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Israelis Protest Against Budget Netanyahus Expenses
the state budget which was passed this week and which includes tax increases and austerity measures, as well as against the increase in the budget of the Prime Minister’s official residence. Protests also took place outside Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s private residences in Jerusalem and Caesarea, as well as in Netanya, where several demonstrators were detained by police ...
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Netanyahus Attorney He Lives a Modest Life
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s attorney said on Saturday night that the Prime Minister and his wife do not live extravagant lives. He was responding to public anger over figures released this past week and which show that the budget of the Prime Minister’s ...
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Report Syrian Army Aiming Missiles at Tel Aviv
reports. According to the report, Syria is preparing to strike Israel in case the Jewish State launches another attack on its territory. The army has received orders to strike central Israel in case additional attacks against Syria are carried out, according to ...
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has emphasized on Tuesday that Damascus is able to confront the Israeli regimes adventurism alluding to the recent Israeli aggression against the Arab country. The Syrian president stressed that the Israeli offensi
Al-Assad: Syria will slash roots of Israeli adventurism Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has emphasized on Tuesday that Damascus is able to confront the Israeli regime's adventurism, alluding to the recent Israeli aggression against the Arab country. The Syrian president stressed that the Israeli offensive is evidence of interference by Tel Aviv and its Western and regional allies in the ...
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Kerry to return this week for push on talks
US Secretary of State Kerry wants to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, will meet with Livni and Palestinian leadership separately; Westerwelle in J'lem: We support US ...
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‘We’re asking them not to mess with our families’
The Jerusalem Post on Friday. "The first time they changed it, my parents said OK, we'll change the tickets, no problem. But now, the second time, my family is saying they can't change it again."We were sure this wouldn't happen again, not in June, because it doesn't rain then. But it was changed again," he added. "My parents really wanted to be at ...
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State to return Homesh land to Palestinian owners
The state intends to nullify the original 1978 military seizure order for the land of the former Homesh settlement, a move that would return the property to its former Palestinian owners.The Justice Ministry notified the High Court of its decision late Thursday, in response to a 2010 petition by the Palestinian owners, who were represented by the Israeli NGO Yesh ...
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‘Post’ launches daily online newscast
Jerusalem Post brand name," Linde says."It brings JPost.com into the 21st century by showing viewers what's in the news through what is arguably the most powerful of all media - television - while offering an authoritative and trustworthy perspective on the situation in Israel, the Jewish world, the Middle East and the world at large."To stay up to date with all the news ...
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Will China mediate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
By Ed Flanagan, Producer, NBC News BEIJING – An official visit to Beijing by Israeli and Palestinian leaders last week has prompted speculation that China may finally be ready to claim its place as a world power by trying to negotiate an end to one of world's most caustic conflicts.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese ...
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MK proposes 5-years in jail for posting sex tapes
Disseminating nude photos or videos without the subject's permission could be punishable by a prison sentence of up to five years, according to a new bill proposed by MK Yifat Kariv.The bill is an amendment to the Law to Prevent Sexual Harassment and will be brought to a vote in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on ...
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Five palestinians killed 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Five palestinians killed, 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/26/2011 Five Palestinians were killed and 22 were injured at dawn yesterday in two Israeli air strikes targeting a sports club in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza, and a tunnel in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Israeli F16 warplanes bombed the sports club, located in a ...
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‘Time needed for Syria to master the S-300’
Syria would require a considerable period of time before it could master the S-300 air defense system, a defense analyst said Friday.The comments came soon after Russia said it remains committed to an arms deal with Syria to deliver the advanced ...
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Syrias Assad Little Chance Peace Talks Would Succeed-Newspaper
LIMA -- Proposed peace talks for Syria would not curb "terrorism" in the country and it is unrealistic to think they would succeed, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on ...
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Palestinians Killed in Israeli Air Strike
Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...
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The Bank of Israel will purchase foreign exchange in order to offset theeffect of natural gas production on the exchange rate
The Bank of Israel will purchase foreign exchange in order to offset the effect of natural gas production on the exchange rate 13/05/2013 Natural gas production in Israel is causing an improvement in the current account, which is leading to appreciation pressures on the shekel. This phenomenon, often referred to ...
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Lapid Cuts will push haredim into workforce
Finance Minister Yair Lapid said Thursday the harshest cuts in his controversial budget were aimed at haredim in hopes of pushing them into the labor force."I already cut for the haredim more than ever has been," he said in a Facebook chat Thursday night, alluding to cuts in child allowances that disproportionally affect the ultra-Orthodox community, whose birth rate is four times ...
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Even with dementia life can still be worth living
Many people regard Alzheimer's disease - the most common cause of dementia - as a hopeless death sentence. Yet, although it is a progressive, fatal disorder that affects two percent of those over age 65 and 20% of those over 80, there are numerous things that can be done to ease the suffering of those with the condition and that of their families. There are currently 100,000 families ...
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Healthful foods should be price controlled
It seems idiotic that whole wheat bread, rice and other products should be more expensive than bleached products that undergo additional procedures before reaching the supermarket shelves. In addition, low-fat dairy products, which are also healthier, should be cheaper than high-fat ones, as the fat can be siphoned off and used to make ice cream, for example.Thus, it would make sense for ...
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Erdan appeals gov’t approval of gas plant
Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan filed an appeal on Thursday against a decision the Ministerial Committee for Internal Affairs, Services and Local Government made to approve the establishment of a natural gas power plant in the Be'er Tuviya industrial complex."On days in which the threat of missiles increases, the government must make every effort to reduce the risk to the ...
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2 journalists say Palestinian Authority interrogated them
Two Palestinian journalists said they were detained and questioned this week by the Palestinian authority, despite a promise to respect freedom of the press. One of the journalists, a documentary filmmaker, said he was forced to reveal the passwords to his personal email and Facebook page, the Jerusalem Post reported. Haroun Abu Arrah said he was questioned for more than 2 hours by agents of ...
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Israelis Palestinians battle over access to religious site
Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian protesters Saturday near a mosque in East Jerusalem, Palestinian officials said. Israeli security forces arrested five people and fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets on Palestinians protesting an Israeli decision to close Aqsa Mosque to Muslims Thursday and Friday in Jerusalem's Old City so ultraorthodox Jews could enter the compound to ...
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France detains suspect in Toulouse killings probe
PARIS - French anti-terror judges ordered the detention on Saturday of a man on suspicions he aided an al-Qaida-inspired gunman prepare for a shooting spree last year, a judicial source said.Mohamed Merah killed four Jews and three soldiers in and around the southern city of Toulouse in March 2012 before he was shot dead by ...
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Across Israel hundreds protest against new budget
second straight week of "social justice" protests .The protest in Tel Aviv was held at the same time that hundreds gathered in Jerusalem as well as in ...
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Syrian civil war A military-strategic assessment
The overall geostrategic characteristic of the Syrian military picture is a robust armed struggle for supply routes, lines of communication, major highways and key choke points that is somewhat similar to the initial phase of the first Arab-Israeli War in 1947 - a battle for the roads.As a component of the Battle for Aleppo in the north; the M4 highway, which connects the Latakia coast to ...
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Israel Turkey and gas
Word is that both Israel and Turkey are seriously entertaining the notion of constructing an undersea pipeline to deliver Israeli natural gas to Turkey and, perhaps, hence to Europe.The Turks reportedly have expressed willingness to foot part of the estimated $2 billion bill. Such pipelines exist elsewhere in the world, most notably from Russia and from Norway.It is becoming evident that a ...
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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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