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Israels Lapid speaks of removing some settlers for peace
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Finance Minister Yair Lapid, whose new centrist party is the second largest in Israel's government, said on Monday thousands of Jewish settlers would have to be removed from occupied land under any peace deal with the ...
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Israel seeks to rein in company tax breaks
By Steven Scheer TEL AVIV | Mon May 20, 2013 10:07am EDT TEL AVIV May 20 (Reuters) - Israel plans to amend a law granting companies tax breaks and grants to invest in the country as the government tries to close a widening budget deficit. Since taking office two months ago, Finance Minister Yair Lapid has drawn up state spending cuts and tax hikes to close a deficit of over 45 billion ...
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Israel backs Kerry peace moves despite internal debate
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks as he welcomes Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a luncheon at the State Department May 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty ...
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Jihadists’ control of Syrian oilfields signals a decisive moment in conflict
The stranglehold that Jabhat al-Nusra and its allies have achieved over Syria’s oilfields signals a decisive moment in the conflict that will shape the rapidly and violently evolving map of the new Middle East. The impact is immediately visible. With a new independent source of funding, the jihadists holding the oilfields between al-Raqqa and Deir Ezzor are much better equipped than their ...
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Can a deal be made with Iran
. Their stated goal is "the most objective analysis of Iranian politics." Yet they find that Iran embraces, "more fully and openly than Turkey, the project of building a state that is simultaneously Islamic and democratic." (The greater openness of Tehran than Istanbul should, they seem to think, be apparent to any objective analyst.) Iran's government "of the ...
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Five dead in Israeli bank robbery
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A bank robbery in Israel on Monday ended with the deaths of five people, including one of the holdup men who apparently shot and killed himself when police launched a raid to free ...
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Israeli police Bungled bank heist kills 4 people robber commits suicide
JERUSALEM - Israeli police say a bungled bank robbery in a southern city left four people dead before the gunman took his own life. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says four people were killed when at least one gunman entered the bank in the city of Beersheba on Monday. A gunfight apparently broke out and the robber took one hostage, but as a standoff developed, he committed suicide. ...
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Israel rejects French TV claim on Palestinian boys death
A September 30, 2000, file combo of TV grabs from France 2 footage taken during Israeli-Palestinian clashes in Netzarim in the Gaza Strip shows Jamal al-Dura and his son Mohammed, 12, hiding behind a barrel from Israeli-Palestinian cross fire. (via ...
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Four killed in bank robbery in Israel
FOUR people were killed and at least three injured Monday in a bank robbery in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, police and first aid officials said. The robber shot himself, and a woman he had apparently held hostage was freed, Negev District Police Commander Peretz Amar told reporters at the scene, announcing the incident was "over." "We tried to negotiate with him. We ...
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Israel cancels UNESCO mission to Jerusalem
ISRAEL announced on Monday it was calling off a United Nations investigative mission to the Old City in annexed east Jerusalem because of Palestinian efforts to politicise the visit. "Israel has cancelled the delegation," which was due to have arrived the same day, a foreign ministry official told AFP "The Palestinians were not respecting the understandings. The visit was supposed to ...
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Four Dead As Israel Bank Robbers Take Hostages
Four people have been killed and hostages taken during a bank robbery in Israel, according to police. The victims reportedly died during a shootout at a branch of Bank Hapoalim in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva after the robbers entered at around 11am local time. A further shot was heard from the bank at around 2.15pm, according to local reports. One of the robbers was ...
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Israeli military says gunfire from Syria has again hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military says gunfire from Syria has hit the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights overnight. The military said on Monday that the gunfire did not cause any damage or injuries. The military says it believes the fire was accidental. Israel has found itself in a difficult position as clashes from Syria's civil war rage near its frontier with the Golan Heights, a strategic ...
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Vandals spray-paint slogans against liberal Jewish womens prayer group in Israel
JERUSALEM - Israeli police say vandals have spray-panted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of a liberal Jewish women's group that has angered ultra-Orthodox communities over its demands for equality of worship. Israeli TV footage showed black writing on the hallway and door of the Jerusalem home. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Monday police were investigating. The group, ...
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UNESCO delegation arrives on rare inspection trip to Jerusalem
WAM JERUSALEM, May 20th, 2013 (WAM) -- A delegation from UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, arrived on Sunday to inspect preservation work in Jerusalem's Old City, as part of a deal whereby Israel would let the delegation tour the Old City, and the Palestinians would postpone five anti-Israel resolutions pending before the body. According to a ...
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Gunfire from Syria hits Israeli-controlled Golan
Israel has found itself in a difficult position as clashes from Syria's civil war rage near its frontier with the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau captured from Syria in the 1967 ...
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Israeli inquiry says film of Muhammad al-Duras death in Gaza was staged
France 2 footage showing Muhammad al-Dura crying beside his father in Gaza in September 2000: the IDF initially claimed it was responsible but later changed its account. Photograph: AFP/Getty ...
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Finance minister says Jerusalem will always be Israeli capital
Jerusalem will always be the capital of Israel, never the capital of a future Palestinian state, Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said. "Jerusalem is not a place, Jerusalem is an idea. Jerusalem is the capital of the Israeli state," Lapid said in an interview with The New York Times. An interim Palestinian state should be created in the West Bank, with final borders drawn up in ...
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Israeli Authorities Reopen Karam Abu Salem Crossing
Gaza, May 20 (BNA) - Israeli authorities on Monday reopened the Karam Abu Salem crossing, which is located south east of the Gaza Strip. Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in Gaza Strip Raed Fattouh said that Karam Abu Salem commercial crossing is working today as usual for the introduction of about 260 truckloads of goods and aids, including 20 trucks of gravel for the ...
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Syrian gunfire hits Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
Israeli soldiers take part in exercises in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, earlier in May. AFP Photo Overnight gunfire from Syria hit the central Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near an Israeli military patrol, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported on Monday.An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that shots were fired, but it was not clear whether the gunfire was ...
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Norwegian pension fund reconsiders Israel investments
Norway’s Ministry of Finance is referring to its Ethical Guidelines for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global following the situation in Gaza. According to the current Guidelines, the Council on Ethics shall recommend exclusion of companies from the fund’s investment universe where they see a considerable risk of contributing to serious or systematic human ...
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Real News Network Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran
Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran? August 8 - The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid corruption allegations has left many questions in Israel and in the region. What this could mean for the stalled peace process with the Palestinians will depend mostly on the next US president. But on the question of Iran, there is still fear that Israel might act ...
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Carter Downplays US Influence on Israel Palestine
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Israeli Parliament Dissolves for Early Vote
Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...
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Gaza-bound Aid Ship Boarded by Israeli Forces
Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...
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Palestinians Await Ship Attempting to Break Gaza Siege
Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...
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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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