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April 11, 2012

Israeli official defends move to reduce women's hours on Haredi radio station

(Haaretz) According to the decision made two weeks ago, every week the station will have women on the air for four hours, rather than the six hours of a previous agreement.

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November 26, 2010

Dozens march through Tel Aviv carrying caskets to protest violence against women

(Ha'aretz) In rally marking international day for the elimination of violence against women, welfare minister says discourse on violence against women must be veered away from pornography.

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November 18, 2009

Israeli Settlement Plan Denounced

(BBC) The US and UN have criticised Israel's approval of 900 extra housing units at a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem.

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November 14, 2009

'Sabbath' Protest Targets Intel

(BBC) Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem have protested outside the offices of the US firm, Intel, against the plant operating on the Jewish day of rest.

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November 4, 2009

Israelis 'seize Iran arms ship'

(BBC) Israel's navy has intercepted a ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of Iranian weapons intended for Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli military has said.

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May 26, 2009

Israel would forgo outposts to expand settlements

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is prepared to dismantle nearly two dozen wildcat settlement outposts in the West Bank in the next few weeks if the U.S. drops its objections to continued building in existing, government-sanctioned settlements, Israeli officials say.

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May 19, 2009

Netanyahu to get pressured to OK Palestinian state

(Washington Post) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ending a three-day trip, is likely to face questions on Capitol Hill on his refusal to endorse the cornerstone of international Mideast policy, the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

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February 11, 2009

Kadima, Likud scramble to muster rival coalitions

(Ha'aretz) An inconclusive election sent Israel into political limbo Wednesday with both Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu claiming victory, and scrambling to form rival coalitions.

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September 30, 2008

Olmert Says Israel Should Pull Out of West Bank

(NY Times) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in an interview published on Monday that Israel must withdraw from nearly all of the West Bank as well as East Jerusalem to attain peace with the Palestinians and that any occupied land it held onto would have to be exchanged for the same quantity of Israeli territory.

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