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  • Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

    18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

  • Cisco set to open new centre in Israel

    The US technology giant Cisco plans to open a new research and development center in Israel, the company's CEO John Chambers said during his meeting with Israel's Minister of Finance Yair Lapid. The new centre is expected to offer 100 jobs, to be added to about 2,000 employees already work at Cisco center in Israel, reported Xinhua. Chambers Tuesday said the new project, whose main focus is ...

  • Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment. "We cannot accept anything less than a total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, removal of all enriched nuclear material and a closure of Iran's illicit nuclear facilities," reported Xinhua citing Netanyahu during ...

  • Israeli army refuses to let soldier read poems on radio

    A brigade in the Israeli Defence Forces has banned a soldier from reading out his own verses on the radio over fears that it might cast aspersions on the army's "manliness", a media report said. The Independent daily said that throughout history, soldiers on the battlefield "have been inspired to write some of the world's most memorable poetry". The unnamed soldier from the Nahal Infantry ...

  • 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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Firehouse Dog [DVD]

Firehouse Dog [DVD]

You wouldn't guess it at first, but Firehouse Dog is a great example of how CGI can work terribly against an otherwise good film. Ever since computer-generated imagery began replacing conventional special effects by bringing new, previously impossible images to the big screen, ... ...

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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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