CIA Director John Brennan paid a surprise visit to Israel on Thursday evening and went straight into a meeting with Israel’s Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon…
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19 May 2013
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Mass ultra-Orthodox demonstration opposes army enlistment
An estimated thirty thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets of Jerusalem last night in a mass protest against government plans to draft ultra-Orthodox students…
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During US visit, Erdogan confirms June trip to Gaza
Speaking during a visit to the White House, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday confirmed that he intends to visit the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip…
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The Independent i and the online edition of the Independent report that an unnamed Israeli official has warned Syria’s President Assad that any retaliation against…
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- Three protesters, 10 police officers injured as Haredim protest IDF draft (Haarertz)
- CIA head visits Israel to discuss Syria, Iran's nuclear program (Haaretz)
- Israel to legalize four West Bank settlement outposts slated for demolition (Haaretz)
- Report: Russia sends warships to Syrian coast (Ynetnews)
- Unmoved by Israel, Russia will send top air-defense system to Assad (Times of Israel)
- Obama, Erdogan talk Syria, say ‘Assad needs to go’ (Times of Israel)
- Cabinet may define ‘price tag’ as terror attacks (Jerusalem Post)
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Times of Israel: On Iran, the world’s efforts sadly ‘have not been successful’, by Haviv Rettig Gur
“The Iranian nuclear program’s “known unknowns” are many: from the precise state of Tehran’s nuclear know-how to the reliability of Western intelligence assessments, from the innate difficulties…
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Top Story: Ya’alon tells CIA chief Israel won’t tolerate Syria weapons transfer
CIA Director John Brennan paid a surprise visit to Israel on Thursday evening and went straight…
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BICOM Analysis: Arab League announcement in Washington
Representatives of the Arab League have announced in Washington their support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which would be based on 1967 borders but include a “comparable and mutual agreed minor swap of the land.” This analysis assesses the significance of this development.
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