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Report Syria has missile batteries aimed at Tel Aviv

Syria has surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles aimed at Tel Aviv and is ready to use them should Israel decide to conduct a strike on Damascus, British ...
Security Report 16 Wounded in 1 Week

Sixteen people were wounded in Arab attacks last week, according to data gathered by the defense establishment. Seven of the injured were soldiers, seven were police officers and two were civilians. Two officers were hurt when they were hit by rocks during a riot in El Aroub. Four soldiers were lightly wounded when a firebomb led their jeep to crash. A bus driver was lightly wounded by rocks, ...
Iran hangs two for spying for Israel US

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran hanged two convicted spies on Sunday, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office announced. Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the ...
Israelis Protest Against Budget Netanyahus Expenses

the state budget which was passed this week and which includes tax increases and austerity measures, as well as against the increase in the budget of the Prime Minister’s official residence. Protests also took place outside Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s private residences in Jerusalem and Caesarea, as well as in Netanya, where several demonstrators were detained by police ...
Netanyahus Attorney He Lives a Modest Life

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s attorney said on Saturday night that the Prime Minister and his wife do not live extravagant lives. He was responding to public anger over figures released this past week and which show that the budget of the Prime Minister’s ...

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Shakespeare in Love [DVD]

"Shakespeare in Love" is a romantic fictionalization of how the great poet and playwright William Shakespeare penned one of his most famous plays, "Romeo and Juliet." As Tom Stoppard, one of the film's screenwriters, said, "To create something of that magnitude, he was no doubt hopelessly and desperately in love with a very, very special woman." The woman in question for whom Shakespeare's torches ... ...

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Report Syrian Army Aiming Missiles at Tel Aviv

reports. According to the report, Syria is preparing to strike Israel in case the Jewish State launches another attack on its territory. The army has received orders to strike central Israel in case additional attacks against Syria are carried out, according to ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has emphasized on Tuesday that Damascus is able to confront the Israeli regimes adventurism alluding to the recent Israeli aggression against the Arab country. The Syrian president stressed that the Israeli offensi

Al-Assad: Syria will slash roots of Israeli adventurism Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has emphasized on Tuesday that Damascus is able to confront the Israeli regime's adventurism, alluding to the recent Israeli aggression against the Arab country. The Syrian president stressed that the Israeli offensive is evidence of interference by Tel Aviv and its Western and regional allies in the ...
Kerry to return this week for push on talks

US Secretary of State Kerry wants to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, will meet with Livni and Palestinian leadership separately; Westerwelle in J'lem: We support US ...
‘We’re asking them not to mess with our families’

The Jerusalem Post on Friday. "The first time they changed it, my parents said OK, we'll change the tickets, no problem. But now, the second time, my family is saying they can't change it again."We were sure this wouldn't happen again, not in June, because it doesn't rain then. But it was changed again," he added. "My parents really wanted to be at ...
State to return Homesh land to Palestinian owners

The state intends to nullify the original 1978 military seizure order for the land of the former Homesh settlement, a move that would return the property to its former Palestinian owners.The Justice Ministry notified the High Court of its decision late Thursday, in response to a 2010 petition by the Palestinian owners, who were represented by the Israeli NGO Yesh ...

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He is the most evil, vile, demonic criminal. He is dead to me. There will be no visits, there will be no phone calls. He can never be Daddy again. I have no sympathy for the man.

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Putin, Netanyahu to continue efforts to resolve Syria crisis

Russia and Israel will continue cooperation in an effort to resolve the situation in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin said following talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"We agreed to continue contacts - both on the personal level and between our organizations, special services," Putin said.

The talks also involved Russian Foreign Intelligence Service chief Mikhail Fradkov and defence ministry representatives.

The Russian president said he and Netanyahu agreed that continuation of the armed conflict in Syria is fraught with pernicious consequences both for that country and the entire region.

Putin urged all the parties concerned to try not to aggravate the situation in Syria.

"A negative scenario may only be prevented by the earliest termination of the armed conflict and transition to a political settlement," Putin said.

"It is particularly important to avoid any actions that may sway the situation," he added.

It was not immediately clear whether the two leaders discussed arms deliveries to Damascus.

A high-ranking source in Jerusalem told RIA Novosti that Netanyahu would discuss Russian weapons supplies to Syria. Israel's Haaretz daily said Netanyahu was likely to ask Putin not to supply advanced S-300 air defence missile systems to Syria. ...