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IDF denies Syrian claim Israeli vehicle destroyed in Golan
Syrian military leadership says on state TV that its armed forces destroyed an Israel vehicle, but the IDF says it was just lightly damaged; soldiers return fire; defense source: "The fire was directed at ...
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Israel returns fire after gunshots from Syria
/enpproperty--> JERUSALEM - The Israeli military fired missiles into Syria after its troops got shot on a patrol near the Syrian frontier on the Golan Heights, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement Tuesday. There were no casualties on the Israeli side but a military vehicle was damaged in the incident, the statement said. Israeli media said an artillery unit fired across the ...
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Israel Bank RobberyFour people have been dead Be’er Sheva bank robbers Breaking News
At least four people – three men and one woman – were killed and several others were injured, including one person in serious condition, during a robbery gone wrong at a Be’er Sheva bank on Monday. The victims reportedly died during a shootout at a branch of Bank Hapoalim in the southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva. A further shot was heard from the bank at around ...
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Israeli troops in Syrian border shoot-out
Israeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian frontier today in response to gunfire that struck its forces in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military ...
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Israeli government justifies torture with national security
Six days after Arafat Jaradat was arrested by the Israeli army and the Shin Bet (Israeli intelligence agency), he was dead. Between the day of his arrest, February 18th, and the day of his death, February 23rd, his lawyer, Kamil Sabbagh, met with Arafat only once: before a military judge, the Kishon interrogation center of the Shin ...
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Top Palestinian negotiator throws weight behind Kerry peace plan
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in the Middle East on Tuesday (AFP) The chief Palestinian peace negotiator has thrown his weight behind John Kerry's efforts in the Middle East, Reuters reported on Tuesday.The US Secretary of State arrives in Oman on Tuesday, the first stop in a week-long regional visit, which will include meetings with Israeli and Palestinian ...
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Should Palestine switch from the shekel to Bitcoin
The money that circulates most in the Palestinian Authority (PA) is the Israeli new shekel; guided by an interest rate policy set monthly by the Bank of Israel, which dictates Palestinian finances. Palestine has tried for decades to establish independence, but Israel has not been willing to give up its colony, so the occupation continues.But for the first time in history, an emerging country ...
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Israeli troops in Golan return fire from Syria army
Israeli soldiers patrolling the disputed Golan Heights along the border with Syria fired back after coming under fire overnight, an Israeli Defence Forces statement said ...
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Gaza’s Assaf The Arab World’s New Singing Sensation
with his renditions of love songs and patriotic Palestinian songs. Like ';Song for Palestine, ‘Oh you bird going back home'; (above). It’s easy to understand why Palestinians are going crazy for him. Mohammed Assaf has drawn comparisons to the late ...
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Imprivata eyes IPO adds Beth Israels Halamka to board
Dr. John Halamka, the CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has joined the board of directors at health care IT security firm Imprivata. Lexington-based Imprivata, a IT security firm focused on the health care industry, is expecting an initial public offering within two years after growing to more than $50 million in revenue in 2012, CEO Omar Hussain said in an interview. The ...
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US discussing religious freedom worries with Israel
NEW YORK - The US State Department said on Monday that the Israeli government's respect for freedom of religion has remained consistent through 2012, but that it has engaged in "detailed discussions" with Israeli officials over rights concerns that have persisted for multiple years."Governmental and legal discrimination against non-Jews and non-Orthodox streams of Judaism ...
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Israel bars UNESCO from entering Jerusalem
An Israeli security officer stands infront of Al Haram Al Sharif in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam. Israelis frequently prevent Muslims from praying and launch attacks against non-Jewish worshippers. AFP Photo Israel on Monday ...
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Al-Quds Open University receives $250000 grant from Kuwait
Palestine-headquartered Al-Quds Open University (QOU) has received a $250,000 Kuwaiti grant to complete the branch project in Nablus, Kuna has reported. The grant, which aims to develop of university system in Palestine, will benefit some 65,000 students, said the president QOU, Dr Younis ...
