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  • U.S. condemns Hezbollahs intervention in Syrian conflict

    Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States on Monday denounced Hezbollah for siding with the Syrian government forces in their battle against the rebels in Syria's central city of al-Qussair. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said his country condemned the "direct intervention" by the Shiite militant group in neighboring Lebanon, as its fighters were playing "a significant role" ...

  • Israel cancels UNESCO delegations visit

    Israel has cancelled a planned visit by a UNESCO delegation to Jerusalem due to the efforts of Palestinian factions to politicise it. The Israeli foreign ministry said Monday the Palestinians were trying to turn this visit into a "fact-finding mission of Israel's moves in Jerusalem ". "The delegation's visit has been postponed, " reported Xinhua citing a source. "This was supposed to be a ...

  • 95 killed in Syrian violence Report

    A total of 95 people, including 23 Hezbollah members, have been killed in an intense fighting in Syria's Al-Qussair city since Saturday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. The toll comprises four civilians, 56 rebel fighters, 12 government troops and 23 fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah militant group, Xinhua reported. The army pushed its way into al-Qussair ...

  • EU poised to put Hezbollah’s military wing ‘on terror list’

    The European Union stands poised to put the military wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah on its list of terrorist organizations after a formal request to blacklist the group was filed by a member state Monday, diplomats ...

  • Gantz If Assad escalates attacks hell bear consequences

    cross-border fire overnight on the Golan Heights.Speaking to Haifa University's National Security Studies Center, Gantz told the audience, "In Syria, we see that things occurring, beginning with the transfer of arms, and including threats by Assad, who is speaking, encouraging, and directing an increase in action against Israel in various degrees on the Golan ...

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Alice in Wonderland (2010) [Blu-Ray]

Alice in Wonderland (2010) [Blu-Ray]

Alice in Wonderland, a trippy reimagining of Lewis Carrolls Victorian-era nonsensical classics Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, continues director Tim Burtons curious quest to reinvent childrens movies via his own warped im ... ...

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  • Saudi princes accused of laundering for Hezbollah

    LONDON - Two Saudi princes on Tuesday sought to extricate themselves from a London legal battle with a Jordanian businessman who accuses them of laundering money for Hezbollah, an allegation their lawyer called "fanciful".Prince Mishal bin Abdulaziz al Saud, a brother of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, and his son Prince Abdulaziz bin Mishal, had previously argued they had ...

  • Barkat defends closing of Cinema City on Shabbat

    movie complex Cinema City continues, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat - who launched his reelection campaign last week - stated Tuesday he supports its forced Shabbat closure.The 15-screen, NIS 125 million theater, scheduled to open this summer, has become a lightning rod for debate since its owners were given a building permit in 2010 with the precondition by the Finance Ministry and Jerusalem ...

  • Israel Extends Condolences to US Over Oklahoma Tornado

    Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent a letter of condolence to President Barack Obama and the American people on Tuesday, following the disastrous Oklahoma tornado. "Om behalf of the Government and people of Israel, I offer our heartfelt condolences to you and to the people of the United States on the massive tornado that struck in Oklahoma and exacted such a horrific toll in human ...

  • Israeli Journalist Changes Opinion After Arab-Jewish Dialogue

    Lital Shemesh is a dynamic young Israeli journalist who lives in Tel Aviv. For years she reported on the political situation in Israel, and advocated dialogue with the Palestinians to promote a solution to the conflict. One day, she participated in just such a dialogue, and her eyes were opened to a new truth. At the end of a three-day seminar in Turkey in which young Israeli and Palestinian ...

  • Gal-On Soldiers to Ports Port Workers to Yeshiva

    MK Zahava Gal-On, head of the Meretz party, responded with ridicule Tuesday to a proposal put forth by Minister of Economy and Trade Naftali Bennett. Bennett had suggested that IDF soldiers replace port workers if the latter strike over plans to increase competition at the ports. Gal-On made her own proposal, "A large-scale round of swaps that would solve several problems and leave ...

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