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  • Israel concerned Russian arms will reach enemies Israel concerned Russian arms will reach enemies

    Israel has warned Russia about sending arms to Syria. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has spoken on Channel Two television's Meet the Press to condemn shipments of arms from Russia that she said may be used against Israel. She said: "These are not just any weapons, they are tie-breakers, and that's why there is a responsibility with all world powers, certainly Russia, not to supply such ...

  • Israel to return settlements land to Palestinian owners

    The state of Israel has said it would return the lands of a settlement evacuated in 2005 back to its original Palestinian owners, an Israeli daily said Sunday. The announcement came after a petition was filed by the Palestinian land owners in the Supreme Court, Xinhua reported citing the Ha'aretz daily. Homesh, a 0.7 square km settlement, was established in 1980 on lands belonging to residents ...

  • Iran executes two spies working for CIA Mossad

    Two Iranian spies, allegedly working for America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel's Mossad were Sunday hanged in Iran, state-run IRIB TV reported. Mohammad Heidari, one of the executed men, had prepared information in a number of security issues and had given them to Mossad in several meetings outside the country, Xinhua cited the report as saying. Heidari received money in ...

  • Comptroller set to probe PMs financial issues

    financial controversies surrounding Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from "Bibi-tours" to the general jump in expenses to "bed-gate," said his spokesman on Sunday.Reportedly, Shapira is asking Netanyahu's office for various clarifications regarding the allegations, though Shapira's spokesman downplayed the possibility of any immediate major ...

  • Israel must protect its Beduin citizens

    One day each summer, my childhood camp was magically transformed into a mini-Israel for "Yom Yisrael," Israel Day. My favorite part of Yom Yisrael was the Beduin tent. There was something mysterious and astonishing about the characters who served us sweet, strong coffee and welcomed us to sit with them on the tent's floor. I was taught that the Beduin were part of the very ...

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Year One

Year One

In theory, Jack Black and Michael Cera, the stars of Harold Ramiss prehistoric comedy Year One, should make the perfect odd couple. Everything about them--both physically and behaviorally--is contradictory. Black is stout and compact, which heightens his energy, whereas Cera is long and ... ...

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  • Reality Check Israel’s modern-day royal family

    It's a shame Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spent the flight to London for Margaret Thatcher's funeral asleep on the double bed that cost the taxpayer an extra half-a-million shekels. He could have used the flight time more profitably by reading up on a how a truly great conservative leader regarded the use of taxpayers' money for prime ministerial personal comforts.Soon ...

  • Health minister attacks dental health protection

    Fluoridation of community water supplies is under attack by the new health minister, despite its success in Israel in reducing dental caries in ...

  • Panel Muhammad Al-Dura May be Alive

    A government investigative committee that was set up to determine the truth of allegations that IDF soldiers killed 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura during the "Second Intifada" have determined that not only were the allegations – and a report by French television purporting to show IDF soldiers shooting and killing the boy – a lie, but that the al-Dura may not even be dead. ...

  • Arabs Deface Tomb of Shimon Ben Yaakov

    Arab vandals defaced the tomb of Shimon Ben Yaakov – believed to be the burial place of the father of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. While the tomb – located near Kibbutz Eyal, just off Route 6 – is not one of the most popular tombs of forefathers, it is frequented on a more or less daily basis by Jews. Those who came there in recent days found that the tomb has been ...

  • Meretz chair Lapid not worthy of being finance minister

    Meretz leader MK Zahava Gal-On told "Globes TV" that Yair Lapid is not keeping the promises that he made to the public but is implementing the policies of the finance ministry ...

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