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 March of the living
"I'm standing on a cursed land, the most abominable of the world, accompanied by hundreds of IDF soldiers to proclaim: Never again!", said IDF Chief of Staff Gaby Ashkenazy in Auschwitz, at the March of the Living closing ceremony. |
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The 1967 Myth
By Guy Senbel for Guysen International News |
 This week, we wish to draw our readers’ attention to the issue of Israel’s return of the Golan Heights to Syria in return for peace. While Syria may be bluffing again with the aim to make everyone believe that the solution to peace is in the hands of Israel, this time, Jerusalem did not deny the rumor.
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The Price of Freedom
by Guy Senbel for Guysen International News |
 This week, we wish to draw our readers’ attention to the Pesach holiday that Jews are celebrating this week, and to the ideas and symbols, for freedom and for Israel , that it conveys.
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Hamas is looking for a war
by Guy Senbel for Guysen International News |
 This week, we would like to draw our readers’ attention to the threats posed by Hamas. For Israel, for Egypt, for the Palestinians and for peace. This week again, Israel was the scene of dramatic attacks. Most of these attacks however drew little attention and were mostly presented as the consequence of Israeli pressure on the Gaza Strip. In Gaza, the IDF is fighting Hamas, not the Palestinian Authority. An organization which advocates violence and the destruction of Israel while looking for a war and carrying its plans.
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The Syrian Agenda
By Guy Senbel for Guysen International News |
 Editorial for the week of the 04/05/2008
This week, we would like to draw our readers’ attention to the growing tensions between Syria and Israel over the past week. There is a definite risk of escalation. Syria was just subjected to a historical defeat during the Arab League Summit although it was hosting it. Accused of contributing to the destabilization of the entire region, Bashar Assad is making what looks like a last attempt to become the champion of Arab unity – against Israel.
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| 23:38 |
Somalia: At least twelve people were killed during an US aviation attack against Al Qaeda targets. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 23:25 |
The MP and head of the National Religious Party, Zvouloun Orlev said about the reconvening of Ehud Olmert by police in connection with a corruption case that ''a Prime Minister who is interrogated (by police) in the connection with three cases should have to resign from his duties for a long time. '' (Guysen.International.News)
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| 23:18 |
The USA have cancelled at the last moment their decision to close the Embassy of Belarus in Washington and its consulate in New York. This measure should be taken in retaliation with Minsk's decision to expel a large portion of USA staff of the Belarus embassy. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 22:19 |
Dozens residents of Sderot have burned tires at the entrance of the city to protest against the firing of Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip. The police dispersed the protesters and firefighters extinguished the flames. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 21:41 |
USA: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has called on soldiers who suffer from post-traumatic syndromes following the war in Iraq to consult a psychiatrist. He held these remarks in a Texan institute who treat soldiers with such disorders. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 20:59 |
USA: two fighter pilots have been killed in the crash of a US air airplane, over a Texas training base. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 19:46 |
The General Secretary of the Arab League, Amr Moussa arrived in Beirut Thursday evening to try to resolve the political crisis which paralysed Lebanon for several months.
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He will meet with the commander of the armed forces and presidential candidate Michel Sleimane, with the opposition leader Michel Aoun and with the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri.
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| 19:15 |
A Qassam rocket just exploded near the security fence near the Nahal Oz Kibbutz without causing any injuries. 14 Qassam rockets were fired Thursday afternoon toward the western Negev. (Guysen.International.News)
One of them fell inside a kibbutz, another one exploded at Sderot and a third in the industrial zone of Sha'ar Hanegev. All other exploded on vacant lots. In all cases, we don't regret no injuries but some damage to see.
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| 18:47 |
Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is visiting the USA, said Thursday that Iran could possess the technology to manufacture a nuclear bomb as early as this year, with at least one year ahead of more pessimistic forecast. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 18:36 |
Alluding to angioplasty suffered by Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, Jordan, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said he had conversed with the Palestinian president and that he ''was doing very well''. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 18:06 |
The Hatikva sounds currently on the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau in the presence of 12,000 participants at the March of the Living. The Israeli national anthem is closing the ceremony. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 17:48 |
The tone rises between USA and Belarus: the U.S. State Department ordered the Belarus to close its embassy in Washington and will itself close the U.S. embassy in Minsk. (Guysen.International.News)
Washington is in fact more and more critical of the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko and called for the release of political prisoners.
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| 17:28 |
''I'm standing on a cursed land, the most abominable of the world, accompanied by hundreds of soldiers and officers of the IDF to declare: Never again!'', said IDF Chief of Staff Gaby Ashkenazy during his speech at Auschwitz-Birkenau, at the March of the living closing ceremony. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 16:56 |
The Pentagon confirmed Thursday that the USA had led an aerial attack aimed a senior Al Qaeda in Somalia, but refused to give his identity. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 16:18 |
The media magnate Rupert Murdoch, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are among the 100 most influential people in the world. This is reflected in the annual ranking of American Time magazine, published Thursday. (Guysen.International.News)
The three presidential candidates, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, also have their place in the ranking.
