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Netanyahu says peace is top priority
Obama administration to jump-start peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Netanyahu said discussions would also focus on Iran and Syria but another concern is resuming peace ...
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More natural gas confirmed offshore Israel
A natural gas discovery off the coast of Israel may hold as much as 2 trillion cubic feet of reserves, operator Noble Energy Inc. announced. Noble said it confirmed a natural gas discovery in the Karish prospect offshore Israel. Drilling uncovered a natural gas pay measuring 184 feet, which Noble said indicated a reserve potential of 1.6 trillion-2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Karish ...
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INTERVIEW-Industry is best bet for peace Israeli billionaire says
By Tova Cohen TEL AVIV | Thu May 23, 2013 6:30am EDT TEL AVIV May 23 (Reuters) - On a new industrial park in Israel's largest Arab town, a software plant belonging to a multibillion-dollar U.S.-listed firm sits cheek-by-jowl with two small Arab-owned businesses: a metal factory and one producing tools for brain surgery. About 300 Jews and Arabs work in the park in Nazareth, and ...
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Israel government divided on peace issue Livni
Head of Israel's parliamentary opposition Tzipi Livni attends a news conference at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian ...
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PMA announces May results of its Business Cycle Indicator
The PMA has released the results of the Palestine Indicator for the Business Cycle (PMABCI) on Sunday May 19th, 2013. The overall PMABCI has witnessed an increase in May 2013, it increased from -2.12 during April 2013 to 3.8 in this month, with an increase in both the West Bank (WB) and Gaza Strip ...
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Ideological differences in Israeli govt over settlements stalling peace plan - Livni
The Israeli government cannot reach a consensus over the Palestinian peace process, Israeli Justice Minister, primary negotiator and head of Israel's parliamentary ...
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25 000 guests at Jerusalem wedding
Some 25,000 people gathered to celebrate the wedding of Shalom Rokeach, the grandson of the Chief Rabbi of Belz, Yissachar Dov Rokeach, and his bride, Hannah Batya Penet, in ...
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Kerry begins round of talks with Israel Palestinians
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry began a round of separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday but acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace ...
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Kerry To Meet With Netanyahu Abbas
Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East. He's meeting with Israeli and Palestinians leaders in a new push to revive the moribund peace ...
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Ryanair considers Israel-Krakow flights for school groups
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair Ltd. (ISEQ: RYA, LSE: RYA, NASDAQ: RYAAY) is considering initiating flights between Ben Gurion Airport and Krakow in Poland, to serve the high demand for educational trips to Auschwitz and other former death camps by Israeli students. At a press conference earlier this week, Ryanair deputy CEO Howard Millar said that the airline had been mulling flights to Israel ...
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Israeli Settler Hits A Palestinian Youth in South Nablus
Nablus, May 23 (BNA) - A Jewish settler ran oevr a palestinian youth in Beita village crossroad , south of Nablus, Ghassan Daghlas, the settlement file official in the northern West Bank said on Thursday. Daghlas added that the israeli settler ran over palestinian youth marwan zakariya assouss, aged 16 at the crossroad of beita village , south of nablus noting that the palestinian youth was ...
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Huge circular structure in Sea of Galilee a mystery to Israeli archaeologists
File - In this April 14, 2011 file photo, a boat is by the jetty of the Capernaum National Park in the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. The monumental structure, made of boulders and stones with a diameter of 70 meters, was found through a sonar scan at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee in 2003. Now, archaeologists are beginning to put together grant proposals and funding requests in a bid to ...
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Kerry Continues Israeli-Palestinian Peace Push
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is holding another round of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders aimed at getting the two sides to restart their stalled peace ...
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Kerry back in Israel for peace push
MIDEAST DIPLOMACY. US Secretary of State John Kerry walks between meetings during the London Eleven Plenary in Amman, Jordan, on May 22, 2013. US State Department photo/ Public Domain AMMAN, Jordan - US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in to Israel Thursday, May 23, as he kept up a push to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to peace negotiations amid a growing skepticism over his efforts. ...
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Massive submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologists
The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be excavated. It's thousands of years old -- a conical, manmade behemoth weighing hundreds of tons, practically begging to be explored. The problem is -- it's at the bottom of the biblical Sea of ...
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Public meeting Mona El Farra discusses public health in Gaza.
Dr Mona El Farra is a physician now working as a public health advocate in Gaza. Her particular focus is on women and children. 6pm. RMIT, Building 80, Swanston St, Level 2, Room 7. Sponsored by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network & Australians for Palestine. For more info ph Michael Shaik 0431 573 ...
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Film screening 5 Broken Cameras A fundraiser for Students for Palestine.
The first Palestinian film to be nominated for an Oscar, '5 Broken Cameras' is an extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism. '5 Broken Cameras' highlights the type of atrocities that relationships like this contribute to and raises awareness about the struggles of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, which is often omitted or falsified by the ...
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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 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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