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Israeli defense minister says Syria strike shows its resolve
Israel’s defense minister Sunday said last week’s air strike against military targets in Syria was “proof that when we say something, we mean it.” Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s comments at a news conference in Germany...
Tags: Lebanon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Israel
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Israel continues West Bank expansion steps
JERUSALEM -- The Jerusalem district planning committee has granted approval to build another 1,200 housing units in Gilo, expanding the Jewish neighborhood built on Jerusalem-area land seized by Israel in 1967. It was the latest in a series of similar...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Nelson Mandela, Israeli Settlements, Religion and Belief, Israel
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Amnon Lipkin-Shahak dies at 68; former Israeli military chief
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, a former Israeli military chief revered as a daring commando and admired general before he went on to become a Cabinet minister, died Wednesday in Jerusalem. He was 68 and had cancer. Lipkin-Shahak's term as military chief in the...
Tags: Politics, Armed Forces, Lobbying, Peace Negotiations, West Bank
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Kim Jong Un 'sexiest man,' Onion says; China's People's Daily buys it
BEIJING — Who says the Chinese Communist Party doesn’t have a sense of humor? People’s Daily, the party’s official mouthpiece, ran a large feature on its website Tuesday on North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong Un being named...
Tags: China, Kim Jong Un, Beijing (China), Onions, U.S. Congress
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Syrian warplanes said to strike factory; at least 18 killed
AMMAN, Jordan -- At least 18 people were killed Tuesday morning when Syrian government warplanes struck an olive press factory on the outskirts of Idlib city, opposition activists said. The building was hit by more than five rockets in an attack that...
Tags: Plant Openings
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France giving $1.5 million to Syria opposition coalition
France is giving more than $1.5 million in emergency aid to a newly formed Syrian opposition coalition, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced Monday. "France, which was first to recognize the coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Political Dissent, European Union, Dmitry Medvedev, France
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Netanyahu rival unveils new centrist Israeli political party
JERUSALEM – Former opposition leader Tzipi Livni, Israel’s most-recognized female politician, threw her hat back in the political ring Tuesday, setting the stage for an election rematch against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Four...Tags: Hamas, Tzipi Livni, Polls, Likud, Religion and Belief
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Israeli army fires warning shots into Syria
World NowJERUSALEM -- Israel fired warning shots into Syria on Sunday after an apparently errant mortar shell struck an Israeli military post in the Golan Heights, the latest example of regional spillover from Syria’s civil unrest. The Syrian mortar caused... -
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv dies at 102; ultraorthodox religious arbiter
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, considered one of his generation's most influential religious arbiters, died Wednesday at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center. He was 102 and had been in declining health.
Elyashiv's rulings left a deep mark on many...Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Politics, Judaism, Ariel Sharon, Religion and Belief
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Syria says chemical weapons are secure, warns against foreign attack
World NowAs Israel ramped up its threat to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons cache, Syria’s embattled government said Monday that its weapons were secure and they would not use them -- unless provoked by an outside attack.... -
Israeli report criticizes Netanyahu's handling of flotilla raid
World NowMore than two years after an Israeli raid on an aid flotilla headed for the Gaza Strip turned deadly, a report released Wednesday criticizes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as making poor decisions and misunderstanding the magnitude of the unfolding... -
Israeli civilian, 2 gunmen killed in cross-border attack from Egypt
World NowAn Israeli civilian and two unidentified gunmen were killed in an attack along Israel's border with Egypt on Monday, Israeli officials said....
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