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23 Hezbollah men killed in Syria
BEIRUT: Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border on Monday, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, Syrian state media said. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from ...
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Syria says destroys Israeli vehicle which crossed ceasefire line
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said on Tuesday its armed forces destroyed an Israeli vehicle after it crossed a ceasefire line into Syrian territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The statement by Syrian military leadership, broadcast on state television, came ...
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Israel Bank RobberyFour people have been dead Be’er Sheva bank robbers Breaking News
At least four people – three men and one woman – were killed and several others were injured, including one person in serious condition, during a robbery gone wrong at a Be’er Sheva bank on Monday. The victims reportedly died during a shootout at a branch of Bank Hapoalim in the southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva. A further shot was heard from the bank at around ...
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Beersheba killer told court needed gun for defense
shot and killed four people in a Beersheba bank on Monday, had a weapon despite an earlier police request to confiscate his weapon, the courts sent out a copy of the transcript of the hearing over confiscating his weapon.The court transcript from August 8, 2011 reveals that Alon's "winning argument" for keeping his weapon appeared to be that his life was in danger and he needed ...
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Many kids among 91 feared dead in US tornado
MOORE, Okla. - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed.President Barack Obama declared a major disaster area in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local efforts in Moore after the ...
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AFI Development doubles profit
AFIL ), today announced $33.4 million revenue for the first quarter of 2013, 3% more than for the corresponding quarter of 2012. The AFIMall City in Moscow contributed $23.2 million revenue. Net profit doubled to $15.6 million for the first quarter. The gross value of AFI Development's properties rose 19% to $2.48 billion at the end of March from $2.08 billion at the end of 2012. The ...
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Treasury sources Budget chief was pushed out
Budget Director Gal Hershkowitz announced yesterday that he will leave his post when the Knesset passes the state budget in two months. However, sources inform ''Globes'' that this is effectively his resignation. The resignation comes because ...
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Hezbollah sends new fighters to bloody Syria battle
Members of Lebanon's Hezbollah carry the coffin of their comrade Fadi Mohammed al-Jazzar during his funeral in southern Beirut on May 20, 2013. AFP ...
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Israeli troops in Syrian border shoot-out
Israeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian frontier today in response to gunfire that struck its forces in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military ...
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Israeli government justifies torture with national security
Six days after Arafat Jaradat was arrested by the Israeli army and the Shin Bet (Israeli intelligence agency), he was dead. Between the day of his arrest, February 18th, and the day of his death, February 23rd, his lawyer, Kamil Sabbagh, met with Arafat only once: before a military judge, the Kishon interrogation center of the Shin ...
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Livni PA must know peace talks are the only game in town
Israeli is continuing an intense dialogue on the peace process with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said Tuesday during the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting. The common goal, she said, is re-starting direct talks between the Israelis and Palestinians: "We want the Palestinian Authority to know that peace talks are the only game in ...
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The New Syria Flogging in the Town Square
The rebellion against Syrian strongman Bashar Assad is turning increasingly Islamist in nature, seeing as the rebel forces are largely affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda and salafist Islam. Videos streaming in daily from Syria document this Islamist influence, which comes in the form of executions and torture carried out in the name of Islam, among other things. The embedded ...
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Murder Victim’s Phone Pictures Stolen
reports. The phone was given to Borovsky by the theater group he worked with, and was registered under the name of the group’s director, Oshri Maimon. The phone contained hundreds of pictures and video clips of his theater work and of his wife and children. "It has a lot of pictures of Evyatar with the children," his widow Tzofia said. "We hardly ever take pictures, and it ...
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Rabbi Bedouin Attack Part of a Pattern of Violence
An attack on a Jewish woman in the Negev on Monday was part of a greater pattern of Bedouin violence against Jews in the region, according to Rabbi Avichai Ronsky, a former IDF Chief Rabbi and former resident of the Negev. On Monday, Bedouin men threw a massive stone at an Israeli woman’s car as she drove near Kfar Retamim. "She was a hair’s breadth away from serious ...
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Hezbollah ‘plays growing role in Syria’
Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hasan Faisal Sheker, an 18-year-old Hezbollah member, carry the coffin during his funeral in Nabi Sheet near Baalbeck on Monday. About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on ...
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Shekel continues to weaken
The shekel has continued to weaken against both the dollar and euro in morning inter-bank trading today. The shekel-dollar exchange rate has risen 0.13%, compared with yesterday's representative rate, to NIS 3.665/$, and the shekel-euro exchange rate has risen 0.33% to NIS ...
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Battle royale over east Jerusalem before High Court
The Israel Land Fund rejected a compromise from the High Court of Justice on Monday to resolve an appeal of a 2012 district court decision to evict an east Jerusalem Arab family from Beit Merivah in Sheikh Jarrah.The seemingly simple ownership lawsuit for the Shamasna family, filed in 2009, is one of the frontline battles between groups of Palestinians and Jews over the future character and ...
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Yaalon Saves General from Knesset Embarrassment
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has instructed Judea and Samaria Division Commander not to appear before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee when heads of the settlement movement are in the ...
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Report U.S. Talks Peace But Aids Incitement
American leaders speak of the importance of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, but American money is being used by terrorist groups that undermine the chance for peace, according to a report by NGO Monitor that was presented Monday to the United States Congress. The problem is with the funding dispersed by U.S.-funded NGOs, explained NGO Monitor head Professor Gerald ...
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Jailed Terrorists Tried to Bribe Jailer
The Israel Police Northern District's Central Unit and the Israel Prisons Service 'Dror' unit have uncovered an attempt by two terrorist prisoners to bribe a jailer at the Nafcha prison. The two suspects are Gaza residents aged 28 and 33 who are serving long jail sentences for terror offenses. They approached a jailer and offered to pay him 20,000 shekels if he lets them smuggle ...
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Suntech supplying panels to two Shikun Binui solar plants
Chinese solar panel manufacturer Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) will supply panels to the first solar energy field, which is under construction at Sde Boker. As part of the $20 million deal, Suntech will also supply panels to another solar energy field, which is under construction at Kibbutz Hatzerim. The Sde Boker facility will generate five megawatts of electricity, and the ...
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Waze trumps Google on Ayalon closure
Waze Ltd. marked the worst day in its history, when the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv was closed because of a storm, which caused the Ayalon wadi to flood. Even though the highway was closed for a long time, the popular navigation app continued to direct drivers to it. Waze subsequently did its homework, and the results were seen last night. Waze added a feature which allows drivers to report ...
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Syrian rebel chief brands Hezbollah the ‘devil’s party’
Beirut, Lebanon – Syrian rebel leader Gen. Salim Idriss warned the Lebanese government on Monday to stop the Hezbollah fighters from entering Syria or risk bringing the Syrian war to Lebanon. In a phone interview from Jordan, where he is holding ...
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Fire from Syria at IDF Vehicle IDF Returns Fire
Israeli soldiers patrolling the Golan Heights along the border with Syria fired back after coming under fire overnight, an Israeli Defense Forces statement said ...
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Police Tried to Take Shooter’s Weapon Judge Refused
Police wanted bank shooter Itamar Alon to hand in his personal weapon two years ago, according to media reports. On Monday, Alon entered a bank in Be’er Sheva and murdered four people shortly after the bank refused to extend his line of credit. Two years ago, Alon became involved in a dispute with his neighbors. Neighbors complained that he was violent and that they were afraid he would ...
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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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