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08-03-2012 06:17 The Israeli Defence Forces has released a video showing new techniques in underground warfare. The new methods have been under development since The Second Lebanon War in 2006, and they are designed to provide the IDF with effective measures against the tunnels used by Hezbollah in Lebanon and other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip. The video shows the elite Yahalom, or Diamond, urban combat unit using dogs and tracked military robots in simulated exercises
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Posted By simmons on March 8, 2012
08-03-2012 00:44 A recently launched campaign in the West Bank calls on Palestinians and Israelis to desert the two-state solution and form one democratic state in its place. This coordinated effort comes in wake of the negotiation freeze between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
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Posted By richards on March 8, 2012
07-03-2012 19:46 This video tour is the inaugural installment of Insights: a Diarna series spotlighting Jewish sites (synagogues, cemeteries, schools, shrines, and other structures) across the Middle East. Insights is being made possible by a generous grant from the Elizabeth and Oliver Stanton Foundation. This month, against the backdrop of rising geo-political tensions, Diarna presents a Judeo-Persian shrine in northwest Iran. Just off Imam Khomieni square in Hamadan is a pilgrimage site venerated by many Iranians as the burial shrine of biblical luminaries Esther and Mordechai, the heroes of the Jewish holiday of Purim for saving Jews throughout the Persian Empire from genocide. Little known outside of Iran, secrecy, indeed a double secret, shrouds the shrine. According to the biblical book named after her, Esther was a peerlessly inspiring young Jewish woman who caught the eye of the Persian King Ahasuerus, became queen, and, with the assistance of her relative Mordecai, saved Jews throughout the Persian Empire from annihilation at the hands of the evil royal advisor Haman. Jews around the world celebrate this miraculous salvation during the holiday of Purim by reading the Megillat Esther, dressing in costumes, and eating delicacies. Iranian Jews similarly mark the holiday, but for centuries have also made a pilgrimage to this shrine, which features intricate wooden sarcophagi and special sections for lighting candles in veneration of its namesakes. The original shrine's date of ...
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Posted By simmons on March 7, 2012
07-03-2012 00:35 Tzipi Livni was listed among Newsweek's "150 women who shake the world." Livni, the only Israeli woman featured in the list was described as "The first female opposition leader in Israel's history." "Livni quickly rose through government ranks from her first appointment in 2001 to being sworn in as the first female vice prime minister five years later. Currently the head of Israel's largest political party,Kadima -Livni is one of the most powerful women in the country.
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Posted By simmons on March 6, 2012
06-03-2012 02:45 Israel will decide for itself whether to strike Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Barack Obama. The US President is stressing the need to find a diplomatic resolution to the issue of Iran's nuclear program
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Posted By simmons on March 6, 2012
05-03-2012 23:48 Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has warned his country has the right to defend iteself against Iran.
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Posted By simmons on March 6, 2012
05-03-2012 22:38 In a rare Israeli-Iranian debate, Naftali Bennett, former Chief of Staff to Netanyahu, debates Iranian Journalist Hooman Majd on CNN. Majd claims Iran has military or terror intent
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Posted By simmons on March 5, 2012
05-03-2012 16:06 Are pro-Israel groups recruiting minority students to thwart human rights critics? In this episode of The Stream, we speak with journalist and author Max Blumenthal and Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart.com.
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Posted By simmons on March 5, 2012
05-03-2012 13:38 President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel speak to the press before a meeting in the Oval Office.
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Posted By simmons on March 5, 2012
05-03-2012 13:29 Israel "reserves the right" to act unilaterally against Iran's nuclear programme, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu told US president Barack Obama on Monday. Al Jazeera speaks to Trita Parsi, from the National Iranian American Council for hi
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