 Senior defense source: 'Israel on collision course with Hamas'
Dateline: 2008-05-14 16:30:03 PT
Israel is examining the possible responses to Wednesday's Grad rocket attack on Ashkelon. At this stage, it seems there will not be a broad response and the Israel Defense Forces will settle for pinpoint attacks on the Gaza Strip. Nevertheless, a senior defense source emphasized Wednesday that "Israel is on a collision course with Hamas in Gaza that is reaching its conclusion."
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Ashkelon residents fume over IDF deactivation of alert before strike
Dateline: 2008-05-14 15:15:03 PT
The Israel Defense Forces came under criticism from Ashkelon residents fuming over the army's decision to shut down the Color Red early warning siren, thus depriving local civilians of an opportunity to seek shelter from the Grad Katyusha rocket which struck a mall on Wednesday.
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PM at Peres conference: We're committed to stopping Gaza rockets strikes
Dateline: 2008-05-14 11:30:03 PT
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, addressing the "Facing Tomorrow" presidential conference in Jerusalem, said that Israel's government was committed to stopping the rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, moments after a Katyusha rocket slammed into an Ashkelon shopping mall, wounding at least 16 people.
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 Officials: Gaza rocket hits Israeli mall, hurts 14
Dateline: 2008-05-14 09:45:03 PT
A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Wednesday, wounding at least ...
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Officials: Gaza rocket hits Israeli mall, hurts 14
Dateline: 2008-05-14 09:30:02 PT
A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Wednesday, wounding at least ...
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Poll: Abbas' popularity has slipped dramatically since January
Dateline: 2008-05-14 07:45:04 PT
The approval rating of the Palestinian government in the West Bank has dropped 13 percentage points since January and President Mahmoud Abbas would have trouble winning if elections were held now, according to a poll published Wednesday.
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Ahmadinejad says Israel doomed
Dateline: 2008-05-14 07:15:02 PT
Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Israel is dying and that celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of its ...
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Iran: Anniversary won't save Israel from 'annihilation'
Dateline: 2008-05-14 05:45:02 PT
Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Israel is dying and that celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of its ...
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Bush opens Mideast tour to mark Israel's 60 years
Dateline: 2008-05-14 05:45:02 PT
President Bush on Wednesday opened a celebratory visit to Israel where he'll make a new push for peace in the long-troubled Middle ...
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Kissinger: Timetable required to combat global nuclear threat
Dateline: 2008-05-14 05:15:03 PT
In an address at the "Facing Tomorrow" presidential conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday, former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned that the nuclear threat facing Israel is in fact a global danger, and urged the international community to forge a specific timetable to combat it.
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Bush arrives in Israel on Mideast trip
Dateline: 2008-05-14 04:45:02 PT
U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Israel on Wednesday for the first leg of his Middle East trip.
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Bush Arrives for Middle Eastern Tour
Dateline: 2008-05-14 03:45:03 PT
President Bush arrived in Israel, his first stop on a Middle East tour that will mix ceremony with substance. .
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Bush opens Mideast tour, marks Israel's 60 years
Dateline: 2008-05-14 03:30:02 PT
President Bush on Wednesday opened a celebratory visit to Israel where he'll make a new push for peace in the long-troubled Middle ...
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Bush Back For Another Mideast Peace Push
Dateline: 2008-05-14 02:45:03 PT
President Bush has opened a visit to Israel where he'll make a new push for peace in the Middle East - but expectations are low, and indications are that the president will has his work cut out for him.
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Bush arrives in Israel to mark 60th anniversary
Dateline: 2008-05-14 01:30:03 PT
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Israel to approve West Bank housing construction
Dateline: 2008-05-13 23:30:02 PT
An Israeli official says that Housing and Construction Minister Zeev Boim will next week approve the construction of hundreds ...
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Shas official says gov't to okay hundreds of homes in W. Bank
Dateline: 2008-05-13 23:00:02 PT
An Israeli official says that Housing and Construction Minister Zeev Boim will next week approve the construction of hundreds of housing units in the West Bank.
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Shmuel Katz, an Opponent of Begin’s Peace Effort, Dies at 93
Dateline: 2008-05-13 22:45:03 PT
Mr. Katz was a close adviser to Menachem Begin, Israel’s prime minister in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but later became an opponent of Begin’s peace efforts with Egypt and the Palestinians. .
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Israel to approve West Bank housing construction
Dateline: 2008-05-13 22:30:02 PT
An Israeli official says that Housing and Construction Minister Zeev Boim will next week approve the construction of hundreds ...
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 Bush begins tour of Middle East
Dateline: 2008-05-13 20:30:04 PT
US President George Bush travels to Israel to take part in celebrations of the country's 60th anniversary..
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