School Trips
Low-cost European airline Ryanair is looking at introducing flights between Israel and Poland to cater for Israeli schoolchildren visiting the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. "It seems that every Israeli child has to go to Poland to go and see Auschwitz. We can help them with that," said the carrier's deputy chief executive, Howard Millar, according to ...
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Israel Extends Gaza Fishing Zone After Rocket Provoked Reduction
Israel has restored the fishing zone off the coast of Gaza to six nautical miles, after reducing it to three in March after terrorists fired rockets into the Jewish state, the army said on Tuesday. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon have approved the extension of the fishing zone in the Gaza Strip from three to six nautical miles," an army statement ...
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Hezbollah sends more fighters
Elite Hezbollah fighters poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog and others said, bolstering Syrian regime forces battling to retake the key rebel stronghold of Qusayr.Washington expressed concern about Hezbollah's role and diplomats said the EU was poised to place the powerful Shiite militant group's military wing on its list of international terrorist ...
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3 Hezbollah fighters perish of wounds in Syrian battle
BEIRUT--Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of a strategic Syrian town near the Lebanese border, activists said Tuesday, as the battle in the area raged for its third straight ...
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Britain asks EU to put Hezbollah armed wing on terror list
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Lebanon's Hezbollah members carry Hezbollah and Lebanese flags as they parade during a rally marking the party's Martyrs Day in Beirut's suburbs November 12, 2012. REUTERS/Sharif ...
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Israel Intel Divided Over Syria
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's intelligence community has been divided over thecivil war in Syria, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that Israel'smilitary and intelligence community was divided over the Sunni revoltagainst Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a report, the institute said manyin the community prefer that Assad remain in power rather than be ...
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Iranians joining Hezbollah in Qusayr Syria battle US
Iranians are working alongside Hezbollah fighters to back Syrian troops battling to retake the rebel stronghold of Qusayr amid fears of a civilian massacre, a US official said Tuesday. ';It is the most visible effort we have seen by Hezbollah to engage directly in the fighting in Syria as a foreign ...
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Livni says stalemate harmful for Israel as Palestinian narrative gains traction
JERUSALEM // Israel's chief peace negotiator with the Palestinians said yesterday the current stalemate was harmful for Israel. Tzipi Livni told a parliamentary committee that resuming negotiations was "first and foremost an Israeli interest". She spoke days before the US secretary of state John Kerry was expected to arrive in Israel for his latest push to restart long-dormant ...
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Israel warns Syria against attacks on Golan
An Israeli soldier works on top of a tank in a position in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Israel's military chief has issued a stern warning to Syrian leader Bashar Assad after an Israeli military jeep came under fire from Syrian forces early Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that Israel will not allow the Golan Heights ...
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Barkat defends closure of Cinema City on Shabbat
movie complex Cinema City continues, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat - who launched his reelection campaign last week - stated Tuesday he supports its forced Shabbat closure.The 15-screen, NIS 125 million theater, scheduled to open this summer, has become a lightning rod for debate since its owners were given a building permit in 2010 with the precondition by the Finance Ministry and Jerusalem ...
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Hamas to close tunnels if Egypt will open border
Hamas said it would be willing to close all smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border upon opening of a commercial crossing, Palestinian news agency Ma'an cited Ghazi Hamad, Hamas undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying Tuesday. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues Thursday by Islamist ...
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Boruch Spiegel Warsaw ghetto fighter dies at 93
The New York Times reported on Monday.The uprising became a symbol of the greatest Jewish resistance to the Holocaust. As stories of the extermination camps reached the Jews imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto, a large group there decided to launch a struggle against the ...
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Nigeria Why Islamism succeeds in miniature
Three days after Nigeria launched an offensive on May 16 against Islamic terrorists, US Secretary of State John Kerry stepped in; "We urge Nigeria's security forces to apply disciplined use of force in all operations, protect civilians in any security response and respect human rights and the rule of law."For years the Islamists, called Boko Haram, had terrorized northern ...
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Biggest construction project in Israeli history
The Port of Ashdod is the gateway to the economy of Israel, it has played a central role in the development of the state and will play a central role in future development, hence the reason for an ambitious $500 million expansion project currently underway in two stages (in the picture, green represents stage 1 and brown stage 2).
The Port of Ashdod is currently undergoing the largest construction project ever undertaken in the history of Israel. In 1999, Israel news media reported that the government wanted to double the cargo capacity of Ashdod, an ambitious construction project was therefore envisioned, involving the building of new piers, new docks, warehouses and cargo handling equipment. It was to take place in two stages, with the total project costing around $500 million. Read more
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