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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 ...

  • U.S. condemns Hezbollahs intervention in Syrian conflict

    Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States on Monday denounced Hezbollah for siding with the Syrian government forces in their battle against the rebels in Syria's central city of al-Qussair. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said his country condemned the "direct intervention" by the Shiite militant group in neighboring Lebanon, as its fighters were playing "a significant role" ...

  • Rebel Feiglin barred from Knesset Education Ctee

    Likud Beytenu removed MK Moshe Feiglin from the Knesset Education Committee Tuesday night, as a result of his rebellion against the coalition because Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will not allow him to visit the Temple Mount.Knesset House Committee chairman Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud Beytenu) announced in the Knesset plenum Tuesday night that coalition chairman Yariv Levine, also of Likud ...

  • Islamists release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai

    kidnapped by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week were released on Wednesday, the army said.Security sources said they were freed following talks mediated by local Bedouin tribal leaders. The men were handed over to the army in an area south of Rafah, near the border with ...

  • Government watchdog demands PM appoint deputy

    Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must appoint a permanent deputy, the Movement for Quality Government demanded Tuesday.The government watchdog NGO wrote a letter to the Prime Minister's Office and Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein pointing out that Basic Law: Government says that if the prime minister is abroad or incapacitated, his deputy will temporarily take his place as acting prime ...

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Green for Danger [DVD]

Green for Danger [DVD]

Green for Danger is part of a long and rich history of English drawing room mysteries (epitomized most clearly in the works of Agatha Christie), but with an original and crucial twist: It takes place in a wartime surgery unit that is, no ... ...

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  • Independent probe needed for Claims Conference

    Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky has called for an independent probe to investigate allegations against senior executives of the Claims Conference, a spokesman ...

  • US Imams to Visit Auschwitz

    The US envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the US diplomatic envoy to combat anti-Semitism this week will join imams for a visit to Auschwitz, the State Department said Tuesday.Special Envoy to the OIC Rashad Hussain will make the trip with "newly appointed Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Ira Forman, Ambassador Mike Kozak, and imams from ...

  • Energy Minister to reduce gas export quota - report

    Minister of Energy and Water Resources Silvan Shalom will reduce the amount of natural gas that can be exported and raise the minimum quota for the amount of gas that must remain in Israel as a basic condition for exports, "Yediot Ahronot" reports this morning. Shalom has reportedly not yet made a final decision by how much he will alter the conclusions of the Tzemach Committee and he ...

  • Israel-Syria Border War Heats Up

    NICOSIA [MENL] -- Israel and Syria have been engaged in an increasinglybitter border war. Western diplomatic sources said Israeli and Syrian forces were battlingon a nearly daily basis along the Golan Heights. They said the fighting oftenbegan with Syrian Army or proxy attacks on Israel Army outposts and ...

  • Young objector challenges Israeli army

    View Photo Associated Press/Oded Balilty - Left wing activists hold signs during a protest calling for the release of Israeli conscientious objector Natan Blanc from military prison, in front of the ministry of ...

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