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Netanyahu says willing to discuss Arab initiative for peace with Palestinians

Ynetnews - ‎34 minutes ago‎
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Monday of reviving a 2002 Arab peace initiative that offers Israel diplomatic recognition from Arab countries in return for a statehood deal with the Palestinians.
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Earnings of Men in Jerusalem Are 53% of Their Counterparts in Tel Aviv, Study Finds

Haaretz - ‎8 hours ago‎
The city's large ultra-Orthodox Jewish and Arab populations gives its workforce a profile that is unique in Israel. Janan Bsoul.
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Boy Abandoned In Woods Remains Missing, Parents Face Charges Of Neglect

The Inquisitr - ‎1 hour ago‎
The search for a boy, who was abandoned in the woods, is entering its fourth day. Authorities confirmed Yamato Tano-oka's parents left him in a remote forest near Nanae in Hokkaido, Japan, as a form of discipline.
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Smokers, there's hope for us all

NEWS.com.au - ‎1 hour ago‎
OPINION. AS I puffed away on my menthol cigarette this morning I must admit there was a slight feeling of guilt; it is World No Tobacco Day after all, and there I am sucking down a ciggie.
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4 killed in bomb attack targeting police in southeast Turkey

Manila Bulletin - ‎2 hours ago‎
ISTANBUL - Kurdish rebels on Monday (May 30, 2016) detonated a bomb in southeast Turkey as a police armored vehicle was passing by, killing at least four people, the state-run news agency reported.
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Soldier lightly wounded in likely Tel Aviv terror stabbing

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎6 hours ago‎
A 19-year-old Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded a soldier in Tel Aviv Monday evening in what police and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) are investigating as a likely terrorist attack.
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How integrated schools are offering Israel an 'Iron Dome against hatred'

Toronto Star - ‎6 hours ago‎
In 2014 a Hand in Hand school was firebombed in Jerusalem. Still: offering space for young Arab and Jewish Israelis to play and learn together can help bridge the country's core misunderstandings, say the schools' directors.
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A third of all Americans believe boycott of Israel justified, poll shows

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎4 hours ago‎
Research finds majority of American public (62%) view the boycott on Israel as intending to harm Israel as “the national homeland of Jewish people.
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Contentious Anti-terror Bill Advances to Final Stage in Knesset

Haaretz - ‎6 hours ago‎
Committee approves bill with 10-2 majority; Meretz MK: 'Now any Arab can be deemed a terrorist.' Jonathan Lis. May 30, 2016 11:42 PM.
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Almost Every Female Israeli Lawmaker Has Been Victim of Sexual Harassment or Assault

Haaretz - ‎20 hours ago‎
MKs from across the political spectrum go on TV to relay their experiences; two say they continue to face harassment even after entering the Knesset.
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ISIS just suffered another loss in Libya

Business Insider - ‎2 hours ago‎
ISIS Libya REUTERS/Hani AmaraA general view of a factory destroyed in an air attack in Ben Jawad February 2, 2015. See Also. Former Navy SEALs reveal what Hollywood gets wrong about the elite warriors · This political cartoon highlights the impossible ...
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Families of British soldiers killed in Iraq may sue Tony Blair after Chilcot report

RT - ‎46 minutes ago‎
The families of slain British soldiers might sue former UK PM Tony Blair if evidence suggests the equipment provided to the troops during the Iraq War was inadequate, Roger Bacon, father of an army serviceman killed in a roadside bomb blast, told RT.
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Man electrocuted when drinking from water cooler

gulfnews.com - ‎35 minutes ago‎
An Emirati man was electrocuted on Monday afternoon while drinking from an electric water cooler that he found. Image used for illustrative purposes only.
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Attempted North Korea missile launch fails - South Korean officials

swissinfo.ch - ‎3 hours ago‎
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Kwisong Saltern to learn about the salt production from underground ultra-saline water by the KPA in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 24, 2016.
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Elite Iraqi Forces Push Into Fallujah, Expect Fierce Battle

New York Times - ‎10 hours ago‎
CAMP TARIQ, Iraq - Elite Iraqi special forces began their push Monday into Fallujah, expecting to encounter the stiffest resistance yet in the campaign to free territory from the Islamic State group.
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UK Labour MP Naz Shah: I Was Ignorant About Judaism

Haaretz - ‎10 hours ago‎
In first public appearance at Jewish venue since suspension from party over anti-Semitic remarks, Lawmaker visits Leeds synagogue, vows to talk to fellow Muslims about anti-Semitism.
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Saudi says intercepts and destroys ballistic missile from Yemen

Ynetnews - ‎30 minutes ago‎
DUBAI- Saudi Arabia has intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Yemen and a Saudi-led military coalition said in a statement late on Monday it may be forced to reconsider a truce that has been place since April.

