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  • Israel police hunt for vandals that hit Arab town

    JERUSALEM -; Israeli police have launched an investigation to find perpetrators who vandalized cars and sprayed hate graffiti in an Arab town near ...

  • AP Interview Peres at 90 still going strong

    HOLD FOR STORY PERES TURNS 90 BY DAN PERRY AND JOSEF FEDERMAN - In this photo taken Sunday, June 16, 2013, Israel's President Shimon Peres, is seen during an interview with The Associated Press at the President's residence in Jerusalem. As Shimon Peres turns 90, the indefatigable Israeli president is doing what he has always done: looking ahead, preparing for the next challenge and ...

  • Not just the Tea Party IRS routed applications from Pro-Israel groups to anti-terrorism unit

    A pplications of pro-Israel groups for tax-exempt status are routinely routed to an antiterrorism unit within the Internal Revenue Service for additional screening, according to the testimony of a Cincinnati-based IRS agent.Asked whether Jewish or pro-Israel applications are treated differently from other applications, Gary Muthert told House Oversight Committee investigators that they are ...

  • 32 of Israelis think US Jews should stay out of peace process

    Poll finds nearly a quarter of Israelis are against accepting input from American Jewry on religious issues, but 66.3% of Israelis see the US Jewish community as having a positive influence on Israel's national ...

  • Pioneers of the Periphery Olim of the South

    Hoping to make a meaningful contribution to a high-potential area? Interested in buying a private home for the price of an apartment? Looking for a less stressful life that has the flavor of an exotic vacation? A new wave of English-speaking Olim is heading to Israel's periphery and enjoying a genuinely southern ...

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Kristen Scott Thomas must truly relish starring in long, melancholy romantic epics opposite quiet, brooding leading men. In 1996, she starred opposite a quiet, brooding Ralph Fiennes in "The English Patient," a film that teetered on the edge of greatness. In 1998, she starred opposite a quite, brooding Robert Redford in "The Horse Whisperer," an unmemorable, but certainly watchable romance. And n ... ...

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  • Housing Minister Yes There Is a Building Freeze

    There is a new ban on Israeli construction east of the 1949 armistice line, including in eastern Jerusalem, Housing Minister Uri Ariel (Bayit Yehudi) confirmed Tuesday morning in an interview ...

  • Cars Vandalized in Arab Neighborhood

    The tires on 28 cars were slashed overnight Monday in Abu Ghosh, an Arab village 6 miles west of Jerusalem, in a suspected nationalist Jewish attack. In addition, slogans were spray painted on walls. These included "racism or assimilation," and "Arabs out." Police have begun to investigate the event. No one has been arrested yet. The government decided this week to ...

  • Jewish saboteurs pierce tires of 28 vehicles inscribe racist anti-Palestinian mural graffiti in occupied Jerusalem

    Occupied Jerusalem: June 18-- (BNA)-- Jewish settlers who call themselves (Pay-the-Cost) gangs punched last night the tires of 28 cars belonging to Palestinian citizens in (Abu Gosh) Town in the occupied Jerusalem's province. The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that gangs of Jewish saboteurs inscribed racist anti-Arab mural graffiti, for example: (Arabs Go Out), (Death to Arabs) ...

  • ERT shutdown Greece puts pressure on Israeli firm over state broadcaster

    ERT on air was owned by an Israeli firm.Defiant journalists occupying ERT studios in Athens and Thessaloniki have been able to keep an unbroken skeleton news service going since 11 June, when Samaras ordered its abrupt closure, thanks to the European Broadcasting Union which provided technical facilities to continue transmitting into Greek homes via three satellites.Officials in Athens confirmed ...

  • Knesset approves proposed budget cuts despite opposition

    hours of opposition speeches .58 lawmakers voted in favor of the proposed cuts and 44 opposed after a long debate in favor of the 17-month 2013-14 spending package, sending it to parliament's finance committee for further ...

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