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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" ...

  • Israel cancels UNESCO delegations visit

    Israel has cancelled a planned visit by a UNESCO delegation to Jerusalem due to the efforts of Palestinian factions to politicise it. The Israeli foreign ministry said Monday the Palestinians were trying to turn this visit into a "fact-finding mission of Israel's moves in Jerusalem ". "The delegation's visit has been postponed, " reported Xinhua citing a source. "This was supposed to be a ...

  • 95 killed in Syrian violence Report

    A total of 95 people, including 23 Hezbollah members, have been killed in an intense fighting in Syria's Al-Qussair city since Saturday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. The toll comprises four civilians, 56 rebel fighters, 12 government troops and 23 fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah militant group, Xinhua reported. The army pushed its way into al-Qussair ...

  • Former IDF chief rabbi to head new religious services post

    Former IDF chief rabbi Brig.- Gen. Avichai Rontzki has been appointed to head up the new Directorate for Jewish Identity, which has been created within the Religious Services Ministry.The purpose of the new body, whose establishment was stipulated in the coalition agreement between Likud Beytenu and Bayit Yehudi, is to imbue Jewish values in Israeli society.Although the exact activities and ...

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The Grey [Blu-Ray]

The Grey [Blu-Ray]

After the deliberately cartoonish hyperbole of Smokin Aces (2006) and The A-Team (2010), director Joe Carnahan finally appears to be making good on the early promise he showed a decade ago with his sophomore film, the gritty police thriller Narc (2002). The Grey, which ... ...

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  • Yacimovich rejects link between murder and economy

    Connecting the shooting in Beersheba to the economic situation is immoral, opposition leader Shelly Yacimovich (Labor) said Tuesday."Murder is murder is murder," Yacimovich stated. "Itamar Alon committed a cruel, violent, inhuman massacre of innocent people and left deep suffering and pain behind him."The Labor leader said she argued with her closest advisers who asked ...

  • Suit against IDF for killing Palestinian rejected

    The Jerusalem District Court has rejected a civil damages claim in a wrongful death case against the state for the killing of Ekel Saror during clashes over the West Bank security barrier near Ni'lin between Palestinian protesters and the IDF in 2009, it was announced on Tuesday.The actual decision against the six plaintiffs' claim was rendered on Monday.The court fully adopted ...

  • Court to review rabbinical courts social exclusion order

    The High Court of Justice accepted for deliberation on Monday a petition demanding that an independent rabbinical court that issued a writ of social exclusion against a haredi woman in the city of Elad should publicly rescind the decree.The writ was issued against the woman, referred to as HK to protect her identity, because she filed a complaint with a civil court against a neighbor who ...

  • Videos Photos Thousands Attend Belz Wedding in Jerusalem

    The Belz Hassidic dynasty and its adherents were decimated by the Holocaust. Their return to a prominent position in the hassidic world, with tens of thousands of hassidim, close-knit communities, a school system, synagogues and study halls, including a landmark synagogue in Jerusalem, is a miracle that the hassidim feel merits that each dynastic wedding be a large and unforgettable ...

  • Gantz Warns Assad Dont Escalate the Situation

    The IDF will not allow Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to escalate the situation along Israel’s northern border, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said on ...

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