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Army Uproots Farmlands In Hebron, Destroys Irrigation Systems
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Israeli soldiers uprooted, on Monday, more than four Dunams (0.98 Acres) of agricultural lands in Al-Baq’a village, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. ... |
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Dr. Ashrawi Slams Israeli Plans to Legalize Illegal Settler ‘Outposts’
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In response to Israel's most recent unilateral violation of international law, including plans to legalize settler 'outposts,' and the escalation of settler violence against the Palestinian people and their resources, PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, stated that the attacks are part of a systematic Israel policy that aims at “creating facts on the ground.” ... |
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Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians Near Nablus
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Monday at dawn, May 20 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Kufur Qalil village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinians. ... |
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Army Demolishes Five Commercial Structures Near Jenin
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Monday Morning, May 19 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, demolished five commercial buildings, and handed demolition notices to a number of residents. A car dealership was also demolished in Jerusalem. ... |
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Settlers Attack A Palestinian Village In The Negev
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Sunday May 19 2013; a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked the Beit Hadaj Bedouin village in the Negev, and assaulted the villagers before torching at tent inhabited by Eid Abu Hbak who filed a complaint at an Israeli police station in the Negev. ... |
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Settlers Hurl A Molotov Cocktail At A Car Near Ramallah
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A number of extremist settlers attacked, on Sunday, several Palestinian cars, and hurled a Molotov cocktail at a car driving on the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp road, in the central West city of Ramallah, causing excessive damage. ... |
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Army Invades Awarta Town, Kidnaps One Resident
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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at noon, Awarta town, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped one resident. One Palestinian was also kidnapped near Ramallah. ... |
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| UPDATE: Woman arrested in Hebron is accused of stone throwing by a settler | | 5/19/2013 - International Solidarity Movement - 19th May 2013, International Solidarity Movement, Team Khalil, Hebron, Occupied Palestine - UPDATE: Zleikha was released from custody at around midnight, on the condition that she reports back to the police station today. During Zleikha's interrogation, an Israeli settler was brought... | |
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| IAI presents latest cyber intelligence and communications solutions |
| Globes Aerospace & Defense 20 May 2013 - Israel Aerospace Industries has been intensively operating in the cyber arena on defense and intelligence gathering. | | | Gunman kills four in Beersheva bank |
| Globes Main News 20 May 2013 - The lone gunman, reportedly a 40-year man who fell behind on his mortgage payments, eventually shot and killed himself. | | | "We need money from purchase tax on homes" |
| Globes Main News 20 May 2013 - Finance Minister Yair Lapid told the Globes-BDO Ziv Haft Capital Market Conference, "It will remain in place, even if it costs Yesh Atid votes." | | | Mon: Oil Refineries boosts market |
| Globes Main News 20 May 2013 - Oil Refineries rose strongly on strong financials, while Teva continued its rally. | | | Video: Palestinian demonstrators break a hole in the wall during protest commemorating the Nakba |
| Mondoweiss 20 May 2013 - Palestinian youths make their way into Jerusalem through Israel's apartheid wall OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PIC) 18 May -- A group of Palestinian young men was able on Friday evening to knock down part of Israel's segregation wall near Abu Dis town to the east of occupied Jerusalem,... | | | Kennedy’s insistence on right of return prompted Ben-Gurion to rewrite history: They fled ‘of their own free will’ |
| Mondoweiss 20 May 2013 - Incredible piece of reporting on the Nakba at 'Haaretz' from Shay Hazkani, and meaningful at many levels. It shows what the scholar Victor Kattan has documented , that several US presidents were for the right of return. Kennedy wanted several hundred thousand to be allowed to return,... | | | Palestinian-American Raed Zidan plants flag on top of Everest, dedicates climb to political prisoners |
| Mondoweiss 20 May 2013 - Raed Zidan, first Palestinian to reach summit of Everest Palestinian-American Raed Zidan became the first Palestinian to reach the summit of the earth's highest mountain last Saturday, dedicating his climb to Palestinians - especially political prisoners. Zidan was one of 35 foreigners, along with 29... | | | Exile and the Prophetic: Disappearing Massad, disappearing Palestine |
| Mondoweiss 20 May 2013 - This post is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page . Al Jazeera pulled Joseph Massad’s article – “The Last of the Anti-Semites” - from their website yesterday. They caved, it seems, to Jewish... | | | Egypt sends extra troops to Sinai |
| BBC 20 May 2013 - Egypt deploys extra troops to the Sinai peninsula after seven members of the security forces were abducted there. | | | Lapid says ‘Israelis want peace and security and Palestinians want peace and justice’ |
