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Palestinian lost speech ability after PA torture
A Palestinian man who was detained by the Palestinian Authority security forces in Hebron has lost the ability to speak as a result of severe torture, according to a report released by the Independent Commission for Human Rights.Mohamed Abdel Karim Dar of Hebron was hospitalized after being tortured while in detention, the report, which documented 28 cases of torture in PA prisons in the ...
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Jamal Al-Dura Israeli Report was Fabricated
a report by an Israeli investigative committee which determined that allegations that the IDF killed his son were untrue, and that his son may not even be dead. Speaking ...
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Assad Hezbollah forces advance into Qusair
Hezbollah fighters have reportedly advanced into the main square of besieged Qusair, with fierce battles continuing overnight Monday for control of the strategic city near the Lebanese border. At least 40 people were killed, activist organizations said, in battles that saw forces loyal to ...
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South Korea deploys Israeli Spike missiles
South Korea has deployed to its western frontline islands the Israeli-made Spike missiles capable of launching precision strikes on North Korea's coastal artillery pieces hidden in mountain caves and tunnels, Seoul officials said Sunday. "We have recently deployed scores of Spike missiles and vehicles to carry them to the border islands including Bangnyeongdo and Yeonpyeongdo," ...
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Tunisia 1 Dead in Clashes Between Security Forces and Salafists
reported. The clashes took place after local authorities banned extremist Salafists from staging their annual congress. The confrontations infuriated moderate Islamist Prime Minister Ali Larayedh, who for the first time linked the Salafist Ansar al-Sharia group, which is considered close to Al-Qaeda, to "terrorism". "Ansar al-Sharia is an illegal organization which defies and ...
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Rabbi Mertzbachs Family Jewish Blood Will Not be Ignored
. The tragic event took place in the early morning hours of November 11, 2011. IDF soldiers in the south Hevron area were placed on alert and told to watch out for a Skoda-type car and stop it. The video shows the soldiers setting up a roadblock, but the Skoda can be seen passing them, apparently without being noticed. Fifteen seconds later, Rabbi Mertzbach's car appears. The IDF ...
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Netanyahu says further strikes on Syria a possibility
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu: "The Israeli government is acting in a responsible and measured way". Reuters/Ronen ...
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Israelis Targeted by Rock Throwers in Northern Israel
A group of Israelis was targeted by rock-throwing Arab youths in the northern Israel city of Nazareth Illit during the holiday of Shavuot last week, proving that rock terrorism is not only a problem for Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria. Yossi Farber, a resident of the city, ...
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Senior Hizbullah Official Killed in Syria Fighting
that dozens of Hizbullah members were wounded during the fight and had been taken to hospitals in Beirut, Lebanon for treatment. The Hizbullah official who was killed is Fady al-Jazzar, according ...
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Egypt-Israel border blocked in support of kidnapped soldiers
Egyptian police climb the gates at the main Egyptian crossing point into the Gaza Strip on May 19, 2013. Egyptian police closed a commercial passage with Israel in support of colleagues who shut down a crossing with Gaza to protest the abduction of policemen, state media reported. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty ...
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Syria war Israel warns of more strikes
Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks fail. Activists said it was the fiercest fighting in Syria's two year-old civil war involving Hezbollah, a Shi'ite group backed by Iran which they said appeared to be helping ...
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Outlook dim as Syria diplomacy gathers force
John Kerry is expected to explain the plans for talks at a meeting in Jordan on Wednesday of the "Friends of Syria" club of countries seeking Assad's downfall, many of which are skeptical of the peace initiative. Syria's opposition will meet on Thursday in Istanbul to announce its stance, and the Arab League's Syria committee will also meet on Thursday in Cairo at the ...
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Jlem to vie for 2019 UNSC seat despite Berlin bid
Israel will go ahead with its candidacy for an unprecedented seat on the UN Security Council in 2019 despite Germany's determination to run against it, diplomatic officials ...
