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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 ...

  • Comptroller report flags neglect of Holocaust survivors

    State Comptroller publishes annual report on public complaints; focus on mistreatment of Holocaust survivors, special education students, general increase in volume of ...

  • US VP Biden lauds Jewish drive for gay rights

    US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night lauded the influence of Judaism on the United States, specifically mentioning the efforts of Jews on gay rights issues, according a report on the Politico website."The truth is that Jewish heritage, Jewish culture, Jewish values are such an essential part of who we are that it's fair to say that Jewish heritage is American heritage," ...

  • Report Kerry Meets With Marmara Martyr in Washington

    Secretary of State John Kerry met with the father of one of the "martyrs" killed during the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident, according to a report in ...

  • ‘If Haaretz is Critical It Must Be Important’

    newspaper’s criticism of a new initiative in the Ministry of Religious Services just shows how important it is, says Rabbi Avichai Ronsky, former Chief Rabbi of the IDF. The Ministry is establishing a new branch for Jewish Identity, to be headed by Rabbi Ronsky. Haaretz quoted Rabbi Ronsky, but also quoted Conservative Movement leaders’ criticism of the new initiative as part of ...

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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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  • Shemen Oil to raise NIS 43m today

    SOG ) has filed a draft prospectus to raise up to a gross NIS 43 million ($12 million) today. The company's controlling shareholders - Israel Financial Levers Ltd. ...

  • Hezbollah buries Syria fighters

    A Lebanese activist holds a placard in which they replaced Hezbollahs logo with the word freedom", and its slogan of "Hezbollah shall be victorious" with the words, the people shall be victorious", during a Beirut protest against the participation of Hezbollah members in the fighting in the Syrian town of ...

  • A-G seeks probe into illegal West Bank settlement building

    Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein appeals to Defense Minister to create a unit to enforce law against those in involved in illegal West Bank construction in ...

  • Orbach Media is Making Murder an Option

    The Israeli media is unintentionally encouraging murder, Minister for Pensioners Affairs Uri Orbach (Bayit Yehudi) warned Wednesday. In a post to his Facebook page, Orbach criticized media coverage of ...

  • Detroit Leaders Should Have Spurned Not Embraced Farrakhan

    The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed deep disappointment with the members of Detroit City Council and local clergy who met with and embraced the anti-Semitic and racist leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, during his visit to the city last week. During his visit to Detroit, Minister Farrakhan was invited by Rev. Wendell Anthony, President of the Detroit Branch of the ...

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