| Mondoweiss 20 May 2013 - Jodi Rudoren reports for the New York Times from Tel Aviv on the rising/falling Israeli political star Yair Lapid, now the Finance Minister under Netanyahu. Shorter version: Nothing is going to change. He trashes Abbas, who is actually a conservative inside Palestinian life, as some kind... | | | Haifa Port workers earn average NIS 38,000 monthly |
| Globes Macro Economics 20 May 2013 - This is more than the salary of the director general of a government ministry. | | | Haredim raising $100m fund to blunt budget measures |
| Globes Main News 20 May 2013 - "Mishpacha": Haredi tycoons want to minimize the damage planned by the government. | | | Dozens die in Iraqi car bomb attacks |
| BBC 20 May 2013 - More than 50 people are killed and many more wounded by car bombs in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad, Basra and Samarra, police and medical officials say. | | | IEC seeks to empty workers' trustee account |
| Globes Energy & Water 20 May 2013 - NIS 1.5 billion remains in the account, after IEC withdrew NIS 600 million with the employees' consent a year ago. | | | 'No proof' Israel shot Gaza child |
| BBC 20 May 2013 - An Israeli government investigation concludes a French news report in 2000 which blamed Israeli troops for shooting dead a Palestinian child, was baseless. | | | TASE chief: Market needs resuscitation |
| Globes Main News 20 May 2013 - Esther Levanon: We need to ensure that we won't reach the red line, below which foreign investors cannot really operate here. | | | Edward Prescott slams Israeli fiscal policy |
| Globes Macro Economics 20 May 2013 - "Tax hikes in Israel will lead to economic depression." | | | Fierce battle for key Syrian town |
| BBC 20 May 2013 - Fierce fighting is reported in the strategic Syrian town of Qusair, as rebels and government forces backed by Hezbollah militants fight for control. | | | VIDEO: Iraqis 'helping fight Syrian holy war' |
| BBC 20 May 2013 - The BBC has seen evidence that the Syrian regime is getting support from Shia fighters crossing into the country from Iraq. | | | Israel Social TV Video on Israel’s Hijacked Drone and Secret Military Mission in UAE |
| Tikun Olam 19 May 2013 - This is my latest video for Israel Social TV which combines reporting on two of my most recent scoops embargoed by Israeli media. In the first, I discuss the Israeli advanced Shoval drone hacked and hijacked by either Iran or Hezbollah, then destroyed by Israel when... | | | Half of wage-earners don’t meet tax threshold |
| Globes Macro Economics 19 May 2013 - 49.7% of Israeli employees did not reach the income tax threshold in 2011, the State Revenues Administration reports. | | | Tshuva: Gas exports worth $100b to Treasury |
| Globes Energy & Water 19 May 2013 - Delek controlling shareholder Yitzhak Tshuva: Gas exports alone will generate NIS 100 billion for the treasury over the next 20 years. | | | Yam 3 drilling resumes |
| Globes Energy & Water 19 May 2013 - The drilling to the oil-bearing target strata will continue via an alternative engineering route. | | | "No surprise Israel tops OECD poverty table" |
| Globes Macro Economics 19 May 2013 - Prof. Momi Dahan says Israel is the only country in the world that believes cutting welfare payments will cure poverty. | | | "We must decide on gas exports now" |
| Globes Energy & Water 19 May 2013 - Tzemach Committee coordinator Michal Franco says Israel cannot delay the gas exports decision due to increasing global competition. | | | Comptroller to review Netanyahu's expenses |
| Globes Macro Economics 19 May 2013 - State Comptroller Joseph Shapira will consult top officials from his office to examine whether public cash has been misused. | | | Syria: Proxy Wars |
| Tikun Olam 19 May 2013 - A tweet I just read which noted the multiple proxy conflicts playing out in the midst of the Syrian civil war, made me realize just how many different parties and powers are facing off against each other there. Some are using proxies. Some represent their interests... | | | 2012 Democracy Index Ranks Israel 37th |
| Tikun Olam 19 May 2013 - The Economist’s 2012 Democracy Index (access may require site registration, which is free) ranks Israel 37th among 167 countries. It gets reasonably high marks in most political categories. But Israel falls down severely in the civil liberties category, where it receives a 5.9 ranking out of... | |
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| Al-Akhbar Opinion 19 May 2013 - A Turkish policeman fires tear gas at demonstrating students in Ankara on 15 May 2013 who had gathered to protest against government policies they say resulted in last weekend's deadly twin bombings. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan) A Turkish policeman fires tear gas at demonstrating students... | | | Israel's Miscalculation Syndrome |
| Al-Akhbar News 20 May 2013 - An Israeli Merkava tank is positioned for deployment during a drill in the Israeli annexed Golan Heights near the border with Syria on 5 May 2013. (Photo: AFP - Menahem Kahana) An Israeli Merkava tank is positioned for deployment during a drill in the Israeli annexed... | | | Syria: The Man Behind Qusayr’s Mediation Efforts |
| Al-Akhbar News 20 May 2013 - A Lebanese man stands on a dirt barrier which separates Lebanon from Syria in the Bekaa Valley region of al-Qaa in eastern Lebanon on 21 October 2011. (Photo: AFP - Joseph Eid) A Lebanese man stands on a dirt barrier which separates Lebanon from Syria in... | | | Syria: Turning Point in the Battle of Qusayr |
| Al-Akhbar News 20 May 2013 - Syrian troops take control of the village of Western Dumayna, some seven kilometers north of the rebel-held city of Qusayr, on 13 May 2013. (Photo: AFP - Joseph Eid) Syrian troops take control of the village of Western Dumayna, some seven kilometers north of the rebel-held... | | | Saudi Arabia beheads man over drug trafficking |
