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2 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

Storming the Bastille of Israel's religious bureaucracy

Fundamentally Freund: One Israeli I know who defines himself as secular told me that he had to work long and hard to convince his fiance to get married by a rabbi here in Israel.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Travel, Israel Travel, Middle East Travel, Wedding, Religion, Judaism, Opinion

2 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

Steinitz: Al-Dura probe will spur honest Israel coverage

The revelations in the al-Dura case will discourage the foreign press from forging stories about Israel in the future, Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday.

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6 hrs ago | KLFY-TV Lafayette

Israel gunman shoots 4 dead at bank, kills self

The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.

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7 hrs ago | The Star Online

Arab Spring makes Israeli-Palestinian peace more pressing: Qatar

Qatar's emir, who has thrown his state's riches behind Arab uprisings, said on Monday that the emergence of 'people power' had put Arabs in direct confrontation with Israel and made a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more pressing.

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7 hrs ago | News24

Israel cancels Unesco mission to Jerusalem

Palestinians chant slogans during a demonstration to mark the Nakba or the "Day of Catastrophe", at Al-Aqsa mosque following Friday prayers outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City.

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11 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

Young Israelis struggle to make ends meet

Shaiel and Charlie Yitzhak both work hard - he as an English teacher, she as a physical therapist working with wounded Israeli soldiers.

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12 hrs ago | Lincoln Daily News

Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.

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15 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

At least 4 dead in Beersheba bank heist

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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16 hrs ago | The Las Vegas Sun

Vandals target Israeli women's prayer group

Israeli police say vandals have spray-panted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of a liberal Jewish women's group that has angered ultra-Orthodox communities over its demands for equality of worship.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Religion, Orthodox Church

19 hrs ago | Recordpub.com

Syrian army pushes assault on rebels

Syrian troops backed by tanks and warplanes launched an assault Sunday on a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, pounding the area with airstrikes and artillery salvos that killed at least 30 people and forced residents to scramble for cover in basements and makeshift bunkers, activists said.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Syria, World News, Activism

Sun May 19, 2013

Arutz Sheva Israel News

Israel's History in Pictures: Women for the State

The British Mandatory forces brutally crushed the Arab Revolt in Palestine . Despite their heavy losses, however, the Arabs succeeded politically in forcing the British government to severely limit Jewish immigration and land purchases in Palestine.

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The Miami Herald

Israel disputes French TV claim on boy's death

Israel on Sunday completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories

Turnto10.com

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, George Bush,

KTEN-TV Denison

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University.

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Jerusalem Post

Israel must protect its Beduin citizens

One day each summer, my childhood camp was magically transformed into a mini-Israel for "Yom Yisrael," Israel Day.

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Reuters

Netanyahu takes aim at weapons leakage in Syria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant groups.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Syria, World News, Vladimir Putin

Jerusalem Post

NATO MPs to visit Israel to examine weapons R&D

A NATO Parliamentary Assembly Science and Technology Committee delegation led by US Congressman David Scott and UK Baroness Margaret Ramsay will visit Israel for the first time in October.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, David Scott, Democrat, Palestinian Territories

Common Dreams

Nerds, Jocks & Conscientious Objectors: The Hidden World of Israel's High School War Resisters

When the 19-year-old Israeli war resister Noam Gur attends weekly demonstrations against the occupation of Palestine, the soldiers who suppress the protestors - with tear gas, stun grenades, and occasionally live fire - aren't just strangers in uniform.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Education Etc., US News, Liberal Political News

Jerusalem Post

Iran hangs two spies for spying for Israel, US

Iran hanged two spies it found guilty of spying for Israel and for the United States, AFP reported on Sunday.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Salem-News.com

May 19th protest against pro-Israel AIPAC Oregon fundraiser to highlight Israel's Apartheid Wall

That story, which is what is actually going on, is one of brutal Israeli repression of a largely defenseless population and Israeli denial of the most basic of human rights.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Portland, OR, Palestinian Territories, Prison