Israel

Trip was worthwhile

Trip was worthwhile The recent articles in The Miami Herald on Miami-Dade's international activities create an impression of sensationalism that does not match what I observed on the recent trip to Senegal. I joined that trip...

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No reservations would have been better, says Fayyad

Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Ali Fayyad told Free Lebanon radio station on Saturday that his bloc was hoping no one would express reservations with the Ministerial Statement, saying that there should have been a...

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Israeli settlement freeze not enough: Abbas

Abbas said Friday during his first visit to Venezuela that "we can't accept the current Israeli government's concept for the negotiations." He said Wednesday's announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a...

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U.S. peace envoy to visit Mideast soon: report

RAMALLAH, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell will visit the Middle East region in the coming few days in a renewed effort to restart the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, Israeli Radio reported on...

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The skill and love that changed the life of little Rachel

When Irish army officer Captain Gerry Casey told his wife Theresa that he had an opportunity to be posted to the Middle East, neither of them could have foreseen how it would become a life-changing event for them -- and...

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Muslim birth rate

Saturday, November 28, 2009 AL-QUDS: The birth rate among Israel’s Muslim Arab minority has fallen by a quarter since 2000, official figures showed on Friday. The annual birth rate fell from 3.8 per cent in 2000 to 2.8 per cent...

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Celtic urge fans to snub political demonstration at game

Nov 28 2009 David Taylor CELTIC have urged their fans not to wave Palestinian flags when an Israeli team visit Glasgow next week. The move comes after a union chief wrote to the Parkhead club asking them to encourage fans to...

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China’s Backing on Iran Followed Dire Predictions

The Washington Post reports on the negotiations that preceded President Obama’s request that China support his stance against Iran’s nuclear proliferation: The Chinese were told that Israel regards Iran’s nuclear program as an...

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The Golan Heights’ long wait

Hopes of Golan deal recede as U.S. fails to match words with action. Little has changed in Quneitra, former capital of the Syrian Golan Heights, since Israeli forces withdrew behind the barbed wire and minefields of the nearby...

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Family of 5 lightly-to-moderately hurt in fire at Majd el-Kurum home

A family of five were lightly-to-moderately injured in a fire that erupted in a Majd el-Kurum home in Israel's north overnight Friday. Magen David Adom evacuated an 11-year-old girl in moderate condition to hospital in...

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