| Al-Akhbar News 20 May 2013 - Saudi authorities beheaded on Monday a Syrian man after convicting him of drug trafficking, the interior ministry said. Mohammed Yousuf Ezzeddine was executed in the northern city of Qurayat, near the borders with Jordan, the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.... | | | Israel bars UN investigators from visiting Jerusalem |
| Al-Akhbar News 20 May 2013 - Palestinians chant slogans during a demonstration to mark the Nakba at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on 17 May 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad Gharabli) Israel on Monday barred a UN commission from visiting Jerusalem to investigate ongoing violations of religious freedom against Muslims and Christians in... | | | Gunmen attack police camp in Sinai |
| Al-Akhbar News 20 May 2013 - An Egyptian police camp came under fire with heavy weapons on Monday in the Sinai, where tensions have been running high since last week's kidnapping of security personnel, a security official said. The official, quoted by state news agency MENA, said assailants opened fire "for 25... | | | Qusayr Battles Echo in Tripoli |
| Al-Akhbar Politics 20 May 2013 - A woman walks past Lebanese soldiers standing guard with an armoured personnel carrier in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on 20 May 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ibrahim Chalhoub) A woman walks past Lebanese soldiers standing guard with an armoured personnel carrier in the northern Lebanese... | | | Why Can't Israelis and Palestinians Both Be Right? |
| The Forward Leonard Fein 20 May 2013 - Ad: Restoring The Republic Ebook Series - Compare The Key Differences Between A Democracy And A Republic, Uncover Trojan Horses Being Used In American Society Today To Destabilize Free Enterprise And Promote Socialism And What Legal Safeguards The Founding Fathers Placed In The U.s. | | | Anger Is Missing Ingredient in Making Unions Strong Again |
| The Forward Leonard Fein 20 May 2013 - Ad: A Circle Of Gentlemen - The Secret Jacobite Society - A Circle Of Gentlemen Have Opened Their Doors! Join Us At Several Venues In Scotland And In Our Private Forums. Find Out About Bonnie Prince Charlie And The Real Scottish Heritage. Take A Leap Back... | | | Israel's Heartbreaking Policy to African Asylum-Seekers |
| The Forward Leonard Fein 20 May 2013 - Ad: How To Win Any Election (kit - A Complete Guide To Winning Elections - 5 Ebooks And Sample Documents, Including A 178 Page Elections Guide That Shows Everything You Need To Know To Win Your Next Election! | | | The View of Boston, From Israel |
| The Forward Leonard Fein 20 May 2013 - Ad: The Truth About Dalits - Highly Acclaimed! The Absolute Truth About Dalits, Caste System And Untouchability. Separates The Reality From The Misinformation. Accomplished And Well-known Author. 40% Payout. | | | Is Israel Losing Young Democrats? |
| The Forward Leonard Fein 20 May 2013 - Ad: How To Win Any Election (kit - A Complete Guide To Winning Elections - 5 Ebooks And Sample Documents, Including A 178 Page Elections Guide That Shows Everything You Need To Know To Win Your Next Election! | | | Would you like to receive updates about new stories? |
| The Forward Leonard Fein 20 May 2013 - Ad: New Product - Privacy War! Huge Niche With Plenty Of Buyers. - New Product In A New Niche. Get 75% Per Sale - 1 Click Upsells And Backend Offers Included. Go To: www.privacywar.org/affiliates | | | U.N. Trip to Jerusalem Scrapped by Israel |
| The Foward Breaking News 20 May 2013 - Israel on Monday cancelled a visit by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to Jerusalem’s Old City, saying the Palestinians had sought to politicise a conservation mission. Click here for the rest of the article... | | | British Plan Takes Aim at 'Jewish' Cancer Gene With DNA Analysis |
| The Foward Breaking News 20 May 2013 - Britain launched a research programme on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo a double mastectomy. Click here for the rest of the article... | | | Hezbollah Hammered in Fierce Syria Fighting |
| The Foward Breaking News 20 May 2013 - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. Click here for the rest of the article... | | | Claims Conference Plans To Respond on Botched Probe Into $57M Holocaust Fraud |
| The Foward Breaking News 20 May 2013 - Amid calls that the Claims Conference bungled a warning in 2001 about fraud within the organization, conference leaders appointed a committee to “formulate an appropriate course of action.” Click here for the rest of the article... | | | Women of Wall Leader's Jerusalem Home Hit by Vicious Graffiti Threats |
| The Foward Breaking News 20 May 2013 - The Jerusalem home of a long-time board member of the Women of the Wall was spray painted with vicious graffiti. Click here for the rest of the article... | | | The Israeli Mobile App That Said No to iPhone |
| The Foward Breaking News 19 May 2013 - When did you last hear of a firm that opted to withdraw its application from Apple? The mobile search engine company Everything.Me is one. Click here for the rest of the article... | | | Magen Tzedek, Ethical Kosher Seal, Stalled Amid Orthodox Opposition |
| The Forward New 20 May 2013 - Four years after the Magen Tzedek ethical kosher certification scheme was launched, not one product bears its seal. Has Orthodox opposition killed the project? Click here for the rest of the article... | | | Palestinians Mourn Neighborhood Razed by Israel in Shadow of Western Wall |
| The Forward New 19 May 2013 - Jews celebrate the 1967 war that unified Jerusalem under Israeli rule. Some Palestinians still mourn the Mughrabi neighborhood that was demolished in the shadow of the Western Wall. Click here for the rest of the article... | | | Gambia: Israel Embassy 65th Independence Anniversary in Banjul |
| allAfrica.com 20 May 2013 - [The Point]The Israel Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, on 16 May 2013 commemorated the 65th Anniversary of the state of Israel at the Cocoa Ocean Hotel in The Gambia. | | | Egypt: Police Mistreats Stranded Palestinians - Gaza |
