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Richard Wright (2nd R), director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, talks to delegates during the 2nd Plenary at the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace in Beijing on June 18, 2013. China called for a resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians at a conference in Beijing, as the rising global power seeks greater diplomatic influence in the Middle East.

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  • AP Interview: Peres, at 90, still going strong

    and packaging himself as a lovable grandfatherly figure. He has embraced Facebook and frequently meets with children and young Israelis."Shimon Peres has undergone a miraculous transformation which almost all politicians in the world would love to experience,"   Read more »

  • Israeli official blasts idea of Palestinian state

    of Israel has reached a dead end," Bennett said Monday at a meeting of the Yesha settlement group. "Never in the history of Israel have so many people dealt with so much energy with something so pointless," he said.Talks collapsed about five years ago over   Read more »

  • Syria lashes out at Egypt decision to sever ties

    them against Israel in wars of the past.The statement taunted Morsi, whose Brotherhood group is known for its enmity to Israel, for cutting ties with Syria but maintaining them with Israel despite its treatment of the Palestinians and recent airstrikes inside   Read more »

  • Letter: Israel oppresses minority residents

    there was a sizable non-Jewish population within Israel at the time of its re-creation in 1946, which has only grown following Israel's conquest of non-Jewish communities within Palestine.These people, through no fault of their own, certainly do not have equal   Read more »

  • Israeli PM warns of another Holocaust from Iran

    by our past and we are both focusing together on shaping our future."Tusk concurred, saying: "We speak a common language with Israel."The Germans carried out the Holocaust to a large extent in occupied Poland, because it had Europe's largest Jewish population   Read more »

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  • Explosions in Gaza (file) PA Terror Rocket Attack Explodes in Gaza

    side of the border in an open area, but no property damage was reported, and no one was physically injured, according to Israel state radio. The missiles were apparently aimed at the Ashkelon coastal region, according to the projected trajectory calculated 30 m ago from Arutz Sheva Read more »

  • Cisco set to open new centre in Israel

    $5 billion. "We would be glad to broaden cooperation with the State of Israel," said Chambers, who is on a three-day visit to Israel upon an invitation by President shimon Peres to attend the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference. The US company's chairman 33 m ago from Apple Balla Read more »

  • Thiago: Celebrates after captaining Spain to the title Final thoughts

    is 5.45 am on June 19 and I am sending my final blog from Israel in the departure lounge at Tel Aviv airport. Spain reclaimed the Uefa Under-21 trophy nine hours ago and are probably still partying after their 4-2 win over Italy. And they deserve to do so. 44 m ago from Sky Sports Read more »

  • Jonathan Calls for Global Co-Operation Against Terrorism

    He said the visit would afford him the opportunity of discussing ways of enhancing bilateral co-operation between Nigeria and Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The other ambassadors received by the president were Mr. Alekos Oikonomopoulos from 51 m ago from AllAfrica.com Read more »

  • Was sind Euere liebsten Reiseziele in Israel ..?

    auf dem Hermon oder in die Wüste Negev, wo Moses mit dem Volk Israel umherwanderte …? was bitte schön soll ich denn in israel,wo ich “koscher” sein muß? War leider auch noch nie in Israel. Habe mir vorgenommen, mal eine Reise dahin zu machen. In jedem Fall 2:33 AM from Askmee.de Read more »

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About Israel

The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (help·info), Medinat Yisra'el; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ إِسْرَائِيل‎, Dawlat Isrā'īl) is a country in the Western Asian Levant, on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon on the north, Syria and Jordan on the east, and Egypt on the south-west. It has a population of over seven million people. Israel declared independence in 1948 and is the world's only Jewish state, although its population includes citizens of many ethnic and religious backgrounds.

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