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Israel moved closer to its goal of energy independence as natural gas from a large offshore field began flowing into the country, a harbinger of important change that will benefit the country.
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Israel moved closer to its goal of energy independence as natural gas from a large offshore field began flowing into the country, a harbinger of important change that will benefit the country.
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JERUSALEM, March 24- Israel did not commit to ending its Gaza blockade as part of reconciliation with Turkey and could clamp down even harder on the Palestinian enclave if security is threatened, Israeli officials said on Sunday.
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*Israel says latest firing from Syria was deliberate attack. JERUSALEM, March 24- Israel said it fired into Syria on Sunday and destroyed a machinegun position in the Golan Heights from where shots had been fired at Israeli soldiers in a further spillover of the Syrian civil war along a tense front.
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"Gringo, return to your country," read a sign held by a small group of Palestinian protesters who watched the presidential motorcade roll into Bethlehem from Jerusalem after it passed through Israel's controversial barrier in the occupied West Bank.
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*Obama makes symbolic gestures on last day of Israel visit. JERUSALEM, March 22- On the last day of a visit to Israel, U.S. Basking in bright sunshine, Obama walked through Jerusalem's Mount Herzl cemetery, laying a wreath on the black marble tomb of Theodor Herzl, the Zionist visionary who died more than four decades before the 1948 founding of Israel.
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ISTANBUL, March 22- Turkish share prices recovered some of their earlier losses on Friday after signs of an improvement in the country's political relations with Israel, and as bond yields edged up ahead of a central bank meeting next week.
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President Barack Obama was given a rapturous reception by Israeli students on Thursday as he made a rousing call for peace with the Palestinians, but his lofty oratory got lower marks beyond the conference hall.
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*Palestinians in Gaza fire two rockets into Israel. *Iranian leader threatens Tel Aviv if Israel strikes. Obama, on his first official visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank, said only peace could bring true security, but he did not offer any new ideas on how to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, stalled since 2010..
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Ziad Asali, President & Founder at American Task Force on Palestine says Obama and Netanyahu will seek to strike a balance between their countries' interests and values.
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*Obama: chemical arms allegations in Syria must be probed* Says still time for diplomacy over Iran nuclear issue* Netanyahu says Israel has right to defend itself By Matt Spetalnick and Jeffrey Heller.
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JERUSALEM, March 18- New Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who once told Benjamin Netanyahu he didn't "know anything about economics," has a golden opportunity to push through much-needed structural reforms to lower the deficit and boost the economy.
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BRUSSELS, March 18- Six major powers gave Iran more details of their proposals to end a standoff over Tehran's nuclear programme in talks in Istanbul on Monday, the European Union said.
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JERUSALEM, March 18- Israel's new cabinet, meeting for the first time after receiving approval from parliament on Monday, voted to extend the deadline by which it must pass the 2013 budget to 135 days from 45, the Finance Ministry said.
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JERUSALEM, March 18- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new governing coalition took office after a parliamentary vote on Monday with powerful roles reserved for supporters of settlers in occupied territory.
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JERUSALEM, March 18- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new governing coalition took office after a parliamentary vote on Monday with powerful roles reserved for supporters of settlers in occupied territory.
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JERUSALEM, March 18- New Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who once told Benjamin Netanyahu he didn't "know anything about economics," has a golden opportunity to push through much-needed structural reforms to lower the deficit and boost the economy.
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JERUSALEM, March 18- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new governing coalition prepared to take office after a parliamentary vote on Monday with powerful roles reserved for supporters of settlers in occupied territory.
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BEIJING- China has become the world's fifth-largest arms exporter, a respected Sweden- based think-tank said on Monday, its highest ranking since the Cold War, with Pakistan the main recipient.
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JERUSALEM, March 18- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new governing coalition prepared to take office after a parliamentary vote on Monday with powerful roles reserved for supporters of settlers in occupied territory.
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*Tensions with Iran keep supply worries in focus. NEW YORK, March 15- U.S. crude oil futures settled higher on Friday, driven by strong U.S. industrial output data in the world's largest oil consumer and a weaker U.S. dollar.