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  • Israeli officials may end military exemptions for students

    Israeli riot police arrest an ultra-Orthodox demonstrator on May 16, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. Tens of Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis have clashed with police after gathering to protest against newly proposed government legislation that would see them drafted into the military. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (Uriel Sinai, Getty ...

  • Israel says global pressure has no effect on Iran

    Israel's prime minister said Thursday that a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on stopping Iran's suspect nuclear ...

  • Boycotting Israel does not bring peace closer or benefit humanity

    Foreign Secretary William Hague should be applauded for signing an agreement to strengthen scientific cooperation between Britain and ...

  • Kerry urges Netanyahu Abbas to compromise for peace

    Kerry to Peres: This moment is critical for Israel, region The two met spoke in the evening after a long day of back-to-back meetings that included talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.It is likely that Kerry will meet Netanyahu again on Friday before departing for Ethiopia. Kerry is expected to meet Abbas again in Jordan on Sunday, ...

  • Cars effaced in latest Jerusalem price tag attack

    Police said five vehicles parked on one of the main streets in the neighborhood of Gilo, in southwestern East Jerusalem, were vandalized in a "price tag" attack early Thursday morning, allegedly by Jewish extremists.Price-tag attacks are defined as acts of violence and vandalism against Palestinians and Israeli security forces by radical Israeli settlers to exact a "price" ...

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Ice Age: The Meltdown [DVD]

Ice Age: The Meltdown [DVD]

Given the concomitant image on the cover of Time magazine of a polar bear standing sadly on a broken, floating chunk of a glacier, the rest of which has fallen watery victim to rising global temperatures, the computer-animated comedy Ice Age: The Meltdown was oddly we ... ...

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  • Obama to limit drones moves to shut Guantanamo

    WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama outlined plans on Thursday to limit the use of US drone strikes against extremists abroad and took steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison.In a major foreign policy speech after two weeks of fending off domestic scandals, Obama limited the scope of what his predecessor, George W. Bush, had called a global war on ...

  • Maternity Ward Its Magic

    For all intents and purposes, this event should never have taken place. No one should have allowed all these essential people to be in the same place at the same time. Had they taken a direct hit, it could have had serious consequences for the country's population growth figures, and that's not an exaggeration.I'm talking about the farewell party for the legendary director of ...

  • Dear Jewish media stop making lists of Jews

    There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler's, but mainly Jewish list-making has been an activity of those who are hostile to ...

  • Does Israel have a long-term strategic plan

    Every year there is a new state budget with new cuts. What was approved last year has just been retracted. Half-built roads and incomplete infrastructure have been abandoned to gather dust. Metropolitan Tel Aviv still has no light rail or subway, even though plans to build them have been in the works for decades. Year after year the defense establishment is allocated more funds than any ...

  • Malkin Faults British Progressives for Murder

    Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin accused British progressives of complicity in enabling attacks like the murder of a soldier in England on Wednesday. ...

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