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Israel Syria clash on Golan Heights cease-fire line
By Albert Aji, The Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the cease-fire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back.The two sides appeared to be referring to the same incident.Sporadic fire from Syria's ...
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Beersheba mayor Our whole city is wounded
Thousands turned out Tuesday for the funeral of Anat Even-Haim, one of four people who were gunned down in a shooting attack a day earlier at a bank in the southern city of Beersheba. Bank Hapoalim branch manager Avner Cohen, 44, his assistant manager Meir Zeitoun, 40, and customers Anat Even-Haim, aged 34, and Idan Schnitzer Sabari, 22, were shot dead by 40-year-old local resident Itamar Alon ...
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IDF Shin Bet thwart terror attack kidnapping in W. Bank
Shin Bet reveals that in past two months it nabbed members of two separate Hamas, Islamic Jihad cells that were planning to kill an Israeli and demand the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the ...
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Families attend funerals of Beersheba victims
opened fire in a small Bank Hapoalim branch in Beersheba the previous day, killing four people before taking his own life.Responding to the tragedy, Beersheba Mayor Ruvik Danilovich said four were killed in the shooting, but the entire city was wounded and in pain. Army Radio reported earlier that the mayor had visited Walid Omar, 22, from the Negev Bedouin community, who was seriously injured ...
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Israels Facebook community numbers 4m real users
Israel's Facebook community numbers four million real users, who enter the social networking site at least once a month, and are not fake profiles. 60% of the Israeli users, 2.4 million people, enter Facebook daily, according to the company's official figures. 52% of Israeli Facebook users are men and 48% are women. People aged 18-24 are the biggest segment by age, accounting for 30% ...
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Syrian army destroys Israeli vehicle Israel responds with 2 rockets
Syrian army destroyed an Israeli military vehicle that trespassed on Syrian territories and Israel responded by firing two rockets at a military site in Syria, the military general command said in a statement ...
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Syria Destroys Israeli Vehicle In Golan Heights
Syria claims it has destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights. Israel acknowledged a vehicle was hit by gunfire but said it was inside its territory at the time and none of its soldiers had been hurt. "In response, IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) forces returned precise fire at the source of the gunfire. They reported a direct hit," it said in ...
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Israel Syria exchange fire across ceasefire line
Jerusalem - Israel's army and Syrian forces exchanged fire across the sensitive ceasefire line on the Golan Heights on Tuesday, but the Jewish state denied one of its vehicles had been ...
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Battle for Qusayr Hezbollah sends new fighters
A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency on May 20, 2013, allegedly shows a Syrian soldier scanning the area for hostiles in the the town of Qusayr in Homs ...
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Syrian Army fires across border into Israel to retaliate for airstrikes
An Israeli soldier from the Golani Brigade sleeps as others, seen through a black netting, pray close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, two weeks ago. The Israeli military confirmed Tuesday that their soldiers 'returned precise fire' after Syria fired on Israeli troops in the Golan Heights, former Syrian territory that Israel annexed ...
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Israel says talks 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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EU to Blacklist Hezbollah as Terror Group - Report
The terror attack at the Sarafovo airport in Burgas killed seven, including five Israeli tourists, the Bulgarian bus driver, and the alleged suicide bomber. Photo by ...
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Romanian journalist assaulted called ‘kike’
The prime minister of Romania this week instructed authorities to investigate an apparent anti-Semitic assault on a journalist in Bucharest.According to a statement by the MCA Romania, The Center for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism in Romania, Prime Minister Victor Ponta gave the order in connection with an incident which happened on May 17 to Mircea Marian, a journalist with the national ...
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Bennett Working for Ariel-Amar Deal
Minister Naftali Bennett, Chairman of the Bayit Yehudi party, has been making an effort to pass a law that would make it possible to appoint Rabbi Yaakov Ariel as Chief Rabbi, as part of the deal with Shas known as the Ariel-Amar ...
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Terror Cell Plotted to Murder Steal Body
The Shin Bet revealed Tuesday that in recent months it exposed a terrorist cell in the Hevron region that was planning to steal an Israeli citizen’s body, in hopes of trading the corpse for imprisoned terrorists. The cell was affiliated with the Islamic Jihad terrorist group. Several members were arrested. They were identified as Matez Mahmoud Taleb Abido, Bashir, Ayeed Mahmoud Zahada, ...
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Israel Destroys Syrian Army Post
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli and Syrian forces exchanged fire along Israel's northern border overnight Monday, with the IDF scoring a direct hit that destroyed the Syrian army post. There were no injuries, but a military vehicle was lightly damaged. "Overnight, shots were fired at an IDF patrol on the border in the central Golan Heights, damaging a military vehicle," the IDF ...
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Israel Vows to Prevent Weapons to Hezbollah
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel is vowing to keep up its attacks to prevent advanced weapons reaching Hezbollah via Syria. In meetings earlier this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear Israel would continue to monitor and act against the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah. Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's warning of an ...
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Syrian Forces and Hezbollah Fighters Press Assault in Key Town
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Hezbollah elite troops pour into Syria as battle for Qusayr rages
A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on May 20, 2013, allegedly shows a Syrian soldier scanning the area for hostiles in the the town of Qusayr in Homs province (SANA / AFP) Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of strategic Syrian town near the Lebanese border, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory ...
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Syrian opposition groups reject talks with Assad govt condemn Hezbollah intervention
MADRID - Syrian opposition groups meeting in Spain say they oppose all negotiation with President Bashar Assad's government unless it is aimed at his giving up of power. Some 80 opposition representatives from inside and outside the country concluded a two-day meeting Tuesday, saying Assad would neither form part of any transition government nor have any role in Syria's future. Mouaz ...
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Israeli peace negotiator Stalemate bad for Israel
Tzipi Livni told a parliamentary committee Tuesday that resuming negotiations was "first and foremost an Israeli interest." She spoke days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to arrive in Israel for his latest push to restart long-dormant ...
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Hezbollah Syrian army renew Qusair offensive
AMMAN - Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and Syrian soldiers, backed by air strikes and artillery, renewed an offensive aimed at driving Syrian rebels from the town of Qusair near the Lebanese border on Tuesday, opposition activists said.They said fighting was raging in Qusair, as well as in areas to the east where several army bases are located, and in the Hezbollah-held southern and western ...
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Gaza Students Clean the World of Jews
The Hamas-affiliated student union in Gaza published a cartoon Tuesday in which a person whose body is made of a Palestinian Authority flag is seen throwing a Star of David – one of the best-known Jewish symbols – into a garbage can. Text under the picture says, "Keep the world clean." The cartoon uses a Star of David rather than an explicitly Israeli symbol, indicating ...
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Ariel-Amar Deal is En Route to Knesset
A deal between Shas and Bayit Yehudi for the appointment of the Ashkenazi and Sephardic chief rabbis has turned into a Knesset bill, submitted by MK Zevulun Kalfa (Bayit Yehudi). The bill removes the 70-year age limit for appointment of chief rabbis, making it possible to appoint Rabbi Yaakov Ariel. The deal would see Rabbi Shlomo Amar continue in his current position as Sephardic chief rabbi, ...
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‘Jewish Terrorist’ Appeals Life Sentence
life sentence to the Supreme Court. Teitel was sentenced to two life terms and 30 years in prison for two murders and a string of bombings. He has been dubbed the "Jewish terrorist" in the media due to the fact that he targeted Arabs, Christians and members of the far Left. Teitel’s attorneys say the court that handed down his sentence ignored findings regarding his mental ...
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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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