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Ultra-Orthodox in Israel protest military draft 8 arrested
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem protested a proposal to remove their exemptions and draft them for the first time into military service. The protesters, estimated by various news sources as 15,000 to 30,000, gathered Thursday evening at a military recruiting office in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem. The demonstration included stones thrown at police and garbage cans ...
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Gaza business smuggles in KFC from Egypt
Gaza across the Egyptian border. Mohammed al-Madani, financial manager of al-Yamama company, said the business idea came when employees contacted a friend who works at the KFC in al-Arish, Egypt, with some orders and they were able to smuggle the food through a tunnel within three hours, The Christian Science Monitor reported Friday. "Then we asked ourselves, 'Why don't we ...
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Netanyahu pulls back on Israels defense cuts
Binyamin Netanyahu has greatly reduced planned defense budget cuts. But officials remain worried that Israeli military capabilities will still be weakened. "The big worry is that we'll have to reduce defense procurements and orders from defense industries," observed Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon. Defense contractors "will be the first to get hurt," he said. ...
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Combat dogs in Israel get their own serial number personnel file
Israel says military dogs are getting their own personnel files with serial numbers, medical backgrounds, performance reports and photos. Dogs of the Oketz canine special forces unit have received a military serial number which the army will use to track their activities, Ynetnews reported Friday. Each dog has also been given a personnel file that contains information from the moment it joined ...
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Israel pushed to spell out gas export plan
Nobel Energy of Houston, which discovered Israel's big gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean, is pressing the government to decide soon on an energy export policy as the prospect of an undersea pipeline to Turkey gains ...
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Hamas training 37000 teens 15-17 in urban warfare
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY -- Hamas has expanded military training of youngsters. Palestinian sources said the Izzedin Kassam military wing has been mobilizing thousands of teenagers in the Gaza Strip for military training. They said Kassam introduced the Futuwa program in 2013 to train 37,000 Palestinians ages 15 to ...
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Syria remains a problem for US Israel
state department is saying that this is not a new shipment, rather, but i think what the russian response is that this is completing a previously signed contract. but it's definitely something that the u.s. had argued against. that prime minister netenyahu had gone to moscow to argue strongly against because the weapons are so advanced. and frankly, my understanding is that israel does not ...
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Palestinian refugees are not at your service
Palestinian refugee camp Shatila . We walked through a maze of narrow alleys in Sabra, led by Abdullah, a young Palestinian from Syria, doing relief work for his fellow Palestinian refugees who fled violence in Syria and were now seeking safety all ...
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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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Don’t expect another Israeli attack on Syria anytime soon
Two weeks ago , it is believed that it was Israeli fighter jets flying over Lebanon that fired on and destroyed some Syrian military warehouses outside Damascus. The facility was said to contain powerful, Iranian-made missiles capable of hitting targets in Israel as far south as Beersheva.While Israel never officially confirmed that it was the party doing the firing, it is clear that the ...
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Walking Tours Connect Palestinians to Their Past
This shrine, known as the Al-Khawass shrine, sits 540 metres above sea level in the Palestinian village of Deir Ghassaneh. It is one of several stops along the Sufi trail, which begins in the valley below and takes visitors and locals alike back in time to when Sufism, a mystical form of Islam, was widespread in the area. ';I want foreigners to know Palestinian culture, our culture. And I ...
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Israel and Turkey Fair-weather allies
A demonstrator burns an Israeli flag as he sits behind a Turkish flag during a protest against Israel on June 5, 2010 at Caglayan Square in Istanbul. Nine people -- eight Turks and a US national of Turkish origin were killed in May 31's pre-dawn raid by Israeli forces on the Turkish ferry, Mavi Marmara, the lead ship in the aid flotilla aiming to break the crippling blockade of Gaza. ...
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Sinai Bedouin complain they suffer since Israel left Sinai
" The Bedouin have already paid a heavy price for the return of the land [the Sinai Peninsula] in the October 1973 War." Sinai residents blame interior ministry policies for Thursday kidnapping Residents of Sinai Peninsula tell Ahram Online that Thursday kidnapping of seven Egyptian security personnel came as 'Bedouin retaliation' for heavy-handed security practices by ...
