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  • Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials

    JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

  • Eight Swimmers Set to Represent Israel at World Championships

    PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. THE Israel swimming foundation announced this week that seven men and one woman will represent the country at the FINA world championships this summer in Barcelona, Spain.College swimming fans will recognize the names of three of the swimmers on the roster. Guy Barnea (UC-Berkeley), Gal Nevo (Georgia Tech) and Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or (Arizona) have each represented their ...

  • Experts reject that Israel may directly intervene in Syria

    Following 'NY Times' report that Israel mulling creation of buffer zone inside Syria or support of proxy force, several Israeli experts, ex-officials say any direct intervention in civil war ...

  • Senate resolution US will back Israeli force on Iran

    NEW YORK - With the support of 99 senators both Republican and Democrat, a resolution passed Congress's upper chamber on Wednesday declaring US support for Israeli military action against Iran's nuclear facilities.Asserting that such preemptive action is within Israel's right to defend itself, the Senate resolution - strategically telling, but not self-binding by any ...

  • Rabbi Mertzbachs Daughter Allow Soldiers to Protect Themselves

    The daughter of Rabbi Dan Mertzbach z"l, who was mistakenly shot to death by IDF soldiers 18 months ago, said on Thursday that the family expects that just as the IDF soldier who shot her father received backing from the army, so will soldiers who serve in Judea and Samaria be backed when fighting ...

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Ice Age: The Meltdown [DVD]

Ice Age: The Meltdown [DVD]

Given the concomitant image on the cover of Time magazine of a polar bear standing sadly on a broken, floating chunk of a glacier, the rest of which has fallen watery victim to rising global temperatures, the computer-animated comedy Ice Age: The Meltdown was oddly we ... ...

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  • Palestinians Killed in Israeli Air Strike

    Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...

  • Peri panel haredi draft proposals come under fire

    A draft bill drawn up to form the basis of legislation for drafting haredi men into national service has come under heavy fire for failing to provide appropriate incentives to encourage enlistment.The proposed terms for the legislation, devised by a ministerial committee headed by Science, Technology and Space Minister Yaakov Peri of Yesh Atid, do not include personal financial sanctions ...

  • France Put Hezbollah armed wing on EU’s terror list

    PARIS - The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced late Wednesday that France is now proposing that Hezbollah be added to the European Union list of terrorist organizations.According to an official at the Quai d'Orsay, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that his country wants to add "the military branch" of the pro- Iranian Shi'ite movement in Lebanon. The action ...

  • SACH hopes Syria girls Israel surgery inspires more

    Balancing a media blitz and concerns for the family's security when they return home, the organization who brought the girl to Israel say they hope she is the first of ...

  • Remote-control machine gun repairs just got quicker

    What does the IDF do when its remote-control machine guns breaks down? The Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station, the Katlanit, produced by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, is increasingly appearing on a range of IDF Ground Forces platforms, such as the Namer armored personnel carrier.It can be fitted with a variety of powerful and accurate machine guns, allowing soldiers to ...

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