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Peres to be Released From Hospital

The Jerusalem Post reports: Israel’s ninth president him Shimon Peres, 92, is to be released from hospital on Tuesday. Peres suffered a mild heart attack Thursday morning and was rushed by ambulance from his Tel Aviv home to Sheba Medical Center

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Iran Media: ‘Jewish Neocons’ Behind New Obama Sanctions

An “investigative journalist” on Iran’s state-run PressTV Monday claimed to have discovered why the Obama Administration is both offering sanctions relief to the Ayatollah’s Islamic Republic while also imposing a new round of sanctions on Tehran: “Jewish neocons.”

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Israel Braces for Sandstorm, Followed by Heavy Rains

The Jerusalem Post reports: Following a weekend with sunny skies and spring-like temperatures, Israeli braced for an incoming sandstorm expected on Monday, likely to precede heavy rains and unseasonably cold weather on the days that follow. In addition to the

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Hebrew Graffiti at Jerusalem Monastery Threatens Christians

Israel ordered a high-priority police investigation on Sunday into anti-Christian messages scrawled in Hebrew on the walls and doors of a Jerusalem monastery, saying they marked an assault on religious harmony. “Idols will be extirpated” – a line lifted from

An Orthodox monk cleans graffiti from a door of the Greek Orthodox Seminary, located next

Peres Recovering After Heart Scare: Doctor

JERUSALEM (AFP) –  Former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres was making an “excellent” recovery on Friday after treatment for a heart problem, his surgeon said. “His condition is excellent, the widening of the artery was successful,” professor

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Synagogue in Memory of Slain Israeli Teen Opened

Ynetnews reports: A synagogue named after an Israeli teen whose brutal murder in 2006 shocked the entire country was inaugurated on Thursday in Katzrin. Some 1,000 people attended the opening of the synagogue named after Tair Rada who was murdered

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Manfred Mann Cancels Israel Show: Too Dangerous

The Times of Israel reports: Citing security fears, veteran rock ban Manfred Mann canceled its Israel concert, planned for Tel Aviv next Tuesday. Announcing the cancellation in a letter to the Tel Aviv show’s promoter, the band cited “ongoing problems

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Ex-Israeli President Peres Hospitalised For Heart Problems

JERUSALEM (AFP) –  Former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres, 92, was hospitalised Thursday for cardiovascular problems and is in stable condition after a medical procedure, his spokesman said. Peres was hospitalised “after experiencing chest pains,” the spokesman

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