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Haredi draft proposals to face challenges in vote
The bill drawn up to form the basis of legislation for drafting haredi men into national service is unlikely to emerge in one piece following votes on Sunday on each of its clauses by the committee that drafted it.The ministerial committee headed by Science, Technology and Space Minister Yaakov Peri of Yesh Atid will meet for a marathon session to begin on Sunday evening. Each of the ...
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BGU experts to help preserve Galapagos Islands
The exotic Galapagos Islands, which lie on the equator about 1,000 kilometers off the west coast of South America, are a treasure trove of unusual animal species because of their isolation for thousands of years. They have eroded over the millennia, making them much smaller today, but they still provoke much curiosity and wonder. The islands, which are owned by Ecuador, prompted Charles ...
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Welfare minister Remove remote settlements now
Welfare Minister Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) said on Saturday that Israel should dismantle isolated settlements immediately without waiting for negotiations, Israel Radio reported. "These settlements cost us alot of money and we must do the utmost so we do not appear to be a state that does everything to scuttle negotiations," Cohen said in a cultural event at Holon ...
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Although less than two percent of national health expenditures go to education, promotion and prevention of disease, this doesn't reflect a lack of interest among the public. At a recent Women's Health Day organized for the 11th time at Jerusalem's Israel Museum by Hadassah University Medical Center's Patricia and Russell Fleischman Women's Health Center, 2,000 ...
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Jobbik MP Auschwitz museum may not reflect facts
The Jerusalem Post has learned.During a debate in parliament on Thursday, Jobbik MP Tamas Gaudi-Nagy announced that he believed that the museum at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland "may not reflect real ...
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Brawl breaks out among Berlin Jewish community
BERLIN - A meeting of the elected leadership of the conflict- ridden Berlin Jewish community -Germany's largest with 10,500 members - spilled over into physical attacks on Thursday due to disputes over the 2013 budget.The session turned "brutal," said one observer at the community's representative meeting ...
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Center vs periphery The roots of terror
On April 30, Haytham al-Mishal, implicated in recent rocket attacks on Eilat, was driving down the road in Gaza City on a motorcycle. Without warning, he was engulfed in an explosion from an Israeli air strike. The air strike was the first since the previous outbreak of violence in Gaza in November 2012. This continued back-and-forth is a dangerous, and often fatal, reminder of the ...
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Israel’s interests in Syria
It is a mistake for Israelis to express support for Bashar Assad. Israel should stay out of the Syrian conflict altogether while hoping for the fall of the Assad regime. Ultimately, Israel would be better served by a failed state next door than by a strong, Iranian-backed entity there.Several prominent Israelis have expressed their preference for an Assad victory in the Syrian civil war. ...
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HU students find cheaper housing for Jerusalemites
In response to last summer's social protest movement against increasingly prohibitive cost-of-living standards throughout the country, student entrepreneurs from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem created a company to provide affordable housing for the capital's young residents.The business, called "UniverCity," is managed by students from the university's Student ...
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Israel and Palestine Consequences of Deterrence
"Deterrence has to be maintained," said Gabi Siboni, a colonel for strategic affairs at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. "It was only a question of time until this moment arrived." It seems the Palestinians are of like mind. As things stand, this latest round of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was probably inevitable. Escalation and ...
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Hezbollah wants to bring victory to Assad
Syria saw one of the deadliest days of fighting in its civil war Saturday. Meanwhile, the leader of the powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said his fighters would wage an all-out battle to save President Bashar Assad. NBC's Richard Engel ...
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Hezbollah confirms involvement in Syria conflict for the first time
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is fighting alongside the government troops in Syria. Hezbollah is a Shi’ite Muslim group and it is backing Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad who is from the minority Alawite sect – an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam. During a televised speech, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah confirmed for the first time the group’s involvement in the ...
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Israeli official Syrian group tried to disrupt Haifa water system
A Syrian group attempted, but failed, to disrupt computers controlling the Haifa water system, an Israeli official said Saturday. The alleged cyberattack was a response to Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, Ynetnews reported. Yitzhak Ben-Yisrael, chairman of the National Council for Research and Development, said Israel's infrastructure is subject to almost continuous cyberattacks. He said ...
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Hezbollah leader vows victory in Syria for Assad
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah will fight to keep Syria's Bashar Assad in power. He also said Hezbollah fighers are fighting in Syria against Sunni Islamic ...
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Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark ...
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Excerpts Hariri re Hizbullah fighting in Syria.Preventing weapons fromSyria reaching Hizbollah.Israel re weapon to Hizbullah via Syria.Qatar-funded Al Jazeera U.S. launch.Syrian May 20 2013
Excerpts: Hariri re Hizbullah fighting in Syria.Preventing weapons from Syria reaching Hizbollah.Israel re weapon to Hizbullah via Syria. Qatar-funded Al Jazeera U.S. launch.Syrian May 20, ...
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Hezbollah Chief Orders Fight to Save Syrias Assad
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Arab League condemns Israels decisoin to cancel UNESCO visit to Jerusalem
WAM CAIRO: The Arab League has strongly condemned Israel's decision to call off a visit to Jerusalem's historic Old City by the UN's cultural heritage body, and called on major powers to stop backing Israel's aggression on Jerusalem and the Palestinian heritage and territories. The pan-Arab organisation, in a statement, said Israel's decision takes the international ...
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Israel’s Ridiculous and Dangerous Law
Can law be both ridiculous and dangerous? It certainly can. Witness the ongoing initiative of our government to enact a law that would define the State of Israel as "The Nation-State of the Jewish People". Ridiculous 1 - because what and who is the "Jewish people"? The Jews of the world are a mixed lot. Their only official definition in Israel is religious. In Israel, you ...
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Turkey has begun 5th Mavi Marmara flotilla trial of 4 top Israeli commanders bla…
Turkey has begun 5th Mavi Marmara flotilla trial of 4 top Israeli commanders blamed for a deadly 2010 clash on a Turkish flotilla ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza ISTANBUL - A Turkish court has launched on Monday fifth trial of Mavi Marmara flotilla trial of four top Israeli commanders accused of a deadly 2010 raid on a Turkish flotilla ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.The accused ...
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Pope Meets with President Shimon Peres of Israel
Discuss Concerns Regarding Current Political and Social Situation in the Middle EastVATICAN CITY, April 30, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis met this morning with Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Shortly after, President Peres met with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, who was accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for ...
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Israel says Syria seeks to provoke conflict
Ron Prosor, Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting on the Middle East on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 (AP Photo/Bebeto ...
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Israel targeted in Syria cyber attack expert
JERUSALEM: An organization calling itself the "Syrian Electronic Army" has launched a cyber attack against the water distribution system of Haifa, Israel's third largest city, an expert said on Saturday. The attack "by this organization which we don't know exactly who is behind" was carried out two weeks ago and failed, said Professor Yitzhak Ben-Israel, head of ...
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Syrian Army and Hezbollah Step Up Raids on Rebels
Hezbollah intensified their assault on Syrian rebels in the town of Qusayr on Saturday, unleashing the heaviest shelling since the battle began a week ago, Syrian antigovernment activists ...
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We wont stand by Hezbollah
THE leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his Shi'ite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally Syria is under attack. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah members are fighting in Syria against Islamic extremists who pose a danger to Lebanon. Nasrallah's comments on Saturday marked the first time he has publicly confirmed his men are fighting in Syria. They are also ...
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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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