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Breaking News Israeli Prosecutor Says Israel Not To Blame for Rachel Corrie’s Death
The State Prosecutor’s Office appealed Thursday to the Haifa District Court to dismiss outright the civil suit filed by U.S. activist Rachel Corrie’s family against the Defense Ministry for unspecified compensation for their daughter’s death. Corrie was 24 when she was struck and killed in 2003 by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer as she and…
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Breaking News In Dubai Hit Case, Interpol Seeks Arrest of 16 More Suspects
The international police agency Interpol on Monday issued arrest notices for an additional 16 suspects over the assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai earlier this year. Interpol last month added to its most wanted list 11 suspected assassins allegedly responsible for killing Hamas strongman Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in his Dubai hotel in January. The individuals…
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Breaking News ‘Snooki’ and ‘Mr. Big’ Unhurt After Incident at Star-Studded Purim Bash
Shards of falling glass ruined a New York Purim party attended by some 300 guests, including Sex and the City actor Chris Noth and Jersey Shore cast members Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Vinny Guadagnino, the New York Post reported Sunday. Ice reportedly broke through a glass atrium at the Sony Building in New York, lightly…
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Breaking News Dubai Names 15 New Suspects in Hit on Hamas Chief
Dubai has identified 15 new suspects in the assassination last month of a Hamas official at a luxury hotel, bringing the total number of people believed involved in the death to 26, officials said on Wednesday. Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was killed last month in his hotel room in what Dubai police have said…
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Breaking News Hamas: Bibi at Fault for Failed Shalit Negotiations
Prisoner swap negotiations over the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit have collapsed due to policies set by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said Tuesday in an interview with the BBC. The talks, aimed at seeing Shalit freed after three years of captivity, reached a standstill earlier this month…
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Breaking News Hamas: Accepting Israel’s Offer for Shalit ‘Unlikely’
A senior Hamas official said Tuesday that despite unprecedented progress in prisoner swap negotiations, the Islamist movement was unlikely to accept Israel’s offer for a deal that would see the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit. The German negotiator mediating the exchange arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to receive Hamas’…
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Breaking News Bibi Seeks To Lower Hopes for Shalit Swap
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to lower hopes on Monday that a deal for the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was imminent, warning that a number of media reports on the matter were intentionally misleading. “During the recent period, many pieces of information originating abroad and in the foreign media have been published;…
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Breaking News Gilad Shalit Video and English-Language Transcript
Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was abducted in June 2006 by Hamas-linked militants from Gaza in a cross-border raid on his IDF base. Hamas and Israel have been negotiating since then for his release, mediated by Germany and Egypt. The footage below is from a video filmed by Hamas on September 14 2009, which…
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