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In Jerusalem Barbra Streisand speaks out for Israeli women
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters JERUSALEM - American entertainer Barbra Streisand on Monday took a swipe at Orthodox Jews in Israel who compel women to sit in the back of buses and assault them for following religious rituals traditionally reserved for ...
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Obama and Putin express cautious optimism after Iranian election
US, Russian presidents voice optimism that election of moderate cleric in Iran will open up dialogue with Tehran; two meet privately over new agreement on destroying nuclear material to prevent spread of nuclear ...
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Streisand Slams Hareidim for Anti-Women Stances
In a speech at Hebrew University Monday, singer Barbra Streisand expressed her dismay at what she called the "discriminatory behavior" against women by members of the hareidi community. "There are women who are forced to sit at the back of the bus," Streisand said, adding that it was just as shocking to her to hear that women who tried to pray at the Western Wall were ...
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Hamas to Hizbullah Leave Syria Fight Israel Instead
The Lebanese Shiite movement's involvement in the Syrian conflict has increased sectarian strife in the region, Hamas said in a statement calling for ...
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Two-state solution is at dead end says Israeli minister
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu: Naftali Bennett's comments followed similar statements in recent weeks by senior Israeli officials against a two-state solution, and will cause additional embarrassment to the prime minister. Photograph: Darren ...
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No alternative to Palestinian state Bill Clinton in Israel
Former US president Bill Clinton (L) and Israeli President Shimon Peres arrive on June 17, 2013 at the Peres Academic Center (EAC) in Rehovot. Clinton told the crowd at the event celebrating Peres' upcoming 90th birthday that he sees "no alternative" to a Palestinian ...
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Putin faces isolation over Syria as G8 ratchets up pressure
1 of 15. U.S. President Barack Obama (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17, ...
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IMRA follows up on PM Netanyahu remarks in Poland
SMS to Prime Minister's Spokesman Mark Regev: Aaron Lerner asks if there is a significance in the difference in security wording in PMs remarks in Poland. He did NOT say security arrangements under ISRAELI control (precious recent statements did). Thanks. Aaron Mark Regev's SMS reply: No signficance. On the contrary, PM believes firmly that security must be based on IDF. ...
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Court tosses suit alleging polluted river causes disease
The Haifa District Court on Monday ruled against a joint lawsuit by ex-navy divers against industrial plants in Haifa which they say poisoned a river they dived in and caused them to suffer diseases. Some 70 former divers who served in the Israel Navy in the 1970s and 80s, and who dived in Haifa's Kishon River during training, launched a class action lawsuit against Haifa Chemicals Ltd., ...
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Students fly with the Israeli Air Force
The Aviator's Club program initiated by the Ramon Foundation, takes a group of kids with high potential and provides them with the opportunity to grow and believe in themselves, achieving goals they never thought they could before.The two year program engages fifth grade students in a variety of activities with Israeli Air Force Pilots. The program introduces them to values of self ...
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Gun Negligent Father Gets Community Service For Sons Shooting
A man whose son killed a fellow 13-year-old classmate with his gun was sentenced to 350 hours of community service. In addition, he will donate NIS 25,000 (about $6,500) to a charity to be chosen by the victim's parents. In 2009, the 13-year-old son of a man from the central Israeli town of Re'ut removed a gun from the bedroom closet of his father, and loaded it with bullets, which ...
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Streisand gets doctorate calls for gender equality in Israel
Barbra Streisand picked up an honorary doctorate at Hebrew University Monday and used the podium to call for equality for Israeli women. After expressing her gratitude for being honored with the degree and saying her late father would be proud, Streisand, 71, pressed for gender equality in Israel. "It's distressing to read of women in Israel being forced to sit in the back of the ...
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Asaad blames Hezbollah state for embassy killing
The leader of the Lebanese Option Party Ahmad al-Asaad blamed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and senior officials in the Lebanese state Sunday for the recent killing of an anti-Hezbollah protester outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut. Asaad also scheduled another protest which is set for Sunday June 23, at the same time and ...
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Balad pushes bill to make Israeli Arabs autonomous minority
Arabs as an official minority with autonomous national rights in fields such as culture and education. They seek to have the bill included in Israel's Basic Laws, which serve as a quasi-constitution.The head of the Balad party, MK Jamal Zahalka, ...
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Knesset approves state budget on its first reading
Following Lapid's staunch defense of his austerity plan, Knesset approves budget on first reading with 58 MKs in favor of the proposed cuts and 44 ...
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Pro-Beduin groups lobby against Prawer-Begin plan
Pro-Beduin NGOs lobbied on Monday at the Knesset against the Prawer- Begin plan, which seeks to regulate Arab settlement in the Negev. Labor MK Omer Bar-Lev, who heads the Beduin lobby, ...
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The eyes of the Old City Mabat 2000 captures all
Think twice before you swipe a tchotchke from the Old City's Arab shuk. You're being caught on candid camera - 320 of them.Braided between the oldest sites in history is one of the most modern security systems on Earth - "Mabat 2000" - a complex network of visible surveillance cameras in Jerusalem's Old City, established at the turn of the century.Sixteen staff ...
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Politicians decry attack against chief rabbi candidate Stav
Liberman calls on haredi, religious leaders to publicly condemn attack on Stav, while Deri says his party, Shas, stands behind every word of Ovadia ...
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Netanyahu Bennetts Comments Are His Own Opinion
Naftali Bennett’s comments about the idea of a Palestinian state being dead are reflective only of his own opinion, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on ...
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Gemayel Hezbollah is ruling Lebanon
Phalange Party bloc MP Sami Gemayel on Monday said that Hezbollah was governing Lebanon and imposing its policy by the force of its weapons. "Hezbollah is ruling the country, taking decisions and imposing a de facto situation by the force of its ...
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Video Election wont change Irans nuclear ambitions Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran's presidential election, which brought into power a cleric widely seen as a moderate, was unlikely to bring about any change in Iran's nuclear policy. Mana Rabiee ...
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Livni swears on peace process despite Bennett’s comments
Justice minister insists that a diplomatic process with Palestinians will begin soon, regardless of economy and trade minister's eulogy for the two-state ...
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Exclusive Israel India agree to start hi-tech trade fund
Indian Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal tells 'Post' that purpose of fund will be to enhance ties between Israel's innovative IT sector and India's burgeoning hi-tech manufacturing ...
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Expert 10 of Southern Residents Not Inoculated Againt Polio
Israel needs to go on an emergency campaign to inoculate individuals in southern Israel against polio, the Knesset Health Committee said Monday. Samples of sewage containing the virus have cropped up in six cities in the Negev, with the outbreak suspected of beginning in a Bedouin village. According to experts testifying at the committee, some 10% of the residents of the Negev, have not received ...
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Yaalon Doubtful Irans New President Will Bring Change
Speaking during a meeting in France with the country’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Yaalon said, "There is no doubt that the Iranian people want to see change, but I'm not sure Rowhani, who is an Ayatollah, will bring the change that the Iranian people expect to ...
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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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