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Anti-African street violence surges in Israel
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May 24, 2012 11:12 AM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Surging street violence against African migrants, including a rampage that an Israeli broadcaster dubbed a "pogrom", drew empathy for the rioters from the interior minister on Thursday. Waving Israeli flags and chanting "Deport the Sudanese", residents of a...
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Israel’s early vote could pave way for attack on Iran by October
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May 08, 2012 01:12 AM
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JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament convened Monday to dissolve itself and set a Sept. 4 election that opinion polls predict will renew Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership mandate as Israel confronts Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The looming ballot has deepened doubts about the right-wing...
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Netanyahu delays eviction of occupied West Bank settler house
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April 03, 2012 09:53 AM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overruled the planned eviction on Tuesday of Jewish settlers from a building in an occupied West Bank city that is flashpoint of tensions with Palestinians. Some 20 settlers moved into the Hebron (Al-Khalil) building last Thursday at...
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Israel says sabotage may stretch Iran atom timeline
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March 27, 2012 01:04 PM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday played down the prospect of an imminent attack on Iran, saying its arch-foe's controversial nuclear program could still be set back by sanctions and sabotage. Six world powers are expected to renew efforts next month to talk Tehran into curbing its uranium...
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Israel to phase out civilian atomic reactor by 2018
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March 20, 2012 04:25 PM
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SOREQ, Israel: Israel is phasing out a civilian nuclear reactor to which it has admitted foreign inspectors while keeping a second reactor, widely believed to have produced atom bombs, off-limits, officials said on Tuesday. The small facility at Soreq, which began operations in 1960 with a...
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Israel top court scraps pious Jews' draft exemption
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February 21, 2012 11:26 PM
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JERUSALEM: Israel's top court struck down on Tuesday a law designed to encourage ultra-Orthodox Jews to join the military and the workforce, saying it had backfired by "entrenching" their blanket draft exemptions and protracted seminary studies. The ruling was welcomed by...
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Israel blames Iran's Quds Force for embassy bombs
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February 17, 2012 12:25 PM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A senior Israeli official accused Iran's shadowy Quds Force on Friday of masterminding a string of attacks on Israeli diplomats abroad this week, fleshing out allegations denied by Tehran.Monday's apparently coordinated attempts to bomb staff at Israel's embassies in New Delhi...
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Netanyahu can't fly solo in Israel to attack Iran
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February 07, 2012 01:02 PM
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JERUSALEM: Three decades ago, an Israeli prime minister faced his cabinet and invoked the Holocaust in an emotional appeal to approve an air strike against an Arab atomic reactor. Menachem Begin got the nod, cautioning that a nuclear-armed Iraq under Saddam Hussein would pose a threat to the...
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Israeli officials play coy on possibility of strike on Islamic Republic
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February 07, 2012 01:11 AM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Asked about the profusion of foreign reports that their armed forces could soon attack Iran, Israeli officials tend to smile and shrug enigmatically, seemingly content to let such guesswork simmer. The diplomatic dumbshow, which preserves military secrecy while keeping war-wary...
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Netanyahu can't fly solo in Israel to attack Iran
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February 06, 2012 09:30 PM
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JERUSALEM: Three decades ago, an Israeli prime minister faced his cabinet and invoked the Holocaust in an emotional appeal to approve an air strike against an Arab atomic reactor. Menachem Begin got the nod, cautioning that a nuclear-armed Iraq under Saddam Hussein would pose a threat to the...
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Palestinians unmoved by Israel’s border presentation
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January 28, 2012 01:08 AM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM / RAMALLAH: Israel has presented Palestinians with its ideas for the borders and security arrangements of a future Palestinian state, in a bid to keep exploratory talks alive, Palestinian and Israeli sources said Friday. However, Palestinian officials said the verbal...
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Dempsey in Israel as allies seek unity on Iran
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January 19, 2012 08:48 PM
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JERUSALEM: The United States' top military officer arrived in Israel on Thursday as the allies coordinated efforts to curb Iran's nuclear program - and play down suggestions they are at odds on strategy. The United States, which is leading Western pressure on Tehran to curb controversial...
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Nuclear Iran may curb Israeli border wars: general
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January 17, 2012 02:47 PM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A nuclear-armed Iran could deter Israel from going to war against Tehran's guerrilla allies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli general said on Tuesday. The Jewish state sees the makings of a mortal threat in Iran's uranium enrichment and missile programmes,...
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Israel's top court backs bar on Palestinian spouses
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January 12, 2012 09:12 AM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel's top court has upheld a law denying citizenship to Palestinians married to Israelis, with one judge saying it helped the Jewish state to fend off "suicide". By a 6-to-5 vote, the Supreme Court late on Wednesday rejected petitions against the 2003 ban,...
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Israel vows to hit back after credit cards hacked
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January 07, 2012 04:50 PM
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JERUSALEM: Israel said Saturday the online publication of thousands of its citizens' credit card details by a hacker claiming to be Saudi was comparable to terrorism, and vowed to hit back. The data theft, which appeared to focus on commercial web sites, was one of the worst Israel has said it...
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