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Jordan scuttles attempt to expel Israeli envoy
expel Israel's ambassador ended when several members of parliament backed-down according to official sources. Despite the failure of the move to send Israeli Ambassador Daniel Nevo packing, the incident underscores the viability of opposition to normalization with the Jewish state.A strong majority of 86 out of 150 lawmakers had signed a memorandum calling for a parliamentary session to ...
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Babies Narrowly Escape Rock Attack
On Saturday night, one Israeli driver after another fell victim to an ambush near Wadi Harmiya, near Shilo in the Binyamin region. Beginning at 1 a.m., Palestinian Authority Arab attackers waiting near the road hurled a barrage of stones at passing cars with Israeli license plates. Among those targeted by the attackers was the Shlissel family from Ariel. Mother Ayelet was driving, while her ...
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Netanyahu Israel Acting to Deny Hizbullah Syrian Arms
Israel is acting to prevent Syrian weapons from reaching Lebanon's Hizbullah and will continue to do so, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on ...
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Mobile carriers halve workforce
The mobile telephony revolution which Israel has undergone in the past year has exceeded expectations. Prices have plummeted, and the veteran carriers are adapting to the new reality: the public is unwilling to pay more than NIS 100 a month for mobile telecommunications plans. This reality will result in the halving of the number of employees, and within a year or two, each carrier will probably ...
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Half of wage-earners don’t meet tax threshold
Ministry of Finance's State Revenues Administration reported today. It adds that 52.2% of salaried employees and 33.8% of the self-employed did not meet the threshold. The proportion of employees who did not meet the tax threshold rose to 52.3% in 2012. The income tax threshold for a man with 2.25 credit points is NIS 4,703 a month. The report reveals the widening salary gaps in Israel. In ...
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Alvarions troubles mount as Wi-Fi sales fall
Telrad Networks Ltd. for $12 million, and now provides enterprise network communications systems, using Wi-Fi technology, which it acquired through its $30 million acquisition of Wavion in 2011. However, the 20-F statement reveals problems with Alvarion's Wi-Fi business. "Our sales of our Wi-Fi products decreased significantly in the second half of 2012 as the world was migrating to ...
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Haredi smartphone in the works
A smartphone approved by a rabbinical committee will soon be launched in Israel, announced Rabbi David Zilbershlag at the Ariel Conference for Ethics in the Media last week. Until now, haredi (ultra-orthodox) rabbis has strongly opposed advanced mobile devices, claiming that they are corrupting. Zilbershlag said that the smartphones would handle e-mail. Zilbershlag said that such a device was ...
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Yam 3 drilling resumes
SOG ) announced last night that the well operator in the Shemen license had notified the company that measures taken in the Yam 3 well's borehole to deal with the high pressure, which had halted drilling in the upper gas-bearing strata, had been successfully completed. The operator notified its partners in the license that it will continue drilling using an alternative engineering layout, ...
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Agricultural Charity Gives Aid to Israels Poor
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Almost two million Israelis live below the poverty level, including more than a third of the country's children. However, one charity is using a biblical principle to fill in the ...
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Report says Syria aims rockets at Israel
Satellite footage reveals Syria has surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles aimed at Tel Aviv, The Sunday Times reported. Reconnaissance satellites showed the Syrian army preparing to deploy missiles that carry a half-ton payload, the British newspaper said Sunday. The missiles have been put on standby and the military has orders to fire if Israel wages an attack on Syrian soil, the newspaper ...
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Iran sanctions hurt Hezbollah and Assad report
Sanctions imposed against Iran are hurting the Islamic Republic's ability to support its regional allies Hezbollah and the Syrian government, U.S. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen told Al Arabiya this ...
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Iran Executes 2 Men for Spying for Israel US
Iran has hanged two men convicted of spying for Israel and the US, BBC reported, citing authorities. Mohammad Heydari was found guilty of passing intelligence on "security issues and national secrets" to Israeli Mossad agents in exchange for cash. Kourosh Ahmadi was convicted of providing intelligence to the CIA, Tehran's prosecutor's office said. Iran has repeatedly ...
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WJC calls for investigation into Claims Conference
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder has written to senior executives of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany to inform them that he has tasked WJC CEO Robert Singer with "appoint[ing] a task force chaired by Michael Schneider and including himself and WJC General Counsel Menachem Rosensaft" to investigate what senior executives knew of massive fraud within ...
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Security Chief IDF Taking Off the Silk Gloves
, Dana said there has been an escalation in Arab attacks on Israeli civilians in recent months. "Their brazenness has crossed the line – they are doing what they didn’t do for years, like reaching the fence of an Israeli community and throwing rocks into the community, causing injuries," he related. Until now, Arab rioters were handled "with silk gloves," he ...
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France in talks with U.S. Israel to buy drones minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on ...
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Iran hangs alleged U.S. Israeli spies
TEHRAN, Iran Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency. Sunday's report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return of money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, who allegedly gave the CIA intelligence on Iran, were hanged. The report didn't say when ...
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Netanyahu takes aim at weapons leakage in Syria
Reuters © Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 19, 2013. REUTERS/Ronen ...
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Mitzna Inexperienced cabinet cant handle Syria
The Diplomatic-Security Cabinet is inexperienced and will have difficulty dealing with security issues arising from the situation in Syria, Knesset Education Committee chairman Amram Mitzna (Hatnua) said Sunday, in a thinly veiled reference to Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett.Mitzna, a Major-General in reserves, said he is "disturbed and concerned, ...
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S.Korea deploys Israeli missile on border with North
South Korea deployed Israeli precision-guided missiles on Yellow Sea islands bordering North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday."Dozens of Spike missiles and their launchers have recently been deployed on Baengnyeong and Yeonpyeong islands," a South Korean army official ...
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Egyptian Police Shut Passage to Israel
Egyptian police closed a commercial passage with Israel on Sunday in support of colleagues who shut down a crossing with Gaza to protest the abduction of policemen, according to ...
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Iran hangs two men accused of spying for US Israel
A fuzzy picture shows Mohammad Heidari, one of the men accused of spying for Western intelligence agencies. He was hanged at dawn on Sunday. Picture courtesy of ...
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Insect invasion Israel battles plague of locusts
By Dave Copeland, Cameraman, NBC News TEL AVIV - Israel’s Negev Desert is alive – with locusts.Huge swarms of the newly hatched critters have begun marching across the sand, devouring everything in their path.With the help of high-tech irrigation methods, much of Israel’s desert has been transformed into lush farmland that supplies supermarkets across the country with fresh ...
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PM Israel will keep stopping weapons transfer to Hezbollah
Sunday Times , reconnaissance satellites have revealed preparations made by the Syrian army to deploy surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles. Syrian President Bashar Assad, the report said, is ready to use these missiles should Israel decide to conduct a strike on ...
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Attorney General Seeks Demolition of Last Migron Homes
Homes built on land purchased by Israelis may be destroyed despite a government promise to protect them until their legal status could be determined. Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber recently sent a letter to the IDF Civil Administration ordering it to destroy several homes that remain standing in the community of Migron in the Binyamin ...
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Israeli Authorities Allow Aids Goods into Gaza Via Karam Abu Salem Crossing
Rafah, May 19 (BNA) - Israeli occupation authorities opened the Karam Abu Salem crossing, southeast of Rafah city. Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in the Gaza Strip Raed Fattouh said that the occupation authorities opened the crossing this morning to allow the entry of 270 truckloads with aids and goods for the commercial, agricultural and transport sectors, including 20 ...
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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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