Germany, a pillar to curb Iranian nuke programme: Israel
September 10th, 2012 - 3:28 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 10 (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak Sunday praised Germany for playing a key role in international efforts to halt Iran's controversial nuclear programme."We, in Israel, all know ... Read more...
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There’s still time and space for diplomacy on Iran: US
August 14th, 2012 - 9:38 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) The White House Monday reiterated that there was still "time and space" for diplomacy in dealing with Iran's nuclear standoff.Washington, however, vowed to continue the two-track ... Read more...
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Israel may resolve Middle East crisis unilaterally: Minister
May 31st, 2012 - 3:31 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israel may take up "unilateral actions" if the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks do not move ahead, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said.This comment prompted speculation ... Read more...
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Iran says that it has placed 150,000 missiles towards Israel
November 28th, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tehran, Nov 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Iran has warned Israel against a reported pre-emptive strike saying Tehran has 150,000 missiles pointed at the Jewish state. With Iran allegedly close to manufacturing a nuclear ... Read more...
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US to help Israel maintain military edge: Obama
May 23rd, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 22 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Sunday vowed that the US will help maintain Israel's qualitative military edge and stop efforts to recognize an independent Palestinian state ... Read more...
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Israel rebuffs Obama’s 1967 borders call
May 20th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Barack Obama's call for Israel's 1967 borders to be taken as the starting point for ... Read more...
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Israel calls Palestinian deal a ‘fatal mistake’
April 29th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Tel Aviv (Israel), Apr. 29 (ANI): The long-awaited reconciliation deal between two Palestinian factions has been described by Israeli President Shimon Peres as a "fatal mistake" that will destroy any hopes of ... Read more...
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How Israelis ‘armed junta’ in Falklands conflict revealed
April 21st, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 21 (ANI): Israel secretly provided arms and supplies to Argentina during the Falklands conflict, according to revelations in a new book.According to the Daily Mail, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem ... Read more...
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65 percent Israelis feel removing Mubarak regime dangerous for Israel
February 5th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 5 (ANI): Many Israelis fear that a change of regime in Egypt could endanger the Jewish state.A poll this week by Yediot Aharonot, Israel's biggest selling daily, revealed that 65 ... Read more...
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Palestinian leaders agreed to define Israel as a Jewish state
January 25th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.25 (ANI): Palestinian negotiators privately agreed with Israel to define the latter as a Jewish state in sharp contrast to their public position, confidential documents leaked by Al Jazeera TV reveal. ... Read more...
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Pastor says Oz FM Rudd to blame for floods
January 11th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane (Australia), Jan.11 (ANI): A Christian pastor has blamed Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd for the floods devastating Queensland.Daniel Nalliah from the Catch the Fire Ministries wrote on his website that ... Read more...
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Nazi mass murderer shielded from justice for 10-yrs by West German intelligence
January 10th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 10 (ANI): Adolf Eichmann, who was the supreme logistical mastermind of the Nazi Holocaust of six million Jews, is said to have been shielded from justice for a decade by ... Read more...
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US working for Israeli-Palestinian talks to continue
October 13th, 2010 - 9:02 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) The US is trying to find a "formula" that allows direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine to continue, a State Department spokesman has said."We are offering our ... Read more...
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Israel may force non-Jewish citizens to vow loyalty to state
October 8th, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.8 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed a loyalty bill that would force new non-Jewish citizens of Israel to pledge allegiance to a "Jewish and democratic state".Critics of the ... Read more...
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Middle Eastern Peace Talks To Continue In Jerusalem On September 14 and 15
September 6th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, September 6, 2010 (Just Flashed): The delegates of Israel and the bureaucrats of the subjugated Palestinian territories intend to participate in deliberations with the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in ... Read more...
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Lebanese spying for Israel sentenced to death
August 18th, 2010 - 5:49 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 18 (IANS) A military court has sentenced to death two Lebanese after convicting them of spying for Israel, Labanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The judge, Nizar Khalil, pronounced the ... Read more...
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Male Accused Of Participation In Knife Attacks In Virginia And Michigan Seized
August 12th, 2010 - 10:45 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, August 12, 2010 (Just Flashed): A male, who has been accused of involvement in a sequence of knife attacks in Virginia and Michigan, has been detained at the Atlanta airdrome. ... Read more...
