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President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush arrive in Israel (photo: Reuters)
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US President and Mrs. Bush visit Israel for 60th anniversary
14 May 2008
President Peres and Prime Minister Olmert welcomed President and Mrs. Bush at Ben Gurion Airport, praising American friendship and support for Israel and stressing the importance of the "strategic alliance" between the two countries.
President Bush: "We consider the Holy Land a very special place. We're proud to reaffirm the friendship of our peoples, and we're delighted to join you in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel."
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6 May 2008
Israel Independence Day is celebrated annually, according to the Hebrew calendar, on 5 Iyar, the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. As this date falls this year on the Sabbath, celebrations have been moved up to Thursday, May 8.
The day preceding this celebration is devoted to the memory of those who gave their lives for the achievement of the country's independence and its continued existence.
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Facts About Israel 2008 edition |
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FM Livni and Mongolian FM Oyun signing agreement of cooperation (Photo: Lior Mizrahi) |
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13 May 2008
FM Livni: Lebanon is an example of a country where the moderates are growing weaker as Iran attempts to gain control by means of an armed militia, and to destabilize the region at the same time. Israel expects all countries of the world who share its values to demonstrate decisiveness in their opposition to extremism.
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Lethal attack in the front yard (Photo: Edi Israel) |
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11 May 2008
Following numerous rocket and mortar attacks on the western Negev over the weekend, in which one civilian was killed and others were injured, the Israeli Air Force struck two Hamas police stations in southern Gaza, killing five terrorist operatives and wounding others.
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| Israeli military helicopter releases flare over Gaza (Photo: Reuters) |
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2 May 2008
Conclusions from the IDF investigation of the incident in Beit-Hanoun on April 28th, in which a mother and four children were killed, corroborate conclusions of the preliminary inquiry.
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10 Apr 2008
The release today by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITTC) of their latest report, "Hamas's military buildup in the Gaza Strip" marks the first comprehensive study into the issue to be published.
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21 months have passed since the unprovoked abduction of Gilad Shalit on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza on June 25, 2006 and the abduction of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser on the Israeli side of the Lebanese border on July 12, 2006.
When celebrating the Passover seder this year, we will leave an empty chair to remember the sons who have been denied their freedom on this Festival of Freedom.
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| Paramedics evacuate woman injured in the attack (Photo: Edi Israel) |
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14 May 2008
A Palestinian Grad rocket launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip smashed into a busy shopping mall in the coastal city of Ashkelon at 6 pm today, burying many shoppers under the rubble. Initial reports state that 31 people were wounded – five seriously, two moderately and the rest slightly. A mother and her two-year-old daughter who were in the clinic at the time of the attack were among the five seriously wounded.
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| Medics remove the body of the woman killed after a rocket fired from Gaza scored a direct hit on the house she was in (Photo: Reuters/Amir Cohen) |
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12 May 2008
Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for the rocket attack on a small Israeli community in which 70-year-old Shuli Katz was killed. This attack came only four days after another attack killed a father of three in kibbutz Kfar Aza.
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Volunteers from the Israeli Flying Aid team help Indonesia earthquake victims in Java in June 2006.
(Photo: Israel 21C) |
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12 May 2008
As the death toll in Myanmar (formerly Burma) rises to more than 23,335, according to official reports, and the risk of disease mounts, Israeli relief workers have flown out to the disaster torn region.
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4 May 2008
Mainstream Palestinian forum:
What kind of resistance is this that occupies the homes of innocent civilians and set up its rockets near the homes of unarmed and innocent people, to launch a rocket that falls on the ground in an open area, so children and women will be killed afterwards? What kind of resistance is it that insists on continuing to shed Palestinian blood at the lowest price just to prove it is a “resistance,” even if it sacrifices all else? How long shall we ourselves believe it?
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| FM Livni and Britain's Foreign Sec. David Miliband (photo by John Rifkin) |
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2 May 2008
In her address at the annual AHLC Donors' Conference in London, FM Tzipi Livni summarized Israel's policy and vision regarding a solution to the conflict, reported on progress in the ngotiations and on the ground, emphasized the difficulties posed by ongoing terrorism and expressed her belief that the process can ultimately succeed.
FM Livni also met with PM Gordon Brown, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Jordanian Foreign Minister Salaheddin Al-Bashir, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and other senior officials, as well as with the heads of the Jewish communities of Great Britain.
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| War of Independence, IDF 8th Brigade (photo: La-am) |
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30 Apr 2008
45,000 Israeli high school students retrace the steps of the brave men and women who fought in battles for Jerusalem in 1948 and 1967, in an educational project sponsored by the Ministry of Defense, in collaboration with the Western Wall Heritage Foundation and the 60th Anniversary Administration.
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| Updated November 2007 |
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• What is Israel's position on a Palestinian state?
• Does Israel have partners for making peace in the Arab world?
• Why is Israel a Jewish state?
• How does Israel's legal system protect human rights and basic freedoms?
• Is Palestinian terrorism part of international terrorism?
Read the answers to these and many more questions.
Now also available in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian (pdf).
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