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Lebanese Syrians protest Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria
A number of Lebanese and Syrian nationals held a demonstration on Tuesday in the Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut to protest against Hezbollah's intervention in the al-Qusair battles in Syria, LBCI reported on ...
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Israel US threatens war with Syria as sectarian fighting spreads across region
Israeli and Syrian forces exchanged fire across the cease-fire line in the Golan Heights yesterday, amid rising US and Israeli threats of intervention in the US-led sectarian proxy war in Syria, which is rapidly spreading throughout the region. Fighting in the Golan Heights started overnight when Syrian forces fired at an Israeli vehicle that allegedly crossed into Syrian territory. Israeli ...
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Create unit to investigate illegal W. Bank building
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein appeals to Defense Minister to create a unit to enforce law against those in involved in illegal West Bank construction in ...
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Syria and Israel exchange fire as Hezbollah sends in fighters
Hezbollah , the Lebanese militant group, sent more reinforcements to help the Assad regime attack a border town as the conflict spilled further into the country's ...
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Jordanian prisoners in Israel continue hunger strike in bid for better treatment
Jordanian prisoners in Israel have been on hunger strike for 20 days, campaigning for better treatment and family visits, among other things. Getty image, for illustrative purposes only. Five Jordanians imprisoned in Israel have entered their 20th day on open hunger strike, a prisoner rights groups said Tuesday."Five of around 30 Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails are currently ...
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Likud Punishes Feiglin Dismisses Him from Knesset Committee
MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud) was dismissed on Tuesday from the Knesset’s Education Committee, a punitive action due to his recent decision to suspend his parliamentary ...
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Israel warns Syria of ‘consequences’ if Golan fire continues
An Israeli soldier from the Golani Brigade sleeps as others, seen through a black netting, pray close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, in this May 7, 2013 file picture. The Israeli military denied on May 21, 2013 a claim by Syria that its armed forces destroyed an Israeli vehicle on the Golan Heights. (BAZ ...
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Experts tell Knesset c’tee Bridges in good shape
Transportation and infrastructure professionals promised that no Israeli bridges are going to collapse, during a discussion on the subject in the Knesset's State Control Committee on Tuesday.The committee members and relevant government officials were discussing the bridges in the aftermath of a State Comptroller's Report on Netivei Israel, the Israel National Roads Company.Over ...
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Secondhand smoke ups kids antisocial behavior risk
Children that are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to be physically aggressive and antisocial - regardless if they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history of being antisocial - researchers at the University of Montreal published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.Researchers Dr. Linda Pagani and Caroline ...
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Doctors bend on vacation pay to secure wage hike
Despite the planned budget cuts, the country's public-sector physicians will receive their second salary increase this year as agreed upon in the labor agreement reached in August 2011 by the Treasury and the Israel Medical Association.IMA chairman Dr. Leonid Eidelman, who initially feared that the increase would be postponed to 2015, made the comments on Tuesday. The IMA had declared ...
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Solar field set for Ben-Gurion’s Negev kibbutz
The Negev Desert will soon become a little bit brighter with the announcement of two future solar fields, one of which will be built in David Ben-Gurion's former neighborhood.Shari Arison's Shikun Vebinui Group has teamed up with Chinese solar panel giant Suntech Power Holdings, Co. Ltd. to build 11 megawatts worth of photovoltaic panels in two Negev Desert plots. A 5- megawatt ...
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Prosor Slams Erekat Over Apartheid Comments
Erekat told a UN committee in New York on Monday that the Palestinian Authority would hold off on applying to UN agencies, as it is eligible to do since the General ...
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Former Iranian President Barred from Elections
Iran's moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a former government official, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, have been barred from contesting the June 14 presidential election, the interior ministry said Tuesday, according to ...
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Senate Committee Approves Legislation to Arm Syrian Rebels
A key Senate committee on Tuesdayoverwhelmingly approved legislation that calls for the U.S. to provide small arms to moderate Syrian opposition groups fighting strongman Bashar al-Assad, the Wall Street Journal ...
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Iran and Hezbollah’s Support for Syria Complicates U.S. Strategy on Peace Talks
MUSCAT, Oman -- As evidence grows of increased Iranian support for the Syrian government, the Obama administration's strategy to bring the bitter fighting there to a close faces more challenges than ...
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UN investigates use of sarin gas as Israel attacks Syria
A UN special commission will investigate the use of chemical weapons in the Arab nation. The Syrian Government had filed an official complaint with President of the Security Council and to the general secretary after the Israeli ...
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PM meets union reps for National Students Week
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with chairmen of student unions from higher education institutions across the country on Tuesday morning, as part of National Students Week.The meeting, held in Netanyahu's office, included Uri Reshtik, chairman of the National Union of Israeli Students, Education Minister Shai Piron, Deputy Minister Ofir Akunis and executive director of the Prime ...
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Hamas textbooks to teach about liberation plans
Hamas has begun preparing new school textbooks that teach children about "plans to liberate Palestine and the legitimacy and various forms of resistance [against Israel]." Jamal Abu Hashem, advisor to the Hamas-controlled education ministry, said new books would be introduced as part of National Education Studies for grades 8-10.Abu Hashem was speaking during a workshop in Gaza ...
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Lithuanian FM Heed settlement goods label issue
Linas Linkevicius tells the 'Post' that if Israel does not label products from West Bank settlements it could lead to a boycott of all Israeli ...
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EU to Discuss Adding Hizbullah to Terror List
The European Union opened the door Tuesday to adding what is known as the Hizbullah terror group’s "military wing" to its list of international terrorist groups, EU diplomats told ...
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Comedy for Koby Returns for Tenth Run
The Comedy for Koby tour is back this month, for the tenth time, featuring top-tier North American comedians who perform in Israel. The tour kicks off on Wednesday, May 22, and features shows in Beit Shemesh, Modiin, Jerusalem, Raanana, Tel Aviv and Gush Etzion. Participating comics are Wayne Federman (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Step Brothers), Ralph Harris (Late ...
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EU set to brand Hezbollah terrorists
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Netanyahu is a clown like Anwar al-Sadat
Haaretz: "Netanyahu is a clown like Anwar al-Sadat" The groundless threats of the regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have made him a clown like the Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat, the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz wrote on Monday. The Yom Kippur War which began on 6 October 1973 was fought primarily by Syria and Egypt, with some other military and financial assistance from ...
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Former IDF chief rabbi to head new religious services post
Former IDF chief rabbi Brig.- Gen. Avichai Rontzki has been appointed to head up the new Directorate for Jewish Identity, which has been created within the Religious Services Ministry.The purpose of the new body, whose establishment was stipulated in the coalition agreement between Likud Beytenu and Bayit Yehudi, is to imbue Jewish values in Israeli society.Although the exact activities and ...
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Yacimovich rejects link between murder and economy
Connecting the shooting in Beersheba to the economic situation is immoral, opposition leader Shelly Yacimovich (Labor) said Tuesday."Murder is murder is murder," Yacimovich stated. "Itamar Alon committed a cruel, violent, inhuman massacre of innocent people and left deep suffering and pain behind him."The Labor leader said she argued with her closest advisers who asked ...
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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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