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  • Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

    18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

  • Cisco set to open new centre in Israel

    The US technology giant Cisco plans to open a new research and development center in Israel, the company's CEO John Chambers said during his meeting with Israel's Minister of Finance Yair Lapid. The new centre is expected to offer 100 jobs, to be added to about 2,000 employees already work at Cisco center in Israel, reported Xinhua. Chambers Tuesday said the new project, whose main focus is ...

  • Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment. "We cannot accept anything less than a total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, removal of all enriched nuclear material and a closure of Iran's illicit nuclear facilities," reported Xinhua citing Netanyahu during ...

  • Intl Meeting on Israel-Palestine Peace Process Concludes in Beijing

    Beijing, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) China today urged to seek a gradual and pragmatic solution in order to reach tangible results in the complex peace process between Israel and Palestine, during an international meeting sponsored by the United Nations in this capital. This annual UN meeting to promote peace between Israel and Palestine concluded in Beijing today, organized by the UN for the first ...

  • Hamas Iran relations suffering from Syria conflict

    Hamas to Hezbollah: Leave Syria and focus on fighting Israel instead "Our relations with Iran were affected both on the political and the financial levels," said Ghazi Hamad, deputy minister of foreign affairs in the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip.Hamad declined to provide any figures for the amount of aid Hamas receives from Iran or give details of any cutbacks, other than to ...

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Firehouse Dog [DVD]

Firehouse Dog [DVD]

You wouldn't guess it at first, but Firehouse Dog is a great example of how CGI can work terribly against an otherwise good film. Ever since computer-generated imagery began replacing conventional special effects by bringing new, previously impossible images to the big screen, ... ...

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  • Danon condemns haredi campaign against soldiers

    growing number of attacks on haredi soldiers that have been reported in recent weeks.Danon said on Tuesday that that recent months have witnessed a significant decline in haredi IDF enlistment, which stood until recently at approximately 15 percent of the possible annual ...

  • Netanyahu announces 40 of natural gas reserves to be exported

    Zemach Committee , tasked with exploring the issue, recommended.Netanyahu said that the 60% of natural gas preserved for domestic use would serve Israel's needs for the next 25 ...

  • Saudis Syria role driven by fear of Shiite full moon

    RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief, Prince Muqrin, once told American diplomats the Middle East's so-called Shi'ite Crescent where the Muslim sect holds sway was "becoming a full moon" as Iranian influence spread.For the kingdom's Sunni ruling princes, that fear, revealed in a 2009 US embassy cable released by WikiLeaks, now focuses on Syria. ...

  • Yisrael Beytenu warns against dropping periphery grants

    Coalition and opposition members spoke out against an article in the budget canceling grants for housing in the periphery, in a meeting of the Knesset Control Committee.The 2013-2014 budget cancels grants of up to NIS 100,000 to those buying homes outside of the center of the country, as the Finance Ministry determined that the stipends did not successfully encourage people to move to the ...

  • New Alice Walker Book Sinks to New Lows on Anti-Semitism

    American writer Alice Walker, who has long made clear her antipathy toward the state of Israel, "has taken her extreme and hostile views to a shocking new level" in her latest book of meditations on life and her personal activism, according to a review of the book by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Walker’s "The Cushion in the Road" devotes 80 pages to fervently ...

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