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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 ...

  • Egyptian police continue to block Israel border crossing

    CAIRO // Egyptian police blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel yesterday, security sources said. The police were enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula. They have been blocking another border post, the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, since Friday to press the government to help free the seven. Dozens of police expanded the protest ...

  • Syrian army Hezbollah kill more than 30 in border fighting

    Assad's troops and Hezbollah operatives launch joint operation to retake Syrian town of Qusair near Lebanese border; opposition activists say fighting is heaviest yet involving Shi'ite terrorist ...

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The Rules of the Game (Le Règle du jeu) [DVD]

The Rules of the Game (Le Règle du jeu) [DVD]

Franois Truffaut called Jean Renoirs The Rules of the Game (Le Rgle du jeu) the credo of film lovers, the film of films. Indeed, having been ranked as one of the 10 greatest films ever made on Sight & Sounds influential International Critics Poll list since its inception in 1952, the intensity with which this film is now admired and revered is matched only by the vitriol and ... ...

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  • Hamas confiscates rockets from Fatahs armed wing

    Hamas has confiscated rockets and other types of weaponry belonging to Fatah's armed wing, Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Palestinian sources revealed Sunday.The sources told the Fatah-affiliated Palestine Press News Agency that Hamas confiscated 100 rockets and 500 "combat units" when Fatah tried to move them from one location to another in the Gaza ...

  • Chosen Bites Impossibly crispy chicken

    There is just something about warmer temperatures that make me crave fried chicken. Maybe eating with my hands is something I regard as a casual summer activity? Whatever the reason is, this easy fried chicken rocks. I made it the other day and want it again.This spiced chicken dry mix is fragrant and mouth-watering. The addition of potato starch helps keep the chicken super crispy and not ...

  • Bagrut exam-writer indicted for leaking questions

    The Haifa District Attorney's Office on Sunday filed an indictment for leaking Psychometric Exam questions against three people, including a member of the board for writing exam questions, in the Haifa Magistrate's Court.Specifically, the leaked questions were from the Math section of the 2010 ...

  • Report Egyptian army pushes to attack kidnappers

    The Egyptian army is pushing president Mohamed Morsi for a green light to attack the kidnappers of seven security officers, which have been held since last Thursday, according to a report in ...

  • Two Samaria Jews Distanced from Homes

    The Petach Tikva Magistrates' Court issued an order Sunday distancing two residents of Yitzhar, in Samaria, from their community, for 60 days. According to Honenu, an NGO that assists Jews who are prosecuted for nationalism-related offenses, the two were involved in a verbal altercation between Border Police and youths who reside at the Hasruga outpost near Yitzhar. Last Friday, following ...

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