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  • Report Israeli NGOs Against IDF Veterans

    Israeli organizations are fighting to prevent the government from rewarding soldiers for their service, and ultimately, are attempting to discourage IDF enlistment, according to a new report from the Im Tirtzu Zionist movement. The group sent its report to Minister Yaakov Perry, who heads ...

  • MK Netanyahu’s Spending a Sign of Disconnect

    increased spending at the Prime Minister’s Residence. Shafir was not convinced by Netanyahu’s attorney’s argument that the Prime ...

  • Iran Kills 2 for Spying for Israel US

    Iran hanged two convicted spies on Sunday, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the AFP news agency reports, based on an announcement from the Tehran prosecutor's office. Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeatedmeetings with the Mossad," Israel's ...

  • Katz promises new port tender within two months

    Interviewed on Galei Tzahal (IDF Army Radio) this morning, Minister of Transport Yisrael Katz said that "within two months, the reform of the ports will get underway at Haifa and Ashdod." "A tender will be published for the construction of a new port that will compete with the existing ports, bringing down costs and the cost of living," Katz explained, "This will be a ...

  • Comptroller to review Netanyahus expenses

    Hebrew daily "Yediot Ahronot" reports that the public outcry over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's expenses has reached the State Comptroller. This week, State Comptroller Joseph Shapira will consult top officials from his office to examine whether government money has been misused. Last week, Shapira requested clarifications from the Prime Minister's Bureau about the ...

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Godsend

Godsend

This is for Adam, the mother says. Sometimes, ethics have to take a backseat. And thats exactly what happens in Godsend, a silly thriller about cloning, although when she says this line, shes referring only to her husbands reluctance to relocate from the inner-city high school at which he t ... ...

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  • Iran hangs two spies for spying for Israel US

    Iran hanged two spies it found guilty of spying for Israel and for the United States, AFP reported on Sunday.According to Tehran's prosecutor's office, one of them, Mohammad Heydari, was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the ...

  • Proposal Rabbis Cannot Take Payment for Weddings

    The Ministerial Committee for Legislation will discuss a proposal Sunday that would bar rabbis employed by the state from taking money for performing marriage ceremonies. The proposal, put forth by MKs Shuli Moalem Refaeli and Motti Yogev of the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) faction, would forbid rabbis from charging money for conducting weddings for residents of the region by which they are ...

  • Govt plans to use army to break any port strike

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Finance Yair Lapid, Minister of the Economy Naftali Bennett, and Minister of Transport Yisrael Katz, do not hide their desire "to break the monopoly" and to create competition between Israel's seaports, and today, Hebrew daily "Yediot Ahronot" exposes the secret plan for the fight with the strong port unions. The plan is ...

  • Hezbollah heads for strategic Homs town 10 of its fighters killed in battles with FSA

    Syrian troops celebrate as they take control of the village of Haydariyah, some seven kilometers outside the rebel-held city of Qusayr (AFP/ Joseph Eid) Battles raged in Qusayr between fighters from the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah and the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA), as activists reported the killing of at least 10 Hezbollah members.Sources told Al Arabiya early Sunday morning that ...

  • Report Syria has missile batteries aimed at Tel Aviv

    Syria has surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles aimed at Tel Aviv and is ready to use them should Israel decide to conduct a strike on Damascus, British ...

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