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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 terror label for Hezbollah militants

    BERLIN -; Germany says it supports adding the military wing of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah to the European Union's list of terrorist ...

  • Police fired into room where Alon held hostage

    Police fired into the bathroom where Beersheba gunman Itamar Alon was holed up with a hostage on Monday, a decision that was unjustified, Southern District Police Commander Yoram Halevy said Wednesday.During a special meeting of the Knesset's Interior and Environmental protection committee held to examine the circumstances of ...

  • Police to probe officers conduct in Beduin murder

    The National Police headquarters opened an investigation against Negev sub-district police on Wednesday, after it emerged that officers from the Arad police station had received a complaint from the mother of two young Beduin girls 24 hours before they were found murdered in the village of Al Fura.Police said the woman told officers that she feared that the girls' father - from whom she is ...

  • Ex-Security Chief Don’t Rush to Take Our Guns

    domestic murders committed by off-duty security guards. The murder of four people in a Be’er Sheva bank this week spurred further calls for increased gun control. That would be a mistake, says former chief of IDF Internal Security Gershon Eckstein. "I don’t recommend getting worked up and coming up with all kinds of proposals to reduce gun ownership and collect weapons in the ...

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Green for Danger [DVD]

Green for Danger [DVD]

Green for Danger is part of a long and rich history of English drawing room mysteries (epitomized most clearly in the works of Agatha Christie), but with an original and crucial twist: It takes place in a wartime surgery unit that is, no ... ...

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  • Prizes to Samaria Golan Wineries at International Event

    Israeli wineries in the Golan region and in Samaria (Shomron) are among the winners of the 2013 DECANTER competition for wines. A record 14,362 wines from 52 countries were entered in the event. Two Israeli wineries won coveted Regional Trophies. The Adir Winery in the Galilee and the Yarden Golan Heights Winery in the Golan both took a Regional prize. Another winery that did well for itself ...

  • Jump in number of restricted bank accounts

    Bank of Israel figures. The main reason for the increase was the extension of the defining of a restricted account, made in 2010, to include customers who have bailiff's orders against them, whom the courts have declared bankrupt, and men whom the rabbinical courts declare as refusing to grant divorces to their wives under religious law. The number of restricted bank accounts and the number ...

  • Kamada to raise $69m on Nasdaq next week

    KMDA ) plans to raise up to $69 million on Nasdaq next week, following the IPO by Alcobra Pharmaceuticals Ltd. on Tuesday. The capital that Kamada plans to raise will be at a company value roughly equal to its current market cap of $331 million on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). The underwriters, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Jeffries & Co. have an over-allotment offer to buy up to an ...

  • Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism – 4th International Conference

    22 May 2013 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The Ministry for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, join forces with many organizations, states and individuals, in the fight against Antisemitism in all its manifestations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs will hold the 4th International Conference of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism, to ...

  • SNC urges world to stop Hezbollah Iran invasion of Qusair

    Iran invasion of Qusair.In a statement, Acting SNC chief George Sabra called on the U.N. Security Council to convene an emergency meeting to address the "violations" of Syrian's sovereignty and the lives of its ...

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