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Egyptian Palestinian Presidents Condemn Jewish Attacks in Jerusalem
Ramallah, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian and Palestinian Presidents Mohamed Morsi and Mahmoud Abbas, respectively, condemned the desecration of sacred Islamic sites by Jewish extremists in Jerusalem, through an official communique released here today. According to the communique, Morsi and his host urged the Israeli government to immediately stop those violations of international law, ...
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KFC smuggled to Gaza from Egypt via tunnels– video
A delivery company in Gaza is transporting Kentucky Fried Chicken from Egypt through underground tunnels for residents. Families order their meals a day in advance, and they are transported to the blockaded region through the Hamas-run tunnel system. Delivery company Alyamama reportedly charges around $35 (23) for a family ...
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Report Russia sends advanced missiles to Syria signaling commitment to Assad
May 17, 2013 Russia has sent advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing American officials. The officials stated that the move exemplifies the extent of Russia’s support for the Syrian government and its embattled leader, President Bashar Assad. The missiles, called Yakhonts, are equipped with an advanced radar that renders them more ...
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I Am Gabriel Ancient Stone on Display in Israel
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Gabriel is one of the Bible's best known angels. Now, a first of its kind exhibition in Jerusalem highlights an archaeological discovery quoting Gabriel that's considered the most important find of its kind since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It's called the "Revelation of Gabriel." It's written on stone and proclaims three times, ...
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Obama administration wants war on terrorism to continue for decades
A top Pentagon official said Thursday that the evolving war against Al Qaeda was likely to continue "at least 10 to 20 years" and urged Congress not to modify the statute that provides its legal basis. "As of right now, it suits us very well," Michael A. Sheehan, the assistant secretary of defense for special operations, said, referring to the "authorization to use ...
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Andy Kroll A democracy of the wealthy
($6 billion in 2012 and expected to climb in 2016). Billions of words of punditry and commentary about the election (always) "of the century" will flow from well-funded TV news outfits stoked by all those ad dollars. Above all, there will be the money pouring into super PACs and the dark side, which will inundate everything else, shaping the new landscape in which U.S. elections now ...
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Leading security experts say FBI wiretapping proposal would undermine cybersecurity
a new report being released Friday by a group of technologists, could pose "serious security risks" to ordinary Internet users, giving thieves and even foreign agents a way to listen in on Americans' conversations, undetected. The 20 computer experts and cryptographers who drafted the report say the only way that companies can meet wiretap orders is to re-engineer the way their ...
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Israel has highest poverty rate in the developed world OECD report shows
Israel is the most impoverished of the 34 economically developed countries, with a poverty rate of 20.9%, according to a report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Wednesday. Israel’s poor population has grown more than in any other OECD nation, making it the country with the highest rate of poverty, having exceeding Mexico, whose poverty rate stands ...
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Bombings kill many Iraqis in Shiite areas
Bombings in Shiite areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 35 people on Wednesday, after weeks of violence by Sunni Islamist insurgents determined to set off sectarian confrontations. Tensions between minority Sunni Muslims and the Shiites who now lead Iraq are at their highest since American troops pulled out in December 2011, with relations coming under more pressure by the day ...
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Pain can be contagious
The pain sensations of others can be felt by some people, just by witnessing their agony, according to new research. A Monash University study into the phenomenon known as somatic contagion found almost one in three people could feel pain when they see others experience pain. It identified two groups of people that were prone to this response – those who acquire it following trauma, ...
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Palestinian President in Egypt With Heavy Agenda
Cairo, May 16 (Prensa Latina) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will pursue a heavy agenda of vital issues in this capital, one of which is a meeting today with his Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Morsi. Abbas arrived in Cairo last night, just 48 hours after delegations from his Al Fatah organization and Hamas, the Islamist entity that rules the Gaza Strip, agreed to form a transitional ...
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CIA Chief Makes Surprise Trip to Israel
CIA Chief John Brennan has made an unannounced visit to Israel. According to an anonymous Israeli Defense Official, Brennan met with Israel's Defense Minister. This trip comes amid concerns about weapons transfers from Syria to Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. Israel has carried out air-strikes aimed at halting arms shipments to the group. This week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
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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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