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Israeli man storms bank kills four people before committing suicide
Israeli city of Bersheeba on Monday, engaged in a gunfight which killed four people, took a hostage and then turned his gun on himself. Talking to AP, Israeli police spokesperson Mickey Rosenfeld said that the shootings happened inside the bank and that the man has been identified as being in his 40s and is a resident of Bersheeba. Israeli TV crews soon gathered round the area, showing the bank ...
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Tensions rise as Israeli jets bomb Syria again
ISRAELI jets bombed Syria yesterday, rocking Damascus for hours and sending pillars of flame into the night sky in what a Western source called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. Local people reported massive explosions and internet video showed the capital's skyline lit by flashes. Syrian opponents of President Bashar Assad rejoiced at Israel's third ...
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Pam Murtaugh Get a Bucket of Feelings Smuggling KFC in Gaza
, Fares Akram unwittingly describes the root of the American obesity epidemic. Akram tells the story of the Gazan population choked off from the world outside its small perimeter. It is a living metaphor for what's happening in the U.S. In an odyssey of determination born of demand and creativity, entrepreneurial Gazan smugglers dig deep, trafficking in something U.S. obesity experts might ...
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Op Ed on Hamas website Assad regime no less evil than Israel
A regime that has been murdering its own people in the tens of thousands and utterly destroying Syrian towns and villages in order to keep a specific family or sect in power doesn't deserve our sympathy or solidarity. Even in the best possible circumstances, this regime is not less evil than Israel. We condemn the Israeli bombing, but the Assad regime isn't blameless ...
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Excerpts Fatah-Hamas agree to form Palestinian unity government.
Excerpts: Fatah-Hamas agree to form Palestinian unity government. IAEA-Iran nuclear talks fail again. Proposed Syrian peace talks May 15, 2013 +++SOURCE: Saudi Gazette 15 ...
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The Lede Complete Text of Israel’s Report on the Muhammad al-Dura Video
A frame from a video shot in Gaza in September 2000 showed Jamal al-Dura attempting to shield his son Muhammad, 12, during a gun battle between Israelis and Palestinians. As my ...
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Ten Years After US Invades Iraq Israel Eager to Take the US Into Round Two
Ten years after the US invaded Iraq in 2003, another Middle East war looms large between the West and Muslim states. Signs point to the strong possibility that Israel, and its US Zionist supporters, remain determined, first, to draw the US into the Syrian Civil War, and second, to lead Israel in a joint attack against Iran. All from the skies, of course. Boots on the ground have not served ...
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Israel questions Gaza boy’s death
The father of Muhammad el-Dura, a Palestinian child killed in Gaza in 2000 during an exchange of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian police, says he is willing to exhume his son's body to refute Israeli claims that he was not shot by ...
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Palestinians in Syria caught in the middle
The UN agency aiding Palestinians gives 3,000 Syrian pounds ($2.15) to every registered refugee family, "but this is not enough. A kilo of tomatoes is 100," she ...
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Walking tours highlight West Banks shrinking landscape
IPS ) DEIR GHASSANEH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - A reddish-brown dome sits atop an ancient stone house, used hundreds of years ago for prayer. It peeks out from the surrounding trees as the rolling green valleys and hills of the ...
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Im afraid of dying without returning home says Nakba survivor
role was meeting strangers who come over to the village, welcoming government representatives and intervening in family feuds," Abu Khaled said. Weddings were important community occasions. "People in the village often held their wedding ceremonies in the beginning or in the middle of September. This was due to the fact that harvest season had just ended. When someone wanted to get ...
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Father of shot Gaza boy disputes Israel report
The father of a Palestinian boy shot dead in Gaza in 2000 said Monday he was willing to have his son exhumed to disprove an Israeli report denying he was killed by Israeli ...
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Palestine is a potential eco-friendly hub
Palestine, occupied Palestine, the Palestinian Territories or the Occupied Territories, call it what you will, this patch of land in the Middle East has many different name according to political opinion, but what many don’t realize about it is the ingenuity that takes place on a daily basis.
Palestine is one of the poorest regions in the world and certainly in the Middle East, the territory which is loosely made up of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, is a large refugee camp because none of the inhabitants have sovereignty and therefore do not have a centrally strong government to provide basic services. Much of the areas income is derived through donations and money earned by day laborers within Israel. Read more
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