| allAfrica.com 19 May 2013 - [Aswat Masriya]A Gazan official has said that hundreds of stranded Palestinians, including members of parliament and patients, were mistreated by Egyptian police during their return from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after performing hajj (Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca). | | | Tunisia: Turkey Pledges to Promote Tunisia's Destination |
| allAfrica.com 19 May 2013 - [Tunis Afrique Presse]Carthage -Chairmen of Tourism Professional Chambers and the Turkish Travel Agencies Federation pledged on Friday to launch a promotional campaign to better introduce Tunisia's assets, which according to them "is a charming and attractive destination to tourists." | | | Friday Clashes in Beit Ommar |
| Palestine Solidarity Project 19 May 2013 - On the 17th of May 2013, there was clashes near the cemetery at the entrance of the town of Beit Ommar. Friday is the holiday in Palestine and clashes between Israeli soldiers and the youth are a weekly occurrence. During the clashes the soldiers arrested Qutayba... | | | 65 Years of Ongoing Nakba: ‘We will not give up our right to return’ |
| Al-Haq 19 May 2013 - Ad: Engineering Vehicles E-book | Military-today.com - Great E-book For Military Enthusiasts. It Has 57 Pages And Contains Rare Information On Combat Engineering Vehicles, Recovery Vehicles, Bridgelayers, Ferrying Systems, Mine Clearing Vehicles And Other Specialized Equipment. | | | In One Week: 13 Attacks by Settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank |
| Al-Haq 19 May 2013 - Ad: New Player In The Food Crisis Niche! 75% Comm + Hot Upsells - Food Crisis Survival Is A New Product For The Survivalist Market Paying 75% Commission. Sells To: Solar, Green, Renewable, Power, Eco, Food, 2012 And More. Banners, Emails, Etc. Visit: www.thefoodcrisis.org/affiliate | | | Israeli Army Continues to Demolish Palestinian Property |
| Al-Haq 19 May 2013 - Ad: The Truth About Dalits - Highly Acclaimed! The Absolute Truth About Dalits, Caste System And Untouchability. Separates The Reality From The Misinformation. Accomplished And Well-known Author. 40% Payout. | | | Six Palestinian Children Attacked by Israeli Settlers in one Week |
| Al-Haq 19 May 2013 - Ad: How To Survive The Coming Food Crisis - 70% Commissions & 50% On Rebills. Promote A Free 30-page Ebook That Educates Prospects About The Coming Food Shortages. The Follow-up Series Sells A Monthly Interview Series About Food Preparedness And Urban Survivalism. | | | In the Week of Palestinian Prisoner’s Day Israel Arrests 44 Palestinians |
| Al-Haq 19 May 2013 - Ad: Restoring The Republic Ebook Series - Compare The Key Differences Between A Democracy And A Republic, Uncover Trojan Horses Being Used In American Society Today To Destabilize Free Enterprise And Promote Socialism And What Legal Safeguards The Founding Fathers Placed In The U.s. | | | Increased Restrictions on Fundamental Liberties in Gaza Strip |
| Al-Haq 19 May 2013 - Ad: How To Survive The Coming Food Crisis - 70% Commissions & 50% On Rebills. Promote A Free 30-page Ebook That Educates Prospects About The Coming Food Shortages. The Follow-up Series Sells A Monthly Interview Series About Food Preparedness And Urban Survivalism. | | | 9/09/2011 AIPAC Junkets to Israel Illegal: IRS-DOJ Complaint Filing |
| IRMEP 20 May 2013 - A complaint filed with the IRS and Justice Department charges the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF) is a "sham" charitable organization of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. | | | 5/16/2011 Obama vs. Reagan on AIPAC Documents reveal Ronald Reagan's response to Israel lobby invitation |
| IRMEP 20 May 2013 - President Obama accepts an invitation to speak at AIPAC, Reagan declined. Why? | | | 4/18/2011 US Treasury Dept.: Tax-exempt US donation laundering into West Bank settlements "okay" |
| IRMEP 20 May 2013 - The US Department of Treasury has no program to combat massive flows of US tax-exempt charitable contributions into illegal settlement building. Despite ongoing public revelations of wrongdoing, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has never investigated or even discussed US charitable organizations with proven ties... | | | 4/06/2011 US-Israel Trade: Espionage, Theft and Secrets - IRmep at University of Rochester |
| IRMEP 20 May 2013 - On April 6, Grant F. Smith presented a comprehensive review of the US-Israel Free Trade Agreement to the Finance and Economics Council at the University of Rochester. Using a slide show of declassified documents and charts, Smith revealed how secret agreements and a joint Israeli embassy/AIPAC... | | | 3/28/2011 Neoconomics: Conscription and War as Wealth |
| IRMEP 20 May 2013 - Start-up Nation airbrushes one vital and enduring truth — when Israel faces sovereign barriers to foreign trade routes, weapons, or technology; it tends to break other country’s laws and steal what it thinks it needs. | | | 3/07/2011 Israel lobbyist funds US Presidents, Israeli Nukes, AIPAC disinformation |
| IRMEP 20 May 2013 - According to new histories of Israel's clandestine nuclear weapons program including "Israel and the Bomb" by Avner Cohen (1998), Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion secretly named Feinberg his chief nuclear weapons fundraising coordinator in 1958. According to Michael Karpin's "The Bomb in the Basement" (2007) Feinberg... | | | AIPAC Conference Promotes War – by Stephen Lendman |
| Sabbah report 20 May 2013 - It’s contemptuous of fundamental human rights. It believes Jews are God’s chosen people. It thinks Arabs are subhumans. It favors eliminating them altogether. War is its instrument of choice. Washington again was venue. A rogue’s gallery of participants attended. Warmongering speeches were featured. AIPAC does it... | | | A call to end $30 billion in US military aid to Israel |
| Sabbah report 20 May 2013 - This billboard campaign was launched throughout Washington DC. As the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) meets for its annual Congressional lobby, the campaign calls for an end to the $30 billion in US military aid promised to Israel over the coming decade. Read More: A... | | | Whitewashing Israeli Murder by Torture – by Stephen Lendman |