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| 16:08 |
The Yad Mordechai Kibbutz Museum has reconstituted the bunker in which the fighters had dug during the Jewish revolt of the Warsaw Ghetto. It will be open to the public for the first time Thursday evening at the traditional ceremony of Yom Hashoah. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 15:08 |
A Qassam rocket fired from northern Gaza exploded near the Erez crossing. There were no injuries. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 14:44 |
Noam Shalit, father of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, requires to pose as a condition for a possible truce the release of his son. In an interview with Israeli radio, he expressed concern that Egypt pushes Israel to a cease-fire that does not include the release of Gilad. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 14:27 |
The March of the Living, from Auschwitz to Birkenau, has just started in the presence of many dignitaries including the chief of General Staff of Israel Defense Forces, General Gaby Ashkenazy and the former chief rabbi of Israel Meir Lau, thousands of young coming from all over the world and survivors of the Holocaust. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 13:55 |
The Minister Méïr Shétrit rejects any truce with Hamas, and calls for ''breaking'' the terrorist organization. According to him, the ceasefire will only allow Hamas to strengthen and restructure and IDF must continue its operations without respite until terrorists capitulate. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 13:06 |
7 Qassam rockets were fired from northern Gaza, one landed at Sderot, one in Nir Am, the rest in vacant lots outside of Sderot. A woman was very slightly injured. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 12:37 |
May 1: Demonstrators around the world are demanding higher wages to address the food crisis. Several rallies were organized on the occasion of Labour Day in Asian capitals. In Turkey, clashes erupted with police. In Paris, unions have mobilized against the pension reform. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 12:19 |
Israel: justice authorizes the Islamic Movement to mark the 60th anniversary of the Naqba. The Ministry of Interior and the municipality of Kfar Kana in Galilee had objected to hold such an event considered ''political'.' (Guysen.International.News)
The Palestinians are commemorating the Naqba, literally ''disaster'' that represents for them the establishment of the State of Israel.
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| 12:07 |
London: Condoleezza Rice will meet tomorrow, Friday, her counterparts of the Quartet, on the sidelines of the conference of donors to the Palestinian Authority. The U.S. Secretary of State will also meet with her French, German, Russian and Chinese counterparts on the situation in Iran. (Guysen.International.News)
Ms. Rice will continue her route through a stage in Israel and in territories controlled by the PA.
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| 11:19 |
China's law against smoking in public places in Beijing enter into force on Thursday in preparation for the Olympic. Smoking is now banned in hospitals, schools and ministries. Restaurants and cafes will have to worry about booking a non-smoking area. (Guysen.International.News)
One third of smokers worldwide are Chinese.
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| 10:45 |
Israeli army confirms the raid in southern Gaza and reveals that the Hamas terrorist eliminated took part in the abduction of Gilad Shalit. The man, Nafez Mansour, also played a role in the attack in Kerem Shalom this Pesach (Passover), which was intended to kidnap other Israeli soldiers. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 10:18 |
98% of young Israelis believe that any society can be a source of a Holocaust. They are 39% thought that we live in a racist society and more than 80% to build on a new Holocaust. (Guysen.International.News)
The survey conducted by the institute Meshoah, studies on the Shoah, also show that over 90% of young people would like the Israeli government to lead the international struggle against genocide in Darfur.
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| 10:03 |
Yom Hashoah: the siren sounded for 2 minutes in Israel, in memory of 6 million Jews killed under the Nazi barbarism. In Yad Vashem, flower jets were filed at the foot of the monument to the insurrection of the Warsaw Ghetto. (Guysen.International.News)
Other ceremonies will be held throughout the day at the Knesset, at Mount Herzl, and at Lohamei Hagetaot Kibbutz.
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| 09:53 |
Israel has transferred wednesday in Gaza hundreds of tons of wheat and cereals under high surveillance. Deliveries are made via the Karni terminal. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 09:36 |
Gaza: 4 Palestinians wounded in an air raid by the IDF in Rafah (south). Two of them were seriously affected, one of the terrorists is a member of Hamas. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 09:27 |
Hamas says that a leader of its armed wing detained in Egypt for 4 years, has been released. Ramzi Hamid, a resident of Djebaliya, thus returned to the Gaza Strip. Five other terrorist are still imprisoned in Egypt. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 08:36 |
A Jerusalem currency exchanger, accused of transferring funds to Hezbollah MP Azmi Bishara, was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment. He was convicted of money laundering and has confessed having transferred via Jordan $ 400,000 to a former Israeli Arab MP accused of spying on behalf of the Lebanese Shiite militia. (Guysen.International.News)
The court was lenient with him because he cooperated with the authorities to update the betrayal of the Member.
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| 08:18 |
Yad Vashem's archives images are online on the Internet from this Thursday. Some 130,000 historic photographs, the largest collection of images of its kind in the world, are now accessible to Internet users. (Guysen.International.News)
It includes testimony ghettos, labour camps, concentration, liberation, and life of survivors after the war.
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| 07:56 |
Somalia: the head of Al Qaeda in the country, and 8 others were killed in a U.S. strike. An American plane apparently dropped a bomb on the house of Aden Hashi Ayro in the town of Dusamareeb, killing 9 people and wounded 6. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 07:44 |
Sinai: 7 dead in a bus crash carrying tourists. The vehicle with on board a quarantine of Canadian tourists, Italian, Ukrainian and Russian was heading to Sharm el-Sheikh to Cairo when it overturned in the Sinai peninsula, before catching fire and be totally burned. At least 16 people were injured. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 07:11 |
USA: Shaul Mofaz said at Yale University that ''all means are good against the Iranian nuclear''. The minister who heads the Israeli delegation in charge of strategic dialogue with the USA said in a speech to students at the famous institution: ''Sometimes history repeats itself. We have a responsibility to make sure that this will not happen''. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 06:40 |
Israeli exports grew by 15.6% during the first four months of the year, according to a study by the Central Office of Statistics. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 04:25 |
Iraq: 4,058 American soldiers have died in the country since the beginning of the intervention forces of the international coalition in March 2003, according to the Department of Defense USA. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 03:08 |
According to a survey by the Israeli Medical Association, more and more Israelis deny care because of rising prices. 31% of respondents claimed to have renounced treatment in 2007 because of its cost. (Guysen.International.News)
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| 02:10 |
Australia: a collision between a fishing vessel and a tourist boat in Sydney Harbour caused the death of 5 people. Nine injured including three in critical condition were also reported. (Guysen.International.News)
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