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Israeli-Palestinian talks UN envoy urges concerted action
New York, May 23 : While international attention is understandably on the tragedy that continues to unfold in Syria, it is equally important to ensure the resumption of negotiations aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior United Nations envoy stressed to the Security Council on ...
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Rabbi Boycott Bus Company for Running Shabbat Bus Service
A plan to institute a 24 hour a day, seven day a week bus service in the Haifa area is set to begin this weekend. The plan would include instituting bus service on Shabbat in many areas in Haifa and its ...
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Gazans Dying to Enter Israel
- Israel’s crippling blockade of the coastal territory of Gaza is pushing desperate young Palestinians to ever more extreme measures in the search for livelihoods, despite an agreement granting Gazans greater access to their agricultural ...
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Perrigo to switch to NYSE from Nasdaq
PRGO ) today announced that it will transfer its listing from Nasdaq to the New York Stock Exchange on June 6. It will keep its ticker "PRGO". To mark the occasion, company representatives will ring the opening bell. Last ...
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BoI Deputy Governor Home prices not excessive
According to Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel Dr. Karnit Flug, the rise in home prices in Israel in recent years is not out of line with long-term trends. Speaking at the annual conference of The Israel Builders Association, Flug began her remarks by noting that home prices and rents had risen substantially in the past few years. "Looking at the long term, one sees that the rise in ...
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Top tax official Purchase tax on homes fills NIS 1b hole
"Our job is first of all to bring in money, and people forget this," said Israel Tax Authority real estate taxes division head Shay Aharonovich at the Israel Builders Association's annual conference at the Herod's Hotel in Eilat today. "We are a conservative body, which knows what the real estate tax revenues are, and we know that every exemption and break will reduce ...
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Housing Ministry chief 22 home price fall would mean crisis
"Home prices must not fall by more than 22%, because that would cause an economic crisis," new Ministry of Housing and Construction director general Shlomo Ben-Eliahu said at the Israel Builders Association's annual conference in Eilat today. He unveiled the ministry's plan to lower housing prices, which including turning the Jewish National Fund (JNF) into a competitor of ...
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Netanyahu Putin to Discuss Syria Weapons Sale
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following reports of the delivery of missiles and advanced anti-missile batteries to Syria, Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin soon to discuss the issue. The Prime Minister's Office would not confirm when the visit would take place or any details about it, but one official who spoke on condition of ...
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Israel gearing up for ‘surprise war’ with Syria if Assad falls – general
War The unrest engulfing the Middle East could result in Israel becoming involved in a "surprise war" with Syria, according to the head of the Israeli air force. "When you look [around] today I think that a surprise war can be born in very many configurations," Major General Amir Eshel said at a conference near Tel Aviv.In particular, the general stressed that if rebels ...
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France wants Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list by end-June
Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hezbollah member Hussein Ahmad Abu Hasan carry his coffin during his funeral in Beirut's suburbs May 21, ...
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Report Israel pays $127K for bedroom on PMs jet
A public flap has erupted after the Israeli government spent more than $127,000 to build a bedroom for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and his wife Sarah on a flight to attend the funeral of British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in ...
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Excerpts Israeli archeological mystery. Flagrant intervention in
Excerpts: Israeli archeological mystery. Flagrant intervention in Syria by Hizbullah and Iranian fighters May 23, 2013 +++SOURCE: Naharnet (Lebanon) 23 ...
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Israel and Britain signed Today MOU on Science Cooperation
Israel and Britain signed Today Memorandum of Understanding on Science Cooperation Ministry for Science, Technology and Space May 23, 2013 Foreign Secretary William Hague and ...
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Kerry admits his push for peace faces cynicism and scepticism
John Kerry admitted there was scepticism and cynicism about his efforts to broker new talks between Israelis and Palestinians, as he began his fourth visit to ...
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PM to Hague Together we face battle against terrorism
Israel and the United Kingdom both face the battle against savagery and terrorism at home and around the world, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday in a press conference with British Foreign Secretary William Hague in Jerusalem.The prime minister extended Israel's solidarity with the people of Britain, following ...
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Peres writes to the Queen after UK soldiers murder
Writing on behalf of the Israeli people, President Shimon Peres on Thursday sent a letter of condolence to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, expressing shock and sadness over the brutal murder of a British soldier in London on Wednesday.Shouting Jihadist slogans, two men ran over their victim with a car and then hacked him to death near the British army barracks in Woolwich, south east ...
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Assad foe tells leader to cede power to officials
BEIRUT - A Syrian opposition leader urged President Bashar Assad on Thursday to hand power to his deputy or his prime minister and then go abroad with 500 members of his entourage, without immunity from prosecution.Assad is likely to reject or ignore the 16-point peace plan proposed by Moaz Alkhatib, who resigned as head of the Western-backed opposition National Coalition in March, particularly ...
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Hamas Court Orders Collaborator Death Penalty
A military court in the Gaza Strip has sentenced a Palestinian Authority resident to death for collaborating with Israel and another to life with hard labor, the Hamas interior ministry said on Thursday, according to ...
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Bennett puns about exterminating port workers
On Sunday, Minister of the Economy Naftali Bennett wanted to send the army into the ports in the event of a strike; now he wants to "exterminate" them, but wraps this in the form of a pun. In the latest post on his Facebook, he wrote, "That's it. The ants are impossible. I came home and realized that something had to be done. They're in the kitchen, the living room, the ...
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Class action against El Al seeks compensation for cancelled flights
The suit claims that hundreds of passengers, after waiting seven hours on the El Al plane, were told that the flight was being cancelled due to a technical ...
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Israels Air Force Chief Warns of Sudden War
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel could be in for a surprise war, Israel's air force chief Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel warned. Eshel's comments come as tensions are increasing along the Israeli-Syrian border. Eeshel says the threat of a sudden war erupting on multiple fronts is much more relevant today. Syria has invested in the "best air defenses it could buy," Israel's air force ...
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Israeli Forces Infiltrate Gaza Borders
Khan Yunis, May 23 (BNA) -The Israeli occupation forces on Thursday infiltrated the Gaza borders and went nearly 300 meters into the eastern part of Khan Yunis, South of the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses. They told Palestinian (WAFA) news agency that three Israeli tanks and three army bulldozers raided and razed agricultural land while shooting in all directions as well as setting up earth ...
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Hezbollah suffers heavy losses in Syrian conflict 104 killed according to watchdog
Members and supporters of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement carry the coffin of their comrade Saleh Ahmad Sabbagh during his funeral in the southern port city of Sidon on May 22 (Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP) 104 Hezbollah militants have died in the past few months, while fighting ...
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Barcelona announce visit of Israel Palestine
Adriano signs new deal According to the club the events will take place in the Palestinian Territories on August 3 and then in Israel the following day, and "first team players will be present at both".Details of the initiative - called the FC Barcelona Peace Tour - were announced via the ...
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U.S. Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
View Photo Associated Press/Jim Young, Pool - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United States and Israel are ...
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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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