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  • Israel concerned Russian arms will reach enemies Israel concerned Russian arms will reach enemies

    Israel has warned Russia about sending arms to Syria. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has spoken on Channel Two television's Meet the Press to condemn shipments of arms from Russia that she said may be used against Israel. She said: "These are not just any weapons, they are tie-breakers, and that's why there is a responsibility with all world powers, certainly Russia, not to supply such ...

  • Israel to return settlements land to Palestinian owners

    The state of Israel has said it would return the lands of a settlement evacuated in 2005 back to its original Palestinian owners, an Israeli daily said Sunday. The announcement came after a petition was filed by the Palestinian land owners in the Supreme Court, Xinhua reported citing the Ha'aretz daily. Homesh, a 0.7 square km settlement, was established in 1980 on lands belonging to residents ...

  • Iran executes two spies working for CIA Mossad

    Two Iranian spies, allegedly working for America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel's Mossad were Sunday hanged in Iran, state-run IRIB TV reported. Mohammad Heidari, one of the executed men, had prepared information in a number of security issues and had given them to Mossad in several meetings outside the country, Xinhua cited the report as saying. Heidari received money in ...

  • Ctee finds IDF didnt kill Palestinian boy al-Dura in 2000

    Netanyahu presented with gov't report finding that France 2 footage shows 12-year-old icon of second intifada was not hit with IDF bullets; claims French TV station edited footage to give misleading ...

  • Saar Signs Double Tax Bill on Empty Apartments

    Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Sunday authorized the collection of a double portion of real estate tax (arnona) on homes and apartments that are unoccupied. Sa'ar signed an executive order requiring the payments, based on laws that give him the ability to do so. In a statement, Sa'ar said that the move would increase the number of apartments on the rental market, as owners seek ...

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The Rules of the Game (Le Règle du jeu) [DVD]

The Rules of the Game (Le Règle du jeu) [DVD]

Franois Truffaut called Jean Renoirs The Rules of the Game (Le Rgle du jeu) the credo of film lovers, the film of films. Indeed, having been ranked as one of the 10 greatest films ever made on Sight & Sounds influential International Critics Poll list since its inception in 1952, the intensity with which this film is now admired and revered is matched only by the vitriol and ... ...

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  • Marijuana Nursery Found in Hareidi Girls School

    Teachers and students at a hareidi girls' school in the southern city of Kiryat Gat did not recognize the funny smell that wafted into their classrooms occasionally in the last few months. The school's maintenance man was asked to trace the source of the sweetish scent. He found dozens of plants growing in pots in the schools' bomb shelter. Police were called in. They confirmed ...

  • Church of Scotland Revision Report Old Wine in New Bottle

    The Church of Scotland's "revision" of its April report "The Inheritance Of Abraham? A Report On The 'Promised Land'," is insufficient and continues to rely on the anti-Israel group Sabeel, said Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor. "The revised report is the same tainted wine in a new bottle," said Yitzhak Santis, NGO Monitor's ...

  • Ori Allon to visit Israel to invest in start ups

    After receiving investment proposals from over 1,000 Israeli start ups, Dr. Ori Allon, the former Israeli serial entrepreneur, will visit Israel at the start of June to look more closely at some of the entrepreneurs that have most impressed him. Last month, "Globes" revealed that Allon who has sold companies to Google and Twitter plans investing in Israeli start ups. Allon explained ...

  • Assads forces storm rebel town of Qusayr with help from Hezbollah

    Syrian troops celebrate as they take control of the village of Haydariyah, some seven kilometers outside the rebel-held city of Qusayr, on May 13, 2013. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty ...

  • Netanyahu Israel will take action to prevent Syrian weapons leakage to Hezbollah

    On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Israel would prevent the movement of weapons from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime to Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. He made no mention of past or future air ...

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