| Sabbah report 20 May 2013 - Torture is official Israeli policy. It’s longstanding. Palestinian suffering explains best. Thousands every year are subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment. Their physical and emotional scars bear witness. Accountability is long overdue. Arafat Jaradat is Israel’s latest victim. Israel tortured him to death. His body bore... | | | Israel-Palestine: THE question Jews must answer – By Alan Hart |
| Sabbah report 20 May 2013 - Why are most Jews unable and/or unwilling to acknowledge the wrong done to the Palestinians? Most Jews do not want to know about Zionism’s crimes. The question is – WHY don’t they want to know? Read More: Israel-Palestine: THE question Jews must answer – By Alan... | | | Massive Ad Campaign Challenges AIPAC During Annual Conference |
| Sabbah report 20 May 2013 - “AIPAC Does Not Speak for Me” say 100 billboard ads in DC Metro, highlighting gap between AIPAC’s peacekilling policy positions and most Jewish Americans Read More: Massive Ad Campaign Challenges AIPAC During Annual Conference . Sign up for our free newsletter! | | | Israel And America: The “Special Relationship” That Isn’t – By Dr. Alan Sabrosky |
| Sabbah report 20 May 2013 - Whenever Israel’s supporters today speak of a “special relationship” with the US that is supposedly graven in stone, it is useful to remember that something very different existed when Israel came into existence in 1948 on the gutted carcass of Palestine. The US recognized Israel, but... | | | Take Action! SodaStream At Cannes! |
| US Campaign to End the Occupation 20 May 2013 - The American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, which opens today, is featuring SodaStream as its premier sponsor. We need your help to pressure them about shining the spotlight on this occupation profiteer! 1. Watch and share this great video made my member group Jewish Voice... | | | Nakba Day Events |
| US Campaign to End the Occupation 20 May 2013 - These events are being held to mark 65 years since the Nakba, the dispossession and forced exile of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their land before and during the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. If you would like your event added, please... | | | More cities join SeaMAC’s Equal Rights bus ad campaign, while Seattle protests the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians |
| US Campaign to End the Occupation 20 May 2013 - Check out US Campaign member group SeaMAC's growing ad campaign in the Seattle area calling for equal rights for Palestinians, along with its commemoration of the Nakba . FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2013 Contact: Edward Mast, press@SeaMAC.org More cities join SeaMAC’s Equal Rights bus ad campaign,... | | | Local Human Rights Group in Albany, NY Posts Billboard to Stop Military Aid |
| US Campaign to End the Occupation 20 May 2013 - For Immediate Release: May 6, 2013 Local Human Rights Group Posts Billboard to Stop Military Aid New Billboard and Web Site say unconditional aid to Israel deterrent to peace, harmful to both U.S. and Israel. Endorsements arrive. Contact: Mary Folsom mfolsom@aol.com What: Billboard Who: Sponsored by... | | | US Tour for Sahar Francis of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association |
| US Campaign to End the Occupation 20 May 2013 - Since 2006 Sahar Francis has been the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association , a Palestinian NGO providing legal and advocacy support to Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli and Palestinian prisons. This tour comes at a crucial moment: More than 4,900 Palestinians... | | | Join Our Tax Day #DemandARefund Twitter Action! |
| US Campaign to End the Occupation 20 May 2013 - This Tax Day, April 15, join us and our partners ADC, AMP, CODEPINK, and JVP to Demand a Refund for the Weapons We Give to Israel! Below are sample tweets to send out throughout the day- just click on Tweet Now. And follow @US_Campaign for updates... | |
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| Israeli troops storm Awarta near Nablus, detain Palestinian man | | 5/19/2013 - NABLUS (Ma'an) - Israeli forces stormed the northern West Bank village of Awarta south of Nablus on Sunday and detained a young Palestinian man, locals told Ma'an. They added that Israeli military vehicles stormed the village at midday before... | |
| Israeli man 'sexually assaults' 2 boys in Jordan Valley | | 5/19/2013 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A human rights group said Saturday that it was "deeply disturbed" by reports that an armed Israeli man dressed in a police uniform sexually assaulted two Palestinian boys in the Jordan Valley in April. Defense for Children International... | |
| Negev demolitions 'war in the full sense' | | 5/19/2013 - NEGEV (Ma'an) - "What I have seen was like post-war footage rather than home demolition as the Hebrew media misleadingly describe it," says the head of the Islamic movement in northern Israel Sheikh Raed Salah. Salah's remarks Sunday came... | |
| Kibbutz residents attack Bedouin village in the Negev | | 5/20/2013 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israelis from a Negev kibbutz attacked a Bedouin village on Sunday, setting fire to a tent, a Ma'an reporter said. Residents from the Kibbutz of Retamim attacked the adjacent Bedouin village of Bir Hadaj and set... | |
| Clashes as locals try to unblock road closed by Israel | | 5/19/2013 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces and Palestinians clashed on Sunday as locals tried to unblock a road near Ramallah which Israel's military closed a day earlier. Israeli forces on Saturday blocked a road between Ramallah and Deir Jarir with... | |
| Palestinian vehicle burned by settler Molotov | | 5/19/2013 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Settlers from Beit El on Saturday evening threw a Molotov cocktail toward Palestinian vehicles on the Ramallah-Nablus road and near al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah. The settlers threw Molotovs toward more than one Palestinian car, and even... | |
