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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 ...

  • Iran executes two alleged spies

    Iranian authorities have executed two men after they were charged and convicted for spying Israel and the United States. Iran has repeatedly accused Israel and the U.S. of carrying out covert intelligence operations following ongoing pressure on the country over its nuclear programme, which the Western nations suspect as being used to build an atomic weapon, despite Tehran's insistence that the ...

  • Egyptian Police Block Israel Border Crossing in Fury at Kidnapping

    CAIRO Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel on Sunday, security sources said. Police have been blocking another border post, the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, since Friday to press the government of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who belongs to the Muslim ...

  • Netanyahu Takes Aim at Weapons Leakage in Syria

    JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant groups. Although Israel has not publicly taken sides in the civil war between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebels trying to topple him, Western and Israeli sources say it has ...

  • Israel to keep preventing arms transfer to Hezbollah

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his government remains committed to prevent transfer of the advanced weaponry to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. "We are acting in accordance with the policy we had set to prevent as much as possible the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah and terror elements," reported Xinhua citing Netanyahu as saying Sunday. "The Israeli ...

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Kung Fu Panda [Blu-Ray]

Kung Fu Panda [Blu-Ray]

Ive never been particularly impressed with celebrity actors lending their voices to animated films. It just seems so unnecessary. After all, the art of animation survived for decades relying on mostly unknown actors whose forte was their vocal abilities, and their lack of star p ... ...

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  • U.S. pays Israeli firm to supply Arab militaries

    Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON -- In an unprecedented step, an Israeli subsidiary has been contracted by the United States to supply equipment to Arab militaries. The U.S. Defense Department has awarded the U.S. subsidiary of Elbit Systems a contract to supply aircraft components to such Arab League states as Iraq and Kuwait. The $31 million contract to Vision Systems International ...

  • Torah Tag graffiti attack targets WoW member

    A prominent member of the Women of the Wall activist group was the victim of a vandalism attack carried out early Monday morning in protest at her activities for the pluralistic, prayer-rights group. The vandals spray-painted various threats and insults on the apartment front door and building stairwell of Peggy Cidor, a WoW campaigner as well as a long-time reporter ...

  • UK set to deport radical Muslim cleric to Jordan

    LONDON - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada could be deported to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges within weeks, a British court heard on Monday, and it ruled he should remain in jail in the meantime to prevent him from absconding.Abu Qatada's deportation to Jordan, which the British government has been trying to achieve for eight years, is expected to take place within weeks when ...

  • Egypt Said Readying Sinai Operation to Free Hostages

    Egypt on Monday sent hundreds of troops and dozens of tanks into Sinai, in apparent preparation for a military operation to free seven Egyptian security officers who were kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists. The operation could begin later Monday or Tuesday, sources in Egypt said. The seven, a border guard and six police officers, were kidnapped last Thursday, and Egyptian government ...

  • Were concerned mortgage risk assessment is wrong

    "We are very worried about mortgages," said Supervisor of Banks David Zaken at the "Globes"-BDO Ziv Haft Capital Markets Conference in Tel Aviv today. "You have to take an overview of this issue. If you look at the banks' balance sheets, at the credit given to contractors and the financing of the industry, you reach 40% of the credit in the banking system is for ...

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