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Arens Israel does not need US aid
The more than $3 billion in annual foreign aid that Israel receives from the United States is not essential for the country's survival, former foreign minister Moshe Arens said on Tuesday at a meeting launching a Knesset caucus on US-Israel relations.Arens and former US ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer spoke at the Knesset Caucus on US-Israel Relations inaugural event. The caucus, ...
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On the road to recovering Spain’s Jewish roots
barrios (neighborhoods), which had all but disappeared and been reduced to redeployed buildings and ancient street signs, have begun to see serious evidence of Jewish presence thanks to a project called the Red de Juderas, or the Network of Spanish Jewish Quarters. Old synagogues are being reclaimed and filled with displays of Jewish artifacts and explanations of Jewish customs, and there ...
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‘I would convert and make aliya if it weren’t for the camels’
Ben-Gurion U center to study conversions "I've always wanted to do Israel," he says, although his wife Michelle "was nervous because she thought she'd be shot or killed by rockets as soon as she got here.""So far no," he notes.Barry, whose widely syndicated Miami Herald column ran from 1983 to 2005, is the author of numerous best-selling humor books ...
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Saudi Arabia is Hottest New Twitterspace
The kingdom now shows the highest rate of tweeting in relation to number of users worldwide, with some 1.5 million tweets per day. More than three million users are registered to the Twitter social networking Internet site – 12 percent of Saudi Arabia's population. Users span the country, and are based not only in Riyadh or Jeddah but also in far-flung areas of the kingdom. ...
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Time to Leave Conflict Behind Panellists Say as International Meeting on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Considers Viability of Two-State Solution
BEIJING, 18 June ‑ The United Nations Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace this afternoon heard appeals to leave perpetual conflict behind, as experts grappled with ways to revitalize the two-State solution and re-engage the international community in that effort, amid regional turmoil and, by some accounts, societal and political indifference within ...
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As Syria crisis roils Middle East Ban says Israeli-Palestinian peace remains urgent priority
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said ';we must not lose sight of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,'; whose resolution was no less urgent. Calling for a ';clear political horizon'; to break the impasse and maximize present momentum, Mr. Ban told the UN Asia and Pacific International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, in ...
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Gilad Farm residents mull removal of 4 homes
Residents of the Gilad Farm outpost met Tuesday night to consider voluntarily removing four unauthorized homes in their hilltop community of several dozen families, according to outpost spokesman Itai Zar.As of press time, no decision had been ...
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Abu Ghosh focuses on coexistence despite attack
When Abu Ghosh kindergarten teacher Safa Utman stepped out of her home on Nataf Street on Tuesday morning, she found that all of her family's cars' tires had been slashed, leaving her with no way to get to work."We were shocked by the incident. I needed to get to work at the school in Ein Rafa, but wasn't able to. Thirty- five children waited for me at work today, but I ...
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Village of Abu Ghosh hit by massive ‘price tag’ attack
Police say 28 cars vandalized, houses sprayed with graffiti in Arab village in "price tag" attack; Vandalism contrary to values of democracy, says ...
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Jerusalem solar-energy firm hopes to build 8.5-MW field in Rwandan youth village
The developing nation of Rwanda - through the vision of a Jerusalem-based team led by American-Israeli Yosef Abramowitz - may soon become home to an 8.5- megawatt solar oasis capable of providing 8 percent of the country's energy supply.Although Abramowitz's Energiya Global and the Rwandan government are still working on signing a final agreement, the company provided a progress ...
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US Senate unfazed on sanctions after Rohani win
WASHINGTON - US senators are pushing forward with a new sanctions package against Iran despite the victory of moderate Hassan Rohani in last week's election, sources ...
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Ben-Dahan If Netanyahu backs Lau for chief rabbi it would violate coalition agreement
Deputy Religious Services Minister Eli Ben-Dahan (Bayit Yehudi) said on Tuesday that if Likud were to support any candidate for the position of Ashkenazi chief rabbi other than the one recommended by Bayit Yehudi, it would constitute a violation of the coalition agreement between the two parties.Ben-Dahan was reacting to reports in the media that Natan Eshel - a senior advisor to Prime ...
