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Rage in London after Unforgivable Beheading
the gruesome murder of a soldier by Muslims in Woolwich, in southeastern London, on Wednesday. The murdered man was Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion. "There is rage in London; the feelings are very bad," a Jewish resident of Golders Green ...
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Kerry Meets Abbas for 2 Hours Visits Peres
US Secretary of State John Kerry went straight into talks with met Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas Thursday immediately after talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. He then returned to Jerusalem and met with President Shimon Peres. He will have breakfast Friday with Netanyahu. "I know this region well enough to know there is skepticism, in some quarters there is cynicism and ...
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Israel - Israels accusations against TV stations coverage of boys death are unsupported
's coverage of 12-year-old Palestinian Muhammad al-Durrah's death during rioting in the Gaza Strip on 30 September 2000 and the disputed claim that he was killed by a shot fired from Israeli ...
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Kerry heads back to Israel for fourth time since February continuing peace push
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for a joint press conference between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2013. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ...
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Hezbollah should be labeled a terrorist group say France Britain Germany
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Hezbollah should be labeled a terrorist group by the European Union, France, Britain and Germany said Wednesday. The Lebanese militant group ...
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Eini to Netanyahu Call Bennett to order
"Since the current government under your leadership took office, we have been witness to unbridled incitement, unprecedented in its extremeness, on the part of ministers in your government against organized labor and working people in Israel." Thus Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel) chairman Ofer Eini wrote to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a very strongly worded ...
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John Kerry acknowledges failures over Israeli-Palestinian peace process
John Kerry , has acknowledged years of disappointment over the Israeli-Palestinian peace process at the start of his fourth recent visit to the area, but added that he hoped to confound sceptics and cynics.Kerry met the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and won strong support for his peace mission from the British foreign secretary, William ...
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Hizbollah sends hundreds of fighters to Qusayr as Syrias violence spreads
HERMEL // On a country road in Lebanon's north-east, traffic is heavy. Ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with mourners follow coffins as Hizbollah brings wounded fighters home from Syria, and its dead. With the bodies from the battle over the border at Qusayr, comes the violence, as civil conflict between Syria's Iranian-backed ruler and Sunni rebels spreads ...
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Israeli Military Road Graders Cross into Gaza Strip
Gaza, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Israeli soldiers driving road graders crossed the Gaza strip demarcation line at Khan Younis, said Palestinian witnesses. The heavy engineering vehicles advanced several hundred meters and their crew began firing, witnesses told the Maan news agency. In recent weeks, Israeli armored vehicles had approached but not crossed the border, site of a sea-ground and air ...
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BIU awards honorary doctorate to Holocaust survivor
Bar Ilan University awarded an honorary doctorate this week to Hungarian Holocaust survivor Susanne Czuker, who escaped Auschwitz at a young age and endured several difficult attempts to escape the Holocaust, in recognition of her "profound commitment to Jewish education continuity and heritage, and her devotion to the State of Israel. " The university also dedicated the lobby and ...
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Kerry samples Palestinian sweets shawarma
RAMALLAH, West Bank) - US Secretary of State John Kerry stepped off the diplomatic track on Thursday and onto a West Bank street where he sampled a shawarma sandwich and a pistachio-sprinkled Palestinian sweet.In a rare gesture for a US secretary of state - but a staple of US political campaigns - Kerry dropped by the Samer Restaurant in the Palestinian city of Ramallah to enjoy typical ...
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Technion Scientists Develop an Advanced Biological Computer
Technion scientists developed and constructed a molecular transducer, which is an advanced computing machine. This molecular computer was built entirely of biomolecules, such as DNA and enzymes that can manipulate genetic codes. This unprecedented device can compute iteratively, namely, it uses the output as a new input for subsequent computations. Furthermore, it produces outputs in the form of ...
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Yisrael Beytenu Enlist Arabs Too
The Yisrael Beytenu faction, headed by MK Avigdor Lieberman, is unhappy with the recommendations of the Perry Committee on equal IDF service for all. The faction wants the Committee to address the matter of Arab enlistment, and demands that the necessary budget for enforcing Arab enlistment this be included in the bill that the government is set to ...
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Israel Corp. mulling closure of Better Place
ILCO ), Better Place's main investor, on the electric car venture's future, and whether or not it will continue will depend upon its ability to continue raising cash. In that regard, Idan Ofer, who controls Israel Corp., recently approached potential investors. Better Place said in response to the report, "In the past few months Better Place has continued its many efforts to ...
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Terror Engulfs Syria as Hezbollah Helps Assad Regain Military Foothold
With reports making headlines that the Syrian forces on the ground are making some progress and making gains with the support of Hezbollah forces, the United States of America today said an active military support to the Assad regime simply exacerbates the sectarian tensions and it perpetuates the regime's campaign of terror against its own people. According to US Secretary of State John ...
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Shiites urged to end Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria
Former lebanese Prime Minister and current leader of the Future Movement parliamentary bloc MP Fouad Siniora contacted on Thursday several Shiite religious and political figures as part of efforts to put an end to Hezbollah’s "dangerous" involvement in Syria Civil war ...
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Steinitz concerned about UK-Israel relations
"It's difficult to say" if Britain was still a friend of Israel, Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said in an interview published in ...
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Amnesty Both Israel Hamas guilty of war crimes
Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law during Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza in November of last year, Amnesty International concluded in a report released on ...
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Complexities of surgery for Syrian girl in Israel
Balancing a media blitz and concerns for the family's security when they return home, the organization who brought the girl to Israel say they hope she is the first of ...
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Jewish Groups Deliver Food to Oklahoma Victims
The National Council of Young Israel teamed with Agri Star Meat & Poultry LLC and the Masbia organization to facilitate the delivery of 20,000 pounds of food to tornado victims in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In the aftermath of the tornado that tore apart families, leveled neighborhoods and devastated entire communities, there is a dire need for relief and supplies, including fresh food. Upon ...
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US Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Aid Holocaust Survivors
A bipartisan group of United Sates lawmakers introduced a bill that would facilitate assistance for Holocaust survivors. The legislation, which was introduced Tuesday in both the House and the Senate, would add survivors to a priority list for social services outlined in the Older Americans Act. The sponsors of the initiative, called the RUSH Act (Responding to the Urgent needs of ...
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PM Offers Sympathy to Hague over London Attack
British Foreign Secretary William Hague is in Jerusalem, and met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Thursday. Peace between Israel and the Palestinians is a "priority," British Foreign Secretary Hague said as he was about to meet ...
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Israel is fighting a regional war in Syria
The changing internal situation in Syria is putting a new set of plans into motion, which involve Israeli aggression against Syria. Not only have the US and its allies been trying to militarily buttress the retreating anti-government militias, but now they aim to create a new phase in the conflict where states start asserting leverage against Syria in place of the weakening anti-government ...
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Kerry Embarks on Meetings with Israeli and Palestinian Officials
JERUSALEM -- As he embarked on another round of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Thursday in an effort to revitalize the peace process, Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged the doubts being expressed on both sides over his chances of ...
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Luzon names Israel squad for home finals
"This is a hard day for me," said coach Guy Luzon after naming his final 23-man squad for this summer's UEFA European Under-21 Championship on home ...
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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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