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Savirs Corner Syrian reconstruction
Inside Asia . Since its independence in 1946, Syria has been a theater of confrontation between ethnic and religious groups and a battlefield for outside Arab powers to gain influence in the socalled "mother of Arab nationalism."Syria has been governed since 1971 by the Alawite minority that constitutes only 10 percent of its population. The Assads - father and son - while ...
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My Word The signs and the songs
When I was a boy World was better spot.What was so was so, What was not was not.Now I am a man; World have changed a lot.Some things nearly so, Others nearly not. "WHICH SIDE do you support?" asked a reader recently, inadvertently summing up precisely my dilemma. It has become a matter of "sides" and a "battle" - and I don't think there can be any victors ...
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Israel to Issue Tenders for Two New Ports by July
Yisrael Katz, Israel's transportation minister, has announced that tenders for the construction and operation of two new ports will be issued by July ...
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Netanyahu Firm on Syrian Threat to Tel Aviv
that Syrian President Bashar Assad is preparing to use missiles against Tel Aviv if Israel strikes Damascus. Netanyahu countered that Israel will continue to thwart efforts by Syria to ship weapons to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon. "Our policies are to stop, as much as possible, any leaks of advanced weaponry to Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations. We will ...
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Israel Warns Of Imminent War
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military, struggling with a shooting war withSyria, has warned of an imminent multi-front conflict. Israel Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel issued one of thestarkest warnings of an imminent war that could include Hizbullah and ...
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Loyalty marketing solution co LoyalBlocks raises $9m
LoyalBlocks , which develops loyalty marketing solutions for small businesses, has closed a $9 million series A round of financing led by General Catalyst Partners with participation from Founder Collective and existing ...
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Google joins race to buy Waze - report
Waze Ltd. . The entry of Google is likely to spark off a bidding war with sources at Facebook already suggesting that talks for the acquisition are for $1 billion. "Bloomberg" reports that, "Waze is fielding expressions of interest from multiple parties and is seeking more than $1 billion, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private." ...
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Agricultural Charity Gives Aid to Israels Poor
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Almost two million Israelis live below the poverty level, including more than a third of the country's children. However, one charity is using a biblical principle to fill in the ...
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Two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict slipping away says Hague
William Hague visits E1, the site of a proposed Israeli settlement, during a brief trip to Jerusalem and Ramallah. Photograph: Mahmoud ...
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Kerry says talks with Israel Palestinians very productive
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders are nearing crunch time, when they must decide whether to revive long-dormant peace negotiations to end their decades-old conflict, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on ...
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Kerry says focus should be on peace talks not settlements but seeks Israeli restraint
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The US and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. (AP Photo/Jim Young, ...
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Hague Israel Losing Support in UK Over Settlements
Occupied Jerusalem, May 24 (BNA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who is currently visiting Israel, said in an interview with Sky News that Israel has lost some support in Britain and in other European countries due to its settlement construction policy. He warned that the window of opportunity for Israel and the Palestinians to agree to form a two-state solution was closing fast, ...
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Insect invasion Israel battles plague of locusts
By Dave Copeland, Cameraman, NBC News TEL AVIV - Israel’s Negev Desert is alive – with locusts.Huge swarms of the newly hatched critters have begun marching across the sand, devouring everything in their path.With the help of high-tech irrigation methods, much of Israel’s desert has been transformed into lush farmland that supplies supermarkets across the country with fresh ...
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Iran denies it has forces in Syria
Tehran withdraw its fighters from Syrian territory. "The true enemies of Syria make up these accusations to provoke the people of this country," Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi said, quoted by Iranian state television. At a meeting in Jordan on Thursday, the Friends of Syria grouping of Western and Arab governments called for the immediate withdrawal from Syria of Iranian ...
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Syrian Rebels Continue To Clash With Hezbollah-Backed Forces
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. Today was the fifth day in the battle for Qusayr, a small Syrian city, population normally about 30,000, that lies close to the ...
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Kerry Initiative can create breakthrough in peace process
In a meeting with British Secretary of State Hague, President Peres says that though the process to renewing Palestinian-Israeli talks is long and hard, it is important to note positive developments in the ...
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Hague Israel losing support in UK because of settlements
After Steinitz questions whether Britain is still a friend of Israel, British foreign secretary says settlement activity causing support for Israel to wane in UK, other European ...
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Analysis Sinai is becoming a major threat to Egypt
kidnapped last week in the Sinai Peninsula . They were released unhurt after marathon negotiations that lasted until dawn Wednesday between a representative of military intelligence, a Salafi sheikh and a representative of the Swarka tribe, one of the largest in the peninsula.No one will guarantee it will be the last kidnapping. The official version is that no deal was struck, and it may ...
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Olmert W. Bank policies behind bad intl press
The government is at fault for its own negative image in the international press because of its policies in the West Bank, former prime minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday."I think it is inarguable that Israel's main problem isn't public diplomacy; it's first of all a policy problem," Olmert said. "We won't be able to convince the world we're right ...
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Nochi Dankner set to lose control of IDB
An agreement bondholders reached overnight on Thursday may oust Nochi Dankner from controlling IDB, the Israeli conglomerate that controls companies such as Cellcom and Shufersal.The bondholders from two tiers of the pyramid company, IDB Holdings and IDB Development, would merge the two companies and convert bonds to stocks, thus wresting control from Dankner. IDB Holdings bondholders would get ...
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Google mulls buying Waze presaging bidding war
Google Inc., maker of the Android operating system, is considering buying Israeli map-software provider Waze Inc., setting up a possible bidding war with Facebook Inc., people familiar with the matter said.Waze is fielding expressions of interest from multiple parties and is seeking more than $1 billion, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. The ...
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Israel near bottom of BBC poll ranking countries
Israel placed near the bottom of a BBC poll released Thursday ranking the world's most positively viewed countries.Some 26,000 people from 25 countries around the world were asked if they viewed a list of 16 countries and the European Union as having a "mainly positive" or "mainly negative" influence in the ...
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Muslim writer touts Israeli tolerance of minorities
British author Dr. Qanta Ahmed spoke on Wednesday at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem about the difficulties for minorities in Islamic societies and how Israel is the only country in the Middle East that tolerates them.The event was organized by Alan Schneider, director of the B'nai B'rith World Center in Jerusalem, and cosponsored by the Ecumenical Theological ...
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UK Israel agree to expand scientific cooperation
Britain and Israel have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their scientific cooperation - despite calls in Britain for an academic boycott of this country. It was signed in Jerusalem on Thursday by Science, Technology and Space Minister Yaakov Peri and British Foreign Secretary William Hague.British Ambassador Matthew Gould and HU president Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, along with ...
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Star Catcher Astrology for the week of May 24 2013
GEMINI (AIR) MAY 21 - JUNE 21 Your mind is working overtime and you are so highly charged right now that it may be difficult for you to unwind enough to sleep. Rather than working things out in your mind, write them down and give your hard disc a breather. This is the week for taking care of personal business and for putting your own needs first. Someone from your past is seriously ...
Israel Focus
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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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