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Hollande backs Israel on Iran nuclear threat

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UPDATE: 11/10/2013 - BENJAMIN NETANYAHU - DIPLOMACY - FRANCE - FRANÇOIS HOLLANDE - GREENPEACE - HASSAN ROHANI - IRAN - ISRAEL - NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Hollande backs Israel on Iran nuclear threat


A day after Benjamin Netanyahu urged France to take a tough stance on Iran, French President François Hollande spoke to the Israeli Prime Minister by phone and promised French support.

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Yehuda Shaul, Co-founder, 'Breaking the Silence'

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UPDATE: 10/10/2013 - ISRAEL - ISRAELI POLITICS - ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS - ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT - PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Yehuda Shaul, Co-founder, 'Breaking the Silence'

It’s not easy being a whistleblower; least of all an Israeli soldier who decides to go public about his or her time serving in the Palestinian Territories. "Breaking the Silence" is an Israeli organisation that offers soldiers the opportunity to voice their testimonies. Its co-founder, Yehuda Shaul, talks to Annette Young about how they aim to expose the harsh realities of the Occupation to fellow Israelis.

Annette YOUNG

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Israel ready to 'stand alone' on Iran, Netanyahu says

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Israel ready to 'stand alone' on Iran, Netanyahu says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN on Tuesday that Israel was ready to "stand alone" if necessary to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and called Iran’s President Hassan Rohani “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”.

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Yom Kippur War

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It was “the epic encounter that transformed the Middle East,” journalist Abraham Rabinovich says in his book on the Yom Kippur War.

On October 6, 1973, Egypt launched a surprise attack on Israeli soldiers at the east bank of the Suez Canal. It was the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, the Day of Atonement, when many soldiers were praying in synagogues.

“Arab armies made impressive advances with their up-to-date Soviet weaponry. Iraqi forces soon joined the war, and Syria received support from Jordan,” History.com notes.

Israel fought back and won.

But the war, also called the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, “is etched deep in Israel’s collective psyche due to the heavy losses sustained in the fighting and because of the country’s lack of preparedness,” Time.com says.

Forty years later, photographer Micha Bar-Am is taking you inside the war that changed dynamics and psyches throughout the Middle East.

Risking his life repeatedly during the war, Bar-Am worked his way into the Sinai to Israel’s south and the Golan Heights in the north to capture striking images exposing parts of the war’s reality.

“I don’t even remember where I slept most of the nights,” he says. “I was hitchhiking once on a jeep, once on a tank, once even on a crossing raft.”
Looking back, the 84-year-old father of three and grandfather of five can’t believe what he did.

“I can’t really understand the urge for young adventurous people to do suicidal things like covering war with a weapon called a camera,” he says.

In fact, Bar-Am has photographed every war Israel has been involved in since 1956.

“Photographers are drawn like butterflies or fireflies to dramatic events that yield stronger images,” he says.

“I’m a kind of chronicler, a representative of history.”

He had no agenda, but needed the Israeli military’s permission to enter restricted areas, he says.
Asked about his memories of the war, he says, “In a certain sense, it’s like asking an American what does he remember of 9-11. Because both were very traumatic events for the peoples.”

Having been surprised by both Egypt and Syria remains a “traumatic scar of the Yom Kippur war,” he says.

But the war “turned into a military victory, and this is also something one has to remember.”

“It is part of our collective memory.”

The lesson for Israel was “never to be complacent or arrogant” about its strength, he says. “But also that you have to feel for the others. You have to understand your neighbors. They have their ambitions and wishes.”

Asked whether there’s a lesson for the entire world, he says, “I’m a bit skeptical of that. Because if people would learn the lesson of this or any other war things might look better. But look how many wars are happening now.”

– Josh Levs, CNN

Forty of Bar-Am’s photographs from the Yom Kippur war will be featured in an exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, marking the 40th anniversary of the war.

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Netanyahu: Palestinians must 'recognise Israel'

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Netanyahu: Palestinians must 'recognise Israel'

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Legacy of 1973 Arab-Israeli war reverberates 40 years on Kevin Connolly

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Lasting legacy
How 1973 Arab-Israeli war reverberates 40 years on

5 October 2013
Updated at 08:30 ET

Legacy of 1973 Arab-Israeli war reverberates 40 years on
Kevin Connolly

Kevin Connolly
BBC Middle East correspondent

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Israel says it caught Iranian spy with photos of U.S. embassy

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Israel says it caught Iranian spy with photos of U.S. embassy

JERUSALEM

Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:26am EDT

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Israel disclosed on Sunday the arrest of an Iranian-Belgian citizen on suspicion of spying for Iran, saying he had photographed the U.S. embassy and intended to establish business ties in the Jewish state as a cover for espionage.

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Netanyahu: Iran's Charm Offensive Is Ruse To Get Rid Of Sanctions

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Netanyahu: Iran's Charm Offensive Is Ruse To Get Rid Of Sanctions

EDITH M. LEDERER
10/01/13 02:31 PM ET EDT

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Israel's Netanyahu to press Obama for no let-up on Iran pressure

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Dan Williams and Matt Spetalnick

NEW YORK
WASHINGTON

Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:27am EDT

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Israeli-Palestinian talks won’t fix the Middle East’s problems

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Israeli-Palestinian talks won’t fix the Middle East’s problems

Ian Bremmer

JULY 31, 2013

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"The killing could deal a new blow to U.S.-led Mideast peace efforts, which resumed in July after a nearly five-year break. "

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Israel's security agency: Israeli soldier abducted, killed by Palestinian in West Bank

Published September 21, 2013

Associated Press

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Clashes erupt in Jerusalem between Muslim worshippers and Israeli police

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Clashes erupt in Jerusalem between Muslim worshippers and Israeli police

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Israeli police and Palestinians clash at a Jerusalem holy site after stones are thrown in the direction of those guarding the site.

Gavino Garay reports.
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Israel strikes down law targeting African migrants

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UPDATE: 17/09/2013 - AFRICA - IMMIGRATION - ISRAEL - ISRAELI POLITICS

Israel strikes down law targeting African migrants

Israel strikes down law targeting African migrants

Israel’s supreme court has revoked a law that allowed authorities to hold African migrants in detention for up to three years, in a move cheered by rights groups and criticised by hardliners as a threat to the country’s Jewish character.

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Israel eases curbs on building materials for Gaza

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17 SEPTEMBER 2013 -

Israel eases curbs on building materials for Gaza

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In public shift, Israel calls for Assad's fall

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In public shift, Israel calls for Assad's fall

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