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  • Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

    18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

  • Israeli army refuses to let soldier read poems on radio

    A brigade in the Israeli Defence Forces has banned a soldier from reading out his own verses on the radio over fears that it might cast aspersions on the army's "manliness", a media report said. The Independent daily said that throughout history, soldiers on the battlefield "have been inspired to write some of the world's most memorable poetry". The unnamed soldier from the Nahal Infantry ...

  • Barbra Streisand criticizes womens discriminatory treatment in Israel

    Barbra Streisand has spoken about the Jewish religious practices that separate men and women. The 71-year-old actress took aim at cases of ultra-Orthodox Jews targeting women while speaking at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday. The star, who herself was born in a Jewish family, said that it was distressing that women in Israel were forced to sit at the back of the bus, CBS News ...

  • Star-studded party for Israels Peres 90

    More than 3000 guests, including prominent politicians and Hollywood stars, have turned out for a gala dinner held in honour of Israeli President Shimon Peres, who will turn 90 in August."We have our queen, you have your Shimon," said former British prime minister Tony Blair as the celebration got under way on Tuesday evening in Jerusalem.Former US president Bill Clinton, former Soviet ...

  • Pet Shop Boys Rejects Calls to Cancel Israel Concert

    Neil Tennant, the singer in the pop duo Pet Shop Boys, on Monday rejected calls from pro-Palestinian Authority activists to cancel the band's Tel Aviv concert, scheduled for June 23, ...

Movie Review

The Man in the Iron Mask

"The Man in the Iron Mask," based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, is a well-made adventure film that doesn't have much adventure. It has a lot of beautiful French locations, a stunning A-list cast of actors, and technical merit oozing from every corner, but it never really grabs hold of you the way a good swashbuckling adventure should. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the ... ...

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  • Peres Touts Peace in Birthday Speech

    "I greatly appreciate that you have chosen to celebrate the birthday of a man whose only sin was to grow a year older," Peres said. He added that his grandfather and Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion were the two figures who have left the deepest imprint on his ...

  • Shimon Peres celebrates 90th birthday with Clinton Blair and Streisand

    JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 18: (ISRAEL OUT) (L -R) Singer Barbra Streisand, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Israeli President Shimon Peres attend Peres' 90th birthday gala June 18, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The celebration also marks the start of the Israeli Presidential Conference, a gathering of global figures in Jerusalem. (Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO via Getty Images) (Kobi ...

  • Stars mark Israeli leaders 90th

    Hollywood superstars have joined Israeli and global leaders and local celebrities to honour president Shimon Peres for his forthcoming 90th birthday, reflecting world respect for one of the country's peace ...

  • A battle won Ben-Dahan gets to stay in the Artillery Corps

    Since being elected to the Knesset and appointed deputy minister for religious services, Bayit Yehudi MK Eli Ben-Dahan has had to fight battles on numerous fronts - be it the struggle within his party over which candidate to back for chief rabbi, or the internecine skirmishes that have erupted within the coalition over pieces of contentious legislation.But while clear-cut successes in the ...

  • MK Cohen State failed to absorb Ethiopian olim

    The state has failed in the absorption of Ethiopian olim, Knesset State Control Committee chairman Amnon Cohen (Shas) said at a committee meeting on the subject that took place on Tuesday."We could have integrated them better and faster," he ...

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