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A-G told IDF to remove remaining Migron homes
The state should remove the structures that were left intact at the site of the former Migron outpost, Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein told the Civil Administration last week according to his office.The IDF had forcibly evacuated 50 families from the outpost in September, after the High Court of Justice ruled that their homes were built without permits on land classified by the state as ...
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Beduin pelt Retamim residents with stones
Masked Beduin men blocked the road to Kibbutz Retamim in the Negev, throwing stones at residents' cars on Sunday afternoon.Following a complaint from a Retamim woman, who managed to drive around the makeshift roadblocks while the masked men on all-terrain vehicles threw stones at her car, which also contained her three children, without getting hurt, Negev Police sent a special force ...
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WJC to probe Claims Conference fraud cover-up
World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder has asked Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany chairman Julius Berman and executive vice president Gregory Schneider to respond to allegations of covering up ...
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Swastikas Scrawled on Michigan Student Lockers Stir Outrage
Three high school teenagers in Michigan could face criminal charges for scratching swastikas into student lockers. The president of the Congregation Sharrey Zedek, Elliot Spoon, said that while he is not surprised by the incident, he is extremely disappointed. "Swastikas on lockers under any circumstance is inappropriate and offensive," he ...
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Israel demands French TV change 13-year-old report on boys death
Israel strikes open up 'all possibilities' - Syrian minister Israel has demanded a French television station correct a report from nearly 13 years ago which helped fuel anger across the world and ignite a bloody uprising against the Jewish state. Twelve-year-old Mohammed al-Dura and his father, Jamal, were filmed crouching in terror by a wall in the Gaza Strip in September 2000, ...
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PM Israel has no ‘favorite’ in Syrian civil war
Israel is not taking sides in the Syrian civil war, but will act if necessary to prevent game-changing weapons from being transferred to Hezbollah, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.Speaking at the outset of the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said Israel was closely monitoring the developments and changes in Syria, and was "prepared for any ...
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Golden Dawn MP Shouts Heil Hitler In Parliament Chambers
A Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party member provoked controversy on Friday after shouting 'Heil Hitler' in parliament chambers, causing him to be ejected from the building. Golden Dawn MP Panagiotis Iliopoulos was ousted by the acting speaker after he poked fun at the leader of the main leftist opposition Syriza party, ...
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Syrian army Hezbollah kill over 30 in border town
AMMAN - Syrian troops supported by Hezbollah operatives launched an offensive to retake a major town near Lebanon from rebels on Sunday, the heaviest fighting yet involving Lebanese armed group, opposition activists said.At least 32 people were killed when rebel fighters clashed with mechanized Syrian army units and Hezbollah guerrillas in nine points in and around the town of Qusair, 10 km (six ...
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UNESCO delegation arrives on rare inspection trip to Jlem
Israel lets delegation inspect preservation work in Old City in exchange for Palestinians postponing anti-Israel resolutions pending before the body; agreement viewed as diplomatic achievement, brokered by US and ...
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Palestinian kids swept up in wave of Israeli arrests
Ahmed Jawabreh, 14, was arrested in the middle of the night for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank refugee camp where he lives and wasn't released for another 18 days. His was only one of a recent wave of arrests of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities, human rights groups ...
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Benjamin Netanyahu threatens more Israeli strikes on Syria
Benjamin Netanyahu raised the prospect of further Israeli strikes on Syria today, amid claims that Bashar al-Assad's regime has installed high-tech weapons aimed at hitting Tel ...
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Damascus Gate clashes inflame tensions in east Jlem
Palestinians expressed their anger outside Damascus Gate on Sunday afternoon, claiming it was "impossible" for any man under the age of 50 to go through it to enter the mosque.Violent clashes broke out Saturday afternoon in east Jerusalem between over 100 Palestinians and police following what authorities described as an "illegal march" from Damascus Gate to al-Aksa ...
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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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