| Israel youth movement shirts display anti-Arab racism | | 5/19/2013 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) - Picnickers in northern Israel were surprised Thursday when they saw anti-Arab racist slogans printed on T-shirts of a guide affiliated to a religious youth movement Ezra." Torching Arabs for education," was written on the guide's shirt... | |
| Egypt closes Gaza crossing for third day in row | | 5/19/2013 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Egyptian police at Rafah are closing the crossing for a third day in a row Sunday after the kidnappings of Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai, officials said. They are preventing all Palestinians from traveling through the crossing... | |
| Ashrawi slams EU decision to delay labeling settlement products | | 5/19/2013 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- PLO official Hanan Ashrawi on Sunday condemned the European Union's decision to delay the labeling of settlement products following a request from US Secretary of State John Kerry."This once again brings into question the American... | |
| Israel releases Jerusalem man from jail | | 5/19/2013 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Sunday released a Palestinian detainee from Silwan east of Jerusalem after he spent three and a half years in prison, his family said. Abed al-Rahim Khalil Abbasi's family said Israeli intelligence forces raided... | |
| Nablus vendor tries to set self on fire after crackdown | | 5/19/2013 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- A man tried to set himself on fire in Nablus on Sunday in protest against a police campaign to regulate street vendors in the West Bank, locals said. Muhammad Yaesh, 40, poured gasoline on himself near a roundabout... | |
| Palestinian killed, 2 hurt in Lebanon clash | | 5/19/2013 - BEIRUT (Ma'an) -- Clashes between rival Palestinian groups in a Lebanese refugee camp left one man dead and another two injured, Lebanese media reported Sunday. Clashes between Fatah and Islamist gunmen in Ain al-Hilweh in Sidon took place late Saturday and... | |
| PA police detain 11 over family dispute | | 5/19/2013 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Palestinian police detained 11 people allegedly involved in a family dispute at Aqraba village south of Nablus on Sunday. Police said they rushed to the area after being informed of a clash and controlled the situation. Three people... | |
| Germany urges Israel-Palestinian peace talks | | 5/19/2013 - RAMALLAH (AFP) -- Germany's foreign minister said on Saturday his country was prepared to help create conditions for a resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Guido Westerwelle, on a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, was... | |
| Auja crossing between Egypt and Israel closed | | 5/19/2013 - EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma'an) - Egyptian police officers closed the Al-Auja crossing in central Sinai on Sunday in an expression of solidarity with their fellow officers at Rafah crossing. The crossing, south of Rafah, is used to transfer goods between Egypt and... | |
| Court freezes union's early exam schedule | | 5/19/2013 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Supreme Court of Justice decided Sunday to freeze a decision taken by the Palestinian teachers' union related to final exam dates. Ministry of education official Jihad Zakarna told Ma'an that after the decision... | |
| Group: Israel to return seized land to Palestinian owners | | 5/19/2013 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian land appropriated over thirty years ago to build an illegal settlement is set to be returned to its owners, an Israeli rights group said Sunday. The Israeli state informed the High Court of Justice last week that... | |
| Assad insists he will not quit, car bomb hits Damascus | | 5/19/2013 - DAMASCUS (AFP) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car bomb exploded in the capital Damascus on Saturday killing at least three people." To resign would be to flee," Assad... | |
| Official: Gunmen abduct father of Syria deputy FM | | 5/19/2013 - BEIRUT (AFP) -- Gunmen abducted the elderly father of Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad on Saturday, apparently in reprisal for the arrest of one of their relatives, according to a government source and a watchdog." Today armed men abducted Mr Muqdad'... | |
| Syria army launches assault on rebel-held Qusayr | | 5/19/2013 - BEIRUT (AFP) -- Syrian troops backed by fighters from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launched an assault on the rebel-held central town of Qusayr on Sunday, after months of fierce fighting in the area, a watchdog said. The Syrian opposition condemned "attempts to invade... | |
| Tunisia Salafists clash with police in Kairouan | | 5/19/2013 - KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AFP) -- Clashes erupted between Salafists and police on Sunday in the central city of Kairouan, where security forces prevented Tunisia's main Salafist group from holding their banned annual congress. The Salafists, who had taken cover behind a wall... | |
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Briefing: Egypt rethinks its subsidy system for the poor
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CAIRO 14 May 2013 (IRIN) - The Egyptian government has taken tentative steps towards reducing the roughly US$20 billion subsidy system that supporters say provides vital aid to the one-in-four Egyptians in poverty, and critics say is unsustainable and enriches the corrupt. >
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Iran's electoral watchdog may ban Rafsanjani
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20 May 2013 - Guardian Council, composed of clerics, may disqualify former president in effort to bar candidates from running for presidency.
