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John Kerry in Talks With Netanyahu Abbas
US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks in Jerusalem and Ramallah Thursday, pushing on - despite widespread "scepticism" - with his bid to resuscitate the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace ...
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Russia says Syrian government agrees in principle to conference
Russia and the United States , and criticized what it called attempts to undermine peace efforts. "Damascus has expressed its readiness in principle to participate in ...
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Kerry Urgency needed in Mideast peace process
John Kerry said ahead of a second round of meetings Friday. "I am convinced, with great humility, that this moment is a critical one for the region and particularly for Israel, for Palestine and for Jordan," Kerry said before meeting with Israeli ...
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Five palestinians killed 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Five palestinians killed, 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/26/2011 Five Palestinians were killed and 22 were injured at dawn yesterday in two Israeli air strikes targeting a sports club in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza, and a tunnel in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Israeli F16 warplanes bombed the sports club, located in a ...
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PMW Bulletin PA TV calls to raise Palestinian flags over all Israeli cities and villagesso it will be clear to everyonethat this is Palestine
PMW Bulletin: PA TV calls to raise Palestinian flags over all Israeli cities and villages "so it will be clear to everyone that this is ...
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Eight Swimmers Set to Represent Israel at World Championships
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. THE Israel swimming foundation announced this week that seven men and one woman will represent the country at the FINA world championships this summer in Barcelona, Spain.College swimming fans will recognize the names of three of the swimmers on the roster. Guy Barnea (UC-Berkeley), Gal Nevo (Georgia Tech) and Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or (Arizona) have each represented their ...
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Experts reject that Israel may directly intervene in Syria
Following 'NY Times' report that Israel mulling creation of buffer zone inside Syria or support of proxy force, several Israeli experts, ex-officials say any direct intervention in civil war ...
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Senate resolution US will back Israeli force on Iran
NEW YORK - With the support of 99 senators both Republican and Democrat, a resolution passed Congress's upper chamber on Wednesday declaring US support for Israeli military action against Iran's nuclear facilities.Asserting that such preemptive action is within Israel's right to defend itself, the Senate resolution - strategically telling, but not self-binding by any ...
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Rabbi Mertzbachs Daughter Allow Soldiers to Protect Themselves
The daughter of Rabbi Dan Mertzbach z"l, who was mistakenly shot to death by IDF soldiers 18 months ago, said on Thursday that the family expects that just as the IDF soldier who shot her father received backing from the army, so will soldiers who serve in Judea and Samaria be backed when fighting ...
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Houston Man Charged with Threatening to Bomb Synagogues
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office Dante Phearse, 32, is being charged with one count of using an instrument of interstate commerce to communicate a threat to destroy a building by means of an explosive ...
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Palestinians Killed in Israeli Air Strike
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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Peri panel haredi draft proposals come under fire
A draft bill drawn up to form the basis of legislation for drafting haredi men into national service has come under heavy fire for failing to provide appropriate incentives to encourage enlistment.The proposed terms for the legislation, devised by a ministerial committee headed by Science, Technology and Space Minister Yaakov Peri of Yesh Atid, do not include personal financial sanctions ...
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France Put Hezbollah armed wing on EU’s terror list
PARIS - The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced late Wednesday that France is now proposing that Hezbollah be added to the European Union list of terrorist organizations.According to an official at the Quai d'Orsay, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that his country wants to add "the military branch" of the pro- Iranian Shi'ite movement in Lebanon. The action ...
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SACH hopes Syria girls Israel surgery inspires more
Balancing a media blitz and concerns for the family's security when they return home, the organization who brought the girl to Israel say they hope she is the first of ...
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Remote-control machine gun repairs just got quicker
What does the IDF do when its remote-control machine guns breaks down? The Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station, the Katlanit, produced by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, is increasingly appearing on a range of IDF Ground Forces platforms, such as the Namer armored personnel carrier.It can be fitted with a variety of powerful and accurate machine guns, allowing soldiers to ...
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Activists Protest Against Arab-Jewish Wedding
Police officers on Thursday evening prevented 50 right-wing activists from arriving in the Arab village of Araba, located in the Lower Galilee. The activists had come to protest a wedding between an Arab man and a Jewish woman which was taking place in the ...
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Energy Minister mulls cutting gas export quota
Minister Energy and Water Resources Silvan Shalom may lower the natural gas export quota from 53% to 40%. The main change is to further restrict Israeli energy exports. The Tzemach Committee on gas exports recommends an export quota of 53%, subject to certain conditions. Shalom's likely decision is in response to social protests. Last weekend, hundreds of demonstrators opposing gas exports ...
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William Hague urges massive effort for Middle East peace
William Hague has urged the US to make "the biggest effort in 20 years" to bring fresh impetus to the stalled Middle East peace talks as he reiterated warnings that the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was in danger of ...
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Israels Hand in Guatemalas Genocide
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. (Photo credit: Jim Wallace of the Smithsonian Institution) At the height of Guatemala's mass slaughters in the 1980s, including genocide against the Ixil Indians, the Reagan administration worked with Israeli officials to provide helicopters that the Guatemalan army used to hunt down fleeing villagers, according to documentary and eyewitness ...
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PM IAEA reports shows Iran’s expanding its nuclear program
Following release of IAEA report, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells British Foreign Minister William Hague economic, diplomatic pressure has failed to stop Iran, presenting the "biggest challenge of our ...
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Hague Time Running Out for a Two-State Solution
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday that peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is a "priority," warning that time was running out for a two-state ...
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Israeli Cabinet to discuss new proposal on contentious draft reform
JERUSALEM - An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government. These exemptions have generated widespread resentment in a country where ...
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Israeli officials may end military exemptions for students
Israeli riot police arrest an ultra-Orthodox demonstrator on May 16, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. Tens of Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis have clashed with police after gathering to protest against newly proposed government legislation that would see them drafted into the military. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (Uriel Sinai, Getty ...
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Israel says global pressure has no effect on Iran
Israel's prime minister said Thursday that a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on stopping Iran's suspect nuclear ...
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Boycotting Israel does not bring peace closer or benefit humanity
Foreign Secretary William Hague should be applauded for signing an agreement to strengthen scientific cooperation between Britain and ...
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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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