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BBC Poll: Israel's global image plummets
Israel is ranked third among nations perceived as having a negative influence on the world, the BBC's annual poll shows, indicating further decline in the Jewish state's global image.
Only Iran and Pakistan did worse than Israel in the survey.
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IDF chief Gantz set to make historic visit to China
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz will make a historic visit to Beijing next week for high-level talks with the Chinese defense establishment.
Gantz will leave Israel on Saturday night. He will be the guest of Gen. Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, who visited Israel last August. It was the first time that a Chinese military chief visited the country.
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Arabs Target Samaria in Evening of Attacks
Palestinian Authority Arabs launched several attacks against Israeli targets in Samaria on Wednesday evening, according to a report in the Tazpit agency.
In one incident, terrorists hurled at least 10 firebombs at a road near the Arab village of Az-Zawiya, southeast of Kalkilye. No injuries or damage were reported.
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The US military option for Iran is ‘ready,’ American ambassador to Israel says
The United States has completed its planning for a military strike on Iran, the US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said in remarks at a closed conference in Tel Aviv that were broadcast on Israel TV on Wednesday night.
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Iran to Hezbollah: Don't strike Israel
A senior Iranian official ordered Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah to refrain from striking Israel, several media outlets in Iran reported Wednesday.
Websites affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guards quoted the commander of Iran's al-Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, as warning Nasrallah not to strike Israel during a phone conversation.
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India turns down Barak request to make official visit
The government of India recently turned down a request by Defense Minister Ehud Barak to make an official work visit to that country. A senior Israeli official said that the Indians cited domestic political sensitivities and were not interested in high-profile visits by Israeli officials at this time.
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1 dead in Taiba shootout between police, gunmen
A man was killed and a second injured in a firefight between police and gunmen in the Arab town of Taiba, in the Sharon district of central Israel on Wednesday.
No police officers were injured.
A court-imposed media ban has been placed on all further details of the incident.
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Syrian rebel assassins targeting top supporters of Assad
Sunni rebels have been assassinating Syrians deemed
supporters of the regime of President Bashar Assad.
The opposition has acknowledged that rebels were searching and targeting
civilians identified as key supporters of Assad. They said the
assassinations began in late 2011 and accelerated in 2012.
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Syrian rebels receiving large weapon shipments facilitated by US and Gulf
Syrian rebels have started receiving large shipments of sophisticated weapons financed by Gulf States and coordinated by the US, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
The US daily cited unnamed sources as saying that “Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks.
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Israel Stages Mock Raids after Hizbullah Threat, says Lebanon
Israeli war planes staged mocked raids over Lebanon following concerns Hizbullah might attack Israel if asked by Iran, according to Lebanon’s Beirut Daily Star. Israel has not commented.
The planes reportedly crossed the border late Wednesday morning, diving low several times.
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Putin told me 'Israel will take care of Iran'
Don’t worry about Iran, Israel will take care of it, former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as telling him years ago.
Aznar, speaking Wednesday at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs on a meeting he had with the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in 2002, said Putin’s comments came after he entreated him not to sell S300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran.
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WikiLeaks Cable Led Iran to Hang Spy for Israel
A leaked WikiLeaks cable led Iran to arrest and execute a man alleged to have been hired by the Mossad to assassinate a physicist, the Times of London reported Wednesday.
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Iran drills first large-scale paratroop drops for offensive action
Special operations units of the Iranian army and Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Tuesday, May 14, began a two-day practice of offensive tactics, for the first time dropping large-scale forces from the air deep behind enemy lines.
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Top U.S. think tank warns against Israeli, American strike on Iran
The RAND Corporation, a think tank which advises the Pentagon, warned on Tuesday against an Israeli or American attack on Iran's nuclear reactors, and recommended the Obama administration try to "quietly influence the internal Israeli discussion over the use of military force."
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Arafat's former aide faces embezzlement charges
The shadowy financial adviser of the late Yasser Arafat is being sought on suspicion he stole millions of dollars in public funds, the top Palestinian anti-corruption campaigner said Wednesday.
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Turkey discovers 'Israeli spy bird' as bizarre espionage claims continue
In the latest bizarre espionage claim leveled at Israeli intelligence services, Turkish authorities claimed that a dead bird found by a Turkish farmer in a field may have been conducting covert surveillance for Israel.
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Arab press blushes at new French PM's name
The Arab-speaking media was in a quandary after the appointment of Jean-Marc Ayrault as France's new prime minster on Tuesday -- about how to mention the head of the French government without causing offense.
Transcribed into Arabic from the French pronunciation of his name, "Ayrault" refers to the male sexual organ in several Arabic dialects.
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