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Egypt boosts Sinai forces amid hostage crisis
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20 May 2013 - Army sends reinforcements as Morsi says no talks with Islamists.
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At least 4 dead in Beersheba bank heist
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20 May 2013 - Robbers enter bank on Jabotinsky Street in the southern city and fires shots; at least four more injured, including robber that shot himself after barricading himself inside the bank with hostage.
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'Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syrian town'
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20 May 2013 - Different accounts from opposition, state media of outcome of battle on Lebanon border; Observatory: 48 rebels killed in fight.
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Derogatory graffiti found on house of WoW leader
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20 May 2013 - Rabbi of the Western Wall, J'lem mayor condemn incident reminiscent of those carried out by "Tag Mehir".
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Intertwined fates: The Lebanon-Syria-Iran axis
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20 May 2013 - Jerusalem has drawn red lines over the proliferation of strategic arms to Hezbollah; Syria, Iran or Hezbollah could, at any time, decide to test these, even though it would endanger Assad’s gains against the rebels.
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Outlook dim as Syria diplomacy gathers force
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19 May 2013 - Friends of Syria to hear Kerry peace talks plan; Arab League, Syrian opposition to meet.
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Beduin pelt Retamim residents with stones
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19 May 2013 - Residents of Kibbutz Retamim in the Negev demonstrate, saying a red line has been crossed.
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PM: Israel has no ‘favorite’ in Syrian civil war
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19 May 2013 - Netanyahu responds to report Syrian missiles aimed at Tel Aviv; promises to act in Israel's best interest.
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'Palestinian lost speech ability after PA torture'
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19 May 2013 - Man hospitalized after detention, according to report; human rights group cites over twenty cases of torture.
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Damascus Gate clashes inflame tensions in east J'lem
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19 May 2013 - Police: Saturday’s confrontation due to "illegal march"; Palestinians say rioting in response to reverse age discrimination.
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Peres: Teach the very young respect for the elderly
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19 May 2013 - “When the public calls for social justice, it protests to the government,” Peres says.
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Meuhedet’s 4,000 staffers to go on warning strike
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19 May 2013 - The dispute involves what the workers claim is foot-dragging in negotiations over the last 18 months on reaching a new collective agreement.
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Misguided labeling
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19 May 2013 - What they meant was that “Made in Israel” should be reserved for goods produced inside the Green Line so European consumers can tell the difference.
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Poverty in Israel – and the PM’s expenses
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19 May 2013 - Think About It: OECD figures published last week indicate that among the 34 members of the organization, the rate of poverty in Israel is the highest.
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The Region: Where does Israel’s greatest threat lie?
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19 May 2013 - Iran is still the greatest strategic threat in the region.
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Gay rights are human rights
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19 May 2013 - I knew from many friends that many families struggle and suffer terribly when a child/sibling finally comes out of the closet.
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Reality Check: Israel’s modern-day royal family
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19 May 2013 - It’s a shame Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spent the flight to London for Margaret Thatcher’s funeral asleep on the double bed that cost the taxpayer an extra half-a-million shekels.
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Comptroller set to probe PM's financial issues
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19 May 2013 - Inquiry slowed by need for legal guidance by attorney-general; NGO says state should only pay for 1 of Netanyahu's 2 houses.
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Israel must protect its Beduin citizens
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19 May 2013 - Cultural attractions are exotic and fun, but generally fail to provide visitors with a complex representation of Beduin life.
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Health minister attacks dental health protection
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19 May 2013 - Fluoridation of community water supplies is under attack by the new health minister, despite its success in Israel in reducing dental caries in children
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C'tee finds IDF didn't kill Palestinian boy al-Dura in 2000
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19 May 2013 - Gov't report finds that France 2 footage shows 12-year-old icon of 2nd intifada wasn't hit with IDF bullets; claims footage edited to mislead; French reporter rejects c’tee, “willing to take polygraph.”
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Be’er Tuviya residents protest gas plant
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19 May 2013 - Erdan: Alternatives study must occur, facility should not be in crowded shopping center.
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NATO MPs to visit Israel to examine weapons R&D
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19 May 2013 - Bayit Yehudi's Shetboun challenges NATO MPs to deal with Muslim extremists in Europe before peace talks in Israel.
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Israel is largest drone exporter in the world
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19 May 2013 - Paris seeks to purchase drones from J'lem "straight away."
