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Harish residents block Highway 65

March 14, 2010, 12:44 pm
Harish residents block Highway 65

Dozens of secular residents of the community of Harish were demonstrating on Highway 65 (Wadi Ara) in protest of a government plan to build a large haredi city in the area. Katzir-Harish is a municipality near Haifa bordering on the mostly Arab Wadi Ara area. Read More »

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New TV series on kindapped soldiers: Art imitating life?

March 14, 2010, 12:34 pm
New TV series on kindapped soldiers: Art imitating life?

Since the birth of the state, Israel has faced the all-too-frequent heart-wrenching dilemma of how to respond when a soldier is captured. Read More »

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In the ‘Axis of Evil’

March 14, 2010, 12:24 pm
In the ‘Axis of Evil’

Trying to nap in my Istanbul hotel. Cannot sleep. Tonight my wife and I are flying to Syria, the “Axis of Evil.” It has been my dream to visit the “other side of the fence” ever since working in the banana fields on a border kibbutz. We have American passports without an Israeli stamp. Our Arab-American friends are bewildered by our plans. Read More »

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‘Vatican aided Eichmann’s escape’

March 14, 2010, 11:33 am
‘Vatican aided Eichmann’s escape’

Campaigners in Germany are challenging the 50-year secrecy order that binds files on Adolf Eichmann’s flight from Germany after World War II, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday. Read More »

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‘R. Shlomo nnouncement regrettable’

March 14, 2010, 11:10 am
‘R. Shlomo nnouncement regrettable’

 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday referred to US and European condemnation of Israel’s announcement to build 1,600 housing units in a Jerusalem neighborhood, saying in the cabinet meeting that the incident was “regrettable and should not have taken place.” Netanyahu said, however, that the announcement was made with no ill will. Read More »

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Top terrorist nabbed in Ramallah

March 14, 2010, 10:34 am
Top terrorist nabbed in Ramallah

In a joint operation combining the forces of the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and police, member of the Hamas military wing Maher Ouda was arrested overnight Saturday in Ramallah. According to the IDF Spokesperson’s office, the Ein Yabroud native, born in 1963, founded in 1990 Ramallah’s Hamas military wing. Read More »

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Cabinet to vote on Barzilai controversy

March 14, 2010, 9:30 am
Cabinet to vote on Barzilai controversy

The Cabinet is due to vote Sunday on whether to spend NIS 100 million more to change plans for the construction of a fortified emergency room for Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center at the demand of Deputy Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman. Litzman has spoken out against moving ancient bones found on the designated site. Read More »

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Jumblatt formally apologizes to Assad

March 14, 2010, 9:00 am
Jumblatt formally apologizes to Assad

After years of alliances with Western-leaning politicians and fierce anti-Syrian rhetoric, Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has issued a formal apology to Syrian President Bashar Assad for controversial statements slamming the Alawite regime. Read More »

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Top Hamas terrorist arrested in Ramallah

March 14, 2010, 8:28 am
Top Hamas terrorist arrested in Ramallah

In a joint operation combining the forces of the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and police, member of the Hamas military wing Maher Ouda was arrested overnight Saturday in Ramallah. According to the IDF Spokesperson’s office, the Ein Yabroud native, born in 1963, founded in 1990 Ramallah’s Hamas military wing. Read More »

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Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe

March 14, 2010, 5:34 am
Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe

DUBLIN — It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation’s demand for truth. From Ireland to Germany, Europe’s many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and confronting the clergy to face its demons. Read More »

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British Jews set up body to work with Israeli Arabs

March 14, 2010, 5:20 am

LONDON – A new Jewish community initiative to promote understanding and equality for Israel’s Arab citizens is up and running with the announcement last week of its first coordinator. Read More »

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Graffiti group to bring solidarity message to Sderot

March 14, 2010, 5:08 am

NEW YORK – Sometime during Operation Cast Lead, Craig Dershowitz’s graffiti magazine, BOMBIN ’, became something of a forum for pro-Israel views. However unlikely, the graffiti community, touched by 9/11 and smarting from increased police cameras that stopped them from freely painting, sympathized with Israel. Read More »

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PA takes whistle-blower’s Jericho house

March 14, 2010, 4:02 am
PA takes whistle-blower’s Jericho house

Palestinian Authority security personnel over the weekend seized a house belonging to Fahmi Shabaneh, the former Palestinian intelligence official who exposed a series of scandals that have seriously embarrassed the PA leadership. Read More »

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Israel eyeing big defense contracts in India

March 14, 2010, 3:40 am

Israeli defense industries are hoping for multi-million dollar contracts in India after New Delhi recently increased its defense budget for the coming year by 4 percent to a whopping $32 billion. Read More »

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ADL ‘stunned’ by American tone

