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France rules out Iran joining in Syria peace talks
ABU DHABI - France's foreign minister on Saturday ruled out Iran taking part in a proposed Syria peace conference, saying Tehran was involved in the conflict and had no desire for peace.Laurent Fabius will host Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry at a dinner on Monday to discuss how to nudge Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Syrian opposition ...
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Jewish candidate for NY mayor confuses his city
Anthony Weiner, a Jewish-Democrat candidate running for Mayor of New York this year appeared confused over which city he was running for after mistakenly uploading a picture of the Pittsburgh skyline onto his campaign website.The site featured a banner image of a city skyline from Pittsburgh before he rushed to fix it later on Friday, ...
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Israeli expert says Syria cyberattack foiled
The attack took place just after Israel bombed a military complex near Damascus. Israel refuses to comment on the strike but officials at the time said Iranian missiles set for Hezbollah were hit. Syria has said that it would keep all options on the table for its ...
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Why Washington and Tel Aviv Want Hezbollah to Keep Fighting in al-Qusayr
Why Washington and Tel Aviv Want Hezbollah to Keep Fighting in al-Qusayr Franklin Lamb Homs Province, Syria During a tour of some of the neighborhoods in Homs, Syria's third largest city after Aleppo and Damascus, with a pre-conflict population of approximately 800,000 (nearly half Homs residents have fled over the past two years) located maybe about 22 miles NE of the current ...
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Abbas Two states side by side still possible
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that peace with Israel is still possible, and that the Palestinians "want to have two states living side by side," Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported.Speaking at the opening session of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Center at the Dead Sea, Abbas referred to ...
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Syrian hackers attempted to attack Haifas water supply
Syrian web activists loyal to the regime of Basher Assad launched a failed cyber attack on Haifa's water supply system, a senior scientist and web expert revealed on Saturday. Professor Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, Chairman of the National Council for Research and Development, said that members of the Syrian Electronic Army attempted to damage computers controlling the water system this month, in ...
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EU must urge Israel to curb settlements in W. Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank - A group of 80 international aid agencies urged the European Union on Saturday to follow through on pledges it made last year to back Palestinian communities seen as vulnerable to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.Not enough action has been taken since EU foreign ministers last May urged Israel to ...
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Palestinian-Israeli peace deal still possible Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the World Economic Forum, held at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention center, in Southern Shuneh, 55 kilometers southeast of Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Raad ...
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Gaza exports have plummeted under Israeli blockade
The sun rises as fishermen ride a boat at the seaport of Gaza City on Wednesday. Israel has enforced a strict naval blockade off Gaza's coast, putting an end on exporting anything from Gaza by sea and only very limited exports are allowed by ...
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In Depth How Iranian weapons go through Syria to Hezbollah
For 20 years, Israeli intelligence has been playing a game of cat and mouse against the weapons smuggling axis of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah in a battle in which "every imaginable method is ...
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Hezbollah chief to appear Saturday on TV
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will make another TV appearance via video link. He will deliver a speech on Saturday at 5: 30 pm on the occasion of the Resistance and Liberation day and is expected to talk about the latest development in Lebanon and the region, Al Manar TV reported on ...
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Assad Hezbollah forces battle rebels in Qusayr
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have unleashed their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage yet in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town, activists ...
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Assault on Qusair Intensifies Ahead of Hezbollah Speech
Syrian anti-government activists say Syrian troops have launched the heaviest barrage of gunfire yet in a week-long battle to re-take the strategic town of Qusair from rebel ...
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Report Wave of cyber attacks on US originating in Iran
'New York Times' quotes US officials as saying targets include oil, gas and electricity companies; security experts believe goal of the Iranian attacks is sabotage rather than ...
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Jordan king says extremism grown fat on Israel-Palestinian conflict
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan - Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. "Good faith talks must get going," he said in Saturday remarks at the opening of a two-day meeting of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum on the shores of the Dead Sea. He pointed to an Arab peace initiative that ...
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Norwegian pension fund reconsiders Israel investments
Norway’s Ministry of Finance is referring to its Ethical Guidelines for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global following the situation in Gaza. According to the current Guidelines, the Council on Ethics shall recommend exclusion of companies from the fund’s investment universe where they see a considerable risk of contributing to serious or systematic human ...
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Real News Network Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran
Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran? August 8 - The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid corruption allegations has left many questions in Israel and in the region. What this could mean for the stalled peace process with the Palestinians will depend mostly on the next US president. But on the question of Iran, there is still fear that Israel might act ...
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Carter Downplays US Influence on Israel Palestine
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Gaza-bound Aid Ship Boarded by Israeli Forces
Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...
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Israeli Parliament Dissolves for Early Vote
Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...
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Islamic Jihad No Truce Reached with Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Qatar Gaza Aid Via Egypt Not Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Hezbollah Advances Will Help Palestinian Resistance Brigades
Brigades in Gaza on Friday said advances in Hezbollah's weapons capabilities would benefit the Palestinian resistance. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said his movement had sent the reconnaissance drone shot down over Israel last weekend.The Gaza-based Al-Mujahideen Brigades described Hezbollah's operation as "unprecedented" and said it proved that ...
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Drone Downed by Israel Sent by Hezbollah
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Palestinian Resistance Factions Warn Israel Not to Invade Gaza
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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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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