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Israeli property group Azrieli Q1 net profit edges up
TEL AVIV | Thu May 23, 2013 2:44am EDT TEL AVIV May 23 (Reuters) - Real estate developer Azrieli Group posted slightly higher net profit in the first quarter, boosted by an increase in rent and high occupancy rates at its properties in Israel. Azrieli, which is controlled by Canadian businessman David Azrieli and has an investment portfolio in Israel that includes several shopping ...
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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 ...
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New bank to open in Gaza Strip
A new bank is set to be inaugurated in the Gaza Strip next week, although it has not yet received the necessary licence from the Ramallah-based Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA), Kuna has reported. The Al-Intaj bank has a capital of $20m and a board of directors chaired by Kuwaiti businessman and member of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Dr Riyadh Al-Khulaifi, said the lender's ...
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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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PA hammers Israel at WHO annual assembly
Palestinian territories, Golan only sliver on planet to gain slot on World Health Organization's Geneva meeting; Foreign Ministry urges states to oppose resolution blasting Israel for poor health conditions in ...
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UNSC urged to end provocations by Israel
/enpproperty--> UNITED NATIONS - Palestine has asked the UN Security Council to press Israel to end its "provocations", including restricting access to holy sites in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian envoy told reporters on Wednesday. "We have sent to the president of the Security Council and to the secretary-general, during the course of the last two weeks, four letters about the ...
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Israel finds more hostility in Britain
(2 mins ago) A senior Israeli minister described the ';animosity'' shown towards the state by British media, non-governmental organizations and academics, as ';disguised anti-Semitism,’’ in an interview published in today's Daily Telegraph in London. Yuval Steinitz, Israel's intelligence and strategic affairs minister, said he was ...
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US Lawmakers Pledge to Back Israel Against Iran
The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a resolution affirming America's firm opposition to Iran's nuclear ambitions, and pledging full support for Israel in the event of an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. The chance to slam Iran’s government and speak up for Israel brought a rare moment of complete bipartisan unity to the Senate. Republican ...
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Palestine urges UN Security Council to end provocations by Israel
Palestine has asked the UN Security Council to press Israel to end its "provocations," including restricting access to holy sites in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian envoy told reporters on ...
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Prosor angered by UNRWA’s map of Arab Palestine
NEW YORK - Early this month, Ann Dismorr, director of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Lebanon, stood in front of cameras holding a map of Israel labeled "Arab Palestine." Framed in green and black and shoddily printed, the projected Palestinian state is shown surrounded by countries with modern borders: Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.Israeli officials are well used to seeing maps ...
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Israeli embassy slams Germany party over labeling
BERLIN - The Israeli embassy slammed the German Green Party on Wednesday for its Bundestag efforts to label products from the West Bank, calling those efforts "another try to negatively single out Israel while promoting an economic boycott of it."In a statement ...
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A Decade In The Making West Bank Barrier Is Nearly Complete
Ibrahim Shomali, a Palestinian priest, offers Communion under the olive trees of the Cremisan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. This is part of a regular protest against Israeli plans to build a section of its West Bank barrier here that would separate Palestinians from their agricultural ...
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Wedding 25000 Guests Huge Wedding Takes Place in Jerusalem
A wedding with 25,000 guests has taken place this week in Jerusalem. News of a wedding with 25,000 guests has stunned viewers across the globe, as the massive party was held in Jerusalem on Tuesday night.The massive wedding was for Shalom Rokeach, 18, and new wife Hannah Batya Penet, 19 – both reportedly from very well connected families.Rokeach is the grandson of the leader of the Hasidic ...
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Palestinians have little faith in John Kerrys efforts to restart peace talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, not pictured, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria’s opposition to help them ';fight for the freedom of their country'; if President Bashar ...
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Iran calls attention to aggressive plans of the U.S. and Israel
"Some Persian Gulf countries are supporting U.S. plans in the region and it harms the countries of the region", the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, the national parliament, Alaedin Boruyerdi said on Saturday (27th). Crimes and discord are the buzzwords of the ...
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J Streets pipe dreams of peace
West Bank , Gaza Strip, the Syrian Golan Heights and the Sinai. This inevitably leaves one to ask the banal question: "Will there be peace in our lifetime?" In a mass email sent on 5 ...
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Palestinians have little faith in Kerry effort preparing day after plans if mediation fails
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, not pictured, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria’s opposition to help them ';fight for the freedom of their country'; if President Bashar ...
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Natural Gas Flows at Nobles Karish Discovery Offshore Israel
, reached a total depth of 15,783 feet, encountering 184 feet of net natural gas pay in high-quality lower Miocene sands. Noble stated that discovered gross resources, combined with the de-risked resources in an adjacent fault block on the license, are estimated to range between 1.6 and 2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) with a gross mean of 1.8 Tcf. The operator performed tests at the well including ...
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Iran ups nuke capacity but below Israel red line
VIENNA - Iran has increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds more centrifuges, a UN nuclear agency report said on Wednesday, underlining Tehran's defiance of Western demands to curb the activity.But, in a development that could help buy time for diplomacy between Iran and world powers, the report showed limited growth of Iran's most sensitive nuclear stockpile and ...
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Israeli gas finds secure its self sufficiency may lead to exports
HADERA, Israel--Gas production from huge offshore deposits along its Mediterranean coast is enabling Israel to shift from costly and unreliable imports to a growing self-sufficiency and the potential to become an energy ...
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Israeli Minister Iran Most Critical Issue
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Despite the current tensions along the Israeli-Syrian border on the Golan Heights, Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz warned Tuesday that a nuclear-armed Iran remains the Jewish state's biggest challenge. "Events and the situation in Syria, Sinai and the Gaza Strip must not displace -- even for a moment -- the most critical issue, which is a ...
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Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria
The most fascinating aspect of the war in Syria this month - and perhaps also the most significant in terms of long-term regional geopolitics - is the direct involvement of Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese Shiite party and resistance group that is closely allied to Iran and Syria. The significance of Hezbollah's participation in the battle for the Syrian town of Qusair comprises several ...
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Hezbollah aids Syrian military in a key battle
Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese fighters from the militant group Hezbollah pushed Sunday into parts of Qusayr, a strategic city long held by rebels, according to an antigovernment activist and pro-government news channels. If the advance holds, it would be a serious setback for opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. Both sides called it one of the war's most intense ground ...
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General says Israel will smash Syrias arsenals if Assad falls
Israel (Reuters) - Israel is poised to attack Syria to prevent advanced weapons reaching jihadi rebels or Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon if ...
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US Bishops Reiterate Call for 2-State Solution in Israel Conflict
Decry Plan to Confiscate Convent LandWASHINGTON, D.C., May 07, 2013 (Zenit.org) - The U.S. bishops support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose policies that undermine a just resolution to the conflict, such as Israel's decision to re-route the separation wall through the Cremisan Valley, said the chairman of the bishops' Committee on International ...
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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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