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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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Qatar Gaza Aid Via Egypt Not Israel
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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Islamic Jihad No Truce Reached with Israel
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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Drone Downed by Israel Sent by Hezbollah
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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Hezbollah Advances Will Help Palestinian Resistance Brigades
Brigades in Gaza on Friday said advances in Hezbollah's weapons capabilities would benefit the Palestinian resistance. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said his movement had sent the reconnaissance drone shot down over Israel last weekend.The Gaza-based Al-Mujahideen Brigades described Hezbollah's operation as "unprecedented" and said it proved that ...
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Arab Lawmakers Say Early Vote Boosts Netanyahus Chances
Some Arab members of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, said Wednesday that Prime Minister Netanyahu's call for early elections was a simple political calculation. Netanyahu called on Tuesday for an early election, seeking to strengthen his political position after signaling that any military action against Iran could be months away.Opinion polls suggest Netanyahu's right-wing Likud ...
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Israeli PM Netanyahu Calls Early Election
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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Palestinian Resistance Factions Warn Israel Not to Invade Gaza
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 Police Enter al-Aqsa Compound
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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Man Hit by Israeli Airstrike Dies from Injuries
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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Jerusalem Convent Vandalized by Settlers
Suspected Israeli settlers have scrawled graffiti and religious insults on a monastery outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday, in the latest of a series of attacks on non-Jewish sites. Photographs published online showed blue graffiti denigrating Jesus at the Convent of Saint Francis on Jabel Sahyoun, also known as Mount Zion. The vandals wrote the phrase "price tag" ...
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Israeli PM Sets Red Line over Nuclear Iran
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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Olmert Avoids Jail over Fraud Sentencing
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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Israel and PA Discuss Gaza Offshore Gas Plans
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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Hamas Leader Abbas Should End Security Coordination with Israel
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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Deaths in Israel-Egypt Border Shootout
One Israeli soldier and three armed men have been killed in clashes along the Israel-Egypt border. Israeli troops shot the three heavily armed men when they crossed the Egyptian border and ambushed the soldiers, averting "a very big terror attack", an Israeli military spokeswoman said on Friday. The incident took place on the Israeli side of the frontier at a place called Har Harif, ...
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Israels Badier and Davidovitch retire
Two famous names in Israeli football announced their retirement, with Walid Badier and Nir Davidovitch bowing out with 12 championships, seven cups and 125 caps between ...
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Minister Lapid No Building Freeze in Judea Samaria
, Finance Minister Yair Lapid said that that Israel should not change its policy on Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria in order to revive the stalemated peace process, and that Jerusalem should not serve as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Lapid said he would not stop the so-called "natural expansion" of the Jewish communities, nor curtail the financial incentives ...
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Edward Prescott slams Israeli fiscal policy
Opponents of the government's economic and fiscal policies received a strong boost yesterday from Nobel Prize laureate in economics Edward Prescott, who criticized Israel's economic policy, and said that tax hikes would cause a recession. Prescott, one of the most quoted economists of all time, currently serves as the senior monetary adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, ...
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Syria gunfire hits Israel-occupied Golan army
Shots fired from Syria hit the central Israeli-occupied Golan Heights overnight, a military spokeswoman said Monday morning, causing no harm or ...
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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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