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  • British Animosity Toward Israel Disguised Anti-Semitism

    A senior Israeli minister described the "animosity" shown towards the state by British media, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and academics, as "disguised anti-Semitism", in an interview published in Thursday's Daily Telegraph. Yuval Steinitz, Israel's intelligence and strategic affairs minister, said he was "concerned" by relations between the ...

  • Biosensors buys Spectrum Dynamics

    Spectrum Dynamics , part of the Medinvest Group of Prof. Shlomo Ben Haim, has been acquired by Singapore company Biosensors International Group Ltd. for $51 million, including milestone payments on future achievements. The deal will be closed today. Spectrum Dynamics is a medical device company focused on personalized molecular imaging and applications in nuclear cardiology. As part of the deal ...

  • Shekel weakens on speculation of further rate cut

    The shekel is weakening against the dollar and euro in morning inter-bank trading as speculation grows that the Bank of Israel will cut the interest rate by a further 25 basis points to 1.25%. The shekel-dollar exchange rate rose 1.20%, compared with yesterday's representative rate, to NIS 3.709/$, and the shekel-euro exchange rate rose 0.28% to NIS ...

  • Submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologists

    TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) -- The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be ...

  • Senate US must back Israel in case of Iran strike

    WASHINGTON - The Democratic-led Senate voted 99-0 - with one senator not present - on Wednesday night, on a resolution that the United States should support Israel if it were forced to defend itself from an Iranian nuclear threat. The measure also urged Obama to strengthen enforcement of existing sanctions on Iran. Earlier Wednesday, a US House of Representatives committee approved legislation ...

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Strapless [DVD]

Strapless [DVD]

David Hare's Strapless is both cynical and poignant in its examination of the opening stages of romance. It is cynical because it suggests that some people are incapable of moving beyond that opening stage; it is poignant because it is often adept at invoking the wonderful euphoria of a blossoming relationship, especially between adults who have been there before. ...

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  • Israeli Source Amnestys Balanced Report Ridiculous

    In a report released Thursday, international leftist human rights group Amnesty accused both Israel and Hamas of committing "war crimes" during Operation Pillar of Defense last year. The accusations were made in the organization's annual ...

  • Protest Against G4S Outside Israels Ofer Prison 22-5-2013

    British-Danish security firm G4S has been severely criticized for its operations in the occupied Palestinian territories and in prisons and detention centers in Israel, including those housing children and "administrative detainees" held without charge or ...

  • Hezbollah may be hurting itself report

    NEW pennants hailing the "martyred" men of Hezbollah, Lebanon's main Shia party-cum-militia, fly in abundance in its stronghold in the Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon. By some tallies more than 30 of its fighters have perished since May ...

  • Google Says Gush Etzion Residents Live in Palestine

    Residents of Gush Etzion, located in Judea and Samaria near Jerusalem, were shocked recently to see that, according to Google, they live in "Palestine," according to a Wednesday report in the Yisrael Hayom ...

  • Memo From Jerusalem Israel Is Drawn Into Syria’s Turmoil

    JERUSALEM -- For more than two years, Israeli leaders have insisted they had no intention of intervening in the civil war raging in neighboring Syria, but they vowed to stop sophisticated weapons from being transferred to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia group, and to respond to intentional fire into their ...

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