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NSA Head PRISM Foiled at Least 50 Terror Attacks
U.S. surveillance efforts foiled over 50 potential terrorist events since the 2001 attacks, the head of the National Security Agency told lawmakers Tuesday in defending the programs as vital to national ...
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UN Security Council likely to expand Golan peacekeeping force Fiji sending troops
The Security Council president says the U.N. is likely to expand its peacekeeping force in the disputed Golan Heights with more troops and heavy weapons. British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant says there is "strong support" in the council for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's proposal to expand the 913-member force to 1,250. The force was established in 1974 to monitor the ...
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Star-studded party for Israeli presidents 90th birthday
In this handout image provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli President Shimon Peres holds a press conference for the Arabic media ahead of the month of Ramadan on July 26, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Mark Neyman, GPO via Getty ...
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Preconditions have no basis in law or fact
The recent statements by Nabil Shaath, senior member of the Palestinian Authority negotiating team, and others, promising a return to negotiations if Israel agrees to Palestinian preconditions and commits to "negotiate on the basis of the 1967 borders," and to freeze settlement-building, constitute a typical example of Palestinian political manipulation, duplicity and sheer ...
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Lavrov Iran is Prepared to Halt 20-Percent Enrichment
"Without going into details, the Iranians confirm the most important [point]: Their readiness to stop 20 percent uranium enrichment at its current levels," Lavrov said. "This could become a breakthrough agreement, significantly alleviating existing problems, including concerns about the possibility of advanced uranium enrichment to a weapons-grade ...
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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict No Less Urgent Secretary-General Stresses amid Fears that Syria Crisis Could Engulf Already Tense Region
BEIJING, 18 June ‑ With regional tensions rising over relentless fighting in Syria, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today ...
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Lebanese Sunnis ready to fight after Hizbollah declared war against us
BEIRUT // Fighters from the Sunni Bab Al Tabbaneh neighbourhood in Tripoli are clear about who is to blame for the gun battles where their area meets the adjoining Alawite district. "Hizbollah and Bashar Al Assad want this," said Sheikh Khodr Al Zoobi, a Salafist cleric, sometime school bus driver and militia leader. "There is a war against Sunnis in Lebanon." With shots ...
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Netanyahu calls for an end to all Iranian enrichment
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called on Iran Tuesday to stop the enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, shortly after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran has expressed readiness to stop uranium enrichment to 20 percent in exchange for easing international sanctions.Lavrov's comments to the Kuwait News Agency came a day after Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani ...
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Spain reigns supreme once again with Euro triumph
Spain's stranglehold over European soccer doesn't look like it will be ending any time soon after the Under-21 national team emulated the senior side by winning a second straight European Championship title on Tuesday night, outclassing Italy 4-2 at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.The Spaniards entered the tournament in Israel as a firm favorite and lived up to their billing throughout the ...
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Ending the Chief Rabbinate electoral machinations
The sleazy political machinations surrounding the impending elections for the Chief Rabbinate are shameful.There is today a unique opportunity to end the excessive influence exerted over the nation by ultra- Orthodox groups. This extends beyond the emotional issues of haredim serving in the army and becoming gainfully employed rather than subsisting on state welfare. It relates to the ...
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In my own write Joking aside
I can recall two episodes during which I was seized with uncontrollable laughter, oddly both connected with music.The first happened many years ago, when I attended a chamber concert with my father at a private home. It was all pretty informal, but when the music began, people sat down and listened attentively.All went well at first, until a group of four musicians stepped up. Three of them ...
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Today’s ‘Altneuland’ Jerusalem’s ‘beauty and wisdom’ season
It is symposium season in Jerusalem these days - and hero season in Israel. Every June I am overwhelmed by conferences, often balancing two per week, as academics and activists visit Israel before the summer - and summer heat - really begin.As my daily schedule fills up, I enjoy reading about the annual conferring by Israel's universities of honorary doctorates to intellectual and ...
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Terra Incongnita Rewarding IDF service is not discrimination
The only discrimination of a bill allowing for preferential treatment for army, national service results between Jews who don't serve, those who ...
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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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