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There is in Park Slope, Brooklyn, bastion of liberal, organic, local and sustainable stuff, a thing called the Park Slope Food Coop. It’s a very nice idea, and a very popular one. You pay a fee and work a shift a month in what amounts to a glorified supe
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Iran's leaders may be trying to rally support at home by adopting a belligerent stance toward critics of its nuclear program and threatening to plunge the Middle East into war, some experts say. Tensions in the Middle East rose steadily Tuesday as Iran t
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Children of migrant workers take part in a protest outside the office of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem February 21, 2012, against the deportation of migrant workers' families from Israel. View Photo »
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present to them the new vision he is formulating regarding relations between the State of Israel and Diaspora Jewry
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Oil hovers above $106 as Iran tensions mount By ALEX KENNEDY Associated Press By ALEX KENNEDY Updated: 2012-02-22T08:36:45Z More News SINGAPORE -- Oil prices hovered above $106 a barrel Wednesday in Asia amid concern that conflict over Iran's nuclear pro
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Water has served not only as a vital resource to humans, but also as the cause of conflict in certain regions, Tami Shor told a group of 12 Boston University students on Tuesday. Students listened as Shor, a member of the Israel Water Authority spoke of
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Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the New York-based Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish American Organizations _ a central coordinating body for American Jewry, representing 52 national Jewish agencies, speaks with The Associated... View Photo »
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every student is in need of proper education. When it comes to special education, it is our ethical and moral duty to care for these individuals. The State of Israel is committed to take the most appropriate action for the immigrant community and certainly the immigrant students in public special educat...
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Punishing years under siege, Cast Lead's devastation, and regular IDF air, land and sea attacks took a terrible toll on Gazans physically, economically and emotionally. In 2010, Doctors Without Borders (Medicine Sans Frontiers) said over half of children
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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22, 2012): PAS Spiritual Leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (pix) has reiterated that the party will never recognise "the forbidden state of Israel". He said it is an appropriate stand considering that Israel came about by way of the d
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The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (help·info), Medinat Yisra'el; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ إِسْرَائِيل, Dawlat Isrā'īl) is a country in the Western Asian Levant, on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon on the north, Syria and Jordan on the east, and Egypt on the south-west. It has a population of over seven... Full Article
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