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Breaking News 12 New Skyscrapers Set to Rise in Jerusalem
The capital city’s skyline is going to change beyond recognition after the Jerusalem Planning and Building Committee on Monday approved a plan to build 12 skyscrapers at the city’s entrance. The goal is to turn the area around the Binyanei Hauma convention center and central bus station into the capital’s main business quarter. The estimated…
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Breaking News Morsi Wants Peace Pact Changes on Sinai
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is considering calls to amending the Camp David Accords in order to ensure his country’s “full sovereignty” over the Sinai Peninsula, his legal adviser, Mohammed Gadallah told Al-Masry Al-Youm in a report published on Tuesday. The Egyptian Air Force last week struck terrorist targets in Sinai, killing at least 20 suspected…
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Breaking News Barak Wants Debate on Stalled Peace Talks
Defense Minister Ehud Barak insisted on convening a special meeting over stalled negotiations with the Palestinian Authority during Sunday’s cabinet meeting. During a debate on anti-Israel incitement in the Palestinian media that took place on Sunday morning, Barak said, “the issue of incitement is very important, but it is only part of the broader picture.”…
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Breaking News For Israel, Iran Strike Could Boomerang
The commander of the NATO mission in Libya that toppled Muammar Gadhafi’s regime last year vehemently opposes a military strike on Iran at this time, regardless of whether it would be carried out by Israel or the United States. Charles Bouchard, who retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force four months ago, told Haaretz in…
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Breaking News Israel Ends Olympics With Goose Egg
The Israeli Olympics team did not meet a single one of the goals set by the country’s Olympic Committee. That means Israel’s Olympic delegation to London was clearly a failure. The defeat of some of Israel’s top athletes, like windsurfer Lee Korzits, judoka Arik Ze’evi and gymnast Alex Shatilov is a symptom of the state…
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Breaking News Olmert: Slow Down on Iran, Bibi
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak over their positions on the Iran nuclear program, calling the possibility of a strike without U.S. coordination “irresponsible.” “The Iranian nuclear project has not reached a level that forces Israel to act immediately or in the near future,” Olmert said…
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Breaking News Israel: Iran Has Made New Nuke Progress
As the dispute between Israel and the Obama administration over how to address the Iranian nuclear threat rages, a senior Jerusalem official has said Iran has made significant progress in assembling a nuclear warhead. The official, who asked to remain anonymous, said new intelligence obtained by the United States, Israel and other Western countries shows…
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Breaking News Bibi Wants U.N. Chief To Scrap Iran Visit
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday asked UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to cancel his plans to participate in a conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, schedule to take place in Tehran in late August. “Your trip to Iran is a big mistake, even if it is being done out of good intentions,” Netanyahu told Ban in…
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