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  • Israeli-Palestinian talks UN envoy urges concerted action

    New York, May 23 : While international attention is understandably on the tragedy that continues to unfold in Syria, it is equally important to ensure the resumption of negotiations aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior United Nations envoy stressed to the Security Council on ...

  • Rabbi Boycott Bus Company for Running Shabbat Bus Service

    A plan to institute a 24 hour a day, seven day a week bus service in the Haifa area is set to begin this weekend. The plan would include instituting bus service on Shabbat in many areas in Haifa and its ...

  • Gazans Dying to Enter Israel

    - Israel’s crippling blockade of the coastal territory of Gaza is pushing desperate young Palestinians to ever more extreme measures in the search for livelihoods, despite an agreement granting Gazans greater access to their agricultural ...

  • Perrigo to switch to NYSE from Nasdaq

    PRGO ) today announced that it will transfer its listing from Nasdaq to the New York Stock Exchange on June 6. It will keep its ticker "PRGO". To mark the occasion, company representatives will ring the opening bell. Last ...

  • BoI Deputy Governor Home prices not excessive

    According to Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel Dr. Karnit Flug, the rise in home prices in Israel in recent years is not out of line with long-term trends. Speaking at the annual conference of The Israel Builders Association, Flug began her remarks by noting that home prices and rents had risen substantially in the past few years. "Looking at the long term, one sees that the rise in ...

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Scenes From a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) [DVD]

Scenes From a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) [DVD]

From the very beginning, you can tell something is wrong, just under the surface. When Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson), who have been married for 10 years, sit down for a magazine interview about their perfect marriage, there is an underlying sense o ... ...

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  • Top tax official Purchase tax on homes fills NIS 1b hole

    "Our job is first of all to bring in money, and people forget this," said Israel Tax Authority real estate taxes division head Shay Aharonovich at the Israel Builders Association's annual conference at the Herod's Hotel in Eilat today. "We are a conservative body, which knows what the real estate tax revenues are, and we know that every exemption and break will reduce ...

  • Housing Ministry chief 22 home price fall would mean crisis

    "Home prices must not fall by more than 22%, because that would cause an economic crisis," new Ministry of Housing and Construction director general Shlomo Ben-Eliahu said at the Israel Builders Association's annual conference in Eilat today. He unveiled the ministry's plan to lower housing prices, which including turning the Jewish National Fund (JNF) into a competitor of ...

  • Netanyahu Putin to Discuss Syria Weapons Sale

    JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following reports of the delivery of missiles and advanced anti-missile batteries to Syria, Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin soon to discuss the issue. The Prime Minister's Office would not confirm when the visit would take place or any details about it, but one official who spoke on condition of ...

  • Israel gearing up for ‘surprise war’ with Syria if Assad falls – general

    War The unrest engulfing the Middle East could result in Israel becoming involved in a "surprise war" with Syria, according to the head of the Israeli air force. "When you look [around] today I think that a surprise war can be born in very many configurations," Major General Amir Eshel said at a conference near Tel Aviv.In particular, the general stressed that if rebels ...

  • France wants Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list by end-June

    Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hezbollah member Hussein Ahmad Abu Hasan carry his coffin during his funeral in Beirut's suburbs May 21, ...

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