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UNESCO to include Yad Vashem database in world register
UNESCO, the United Nations' organ which aims to promote international cooperation in the field of science and culture, announced that it has included Yad Vashem's database of the names and stories of those who have perished in the Holocaust as part of its Memory of the World Register.This marks the first time that UNESCO has included an Israeli archival collection in its ...
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Chabad Rabbi Moshe Greenberg Gulag Survivor Passes On
Rabbi Moshe Greenberg, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Bnei Brak and noted for continuing Jewish education activities despite a ban under Communist rule, passed away on Tuesday at age 84. Rabbi Greenberg passed on the eve of Yud-Beis Tamuz, the anniversary on the Jewish calendar celebrating the release of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson -- his mentor -- from prison ...
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BDS Summer Camps to Indoctrinate College Students
Three groups with established records of stoking anti-Israel activity are organizing "summer camps" and "summer institutes" in New York and Chicago, where they will attempt to indoctrinate young children with biased narratives of Israeli-Arab history and teach college students to organize campaigns to boycott the state of Israel. The camps raise concerns about the ...
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All Israelis will profit from gas exports
In the wake of yesterday's decision on the fate of Israel's gas reserves, Minister of Finance Yair Lapid has said he is proud of the proposal to be put to the cabinet on Sunday that 40% of natural gas will be exported. He said, "This is a day of celebration for the State of Israel. A miracle has happened to us. This will help education, welfare and to lower the cost of ...
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Israeli occupation forces arrest five Palestinians from West Bank provinces today
Bethlehem: June 20 -- (BNA)-- Israeli occupation forces arrested this morning five Palestinian citizens from Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus and Hebron provinces. In Bethlehem, the occupation forces arrested in the wee hours of dawn today a Palestinian youngster after raiding and inspecting his home in Khadir Town. Also, another Palestinian youngster from Bait-Jala Town sustained bone fractures as a ...
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2013 Lions Tour Israel Folau named to make Wallabies debut against tourists
Brisbane 4000 Former rugby league international Israel Folau is one of three debutants named in Australia's starting XV to face the British and Irish Lions at Lang Park on Saturday night.Folau, playing his first season of professional rugby union following an unsuccessful stint in the AFL, has been named to make his Wallabies debut on the wing in the first Test.He will be joined by ...
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Jewish educator who survived Soviet Gulag dies
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Rabbi Moshe Greenberg, a religious educator who survived a brutal Gulag in Siberia and secretly taught Judaism under an oppressive Soviet regime, has died in Israel. He was ...
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US lauds Israel for efforts in combating trafficking
Israel, for the second year in a row received a "Tier 1" ranking for it's efforts to prevent human trafficking, prosecute offenders, and protect victims, according to this ...
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Man Drives Car into Torah Procession in London
A London man broke into a Hachnasas Sefer Torah procession this Sunday, driving his car into the Jewish gathering. The Hachnasas Sefer Torah was held on Sunday in Stamford Hill, London into the Beis Midrash of Vizhnitz, ...
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Report Rowhani Linked to 1994 Buenos Aires AMIA Bombing
Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani was on the special Iranian government committee that plotted the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, according to an indictment by the Argentine government prosecutor investigating the ...
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James Gandolfini Dead at 51
James Gandolfini, best known for his role as an anxiety-ridden mob boss on HBO's "The Sopranos," died Wednesday while on vacation in Italy. He was 51. The exact cause of James Gandolfinise's death remains unknown, but his managers said it was possibly a heart attack. "It is with immense sorrow that we report our client passed away today while on holiday in Rome, ...
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Israel to be First in World with F-35 Fighter Jets
Lockheed Martin Aircraft Industries has announced that Israel will be the first nation to receive its F-35 stealth fighter jets, the most expensive weapon in U.S. history. The company’s vice president, Steve O’Bryan, made the announcement Tuesday at the Paris Air Show. The F-35 is a fifth-generation aircraft capable of evading radar and integrated air defense systems. There has ...
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Shekel weakens against dollar after Bernanke statement
The shekel weakened today against the dollar but strengthened against the euro in morning inter-bank trading following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke statement on bond purchases last night. The shekel-dollar exchange rate rose 0.56%, compared with yesterday's representative rate, to NIS 3.615/$, and the shekel-euro exchange rate fell 0.37% to NIS ...
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FSA claims Hezbollah used chemical weapons
The opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) claims that chemical weapons were used on Wednesday in a Damascus town by Hezbollah fighters and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. (File photo / Al Bawaba) The opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) claims that chemical weapons were used on Wednesday in a Damascus town by Hezbollah fighters and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.The town of ...
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U.S. Israeli defense chiefs met on Iran Syria
WASHINGTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. and Israeli defence chiefs on Friday reaffirmed cooperation to counter threats from Iran and condemned the alledged use of chemical weapons by Syrian government forces. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Israeli counterpart Moshe Yaalon reiterated during a meeting that the two allies "will continue to work together to counter threats posed by ...
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Israel in top tier for combating human trafficking
Israel, for the second year, received a "Tier 1" ranking for it's efforts to prevent human trafficking, prosecute offenders, and protect victims, according to this year's US State Department report on human trafficking, released on Wednesday by US Secretary of State John Kerry.From the legislative level down to non-profit organizations working with victims of sex and labor ...
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Two U.S. men allegedly tried to make X-ray weapon to secretly harm foes of Israel
Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, of Galway, N.Y., leaves the federal courthouse in shackles after being arraigned Wednesday June 19, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Federal authorities accused Crawford and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight, of Hudson, N.Y. of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel. Investigators said Crawford approached Jewish organizations ...
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Men built X-ray gun to shoot Israel opponents – FBI
Israel .An indictment charges 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford and 54-year-old Eric J Feight with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists with the weapon.Investigators have said Crawford approached Jewish organisations in 2012 looking for funding and people to help him with technology that could be used to surreptitiously deliver damaging and even lethal doses of radiation against those he ...
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The Sopranos star James Gandolfini dies in Italy
LOS ANGELES - James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking cable TV ...
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Nuclear expert Israeli warheads are a threat to its own security
Israel has 80 to 100 warheads, "more powerful than what was used in Hiroshima," says nuclear expert; research finds even a limited nuclear war would lead to world's temperature dropping, result in widespread ...
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Peres Criticized for 90th Birthday Extravaganza
, Orbach jokingly suggested that the Peres’s 91st birthday next year should be the main theme at the annual torch-lighting ceremony on Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence ...
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Free Syrian Army Accuses Hizbullah of Using Chemical Weapons
The opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) reported on Wednesday that chemical weapons had been used in a Damascus town by Hizbullah terrorists and forces loyal to President Bashar ...
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Elkin Irans Elections Made a Mockery of Democracy
"This is making a joke of democracy and talking about a fundamental change as a result of the elections is funny," he added. "There is no doubt, however, that the Iranian public expressed dissatisfaction with the current leadership, which proves again that the economic pressure on Iran weakens the regime and therefore the pressure on Iran should ...
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Abbas We Support Kerrys Peace Efforts
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said he supports U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to revive peace talks with ...
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Israel and Palestine Consequences of Deterrence
"Deterrence has to be maintained," said Gabi Siboni, a colonel for strategic affairs at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. "It was only a question of time until this moment arrived." It seems the Palestinians are of like mind. As things stand, this latest round of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was probably inevitable. Escalation and ...
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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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