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Hezbollah takes fight to rebels as Syria’s war spills into Lebanon
Hezbollah launched a major offensive in support of the Assad regime today, with fighters from the Lebanese militant group playing their most significant role yet in Syria's two-year-old civil ...
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Comptroller set to probe PMs financial issues
financial controversies surrounding Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from "Bibi-tours" to the general jump in expenses to "bed-gate," said his spokesman on Sunday.Reportedly, Shapira is asking Netanyahu's office for various clarifications regarding the allegations, though Shapira's spokesman downplayed the possibility of any immediate major ...
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Israel must protect its Beduin citizens
One day each summer, my childhood camp was magically transformed into a mini-Israel for "Yom Yisrael," Israel Day. My favorite part of Yom Yisrael was the Beduin tent. There was something mysterious and astonishing about the characters who served us sweet, strong coffee and welcomed us to sit with them on the tent's floor. I was taught that the Beduin were part of the very ...
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Reality Check Israel’s modern-day royal family
It's a shame Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spent the flight to London for Margaret Thatcher's funeral asleep on the double bed that cost the taxpayer an extra half-a-million shekels. He could have used the flight time more profitably by reading up on a how a truly great conservative leader regarded the use of taxpayers' money for prime ministerial personal comforts.Soon ...
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Health minister attacks dental health protection
Fluoridation of community water supplies is under attack by the new health minister, despite its success in Israel in reducing dental caries in ...
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Panel Muhammad Al-Dura May be Alive
A government investigative committee that was set up to determine the truth of allegations that IDF soldiers killed 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura during the "Second Intifada" have determined that not only were the allegations – and a report by French television purporting to show IDF soldiers shooting and killing the boy – a lie, but that the al-Dura may not even be dead. ...
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Arabs Deface Tomb of Shimon Ben Yaakov
Arab vandals defaced the tomb of Shimon Ben Yaakov – believed to be the burial place of the father of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. While the tomb – located near Kibbutz Eyal, just off Route 6 – is not one of the most popular tombs of forefathers, it is frequented on a more or less daily basis by Jews. Those who came there in recent days found that the tomb has been ...
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Meretz chair Lapid not worthy of being finance minister
Meretz leader MK Zahava Gal-On told "Globes TV" that Yair Lapid is not keeping the promises that he made to the public but is implementing the policies of the finance ministry ...
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Israel acts to deny Hezbollah arms says PM Netanyahu
Israel is "acting" to prevent weapons from Syria from reaching Lebanon's Hezbollah and will continue to do so, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on ...
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US robots Israeli drones to help make 2014 World Cup in Brazil one of safest sporting events ever
World Cup 2014 Brazil has added 30 US military robots to the Israeli drones and 'Robocop-style' glasses with face recognition cameras to its arsenal after the country allocated $900 million to make 2014 World Cup "one of the most protected sports events in history." The 30 PackBot 510 units, which usually cost between $100,000 and $200,000 apiece, will arrive in Brazil as ...
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Hezbollah steps up Syria battle Israel threatens more strikes
AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks ...
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Israeli government report disputes French TV claim about Gaza boys death in 2000
JERUSALEM - Israel has completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel. France 2 network's images from Sept. 30, 2000, days after a Palestinian uprising erupted, allegedly showed the death of Mohammed al-Dura, cowering with ...
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Ctee finds IDF didnt kill Palestinian boy al-Dura in 2000
Netanyahu presented with gov't report finding that France 2 footage shows 12-year-old icon of second intifada was not hit with IDF bullets; claims French TV station edited footage to give misleading ...
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Saar Signs Double Tax Bill on Empty Apartments
Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Sunday authorized the collection of a double portion of real estate tax (arnona) on homes and apartments that are unoccupied. Sa'ar signed an executive order requiring the payments, based on laws that give him the ability to do so. In a statement, Sa'ar said that the move would increase the number of apartments on the rental market, as owners seek ...
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Marijuana Nursery Found in Hareidi Girls School
Teachers and students at a hareidi girls' school in the southern city of Kiryat Gat did not recognize the funny smell that wafted into their classrooms occasionally in the last few months. The school's maintenance man was asked to trace the source of the sweetish scent. He found dozens of plants growing in pots in the schools' bomb shelter. Police were called in. They confirmed ...
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Church of Scotland Revision Report Old Wine in New Bottle
The Church of Scotland's "revision" of its April report "The Inheritance Of Abraham? A Report On The 'Promised Land'," is insufficient and continues to rely on the anti-Israel group Sabeel, said Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor. "The revised report is the same tainted wine in a new bottle," said Yitzhak Santis, NGO Monitor's ...
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Ori Allon to visit Israel to invest in start ups
After receiving investment proposals from over 1,000 Israeli start ups, Dr. Ori Allon, the former Israeli serial entrepreneur, will visit Israel at the start of June to look more closely at some of the entrepreneurs that have most impressed him. Last month, "Globes" revealed that Allon who has sold companies to Google and Twitter plans investing in Israeli start ups. Allon explained ...
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Assads forces storm rebel town of Qusayr with help from Hezbollah
Syrian troops celebrate as they take control of the village of Haydariyah, some seven kilometers outside the rebel-held city of Qusayr, on May 13, 2013. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty ...
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Netanyahu Israel will take action to prevent Syrian weapons leakage to Hezbollah
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Israel would prevent the movement of weapons from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime to Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. He made no mention of past or future air ...
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Video Netanyahu takes aim at weapons ‘leaks’ in Syria
As fighting intensifies in Syria, Netanyahu says Israel aims to prevent a leak of advanced weapons from Syria to "terror organisations." Sunita Rappai ...
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Report Iran hangs 2 alleged spies working for Israel US
By Yeganeh Torbati, Reuters DUBAI - Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, ...
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NATO MPs to visit Israel to examine weapons RD
A NATO Parliamentary Assembly committee will examine Israeli research and development in security technology, MKs learned Sunday in Luxembourg.A NATO Parliamentary Assembly Science and Technology Committee delegation led by US Congressman David Scott (D-GA) and UK Baroness Margaret Ramsay will visit Israel for the first time in ...
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Israel is largest drone exporter in the world
Israel is the largest exporter of drones in the world, a leading industry consultancy firm announced Sunday.In the past eight years, sales of Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles have totaled 4.62 billion dollars, according to ...
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Be’er Tuviya residents protest gas plant
Hundreds of residents of Kiryat Malachi and the surrounding communities blockaded Road 40 at Kastina Junction on Sunday morning in protest of a future natural gas plant to be built in their midst - posing as disaster victims amidst an ashen plume from a smoke machine.With new Kiryat Malachi Mayor Yossi Hadad, demonstrators young and old from the region and activist organizations brought ...
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Law Requires IDF Buy Blue and White Uniforms
The government on Sunday approved an extension of a temporary measure that requires the IDF and security forces to buy Israeli-made uniforms. The extension, proposed by MK Shelly Yachimovich (Labor), requires all branches of official security forces in Israel, including the army, police, Border Patrol, and other units to buy Israeli-made goods in an open tender, unless the price offered by ...
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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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