Israel to be among largest international exhibitor groups at JCK Las Vegas

Diamond World Magazine - ‎2 hours ago‎
The Israeli Diamond Industry is participating this year at JCK Las Vegas in a number that is among the largest international exhibitor groups to be seen at the show.
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Leviathan partners sign $3 bln Israeli gas supply deal

Ynetnews - ‎19 hours ago‎
Owners of Israel's giant off-shore gas reserves to supply new private power plant in Israel; Deal will see supply of up to 13 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
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ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: Asia sells the USD today

ForexLive - ‎2 hours ago‎
Some across the board USD selling in the Tokyo morning today as HK and Singapore entered for the day too, with the moves extended notably in AUD and GBP.

Israeli medical cannabis co to build New Mexico plant

Globes - ‎May 29, 2016‎
Israel generic drugs and medical devices company Panaxia has signed an agreement with Ultra Health, the leading medical cannabis distribution company in New Mexico, to build a cannabis processing plant.
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“We know your dark secrets” claims Reddit CEO

Firstpost - ‎16 minutes ago‎
In an interview at the TNW Conference, Reddit CEO, Steve Huffman revealed that the website may be keeping a tab on its user's interests.
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Lebanon's software piracy rate as high as China's: US report

Al-Bawaba - ‎18 hours ago‎
BSA estimated the software piracy rate in Lebanon at 70 percent in 2015 compared to 71 percent in 2013 and 2011 and 72 percent in 2009.
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With Zenbo, Asus Branches Out Into Home Robots

PC Magazine - ‎9 hours ago‎
If you're an Amazon Echo owner but wish your device could follow you around the house like a Star Wars droid, Asus has a product for you: the $599 Zenbo robot.
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Captain America a Nazi? His Creators Must Be Turning in Their Graves

Haaretz - ‎May 29, 2016‎
In a new comic, the superhero reveals that he's working for an evil organization. But no makeover could erase his underlying Jewishness.
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Momentous Jewish Wedding in Turkey Sparks anti-Semitism Online

Haaretz - ‎10 hours ago‎
In Edirne a newly reopened Synagogue celebrated its first wedding in over four decades; responses to the live stream included 'kill the Jews' and references to 'occupied Palestine.

Alice Cooper for president!

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎12 hours ago‎
'I wanna be elected!” That emphatic declaration, bellowed with tongue firmly in cheek more than 40 years ago by American rock legend Alice Cooper, holds special significance in the US these days.
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US publisher under fire over use of 'Mein Kampf' royalties

i24news - ‎14 hours ago‎
American publishing house Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is at a center of a public controversy after changing how it uses royalties from its exclusive publication in the US of Adolf Hitler's notorious Mein Kampf.

WATCH: A life of chronic illness is still a life worth living

The Jewish Standard - ‎6 hours ago‎
“Rivky Deren is a force and her life is a lesson in living. An active member of the Orthodox Jewish Chasidic Movement, Rivky was born with Bloom syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects a very small portion of the population and which is ...

Majority of Israelis ignore illegal public smoking

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎14 hours ago‎
Most non-smokers who object to smoking in public places just move away from those violating the law instead of protesting and demanding their right to clean air, according to a survey issued by the Israel Cancer Association (ICA) to mark World No ...
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CU study: Narcotic painkillers cause chronic pain

The Denver Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
The study, published Monday, showed opioid treatment intensified the release of pain signals from specific immune cells, leading to prolonged pain.
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Disfiguring disease spreads across war-torn Middle East

New Zealand Herald - ‎May 29, 2016‎
Between 2000 and 2012, there were only six reported cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Lebanon, but in 2013 alone there were 1,033 cases.
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