March 14, 2010, 2:58 am

The Anti-Defamation League expressed dismay on Saturday evening at Washington’s “public dressing-down of Israel” over new housing in east Jerusalem. Read More »

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Clinton terms Ramat Shlomo project ‘insulting’

March 14, 2010, 2:30 am
Clinton terms Ramat Shlomo project ‘insulting’

The furor triggered by the announcement during US Vice President Joe Biden’s trip last week of plans to build 1,600 housing units in northeastern Jerusalem continued to reverberate over the weekend, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling Read More »

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‘Drivers, not roads, to blame for deadly crashes’

March 14, 2010, 2:22 am
‘Drivers, not roads, to blame for deadly crashes’

The spate of lethal road accidents that plagued the roads last week is primarily the result of reckless and dangerous driving, according to Traffic Police and the Transportation Ministry. Read More »

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PM faces ultimatum from Labor ministers

March 14, 2010, 2:14 am

The Labor Party will leave Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition if serious diplomatic progress is not made by the time the 10-month West Bank construction moratorium ends in September, Labor ministers warned over the weekend. Read More »

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PA demands US assurances on settlements

March 14, 2010, 2:04 am
PA demands US assurances on settlements

The Palestinian Authority is expecting US Middle East envoy George Mitchell to bring assurances that Israel will cancel plans to build homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. PA officials said over the weekend that without such assurances, the PA leadership would “find it very hard” to resume any form of talks with Israel. Read More »

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Marwan Barghouti gets political science PhD in jail

March 14, 2010, 12:58 am

Jailed Fatah official Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life terms in prison for his role in attacks that killed and wounded several Israelis during the second intifada, has completed his doctorate in political science, his supporters said over the weekend. Read More »

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Heightened security in J’lem extended after weekend clashes

March 14, 2010, 12:48 am
Heightened security in J’lem extended after weekend clashes

Following a weekend of sporadic clashes between Arab youths and security forces in and around the capital, Jerusalem police chief Cmdr. Aharon Franco decided to extend heightened security measures put into place in the Old City and east Jerusalem for an additional day. Read More »

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IDF combat engineers to train in mock village

March 14, 2010, 12:36 am
IDF combat engineers to train in mock village

In an effort to better prepare soldiers for operations in Gaza and southern Lebanon, the IDF Engineering Corps is building a mock Palestinian village in its training base in the Negev that will include booby-trapped homes. Read More »

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German politician belittles Holocaust

March 13, 2010, 10:56 pm

BERLIN – Hermann Dierkes, a regional Left Party politician in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, terms Israel’s right to exist as “petty,” justifies Palestinian rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, and plays down the severity of the Read More »

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US Jewish leaders concerned over conversion bill

March 13, 2010, 10:40 pm
US Jewish leaders concerned over conversion bill

Top American Jewish leaders are continuing to express growing concern over a conversion bill currently before the Knesset Law Committee. The bill, which continues to undergo rewrites as negotiations progress among several sponsors and interested parties, may fundamentally change Israeli law related to converts’ eligibility to make aliya. Read More »

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Living on ‘desert time’

March 13, 2010, 9:50 pm
Living on ‘desert time’

In the Negev, far from the hustle and bustle of Tel Aviv or the politics of Jerusalem, two pioneers have found a novel way to support their family and make the desert bloom: breeding camels. Read More »

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PM, ministers meet to discuss US crisis

March 13, 2010, 9:40 pm
PM, ministers meet to discuss US crisis

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened his top ministers for a meeting Saturday evening to discuss the fallout of an announcement on construction in Jerusalem made during the visit of US Vice President Joe Biden. Read More »

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Cellphone antennas exposed

March 13, 2010, 7:50 pm

Our cellphone service providers are in a tizzy after Interior Minister Eli Yishai last week canceled a waiver that allowed mobile network operators to deploy small base stations without permits from local planning and building commissions. Read More »

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‘EU may push Israel into peace talks’

March 13, 2010, 7:30 pm
‘EU may push Israel into peace talks’

The European Union might use its trade ties with Israel as leverage to pressure it into renewing peace talks with the Palestinians, Catherine Ashton, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the EU said on Saturday. Ashton was speaking at an EU foreign minister conference held in Finland. Read More »

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Enough crying over Herod’s stones

March 13, 2010, 4:59 pm
Enough crying over Herod’s stones

Awarding the Wolf Prize for architecture to my brother Peter Eisenman for his splendid Holocaust Memorial in Berlin was a noble gesture. Read More »

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Clinton calls PM, slams J’lem plan

March 13, 2010, 6:58 am
Clinton calls PM, slams J’lem plan

WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sharply admonished Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu over the Interior Ministry’s approval of new building in East Jerusalem in a phone conversation Friday. Her call came hours ahead of a condemnation of the housing plan issued by the Quartet of the US, UN, EU and Russia. Read More »

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