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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 ...

  • Noble Energy Hits Nat Gas Pay Offshore Israel

    Noble Energy, Inc. announced Wednesday a natural gas discovery at the Karish prospect offshore Israel. The discovery well was drilled to a total depth of 15,783 feet and encountered 184 feet of net natural gas pay in high-quality lower Miocene sands. The Karish well, located in the Alon C license approximately 20 miles northeast of the Tamar field, is in 5,700 feet of water. Discovered gross ...

  • Iran upping nuclear capacity but below Israeli red line

    VIENNA - Iran has increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds more centrifuges, a UN nuclear agency report said on Wednesday, underlining Tehran's defiance of Western demands to curb the activity.But, in a development that could help buy time for diplomacy between Iran and world powers, the report showed limited growth of Iran's most sensitive nuclear stockpile and ...

  • Anti-sexual harassment bills clear hurdle

    Two bills increasing the punishment for and definition of sexual harassment passed preliminary votes in the Knesset Wednesday.The first bill, proposed by MK Michal Roisin (Meretz) increases the penalty a judge can charge a harasser in a civil lawsuit without proof of damage from NIS 50,000 to NIS 150,000.Presenting the legislation in the plenum, Roisin said that an Economy Ministry report found ...

  • Invasive beetle may cause trees to fall

    The Agriculture Ministry has warned that every minute trees could fall on passers-by due the alarming presence of an invasive beetle species from the Far East - the red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier). Attacking mainly palm trees that are common in Israel's city streets, the approximately 3.5-centimeter red palm weevils eat the wood of the trees from the inside until the ...

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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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  • Jewish Home Split over Rabbinate Vote

    The Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party has made reforming the Rabbinate and Religious Services a key part of its platform. According to a party source who spoke ...

  • IAF Chief S-300 is En Route to Syria Surprise War is Possible

    IAF Commander, Major General Amir Eshel, spoke Wednesday about the IAF's preparedness for a surprise war scenario with Syria, and said that the S-300 anti-aircraft system is on its way to Syria. "A surprise war can come about through many scenarios at present," he said at a conference of the Fisher Institute for National Security in Herzliya. Isolated incidents can escalate very ...

  • Citi sees BoI cutting rate further 25 bp next week

    Citi analyst David Lubin sees the Bank of Israel making a further 25 basis point interest cut at its regular monthly Monetary Committee meeting on Monday. Lubin points out that the minutes of the meeting last Monday, at which an extraordinary rate cut of 25 basis points was decided upon, "suggest that the Committee was evenly split between a 25 bp cut and a 50 bp cut, and the tie was broken ...

  • I Am Gabriel Ancient Stone on Display in Israel

    JERUSALEM, Israel -- Gabriel is one of the Bible's best known angels. Now, a first of its kind exhibition in Jerusalem highlights an archaeological discovery quoting Gabriel that's considered the most important find of its kind since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It's called the "Revelation of Gabriel." It's written on stone and proclaims three times, ...

  • Hizbollah And Iran Propping Up Syria Says Hague

    William Hague has warned that Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hizbollah are "propping up" Syrian President Bashar al Assad. Speaking in Jordan, the Foreign Secretary said: "It is very clear that Syrian regime is receiving a great deal of support from outside Syria from Hizbollah and Iran. "This is a regime that is increasingly dependent on external ...

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