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Hezbollah fighters fight rebels near Syria capital
Residents of Qusayr in Syria's central Homs province wave yellow Hezbollah flags on June 5. Fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah joined Syrian troops battling rebels near Damascus on Wednesday, monitors said, as President Bashar al-Assad's regime kept up a push to cut off the insurgents' supply ...
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Palestinian presidents Fatah group takes hard line on returning to talks with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, speaks with Canada's foreign minister John Baird during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi ...
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Assad forces build up for Aleppo offensive
Forces loyal to Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad are reported to be tightening a cordon around the northern city of Aleppo, once the country's commercial heart, in a major offensive against rebels who hold 60 percent of the ...
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Michelle Obama visits Holocaust memorial in Berlin
BERLIN - First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha visited the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, amid tight security.According to Uwe Neumaerker, director of the memorial, Michelle Obama and her daughters spent about half-an-hour Wednesday morning visiting the sea of 2711 steles that make up the memorial, which was designed by American-Jewish architect Peter Eisenman and opened to the ...
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New Advanced ‘Seamless’ Incision Closure Technology
An Israeli company has come up with a way to close incisions without stitches or staples, leaving a seamless closure. The technology, IonMed Plasma Tissue Welding, uses a cold plasma biowelding device called the BioWeld1. The system is designed and engineered to be reliable and easy to use. About the size of a shoebox, the device has a relatively small footprint. Intuitive; two different modes ...
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Dagan Political Shifts Open Door for Rare Opportunity
Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan, attending the 2013 Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, said there are rapid shifts taking place in the political map of the Middle East. "There are dramatic changes taking place in the region," Dagan said during the conference on Wednesday, reflecting on the departure of a number of long-time Arab and Islamic leaders including Saddam Hussein and ...
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Arab Mob Attacks Car in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Police rescued two Jewish men just in time Wednesday morning after Israeli Arabs bombarded their car with rocks, smashing all the windows. The two men fled from the car, escaping an attempted lynching as the mob began beating them. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told CBN News police arrived on the scene within eight minutes and initiated a search for the perpetrators, ...
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Syrian Forces Rebels Have Israel in the Crosshairs
JERUSALEM, Israel -- President Obama announced Thursday the U.S. will increase aid to Syrian rebel forces in response to President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons. But whatever the eventual outcome of Syria's civil war, both Assad and the rebel forces have Israel in the crosshairs. Assad has promised to open a new front against Israel on the Golan Heights once the civil war is ...
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Gaza rockets fired at Israel land in Palestinian area no injuries
Gaza early Wednesday landed in Palestinian territory, Israeli officials said. There were no reports of damage or injuries. The officials said it was the first attack by militants in nearly two months and came while some world leaders and celebrities were in Jerusalem for ...
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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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Clinton No perfect solution to the conflict
President Shimon Peres on Wednesday honored the 42nd president of the United States Bill Clinton with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday, stating that the "two-state solution is your gift to ...
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Livnat Their Only Goal was to Murder Jews
Ben-Yosef Livnat, 24, who was gunned down by Palestinian Authority police officers while visiting the Tomb of the Biblical Joseph (Kever Yosef) in Samaria (Shomron). She began by expressing admiration for the (Israel Security ...
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Ministry Seeks 60 Support for Textbook Lending
Education Minister Shai Piron of Yesh Atid has issued a call to parents of schoolchildren to join book-lending programs, allowing them to save the cost of new textbooks each year. Schools will be able to open textbook-lending programs only if at least 60 percent of parents express interest. "Let’s talk about textbooks. They’re too expensive," Piron wrote on his Facebook ...
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Syrian Rebels Murder Hizbullah Men in Lebanon
A group of Syrian rebels claims it killed four Hizbullah terrorists across the border in Lebanon this week. The "Syrian Mujahedeen Unit" posted a video on the Internet Tuesday, featuring one fighter saying his unit killed the men as they were crossing the border into Syria. The Sunni Islamist rebel group claimed the victims were Shi’ite members of the Hizbullah terrorist ...
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Roman Abramovich mulls incubator investment
Russian Jewish billionaire and owner of Chelsea football club in the English Premier League Roman Abramovich has held meetings with Israeli start ups and technological incubators ...
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Israels President Peres Honored on 90th Birthday
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli President Shimon Peres celebrated his 90th birthday with a host of celebrities and diplomats Tuesday evening. Among the distinguished guests were former President Bill Clinton, Britain's Tony Blair, Prince Albert of Monaco, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, and Barbra Streisand and her husband, James Brolin. One guest after another praised ...
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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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Israeli PM Netanyahu Calls Early Election
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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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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