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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 adding Hezbollah to EU terror list

    Germany says it supports adding the military wing of the Lebanese Shiite groupHezbollah to the European Union’s list of terrorist groups. Germany’s foreign ministry says the decision follows ';discussions we have had with our partners following the terrorist attack in Burgas'; on the Bulgarian coast last year that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian bus ...

  • Britain Iran Hezbollah increasing support for Assad

    In Friends of Syria meeting in Amman, UK's foreign secretary Hague says Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah are "propping up" Assad, whose regime is "increasingly dependent on external ...

  • National Insurance Leads in Public Complaints

    The state ombudsman has released a report on complaints received by the government in 2012. A record 15,123 complaints were filed over the course of the year, two percent more than in 2011. The Bituach Leumi (National Insurance Institute) was in the lead, with 1,393 complaints filed against it over the course of the year. However, only a small percent of those complaints were found to have been ...

  • Electric Company PA Residents Not Forced to Pay

    MK Orit Struk challenged Electric Corporation Director Yiftach Ron-Tal during a meeting of the Knesset’s Economics Committee on Wednesday. Struk asked Ron-Tal why the Electric Corporation does not cut off Palestinian Authority households that do not pay for electricity as it does for Israelis. Many PA residents do not pay their electric bills. The Electric Corporation is owed a total of ...

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Southland Tales [DVD]

Southland Tales [DVD]

Southland Tales, Richard Kellys insanely ambitious fever dream of a science fiction/political satire/anti-fantasy, roars at you with unapologetic gusto, inflaming the senses with its rich tapestry of post-millennial visuals and assaulting the mind with its skewering of the ... ...

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  • Seven Abducted Security Personnel in Sinai Released

    The seven Egyptian security personnel who were abducted by suspected Islamic fundamentalists in Sinai have been released and are on their way to Cairo, an Egyptian army spokesman confirmed on Wednesday. "The seven kidnapped Egyptian soldiers are on their way to Cairo after their release thanks to the efforts of the Egyptian military intelligence in coordination with the elders of the ...

  • NJ Designated Palestinian Day Hoists Flag Over City Hall

    The mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, had designated Sunday, May 19 as "Palestinian-American Day" in the city, as he hoisted a Palestinian flag hoisted over City Hall. The occasion might mark first time that the Palestinian flag has flown above any American city ...

  • Ladbrokes moves UK jobs to Israel following Playtech deal

    UK gambling giant Ladbrokes plc (LSE: LAD) is laying off as many as 100 employees involved in digital operations in Britain. "A number of key tasks" will be transferred to its newly opened Tel Aviv offices, the company said. Ladbrokes Israel office began operating on May 1 following a partnership agreement with gambling software ...

  • Maariv to close printing house

    The workforce at "Ma'ariv's" printing house has fallen to 60 employees from the 110 employees it had when Ben-Tzvi took over the newspaper seven months ...

  • Ultra-orthodox Jewish wedding in Israel - in pictures

    Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic dynasty gather at the wedding ceremony of Rabbi Shalom Rokach in Kiryat Belz, in Jerusalem. Around 25,000 ultra-orthodox Jews took part, making it one of the biggest weddings of the past few ...

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