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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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Gunfire from Syria hits Israeli-controlled Golan
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 plateau captured from Syria in the 1967 ...
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Activists Say 23 Hezbollah Militants Killed in Syria Fighting
Citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings due to government airstrikes, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria, May 18, ...
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Israel nixes UNESCO Jlem delegation at last minute
Israel on Monday called off a planned visit by a delegation from UNESCO, the United Nation's cultural organization, to inspect preservation work in Jerusalem's Old City, saying that the Palestinians had "politicized" the delegation."The delegation as a delegation has been postponed," a Foreign Ministry spokesman ...
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Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syrian town
AMMAN - About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar Assad were killed in heavy fighting with rebels in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday.Opposition sources and state media gave sharply differing accounts of the outcome of Sunday's ferocious battles in the town, long used by rebels as a supply ...
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New Protective Suits Advanced GPS to Arm IDF
The IDF Central Command has begun receiving new riot dispersal equipment, including protective suits for soldiers and an advanced GPS system, according to the official blog of the Israel Defense Forces. The new tools are being integrated as part of the IDF’s range of measures for curbing violent riots in Judea and Samaria. Soldiers of the Central Command have already begun using ...
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IDF General Fears Knesset Session with Settler Heads
The Commander of the Judea and Samaria Division, Major General Nitzan Alon, appears to be afraid of a confrontation with heads of Jewish communities, at an upcoming Knesset session to discuss the security situation ...
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Teva Check Point rebound
CHKP ) both rose 4% last week. Both companies had suffered from poor investor sentiment lately. On Friday, Teva's share price crossed the $40 threshold for the first time in five months. The share closed at $40.23, giving a market cap of $34.3 billion. Teva, managed by president and CEO Dr. Jeremy Levin, peaked at over $60 in 2010, but fell to a low of $34 in September 2011. According to ...
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TASE chief Market needs resuscitation
"To be or not to be, that is our situation now, and I use such a terminal expression deliberately. We have a big problem, and the issue of regulation must be addressed - and I have something encouraging to say: the Economic Arrangements bill includes an entire section which deals with the subject. It states that every action by the regulator must also consider economic growth and ...
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Israeli inquiry says film of Muhammad al-Duras death in Gaza was staged
France 2 footage showing Muhammad al-Dura crying beside his father in Gaza in September 2000: the IDF initially claimed it was responsible but later changed its account. Photograph: AFP/Getty ...
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Finance minister says Jerusalem will always be Israeli capital
Jerusalem will always be the capital of Israel, never the capital of a future Palestinian state, Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said. "Jerusalem is not a place, Jerusalem is an idea. Jerusalem is the capital of the Israeli state," Lapid said in an interview with The New York Times. An interim Palestinian state should be created in the West Bank, with final borders drawn up in ...
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Derogatory graffiti found on house of WoW leader
Degrading graffiti was found sprayed on the Jerusalem house of Women of the Wall member Peggy Cidor Monday morning after the group attempted to pray at the Western Wall, Israeli media reported.The graffiti included remarks such as: "Women of the Wall are despicable," "Tag Torah," "Jerusalem is holy" and personal remarks against Cidor reading: "Peggy you are not ...
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Fierce Fighting Reveals Deeper Hezbollah Involvement in Syrian Civil War
An image released by AP and provided by local residents purports to show the damage sustained in Qusair during a heavy weekend offensive by Syrian and Hezbollah forces. (AP Photo/Qusair Lens) (CNSNews.com) - After months of half-denials and doublespeak, Hezbollah appears now to be openly intervening in Syria's civil war, fighting alongside regime forces amid new signals of defiance from ...
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23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria Report
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that more than 100 Hezbollah members have been wounded in the fighting around the town of ...
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Cigarette-Smuggling Arab Linked to 1994 Yeshiva Murder
Sixteen Palestinians, with ties to convicted terrorists, were indicted last Thursday in an alleged cigarette-smuggling scheme. One of the sixteen men has reported links to the 1994 murder of sixteen-year-old yeshiva student Ari Halberstam in a terror attack on the Brooklyn Bridge. Muaffaq Askar, who was arrested last week in New York, has long been suspected of supplying Rashid Baz with ...
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Rachels Tomb 290 Firebombs and IEDs in 6 Months
The Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discussed the security situation at Rachel's Tomb near Bethlehem in Monday. It appears that a roof may be built over the compound, to protect the worshipers inside from incessant Arab attacks. The IDF told Knesset Members that about 200 firebombs and 90 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have been thrown at the compound since ...
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Oil Refineries swings to profit
ORL ) today published its financial report for the first quarter of 2013. Revenue fell to $2.33 billion for the first quarter from $2.45 billion for the corresponding quarter. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 114% to $90 million for the first quarter from $42 million for the corresponding quarter. Adjusted operating profit rose 318% to $53 ...
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Alvarion acting CEO Were looking to raise equity
ALVR ), which provides wireless broadband solutions, released its first quarter financials today. Revenue in the first quarter of 2013 was $8.5 million, representing an increase of 4.5% from $8.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, and a decrease of 45.4% from $15.6 million in the first quarter of 2012. The company made a GAAP net loss from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2013 ...
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Israeli Authorities Reopen Karam Abu Salem Crossing
Gaza, May 20 (BNA) - Israeli authorities on Monday reopened the Karam Abu Salem crossing, which is located south east of the Gaza Strip. Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in Gaza Strip Raed Fattouh said that Karam Abu Salem commercial crossing is working today as usual for the introduction of about 260 truckloads of goods and aids, including 20 trucks of gravel for the ...
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Syrian gunfire hits Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
Israeli soldiers take part in exercises in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, earlier in May. AFP Photo Overnight gunfire from Syria hit the central Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near an Israeli military patrol, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported on Monday.An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that shots were fired, but it was not clear whether the gunfire was ...
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Norwegian pension fund reconsiders Israel investments
Norway’s Ministry of Finance is referring to its Ethical Guidelines for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global following the situation in Gaza. According to the current Guidelines, the Council on Ethics shall recommend exclusion of companies from the fund’s investment universe where they see a considerable risk of contributing to serious or systematic human ...
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Real News Network Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran
Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran? August 8 - The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid corruption allegations has left many questions in Israel and in the region. What this could mean for the stalled peace process with the Palestinians will depend mostly on the next US president. But on the question of Iran, there is still fear that Israel might act ...
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Carter Downplays US Influence on Israel Palestine
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Israeli Parliament Dissolves for Early Vote
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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Gaza-bound Aid Ship Boarded by Israeli Forces
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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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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