Meir Dagan to headline major panel at fifth Israeli presidential conference hosted by Shimon Peres.
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As the ultra-Orthodox take on the language of rights, they should be careful what they wish for: Rights are not just a slogan, but a quid pro quo which would mean Haredim engaging in the give-and-take of a national conversation about Israeli democracy.
by William Kolbrener 0 comments
Michael Applebaum vows to fight charges in latest major Canadian municipal scandal.
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These are the highest numbers since 1994, when people fled genocide in Rwanda and bloodshed in former Yugoslavia, the UN refugee agency reports.
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Shimon Peres awards former U.S. President Bill Clinton with Israel's highest medal of distinction.
by Haaretz 2 comments
Cautious board members of the Jewish National Fund opposed a proposal to drill for shale oil on part of their land, south of Beit Shemesh. The energy company pushing the efforts dispute JNF's concerns.
by Zafrir Rinat 0 comments
U.S. President and Russian counterpart Putin signed a new agreement on nuclear nonproliferation to replace the 1992 Nunn-Lugar agreement, which expired on Monday.
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Customs and other fees can make what looks like an Internet bargain into a costly purchase.
by Gabriela Davidovich-Weisberg 0 comments
Ernst Boris Chain's research helped make penicillin usable by humans. For his efforts, he won the Nobel Prize in 1945.
by David B. Green 0 comments
While I admire the Peres vision of peace and normalization, I am repulsed by the disconnectedness and ego of his NIS 11 million cost of the Presidential Conference
by Uri Misgav 4 comments
