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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 ...

  • William Hague Israel Losing Support In UK

    Britain's Foreign Secretary has brushed aside an Israeli minister's allegation that anti-Israeli sentiment was growing in the United Kingdom - by agreeing with him. William Hague's comments come after Yuval Steinitz, a close confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said perceptions of Israel were more negative in Britain than in other countries. ...

  • Five palestinians killed 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

    Five palestinians killed, 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/26/2011 Five Palestinians were killed and 22 were injured at dawn yesterday in two Israeli air strikes targeting a sports club in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza, and a tunnel in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Israeli F16 warplanes bombed the sports club, located in a ...

  • PMW Bulletin PA TV calls to raise Palestinian flags over all Israeli cities and villagesso it will be clear to everyonethat this is Palestine

    PMW Bulletin: PA TV calls to raise Palestinian flags over all Israeli cities and villages "so it will be clear to everyone that this is ...

  • Eight Swimmers Set to Represent Israel at World Championships

    PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. THE Israel swimming foundation announced this week that seven men and one woman will represent the country at the FINA world championships this summer in Barcelona, Spain.College swimming fans will recognize the names of three of the swimmers on the roster. Guy Barnea (UC-Berkeley), Gal Nevo (Georgia Tech) and Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or (Arizona) have each represented their ...

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Match Point

Match Point

With his latest film Match Point, Woody Allen has not gotten away from his increasing tendency to repeat himself -- in fact, the majority of the plot and many of the emotions, though not the final message, are lifted directly from his 1989 masterpiece Crimes and Misdemeanors ... ...

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  • Experts reject that Israel may directly intervene in Syria

    Following 'NY Times' report that Israel mulling creation of buffer zone inside Syria or support of proxy force, several Israeli experts, ex-officials say any direct intervention in civil war ...

  • Senate resolution US will back Israeli force on Iran

    NEW YORK - With the support of 99 senators both Republican and Democrat, a resolution passed Congress's upper chamber on Wednesday declaring US support for Israeli military action against Iran's nuclear facilities.Asserting that such preemptive action is within Israel's right to defend itself, the Senate resolution - strategically telling, but not self-binding by any ...

  • Rabbi Mertzbachs Daughter Allow Soldiers to Protect Themselves

    The daughter of Rabbi Dan Mertzbach z"l, who was mistakenly shot to death by IDF soldiers 18 months ago, said on Thursday that the family expects that just as the IDF soldier who shot her father received backing from the army, so will soldiers who serve in Judea and Samaria be backed when fighting ...

  • Palestinians Killed in Israeli Air Strike

    Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...

  • 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 ...

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