 Ending Mideast Visit, Kerry Calls for Leadership
Dateline: 2013-05-24 11:00:15 PT
After meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials, Secretary of State John Kerry urged them to “demonstrate leadership” to find a way back to direct peace talks....
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Kerry Holds Talks in Bid to Revive Mideast Peace Process
Dateline: 2013-05-23 20:00:22 PT
Secretary of State John Kerry ramped up efforts, saying, “This moment is a critical one for the region and particularly for Israel, for Palestine and for Jordan.”...
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Egypt TV: 7 security personnel kidnapped in Sinai freed
Dateline: 2013-05-22 00:00:18 PT
6 policemen, border guard were abducted by suspected militants last week in volatile peninsula bordering Gaza Strip, Israel
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Barbra Streisand to Receive Honorary Doctorate in Israel
Dateline: 2013-05-21 17:45:14 PT
Graduate days are here again.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem plans to bestow an honorary PhD on Barbra Streisand while she's in Israel next month to sing at an event celebrating...
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Israel and Syria exchange fire on Golan Heights
Dateline: 2013-05-21 06:00:17 PT
Shots at an IDF patrol come as Syria's first deliberate attack against Israelis Israeli military responds with counter fire; report none injured
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Syria Destroys Israeli Vehicle in Golan
Dateline: 2013-05-21 03:45:15 PT
Syria says it destroys Israeli vehicle that crossed ceasefire line in Golan Heights ...
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 Syria and Israel in exchange of fire
Dateline: 2013-05-21 03:30:10 PT
Israeli and Syrian forces trade fire across the ceasefire line in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights....
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The Lede: Complete Text of Israel’s Report on the Muhammad al-Dura Video
Dateline: 2013-05-20 18:00:13 PT
An Israeli government review panel asserted that a French television report broadcast that appeared to show the death of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy named Muhammad al-Dura during clashes in Gaza was deeply flawed....
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World Brief | Middle East : Gunman Kills Four in Bank in Southern Israel
Dateline: 2013-05-20 13:15:13 PT
An unemployed former security guard shot and killed four people in a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday....
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Bungled bank heist in Israel leaves gunman, 4 more dead
Dateline: 2013-05-20 07:15:14 PT
Police say suspect took own life after bank robbery devolved into gunfight, hostage standoff
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Iran claims it hanged CIA, Mossad spies
Dateline: 2013-05-20 05:30:13 PT
Two men who the Iranian government said worked as spies for Israel and the United States were hanged Sunday morning, according to Iranian state news outlet Press TV.
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Fresh Israeli Face Plays Down Political Decline
Dateline: 2013-05-20 02:00:17 PT
Yair Lapid, the popular television host whose political rise has been undercut by the austerity budget he presented as finance minister, is trying to take the long view....
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Lens Blog: Israeli Report Casting New Doubts on Shooting in Gaza
Dateline: 2013-05-19 18:30:15 PT
A new report by the Israeli government called into question a well-known image of a Palestinian boy and his father, caught in the crossfire of a gun battle in Gaza....
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U.S. Could Use Cyberattack on Syrian Air Defenses
Dateline: 2013-05-19 09:15:10 PT
The Pentagon has cyberattack capabilities that allow the U.S. military to help blind Syrian air defenses without firing a shot, according to military analysts.
"One of the reasons the Air Force has paid so much attention to cyberwarfare is ... for beat...
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Iran hangs alleged U.S., Israeli spies
Dateline: 2013-05-19 05:00:13 PT
State radio said two men were executed after being convicted of spying for Mossad and the CIA
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Will China mediate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?
Dateline: 2013-05-18 18:30:11 PT
BEIJING – An official visit to Beijing by Israeli and Palestinian leaders last week has prompted speculation that China may finally be ready to claim its place as a world power by trying to negotiate an end to one of world's most caustic conflicts.Israe...
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2013 Cannes Film Festival: $1 Million Worth of Chopard Jewels Stolen
Dateline: 2013-05-17 07:00:19 PT
Big-time jewelry theft isn't just something that happens in the movies.
A reported $1 million worth of Chopard jewels were stolen from the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, local police...
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Religious protest over Israel draft
Dateline: 2013-05-17 02:00:15 PT
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem against plans to force members of their community to serve in the Israeli military....
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Peacekeepers in Golan Abducted but Released
Dateline: 2013-05-16 21:00:18 PT
Armed men broke into a United Nations outpost in a buffer zone separating Israel and Syria to kidnap the three military observers, the group’s peacekeeping chief said on Thursday....
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3 U.N. peacekeepers kidnapped between Israel-Syria
Dateline: 2013-05-16 19:00:15 PT
Third abduction of peacekeepers in the region since March and underlined again their vulnerability in the spillover of the Syria conflict
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KFC smuggled under Gaza border
Dateline: 2013-05-16 11:00:12 PT
A confluence of a hankering for fried chicken and hard times in the smuggling business means buckets of KFC are showing up on tables in Gaza.
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IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: May 16
Dateline: 2013-05-16 01:30:17 PT
A breakthrough in cloning embryonic stem cells; the battle over Nelson Mandela’s legacy; smuggling KFC meals into Gaza; and a Lebanese artist finally gets her due....
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Insect invasion: Israel battles plague of locusts
Dateline: 2013-05-14 03:30:13 PT
TEL AVIV — Israel’s Negev Desert is alive – with locusts.Huge swarms of the newly hatched critters have begun marching across the sand, devouring everything in their path.With the help of high-tech irrigation methods, much of Israel’s desert has b...
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After Citizen Protests, Israel Approves Austerity Budget
Dateline: 2013-05-13 22:30:21 PT
A plan for higher taxes has prompted demonstrations reminiscent of those that rocked the country in 2011, when crowds protested the high cost of living....
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UN peacekeepers released by Syrian rebels
Dateline: 2013-05-12 12:45:16 PT
Four Filipino United Nations peacekeepers abducted last week by armed men while patrolling in the demilitarized area between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights have been released, officials said Sunday.U.N. officials and the Philippine army both...
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