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Bomb lab found at home of mentally-disturbed man
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19 May 2013 - Police say they found "manifestos" and letters the Kiryat Tivon man had written at bomb lab at man's apartment.
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Ashkelon man stabs younger brother to death
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19 May 2013 - During initial questioning, older brother tells police he stabbed his brother because he insulted him.
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'Most Israelis feel social protests can spur change'
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19 May 2013 - NGO Shatil survey finds that 89 percent of population believes government has not properly dealt with social problems.
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Cabinet pushes economic ties with China forward
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19 May 2013 - Following Netanyahu's China trip, Knesset approves new committees to strengthen Israeli-Chinese business relations.
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Bagrut exam-writer indicted for leaking questions
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19 May 2013 - Three people are being indicted for illegally passing along questions from the Math section of the Psychometric Exam.
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Hamas confiscates rockets from Fatah's armed wing
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19 May 2013 - Aqsa Martyrs Brigade activists arrested while attempting to move rockets, other weaponry between locations in Gaza.
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Report: Egyptian army pushes to attack kidnappers
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19 May 2013 - Army waits for green light; Morsi seeks negotiations. Lead commentator says Israel and Egypt need to amend current treaty.
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Chosen Bites: Impossibly crispy chicken
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19 May 2013 - This fried chicken couldn't be easier to make and is tasty served cold as well as straight out of the pan.
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Syrian army, Hezbollah kill more than 30 in border fighting
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19 May 2013 - Opposition says fighting is heaviest yet involving Shi'ite group.
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Syrian army, Hezbollah kill over 30 in border town
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19 May 2013 - Assad forces fight for strategic position on Lebanese border; high-ranking Hezbollah man reportedly killed.
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Weed grow room found in haredi girls school
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19 May 2013 - Principal of Kiryat Gat school finds plants and marijuana growing equipment in basement bomb shelter.
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Bennett reveals reform of religious services
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19 May 2013 - Meretz MK: Bayit Yehudi in charge of religious services is just a change from a black kipa to a knitted one.
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Jordan scuttles attempt to expel Israeli envoy
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19 May 2013 - Failure of attempt to topple Jordanian government is seen as kingdom’s commitment to peace with Israel.
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Mitzna: Inexperienced cabinet can't handle Syria
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19 May 2013 - Pressing the trigger should be the last option, says Hatbua MK, hinting that Lapid, Bennett lack experience on security issues.
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PM: Israel will stop arms transfers to Hezbollah
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19 May 2013 - Netanyahu responds to report Syrian missiles aimed at Tel Aviv; promises to act in Israel's best interest.
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Iran hangs two spies for spying for Israel, US
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19 May 2013 - Mohammad Heydari was convicted of receiving payment from the Mossad to provide intelligence on various security issues.
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Report: Syria has missile batteries aimed at Tel Aviv
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19 May 2013 - 'The Sunday Times' reports reconnaissance satellites reveal preparations made by the Syrian army to deploy surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles ready to fire at Israel should J'lem conduct another airstrike on the Assad regime.
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State to return Homesh land to Palestinian owners
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18 May 2013 - The Justice Ministry notifies the High Court of its decision in response to a 2010 petition by the Palestinian owners.
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‘We’re asking them not to mess with our families’
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18 May 2013 - Lone soldiers tell ‘Post’ about ceremony postponements frustrations ; IDF: We make every effort to safeguard their rights.
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Assad: Little chance peace talks would succeed
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18 May 2013 - Assad expresses serious doubts regarding US, Russian mediated peace talks; says politics won't stop terrorism.
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'First create Palestinian state, then peace'
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18 May 2013 - Erdogan says that “those who agree to an Israeli state, cannot agree to a Palestinian state.”
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‘Time needed for Syria to master the S-300’
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18 May 2013 - Arms experts pushes back S-300 capability time frame, saying Syria can't likely provide necessary resources for system.
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Lapid: Cuts will push haredim into workforce
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18 May 2013 - Finance Minister cites Maimonides as a positive example of a working religious Jew.
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Erdan appeals gov’t approval of gas plant
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18 May 2013 - The approval of a Be’er Tuviya natural gas plant was not on the meeting’s schedule, the residents complained.
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'Healthful foods should be price controlled'
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18 May 2013 - Health Scan: low-fat dairy products, which are also healthier, should be cheaper than high-fat ones.
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Even with dementia, life can still be worth living
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18 May 2013 - Leah Abramowitz, a veteran social worker and specialist in caring for Alzheimer’s patients, is retiring at 78.
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Across Israel, hundreds protest against new budget
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18 May 2013 - Social protests held for second straight week; protest in Tel Aviv draws a few hundred.
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Syrian civil war: A military-strategic assessment
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18 May 2013 - From the early stages of the conflict Assad has relied on his praetorian units.
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Amos Gilad: S-300 can reach Hezbollah via Syria
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18 May 2013 - "Israel and Russia have excellent dialogue," the head of the security-diplomatic branch of the Defense Ministry says.
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Assad: Israel supporting 'terror groups' in Syria
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18 May 2013 - Syrian president hits out at Israel in interview; says Israel is helping rebels target important sites.
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PA continues crackdown on journalists in W. Bank
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18 May 2013 - In past week PA security forces interrogated, detained two journalists, despite promises to honor freedom of media.
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