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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MAY 23: US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) speaks with Israeli President Shimon Peres as they pass flags while walking into Peres' Jerusalem residence May 23, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. This is Kerry's fourth visit to the country in the past two months. Kerry met today with both the Israeli and Palestinian leadership in hopes of restarting the direct peace talks between the two sides.
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As a kid, every year at Passover we would say next year in Jerusalem and I didn't know why ... I still don't get it, but I do feel a connection with Israel.
We understand that Professor Stephen Hawking has declined his invitation to attend the Israeli Presidential Conference Facing Tomorrow 2013, due to take place in Jerusalem on 18-20 June. This is his independent decision to respect the boycott, based upon his knowledge of Palestine, and on the unanimous advice of his own academic contacts there.
From what I understand, they were returned to the UN position they were abducted from.More quotes »
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Interim Mideast peace deal urged
JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement. Read more »
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Israel police ban Jews from Jerusalem holy site
-- Israeli police have temporarily barred Israeli Jews and tourists from entering a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem after Palestinian demonstrations.Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the ban, announced Thursday, is a precaution.On Wednesday, violence erupted Read more »
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Israel's Netanyahu panned for $127G bed
-- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customized bed on a recent flight to London, officials close to the Israeli leader said. Netanyahu found himself Read more »
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Israel backs ruling for Jewish women's prayer
-- Israel's attorney general says he will not appeal a court ruling permitting a liberal Jewish women's group to pray freely at a Jerusalem holy site.An Israeli court instructed police last month to stop detaining women for performing religious rituals and Read more »
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Mysterious Hebrew stone displayed in Jerusalem
technologies tried -- but failed -- to detect more of the faded writing.Knohl, a professor of Bible at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, eventually scaled back from his original bombshell theory but the fierce scholarly debate he sparked continued to reverberate Read more »
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Thursday Links Part 2
with the words of Isaiah 54:17, “No weapon forged against you shall prosper,” became the centerpiece of a renewed and undeterred Jerusalem Day celebration at the church. Algemeiner: "Fiercely intelligent and erudite" Omri: "Elder is one of the best established 5:11 PM from Elder of Ziyon Read more »
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PM: IAEA reports shows Iran’s expanding its nuclear program
President Shimon Peres raised the issue of Syria and Iran with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy when the two men met in Jerusalem. Sarkozy is in Israel to receive an honorary degree from Netanya’s Academic College. Sarkozy also met with Netanyahu. Even 4:19 PM from Jerusalem Post Read more »
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Hadasit Bio-Holdings Ltd. Portfolio Company - Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd. Received Additional Government Support
May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hadasit Bio-Holdings Ltd. (TASE: HDST, OTC: HADSY), a publicly traded portfolio of biotech companies, based on intellectual property developed and owned by Hadassah University Hospital, Israel's foremost medical research center, 3:36 PM from Street Insider Read more »
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Grapevine: The lion has roared
in several countries. He will receive a special JITS honor in recognition of his ongoing contribution to the development of Jerusalem. Appearing on the program just ahead of Adelson is Michael Leven, president of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., who travels frequently 3:08 PM from Jerusalem Post Read more »
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Boycotting Israel does not bring peace closer or benefit humanity
and dialogue with Israel. Most recently, the campaign has pressured Professor Stephen Hawking into cancelling a trip to Jerusalem to participate in President Shimon Peres’s conference on “Facing Tomorrow”. Held annually since 2008, this brings together leaders, 3:02 PM from The Telegraph Read more »
