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IEC seeks to empty workers trustee account
ELEC.B22 ) today petitioned the Central District Court to order the trustee to empty the trust account which money was deposited to pay pensioners. NIS 1.5 billion remains in the account, after IEC withdrew NIS 600 million with the employees' consent a year ago. The IEC workers committee strongly opposes the emptying of the trust account, and already declared a labor dispute at the ...
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Israel backs Kerry peace moves despite internal debate
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks as he welcomes Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a luncheon at the State Department May 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty ...
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Israel calls off UNESCO mission to Jerusalem official
Jewish settlers (top R) observe from a rooftop as a Palestinian man waves his national flag in the mostly Arab neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem on May 17, 2013. AFP PHOTO/MARCO ...
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National Security Brief Hezbollah Joins Syrian Military In New Offensive Against Rebels
reports that Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has joined a Syrian military offensive in an attempt to capture a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border. ';Taking the town of Qusayr, southwest of the city of Homs,'; the Journal notes, ';would bolster recent gains by regime forces in central Syria and around the capital, Damascus'; and could also ...
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Syrian and Hezbollah troops advance on border town
Hezbollah troops have pushed deep into the strategic border town of Qusair after a ferocious artillery and mortar blitz that is thought to have killed more than 50 residents and laid bare the Lebanese militia's direct support for the Assad ...
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Five dead in Israeli bank robbery
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A bank robbery in Israel on Monday ended with the deaths of five people, including one of the holdup men who apparently shot and killed himself when police launched a raid to free ...
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Israeli police Bungled bank heist kills 4 people robber commits suicide
JERUSALEM - Israeli police say a bungled bank robbery in a southern city left four people dead before the gunman took his own life. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says four people were killed when at least one gunman entered the bank in the city of Beersheba on Monday. A gunfight apparently broke out and the robber took one hostage, but as a standoff developed, he committed suicide. ...
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Israel rejects French TV claim on Palestinian boys death
A September 30, 2000, file combo of TV grabs from France 2 footage taken during Israeli-Palestinian clashes in Netzarim in the Gaza Strip shows Jamal al-Dura and his son Mohammed, 12, hiding behind a barrel from Israeli-Palestinian cross fire. (via ...
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Four killed in bank robbery in Israel
FOUR people were killed and at least three injured Monday in a bank robbery in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, police and first aid officials said. The robber shot himself, and a woman he had apparently held hostage was freed, Negev District Police Commander Peretz Amar told reporters at the scene, announcing the incident was "over." "We tried to negotiate with him. We ...
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Have fun with fennel
This week's flavor is fennel, and young chef Itzik Asulin of the Italian trattoria Lulu Kitchen and Bar in Neveh Tzedek suggests using this aromatic vegetable to add freshness and flavor to a light seasonal ...
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Israels History in Pictures Kibbutz Tel Yosef 1921
The composition of this photo is striking -- a new Jewish settlement at the foot of a mountain ridge and at the bottom of a gorge. On the back someone wrote "Tel Yosef 1921," apparently the year, the only date found on a photo in the Seidon collection. The kibbutz was named after Yosef Trumpeldor, a Jewish Zionist hero who died defending the Tel Hai settlement in 1920.The photo is an ...
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Hezbollah Suffers Losses in Fierce Battle for Syrian City
BEIRUT, Lebanon ...
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Four Dead As Israel Bank Robbers Take Hostages
Four people have been killed and hostages taken during a bank robbery in Israel, according to police. The victims reportedly died during a shootout at a branch of Bank Hapoalim in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva after the robbers entered at around 11am local time. A further shot was heard from the bank at around 2.15pm, according to local reports. One of the robbers was ...
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Criminal Charges Should Be Filed Over Al-Dura Blood LIbel
"Criminal charges should be filed, and Charles Enderlin should never be allowed to practice journalism in Israel again," asserted Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, in response to a report released Sunday by the Israeli government, which ...
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Arabs Fly Nazi Flag near Hevron
Hundreds of residents of Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, were astounded Monday morning to see an oversized Nazi flag flying next to a mosque in the Arab town of Beit ...
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Jo Amars Family Well Return to Israel
and voiced their hope that the family would make aliyah to Israel. Born in Settat, Morocco, Amar became one of the greatest Sephardic singers and chazanim (cantors) in recent Jewish history, and a pioneer in the introduction of Moroccan Jewish liturgical music (piyyutim) to ...
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4 Dead in Apparent Bank Heist
Four people have been shot dead and another is injured in the aftermath of what seems to be a bank heist gone awry, in a Bank Hapoalim branch in Be'er Sheva's Neveh Ze'ev community.. Magen David Adom emergency services declared the scene at the bank branch "a multiple victim event." According to testimony from eyewitnesses, there was a gun battle at the bank. There ...
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Haifa Port workers earn average NIS 38000 monthly
ELEC.B22 ), according to the Government Companies Authority's report for 2012, published today, detailing the business condition, assets, and operating results of the 98 government companies and non-profit organizations, which employ 60,000 people. The report states that government companies' aggregate revenue was NIS 67.3 billion in 2012, NIS 4 billion more than in 2011. Revenue from ...
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Haredim raising $100m fund to blunt budget measures
"A Lapid bypass plan," is how haredi (ultra-orthodox) magazine "Mishpacha" terms an initiative in the community "to help the world of the Torah get through the years of distress with a minimum of harm." In today's issue, in an article entitled "Supporting the Torah","Mishpacha" reports that a number of haredi tycoons have been recruited for ...
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Syria civil war Hezbollah takes fight to anti-Assad rebels as they storm rebel-held town of Qusair
Hezbollah launched a major offensive in support of the Assad regime today, with fighters from the Lebanese militant group playing their most significant role yet in Syria's two-year-old civil ...
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Syria fighting kills Hezbollah members near Lebanon
Syrians inspect the rubble of damaged buildings due to government airstrikes, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria. The town has been besieged for weeks by regime troops and pro-government gunmen backed by the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. (Qusair Lens/Associated ...
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Israeli military says gunfire from Syria has again hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military says gunfire from Syria has hit the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights overnight. The military said on Monday that the gunfire did not cause any damage or injuries. The military says it believes the fire was accidental. Israel has found itself in a difficult position as clashes from Syria's civil war rage near its frontier with the Golan Heights, a strategic ...
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Vandals spray-paint slogans against liberal Jewish womens prayer group in Israel
JERUSALEM - Israeli police say vandals have spray-panted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of a liberal Jewish women's group that has angered ultra-Orthodox communities over its demands for equality of worship. Israeli TV footage showed black writing on the hallway and door of the Jerusalem home. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Monday police were investigating. The group, ...
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Israel cancels UNESCO mission
ISRAEL on Monday announced it was cancelling a United Nations delegation scheduled to begin an investigative mission in Jerusalem's Old City, due to Palestinian "politicisation" of the mission. "The Palestinians were not respecting the understandings. The visit was supposed to be professional, (but) they were taking measures that showed they were politicising the event and not ...
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UNESCO delegation arrives on rare inspection trip to Jerusalem
WAM JERUSALEM, May 20th, 2013 (WAM) -- A delegation from UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, arrived on Sunday to inspect preservation work in Jerusalem's Old City, as part of a deal whereby Israel would let the delegation tour the Old City, and the Palestinians would postpone five anti-Israel resolutions pending before the body. According to 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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