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  • Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials

    JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

  • Peri panel haredi draft proposals come under fire

    A draft bill drawn up to form the basis of legislation for drafting haredi men into national service has come under heavy fire for failing to provide appropriate incentives to encourage enlistment.The proposed terms for the legislation, devised by a ministerial committee headed by Science, Technology and Space Minister Yaakov Peri of Yesh Atid, do not include personal financial sanctions ...

  • France Put Hezbollah armed wing on EU’s terror list

    PARIS - The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced late Wednesday that France is now proposing that Hezbollah be added to the European Union list of terrorist organizations.According to an official at the Quai d'Orsay, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that his country wants to add "the military branch" of the pro- Iranian Shi'ite movement in Lebanon. The action ...

  • SACH hopes Syria girls Israel surgery inspires more

    Balancing a media blitz and concerns for the family's security when they return home, the organization who brought the girl to Israel say they hope she is the first of ...

  • Remote-control machine gun repairs just got quicker

    What does the IDF do when its remote-control machine guns breaks down? The Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station, the Katlanit, produced by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, is increasingly appearing on a range of IDF Ground Forces platforms, such as the Namer armored personnel carrier.It can be fitted with a variety of powerful and accurate machine guns, allowing soldiers to ...

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Ice Age: The Meltdown [DVD]

Ice Age: The Meltdown [DVD]

Given the concomitant image on the cover of Time magazine of a polar bear standing sadly on a broken, floating chunk of a glacier, the rest of which has fallen watery victim to rising global temperatures, the computer-animated comedy Ice Age: The Meltdown was oddly we ... ...

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  • Activists Protest Against Arab-Jewish Wedding

    Police officers on Thursday evening prevented 50 right-wing activists from arriving in the Arab village of Araba, located in the Lower Galilee. The activists had come to protest a wedding between an Arab man and a Jewish woman which was taking place in the ...

  • Energy Minister mulls cutting gas export quota

    Minister Energy and Water Resources Silvan Shalom may lower the natural gas export quota from 53% to 40%. The main change is to further restrict Israeli energy exports. The Tzemach Committee on gas exports recommends an export quota of 53%, subject to certain conditions. Shalom's likely decision is in response to social protests. Last weekend, hundreds of demonstrators opposing gas exports ...

  • William Hague urges massive effort for Middle East peace

    William Hague has urged the US to make "the biggest effort in 20 years" to bring fresh impetus to the stalled Middle East peace talks as he reiterated warnings that the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was in danger of ...

  • Israels Hand in Guatemalas Genocide

    Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. (Photo credit: Jim Wallace of the Smithsonian Institution) At the height of Guatemala's mass slaughters in the 1980s, including genocide against the Ixil Indians, the Reagan administration worked with Israeli officials to provide helicopters that the Guatemalan army used to hunt down fleeing villagers, according to documentary and eyewitness ...

  • PM IAEA reports shows Iran’s expanding its nuclear program

    Following release of IAEA report, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells British Foreign Minister William Hague economic, diplomatic pressure has failed to stop Iran, presenting the "biggest challenge of our ...

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