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Breaking News Voter Turnout Proves Heavier Than Expected
Some 65 percent of eligible Israeli voters cast their ballots in the state’s general elections on Tuesday. This was approximately 2.5 percent higher than the number of votes gathered by the same time during the last elections in 2006. Early voter turnout was heavier than expected, standing at 41.9 percent of the electorate by 4…
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Breaking News Barak: Build Tunnel Linking West Bank and Gaza
Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday proposed the construction of a 30-mile tunnel that would connect the northern Gaza Strip with the southern West Bank, thus enabling freedom of movement between the two disjointed Palestinian territories. While stumping on the campaign trail before students at Ben-Gurion University in Be’er Sheva, Barak said it was possible…
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Breaking News Israel’s Welcome Messages for President Obama
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama upon his inauguration, saying he expects Israeli-American relations to become even stronger. “We wish the incoming President success in his office and are certain that we will be full partners in advancing peace and stability in the Middle East,” Olmert said in a statement….
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Breaking News Israel To Mobilize 6,500 Reservists for Gaza Operation
The Israel Defense Forces will call 6,500 reservists to duty, as part of the largest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip since it captured the territory in 1967. “The Israel Defense Forces will, in the coming days, call up more reservists,” Cabinet secretary Oved Yehezkel told reporters after ministers met for a special session Sunday…
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Breaking News Captured Terrorist: Mumbai Attackers Had Orders To Kill Israelis
The only terrorist captured by Indian authorities following the Mumbai attacks told interrogators during questioning that he and his men were sent specifically to kill Israelis to avenge “atrocities” against the Palestinians, the Times of India reported Sunday. Amir Kasab, 21, told investigators that this was why they targeted the Chabad House, also known as…
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Breaking News Calling It Quits, Olmert Opts Out of Kadima Primary
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that he has decided not to contend in the Kadima primary election and would resign as soon as the new party leader was chosen, due to the criminal investigations that have embroiled him in recent months. “I have decided I won’t run in the Kadima movement primaries, nor do…
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Breaking News Copycat Construction Vehicle Attack Injures 24 in Jerusalem
A Palestinian bulldozer driver went on a rampage in downtown Jerusalem on Tuesday, wounding at least 24 people, just weeks after a similar attack in the capital left three dead. The driver was identified as a 22-year-old resident of East Jerusalem who held an Israeli ID card. Police sealed off possible escape routes into the…
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News Hamas Said To Be Calling on U.N. To Rescind 1947 Partition Plan
To mark 60 years since the United Nations plan for the partition of Palestine, Palestinian militant Islamic movement Hamas called Thursday for the U.N. to rescind the decision which led to the establishment of the State of Israel, Israel’s Army Radio reported. “It is not shameful to correct a mistake. Palestine is Arab-Islamic land from…
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