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  • 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 ...

  • Barbra Streisand criticizes womens discriminatory treatment in Israel

    Barbra Streisand has spoken about the Jewish religious practices that separate men and women. The 71-year-old actress took aim at cases of ultra-Orthodox Jews targeting women while speaking at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday. The star, who herself was born in a Jewish family, said that it was distressing that women in Israel were forced to sit at the back of the bus, CBS News ...

  • Time to Leave Conflict Behind Panellists Say as International Meeting on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Considers Viability of Two-State Solution

    BEIJING, 18 June ‑ The United Nations Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace this afternoon heard appeals to leave perpetual conflict behind, as experts grappled with ways to revitalize the two-State solution and re-engage the international community in that effort, amid regional turmoil and, by some accounts, societal and political indifference within ...

  • As Syria crisis roils Middle East Ban says Israeli-Palestinian peace remains urgent priority

    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said ';we must not lose sight of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,'; whose resolution was no less urgent. Calling for a ';clear political horizon'; to break the impasse and maximize present momentum, Mr. Ban told the UN Asia and Pacific International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, in ...

  • Gilad Farm residents mull removal of 4 homes

    Residents of the Gilad Farm outpost met Tuesday night to consider voluntarily removing four unauthorized homes in their hilltop community of several dozen families, according to outpost spokesman Itai Zar.As of press time, no decision had been ...

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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood [DVD]

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood [DVD]

By the seventh installment of the illimitable Friday the 13th franchise, it seemed that any hope for originality or innovation was long gone, if it had ever existed to begin with. As a new movie in the series had been released virtually every year since 1980, there just didn't seem to be that much more to add to the tried-and-true stalk-and-slash formula. They had already used the gimmick ... ...

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  • Abu Ghosh focuses on coexistence despite attack

    When Abu Ghosh kindergarten teacher Safa Utman stepped out of her home on Nataf Street on Tuesday morning, she found that all of her family's cars' tires had been slashed, leaving her with no way to get to work."We were shocked by the incident. I needed to get to work at the school in Ein Rafa, but wasn't able to. Thirty- five children waited for me at work today, but I ...

  • Village of Abu Ghosh hit by massive ‘price tag’ attack

    Police say 28 cars vandalized, houses sprayed with graffiti in Arab village in "price tag" attack; Vandalism contrary to values of democracy, says ...

  • Jerusalem solar-energy firm hopes to build 8.5-MW field in Rwandan youth village

    The developing nation of Rwanda - through the vision of a Jerusalem-based team led by American-Israeli Yosef Abramowitz - may soon become home to an 8.5- megawatt solar oasis capable of providing 8 percent of the country's energy supply.Although Abramowitz's Energiya Global and the Rwandan government are still working on signing a final agreement, the company provided a progress ...

  • US Senate unfazed on sanctions after Rohani win

    WASHINGTON - US senators are pushing forward with a new sanctions package against Iran despite the victory of moderate Hassan Rohani in last week's election, sources ...

  • Ben-Dahan If Netanyahu backs Lau for chief rabbi it would violate coalition agreement

    Deputy Religious Services Minister Eli Ben-Dahan (Bayit Yehudi) said on Tuesday that if Likud were to support any candidate for the position of Ashkenazi chief rabbi other than the one recommended by Bayit Yehudi, it would constitute a violation of the coalition agreement between the two parties.Ben-Dahan was reacting to reports in the media that Natan Eshel - a senior advisor to Prime ...

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