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  • Syria asserts right to respond to Israeli violations

    They Syrian government has said that it holds the right to respond to any Israeli violation against its sovereignty. The Syrian foreign ministry, in a letter to the UN, Tuesday complained against the latest Israeli violation which took place earlier, Xinhua reported. The complaint was made in the wake of an Israeli military vehicle violating the cease-fire being observed between Israel and ...

  • Germany Backs Blacklisting of Hezbollahs Military Wing

    German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has expressed his support for blacklisting Hezbollah's military wing in the EU, officials have said. "In the light of discussions we have had with our partners following the terrorist attack in Burgas, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle supports listing at least the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in the EU," German ...

  • Germany backs blacklisting Hezbollah

    German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle decided Wednesday to support listing Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization in the European Union, according to German diplomatic sources."In the light of discussions we have had with our partners following the terrorist attack in Burgas, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle supports listing at least the military wing of Hezbollah ...

  • Gas discoveries give Israel new regional clout

    newfound natural gas reserves will boost its regional clout and could help it improve ties with neighboring states in need of new energy sources, Energy Minister Silvan Shalom said.Once totally dependent on fuel imports, Israel has made the largest gas discoveries in the world over the past decade off its Mediterranean coastline, and is expected to become an exporter by the end of the ...

  • Azrieli buys Tel Avivs Yediot Ahronot building

    AZRG ) for NIS 374 million. Azrieli will also cover the NIS 19 million purchase tax. The company plans to build a NIS 600 million office tower on the lot, adjacent to from the Azrieli Center. Beit Yediot Ahronot, which will be demolished, occupies an eight-dunam (two-acre) lot, which has building rights for an 85,000-square meter 60-floor office and residential tower. Azrieli Group chairman ...

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Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

Ang Lees Taking Woodstock is, quite literally, all over the place. At times a vibrant and sympathetic portrait of the countercultures most visible evocation of the power of peace, love, and music, it is at other times a snarky social comedy about the misguided notions of ... ...

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  • Fischer casting vote nixed 0.5 rate cut

    Bank of Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer cast the deciding vote in the Monetary Committee's meeting last week, which decided on an extraordinary mid-month interest rate cut. Three committee members wanted a 25-basis point cut, and three members wanted a 50-basis point cut. Under the Bank of Israel Law, in case of a tie vote, the committee chairperson (the Bank of Israel Governor) has an ...

  • Bezeq raises NIS 870m in debt

    BEZQ ) today raised NIS 870 million in debt, by expanding two current bonds, just two days after announcing its intention to do so. The company planned to raise NIS 600 million, but increased the amount when the offering was over-subscribed two fold, at NIS 1.2 billion. Bezeq expanded its Series 6 Consumer Price Index (CPI) linked bond, which matures in 2018, by NIS 680 million. The bond bears ...

  • Iran and Hezbollah propping up Syria UK Foreign Secretary William Hague

    British Foreign Secretary William Hague waves during a press conference in Amman on May 22 (AFP) Iran and its Shiite Lebanese ally Hezbollah are "propping up" President Bashar al-Assad and giving him increasing support, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday.Speaking before a meeting of the Friends of Syria alliance in the Jordanian capital, Hague said Britain would ...

  • EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group

    BRUSSELS (AP) -- Two officials say Britain has launched a bid to formally have the European Union declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist ...

  • PM Netanyahu Meets with German FM Westerwelle

    PM Netanyahu Meets with German Foreign Minister Westerwelle (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 17 May 2013), in Jerusalem, met with German Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westrwelle. Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting: "It is always a pleasure to host you here in Jerusalem. You are a friend of ...

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