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Israeli defense officials have little doubt that their armed forces will come up against the sophisticated Russian missiles Moscow has agreed to sell to Syria. In September, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov announced that shipment of P-800 Yakhont supersonic cruise missiles pursuant to a deal signed in 2007 will go forward in defiance of American and Israeli requests to the contrary.
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Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas told an Israeli television station on October 17 that he is willing to renounce future claims on Israel after a Palestinian state has been established. The pronouncement relates significantly to Israeli concerns that the Palestinians want refugees who left what became Israel in 1948 to reclaim properties vacated at that time as part of a “right of return.” The Israelis argue that the proper address for such returnees is the new Palestinian state. The statement by Abbas is being seen by some as an indication that what has been a red-line issue in negotiations is “solvable.”
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Simon Wiesenthal Center researchers have uncovered over two dozen Facebook sites with titles like “Kill a Jew Year” and “Kill a Jew Day” during one week alone. “Some have been posted from the United States, others from the United Kingdom,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center who directs the Jewish Human Rights NGO’s Digital Terrorism and Hate project.
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In recent months, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office joined Twitter and is using the social networking Web site, as well as the Prime Minister’s Office Facebook and Flickr accounts, to keep people updated. The Prime Minister’s Office Web site noted in a press release that they also are uploading Hebrew and English videos to a YouTube channel, including statements from Benjamin Netanyahu.
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When God spoke the words recorded in Genesis 12:3, “…and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed,” He wasn’t just speaking of the Messiah as many Christians think. The modern state of Israel has been at the forefront of innovation in countless areas of human endeavor, benefiting the world with advances in medicine, science, technology, the environment, security, and more. However, one Jewish contribution that has impacted humanity for centuries is often left off the list: chicken soup!
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Israel sends special teams to a variety of places in the world to help out with medical and emergency issues, and two eye doctors from Rambam Health Care Campus had the opportunity to treat correctible vision problems and blindness in the African nation of the Republic of Cameroon, according to the Rambam Web site.
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Travelers from around the world voted for their favorite sightseeing destinations in a poll sponsored by Trip Advisor, a Web site that provides valuable travel information, and Jerusalem came in seventh place! Their Travelers’ Choice 2010 “Top 10 Culture and Sightseeing Destinations in the World” list their choices in this order: Florence, Washington D.C., Rome, Paris, Siem Reap (Cambodia), New York City, Jerusalem, Venice, Istanbul, and London.
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For the first time, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will award academic credits to students who study its courses via the Internet—enabling students from any country in the world to study a Hebrew University program. The first session of students to recently complete an online Hebrew University course in Biblical Hebrew includes 30 students from Lebanon, Singapore, Peru, Argentina, Holland, Ireland, Denmark, France and Italy.
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There may be as much as 4.2 billion barrels of oil in deep [geological] structures beneath the natural gas structures at the Leviathan prospect, according to a statement by the Israeli partners to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. [For more information on Leviathan, see the Good News article in the August-2010 issue of the Dispatch.]
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