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Israeli Navy intercepts Gaza-bound ship
July 13th, 2010 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, July 13 (IANS) Israeli naval vessels Tuesday intercepted a Gaza-bound ship carrying aid and ordered it not to continue sailing to the Hamas-controlled enclave, a Palestinian official said.
Jamal Al-Khoudary, head of ... Read more...
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Leading Lebanese Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah dead at 74
July 4th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIRUT (BNO NEWS) -- A leading Lebanese Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, died at a hospital in Beirut on Sunday, two days after he was hospitalized, an aide said. He ... Read more...
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Israel launches spy satellite targeting Iran
June 23rd, 2010 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, June 23 (DPA) Israel launched its latest spy satellite as Tel Aviv, along with many other world governments, is wary of Iran's nuclear programme and its "belligerence" toward the Jewish ... Read more...
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Ban urges Israel to fundamentally change its Gaza policies
June 19th, 2010 - 9:08 am ICT by IANS
New York, June 19 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed Israel's decision to ease the land blockade of the Gaza Strip, but said a "fundamental change" was needed to improve ... Read more...
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Israel to ease Gaza blockade
June 17th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, June 17 (DPA) Israel is to loosen its blockade of the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Thursday, at the end of a two days of discussions by ... Read more...
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Israel won’t apologize for defending itself, says Netanyahu
June 3rd, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Tel Aviv, June 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said that "Israel won't apologize for defending itself" and described criticism of the commando attack on six flotilla heading towards the Gaza ... Read more...
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Israel offered to sell N-arms to South Africa: Report
May 24th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 24 (IANS) Secret South African documents reveal that Israel had offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing first official documentary evidence of the Jewish state's possession of ... Read more...
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Israel launches nationwide defence drill
May 23rd, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, May 23 (IANS) Israel Sunday began a five-day civil defence exercise to enhance the ability of the army, the local authorities and civilians to respond to possible missile and rocket attacks ... Read more...
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Einstein’s manuscript displayed at Shanghai expo
May 7th, 2010 - 9:44 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 7 (IANS) Two pages of the original manuscript of Albert Einstein's landmark theory of relativity are on display at the Israeli pavilion in the Shanghai World Expo.
Israeli Minister of Finance ... Read more...
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No crisis in relation with Israel over housing plans: Obama
March 18th, 2010 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 18 (DPA) US President Barack Obama Wednesday denied that Washington's relationship with close ally Israel was in crisis over the Jewish state's plans to build settler housing on land ... Read more...
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U.S. President Obama has a mixed view among Israelis: Poll
December 11th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Dec 11(ANI): A new poll of Israelis suggests that U.S. President Barack Obama is better liked in the Jewish state than widely believed.According to the study by the New America ... Read more...
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Jordan protests Israeli work near Jerusalem church
December 4th, 2009 - 7:36 am ICT by IANS
Amman, Dec 4 (DPA) The Jordanian government has protested what it called "unilateral Israeli works" at the outside wall of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in East Jerusalem, which the Jewish ... Read more...
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Hezbollah chief says US role is diminishing in the region
December 1st, 2009 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Nov 30 (DPA) Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Monday that the role of the US in the region is diminishing and thus weakening the Jewish state.
"We are amid historical transformations ... Read more...
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Jordan rejects Israeli offer of partial settlement freeze
November 27th, 2009 - 4:20 am ICT by IANS
Amman, Nov 27 (DPA) The Jordanian government Thursday rejected Israel's latest offer to temporarily freeze settlement activity in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem, which Israel seized from Jordan in the 1967 ... Read more...
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Israel will not let citizens face war crimes trials: Netanyahu
October 13th, 2009 - 2:08 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Oct 13 (DPA) Israel will not allow its leaders or soldiers to stand trial in the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday.
Addressing ... Read more...
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Netanyahu praises Obama’s push for Mid-East peace talks
September 24th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sep.24 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday praised US President Barack Obama's UN address, which backed Israel's right to live securely, stressed its legitimacy as a "Jewish ... Read more...
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Madonna joins Israeli PM for Jewish Sabbath celebrations
September 5th, 2009 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 5 (ANI): Madonna reportedly joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath.The Queen of Pop, who arrived in the country for two concerts ... Read more...
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Madonna tags Israel as world’s energy capital
September 2nd, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, September 2 (ANI): Madonna tagged Israel as the "energy capital of the world" as she won hearts of 50,000 fans with her performance in Tel Aviv.The Queen of Pop, who ... Read more...
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