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  • 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 ...

  • Jordan scuttles attempt to expel Israeli envoy

    expel Israel's ambassador ended when several members of parliament backed-down according to official sources. Despite the failure of the move to send Israeli Ambassador Daniel Nevo packing, the incident underscores the viability of opposition to normalization with the Jewish state.A strong majority of 86 out of 150 lawmakers had signed a memorandum calling for a parliamentary session to ...

  • Babies Narrowly Escape Rock Attack

    On Saturday night, one Israeli driver after another fell victim to an ambush near Wadi Harmiya, near Shilo in the Binyamin region. Beginning at 1 a.m., Palestinian Authority Arab attackers waiting near the road hurled a barrage of stones at passing cars with Israeli license plates. Among those targeted by the attackers was the Shlissel family from Ariel. Mother Ayelet was driving, while her ...

  • Netanyahu Israel Acting to Deny Hizbullah Syrian Arms

    Israel is acting to prevent Syrian weapons from reaching Lebanon's Hizbullah and will continue to do so, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on ...

  • Mobile carriers halve workforce

    The mobile telephony revolution which Israel has undergone in the past year has exceeded expectations. Prices have plummeted, and the veteran carriers are adapting to the new reality: the public is unwilling to pay more than NIS 100 a month for mobile telecommunications plans. This reality will result in the halving of the number of employees, and within a year or two, each carrier will probably ...

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Godsend

Godsend

This is for Adam, the mother says. Sometimes, ethics have to take a backseat. And thats exactly what happens in Godsend, a silly thriller about cloning, although when she says this line, shes referring only to her husbands reluctance to relocate from the inner-city high school at which he t ... ...

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  • Half of wage-earners don’t meet tax threshold

    Ministry of Finance's State Revenues Administration reported today. It adds that 52.2% of salaried employees and 33.8% of the self-employed did not meet the threshold. The proportion of employees who did not meet the tax threshold rose to 52.3% in 2012. The income tax threshold for a man with 2.25 credit points is NIS 4,703 a month. The report reveals the widening salary gaps in Israel. In ...

  • Alvarions troubles mount as Wi-Fi sales fall

    Telrad Networks Ltd. for $12 million, and now provides enterprise network communications systems, using Wi-Fi technology, which it acquired through its $30 million acquisition of Wavion in 2011. However, the 20-F statement reveals problems with Alvarion's Wi-Fi business. "Our sales of our Wi-Fi products decreased significantly in the second half of 2012 as the world was migrating to ...

  • Haredi smartphone in the works

    A smartphone approved by a rabbinical committee will soon be launched in Israel, announced Rabbi David Zilbershlag at the Ariel Conference for Ethics in the Media last week. Until now, haredi (ultra-orthodox) rabbis has strongly opposed advanced mobile devices, claiming that they are corrupting. Zilbershlag said that the smartphones would handle e-mail. Zilbershlag said that such a device was ...

  • Yam 3 drilling resumes

    SOG ) announced last night that the well operator in the Shemen license had notified the company that measures taken in the Yam 3 well's borehole to deal with the high pressure, which had halted drilling in the upper gas-bearing strata, had been successfully completed. The operator notified its partners in the license that it will continue drilling using an alternative engineering layout, ...

  • Agricultural Charity Gives Aid to Israels Poor

    JERUSALEM, Israel -- Almost two million Israelis live below the poverty level, including more than a third of the country's children. However, one charity is using a biblical principle to fill in the ...

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