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The Schmooze Israeli Author Yoram Kaniuk Dies at 83
Israeli author Yoram Kaniuk died after a long battle with cancer yesterday at Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv. The renowned writer was 83. Kaniuk was born in Tel Aviv on May 2, 1930. The list of people associated with his early childhood reads like a who’s who of the early days of Tel Aviv’s cultural life…
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Breaking News Israel Has Frozen East Jerusalem Settlements Since Beginning of 2013
Former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman responded on Monday to reports on Army Radio, which said there has been a de facto settlement freeze in Jerusalem neighborhoods located beyond the Green Line since the beginning of the year. “One should view this as a temporary hiatus,” Lieberman said. “We have an interest in [Secretary of State]…
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Breaking News Kerry Postpones Israel Trip To Join Syria Talks
The Obama administration could decide this week to approve lethal aid for Syrian rebels and will weigh the merits of a less likely move to send U.S. airpower to enforce a no-fly zone over the nation ripped by two years of civil war, officials said Sunday. White House meetings are planned as Syrian President Bashar…
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Breaking News Google Set To Buy Israeli Startup Waze for $1 Billion
Google is set to acquire Israeli startup Waze, after the two firms recently agreed on most of their terms and are close to sealing the deal. The total purchase price exceeds $1 billion. Sources said the agreement calls for the U.S. Internet search engine giant to pay the full amount in cash. In addition, Waze’s…
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Breaking News Knesset Panel Finds ‘Serious Failure’ in Handling and Recruitment of Prisoner X
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee has determined that the process of recruiting Ben Zygier to the Mossad, as well as the course of his handling in the organization, constituted a “serious systemic failure,” according to an MK involved in the draft copy of the panel’s report. The MK spoke on condition of anonymity due to…
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Breaking News What Was the Israeli Involvement in Collecting Communications Intel for NSA?
Were Israeli companies Verint and Narus the ones that collected information from the U.S. communications network for the National Security Agency? The question arises amid controversy over revelations that the NSA has been collecting the phone records of hundreds of millions of Americans every day, creating a database through which it can learn whether terror…
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Breaking News Kerry to Russia: Arming Assad Will Hurt Peace and Israel
The United States and Germany on Friday warned Russia that arming President Bashar Assad’s forces would hurt efforts to bring Syria’s warring parties together for peace talks. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking after talks with his German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle, said Russian plans to send a sophisticated air defense system to Assad also…
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Breaking News Israel Amusement Park Backtracks on ‘Apartheid’
Israel’s Superland amusement park said Thursday it would reexamine its policy of renting out the park on separate days to Jewish and Arab schools, following the storm that ensued when it reportedly refused to accommodate an Arab teacher who wanted to bring his class there on a school trip. “In June, many different schools want…
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