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  • Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

    18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

  • Cisco set to open new centre in Israel

    The US technology giant Cisco plans to open a new research and development center in Israel, the company's CEO John Chambers said during his meeting with Israel's Minister of Finance Yair Lapid. The new centre is expected to offer 100 jobs, to be added to about 2,000 employees already work at Cisco center in Israel, reported Xinhua. Chambers Tuesday said the new project, whose main focus is ...

  • New York KKK member designs death ray against enemies of Israel

    A KKK member from upstate New York was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly designed a "death ray" that is meant to kill Muslims and other "enemies of ...

  • Elkin Irans Elections Made a Mockery of Democracy

    "This is making a joke of democracy and talking about a fundamental change as a result of the elections is funny," he added. "There is no doubt, however, that the Iranian public expressed dissatisfaction with the current leadership, which proves again that the economic pressure on Iran weakens the regime and therefore the pressure on Iran should ...

  • Abbas We Support Kerrys Peace Efforts

    Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said he supports U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to revive peace talks with ...

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Having already remade virtually all of the most venerable horror franchises of the 1970s and 1980s, Michael Bays Platinum Dunes production company has finally turned its attention to Wes Cravens innovative horror-fantasy hybrid A Nightmare on Elm Street ... ...

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  • Israel and Palestine Consequences of Deterrence

    "Deterrence has to be maintained," said Gabi Siboni, a colonel for strategic affairs at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. "It was only a question of time until this moment arrived." It seems the Palestinians are of like mind. As things stand, this latest round of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was probably inevitable. Escalation and ...

  • Putin First Soviet government was mostly Jewish

    Russian President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, June 13, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Aleksey Nikolskyi/RIA ...

  • Syrian Rebels Weve Received Heavy Weapons from Saudis

    The first delivery of heavy weapons has arrived on Syria’s front lines following President Barack Obama’s decision to put Western military might behind the official opposition, rebels told the ...

  • Lapid Bennett is Wrong on Palestinian State

    Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) indicated on Wednesday that he disagrees with Economy Minister Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) about the idea of a Palestinian ...

  • Israel urges parents to vaccinate children after polio traces found

    Parents in southern parts of Israel, whose children are not vaccinated against the polio virus, rushed Wednesday to local health centers after traces of the virus were found last week in sewage waters near their communities.Last week an inspection into the sewage system in Israel's southern communities led to the discovery of the polio virus, a deadly virus that is almost eradicated ...

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