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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 ...

  • US Embassy Outpost legalization undermines peace process

    American official attends High Court of Justice hearing on petition to raze selected W. Bank outposts; land forum condemns diplomat's presence at hearing; Peace Now: sending of US representative message to ...

  • Amid Syria tensions IAF chief says surprise war a threat

    exchanged fire in the Golan Heights , Israel Air Force chief Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel warned that Israel must be prepared for a "surprise war" developing.Speaking at a conference in Herzliya focusing on the conclusions of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Eshel stated that "a surprise war can develop today in many forms. Isolated events can escalate very quickly and require that we are ready ...

  • Rock Attacks Up Threefold Firebombs Fourfold

    The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee's Subcommittee on Judea and Samaria was told Wednesday that Arab rock attacks on Jews were 2.5 times more frequent in 2012 than in 2011, and that the numbers for 2013 are 3.5 times larger than those of 2011. The average number of rock attacks per month in Judea and Samaria is currently 54, the military ...

  • Noble Energy declares discovery at Karish

    NBL ) today announced a natural gas discovery at the Karish prospect in the Alon C license, with a gross mean of 1.8 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas. The capital market had expected a discovery of 2 TCF. Noble Energy said that with the addition of Karish and the recent increase in resource estimates at Tamar and Leviathan, total discovered gross mean resources in the Levant Basin were now ...

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Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

Ang Lees Taking Woodstock is, quite literally, all over the place. At times a vibrant and sympathetic portrait of the countercultures most visible evocation of the power of peace, love, and music, it is at other times a snarky social comedy about the misguided notions of ... ...

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  • Kerry says thousands of Hezbollah fighters in Syria

    Bashar al-Assad was not prepared to discuss a political solution to end Syria's civil war, the United States and others would consider increasing support for his opponents. Kerry also told a news conference in the Jordanian capital Amman that there were several thousand fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah taking part in Syria's conflict, with Iranian support. Commenting on ...

  • Israel army detained 2 Palestinian policemen in Nablus of West Bank

    Israel army detained 2 Palestinian policemen in Nablus of West Bank NABLUS - Israel army detained 2 Palestinian policemen in Nablus of West Bank.According to security sources, Israeli soldiers detained two Palestinian policemen in Nablus and they were accused of killing a Jewish settler.A Jewish settler wanted to intrude the region of Prophet Joseph's tomb. Security officers opened fire on ...

  • ISESCO condemns Israel calling off a UNESCO mission to visit archaeological and historical sites in Al-Quds

    WAM Rabat, 22nd May 2013 (WAM) -- Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, the Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), condemned the Israeli occupation authorities' calling off a mission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which was due to visit archaeological and historical sites in Al-Quds Asharif on 20 ...

  • FBI kills man suspected of ties to Boston bomb suspect

    Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, NBC News reported.NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally cooperative, but was fatally shot after attacking the ...

  • German intel Assad strengthening hold in Syria

    Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has become more stable, gaining an upper hand in capabilities to successfully thwart rebels amid the conflit plaguing the country, German foreign intelligence agency assessments were reported as stating Wednesday in German ...

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