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Supermarket mogul offers to purchase troubled poultry processing plant
Rami Levy proposes to acquire the financially troubled Ramat Yishai poultry processing plant Of Haemek, which has been closed due to mounting debts.
REBECCA ANNA STOIL \
3/17/2009 12:01:22 AM
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Analysis: A chance to rediscover aliya
The Absorption Ministry in Israel Beiteinu's hands comes with opportunity to increase aliya from West.
Haviv Rettig Gur \
3/17/2009 12:06:32 AM
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Gov't considers new Hamas sanctions
One suggestion: Treat Hamas prisoners like Hamas treats Schalit; Israel to continue swap negotiations.
Jpost.com staff and Tovah Lazaroff \
3/17/2009 12:15:40 AM
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Josef Fritzl admits incest, pleads innocent to murder
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Western Wall rabbi says pope should not wear cross at site
"Crosses are a symbol that hurt Jewish feelings," Shmuel Rabinovitch tells 'Post'.
Matthew Wagner \
3/17/2009 1:19:56 AM
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US welcomes agreement on Gaza weapons smuggling
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 1:55:20 AM
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Brown: Iran must talk to US
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North Korea fully reopens border crossing
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IDF: Checkpoint removal, shooting not linked
Unknown Imad Mughniyeh Group claims responsibility for deaths of Yehezkel Ramazreger, David Rabinovitch.
YAAKOV LAPPIN \
3/17/2009 4:02:21 AM
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Kadima won't join Netanyahu's gov't
Livni: Kadima won't be a fig-leaf for a narrow coalition; still no agreement between Likud, Shas.
Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
3/17/2009 4:04:32 AM
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EU's Solana: Don't drop two-state solution
Top Netanyahu adviser says solutions will be mulled based on practicality, nothing is written in stone.
TOVAH LAZAROFF \
3/17/2009 4:06:19 AM
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Spitz says he feels badly for Phelps
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Malaysian lawmaker charged with sedition
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Local Soccer: Betar gets its revenge on Hapoel Tel Aviv
Jerusalem defeats arch rival at Teddy a month after taking drubbing at Bloomfield.
JEREMY LAST \
3/17/2009 6:12:34 AM
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Local hoops: Holon beats J'lem in a laugher
Franco's team all but sealed Monday's win in the first six minutes of the contest, storming to a 17-point lead (23-6), from which Jerusalem had no answer.
ALLON SINAI \
3/17/2009 6:19:50 AM
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Tennis: Resurgent Pe'er knocks out Chakvetadze in California
Israel's top women's player faces Azarenka in last-16 of prestigious Indian Wells event.
ALLON SINAI and AP \
3/17/2009 6:23:32 AM
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9th Australian soldier dies in Afghanistan
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 7:07:44 AM
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Schalit: PM will continue negotiations
Prior to cabinet meeting, captive's father delivered letter to Olmert in last minute plea for swap deal.
Jpost.com staff and Tovah Lazaroff \
3/17/2009 8:17:44 AM
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Sri Lanka rejects EU appeal for cease-fire
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Egypt apparently attempting to persuade US, EU to ease demands on Hamas
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 8:45:56 AM
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Canada recovers bodies from helicopter wreckage
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Negev factories to lay off 2,500 workers
Faced with a deteriorating economic climate, 60% of the factories said they had reduced working hours on production lines by an average of 16%.
SHARON WROBEL \
3/17/2009 9:02:12 AM
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Bank of Israel officials to take 5% pay cut
The Bank of Israel has been under public scrutiny for paying excessive wages and benefits, compared to other state workers.
SHARON WROBEL \
3/17/2009 9:04:41 AM
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Mazuz: No legal obstacle to appointing Lieberman foreign minister
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 9:18:47 AM
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'Talks hit snag because Hamas insisted all 450 prisoners be freed'
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 9:27:52 AM
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Syria says relations with Iran will remain strong
Comments follow Saudi attempt to persuade Damascus to distance itself from Teheran.
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Business Scene
According to 'Forbes' the two richest Israelis are real-estate magnate Sammy Ofer and Iscar cutting-tool billionaire Stef Wertheimer.
Greer Fay Cashman \
3/17/2009 9:47:47 AM
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6 dead as Philippine troops battle kidnappers
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Digital World: Corporation Innovation 101
'Large corporations are just as capable of coming up with breakthrough technologies as start-ups are'
DAVID SHAMAH \
3/17/2009 9:58:45 AM
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Bomb goes off under parked car in Herzliya; no casualties
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 10:09:44 AM
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Eitan hints at large-scale military op against Hamas
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 10:14:56 AM
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Burning the midnight oil
Tel Aviv-based indie rockers the Midnight Peacocks may get their big break at Austin's SXSW festival.
David Brinn \
3/17/2009 10:33:14 AM
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Wax poetic
Shira Zelwer first sculpts and then paints, using two media at once.
Helene Eisenstein \
3/17/2009 10:38:48 AM
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Yishai: This gov't probably won't secure Schalit's release
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 10:40:21 AM
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Fringe theater readies the Hedgehogs
Lifetime Achievement awards will go to veteran actor Shmuel Wolf and theater artist/innovator Amir Uryan.
HELEN KAYE \
3/17/2009 10:43:31 AM
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NY Philharmonic plays Avner Dorman
The New York performance will include Israeli percussionists PercaDu.
JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/17/2009 10:45:58 AM
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UK's Brown: Iran must talk to the Americans
British prime minister says if Islamic republic doesn't take up Obama's offer, it will face tougher sanctions.
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Actor Ron Silver dies of cancer
Silver had a long history of balancing acting with left-leaning social and political causes.
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North Korea reopens border crossing to South
South Koreans can commute to jobs at factories in a northern economic zone.
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6 dead as Philippine troops battle Qaida-linked kidnappers
There was no word on the fate of the hostages - a Swiss, an Italian and a Filipino - held for more than two months.
MANILA, Philippines \
3/17/2009 11:30:49 AM
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US says it shot down an Iranian drone
Ababil surveillance aircraft said to have been intercepted by US jets "well-inside Iraqi airspace."
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UK lawmakers try to force Hamas talks
Baroness Tonge: "The way we got around the Northern Ireland situation was by talking to the IRA."
JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP \
3/17/2009 11:35:28 AM
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Seven Afghan militants killed in US raid
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Medvedev calls for modernizing Russia's military
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Minister Avraham-Balila remains optimistic on Schalit issue
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 12:26:02 PM
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Top official involved in Schalit talks: Negotiations not over
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 12:42:02 PM
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Iran says it knows nothing on drone US shot down
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Canadian university to probe clashes over Mideast
Jewish students have complained of a toxic atmosphere on campus arising from Israel's recent military incursion in the Gaza Strip.
jta \
3/17/2009 12:45:50 PM
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Financial crisis slams Russia's Jewish billionaires
Lost more than two-thirds of their wealth in 2008, according to figures released by Forbes magazine.
jta \
3/17/2009 12:47:54 PM
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Nokia to lay off 1,700 worldwide
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'Universities squandering their funds'
State comptroller: Irregular salaries behind dire financial straits of higher education institutions.
rebecca anna stoil and elie leshem \
3/17/2009 1:30:49 PM
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Boy lightly wounded in Shfaram school stabbing
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 1:49:09 PM
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N. Korea fully reopens border crossing
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Welfare and Finance ministries approve new unemployment benefit plan
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 3:03:57 PM
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Madagascar president says power handed to military
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'Netanyahu won't form gov't this week'
Israel Radio reports PM-designate to ask president for 14 more days as talks with Shas, UTJ continue.
jpost.com staff and Gil Stern Stern hoffman \
3/17/2009 3:59:18 PM
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Visiting Arab League chief praises Iraq's progress
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NGOs condemned for ignoring Schalit
B'Tselem and Amnesty, accused by NGO Monitor of being "neglectful," reject claims as smear campaign.
Etgar Lefkovits \
3/17/2009 4:44:12 PM
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Police: Mexican bus crash kills 11, injures at least 15
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Olmert to make special address on Schalit issue at 8 p.m.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 5:51:59 PM
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Police arrest man who had not renewed license since Yom Kippur War
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 5:59:41 PM
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Washington Times: Uzi Arad denied US entry visa
Likely next NSC head reportedly seen as an intelligence risk, gov't working to rectify situation.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 6:15:48 PM
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'Israel could attack Iran with missiles'
US think tank: Ballistic missiles hold lower political and operational risks.
Hilary Leila Krieger, Jpost correspondent in Washington \
3/17/2009 7:02:48 PM
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Iranian official: US ties don't affect unrest in Afghanistan
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Draft for 'Durban II' meeting drops Israel criticism
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Livni's moment
Livni can still demonstrate that she's not only popular, but can make statesmanlike sacrifices.
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The right to independent living in the community
Institutionalization is harmful, unjustified, unnecessary, illegal and anachronistic.
FRIMET ROTH \
3/17/2009 7:54:08 PM
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They do not represent us
Protecting our women from 'modesty police' and restoring our honor.
YAKOV HOROWITZ \
3/17/2009 7:56:03 PM
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March 18: Nu, world?
As Israeli support for the unconditional release of over 1,000 dangerous prisoners for one Gilad Schalit grew, where was the world outcry of "disproportionate response"?
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Grapevine: In her own right
Clara Hirsch's autobiographical paintings, the Keinon family juggler, and the strange case of the murder with no body and the killer who confessed but was cleared.
Greer Fay Cashman \
3/17/2009 8:03:43 PM
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Recession could have an upside, Ben-David says
TAU prof. calls downturn a chance to make much-needed reforms.
Ruth Eglash \
3/17/2009 8:05:04 PM
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Requests to fire pregnant women on the rise
Report finds employer requests to fire pregnant workers up nearly 90% in the first month of 2009.
Ruth Eglash \
3/17/2009 8:06:50 PM
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PM on Schalit talks: We have red lines
Gov't agrees to free 325 of 450 terrorists on list; panel to mull toughening conditions of prisoners.
herb keinon and khaled abu toameh \
3/17/2009 8:19:11 PM
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Noam Schalit: The government knows what to do and how to do it
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 8:29:35 PM
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The names of prisoners Israel won't free
In unprecedented move, gov't releases names of high-profile prisoners Hamas is demanding in swap.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 8:41:50 PM
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'Durban II' draft drops Israel criticism
EU threatened not to attend summit unless Muslims end attempts to make it an Israel smear campaign.
TOVAH LAZAROFF \
3/17/2009 8:59:13 PM
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Obama taps Rooney as ambassador to Ireland
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Uzi Dayan - the next Jewish Agency chairman?
Appointment could be torpedoed by efforts of overseas donors to wrest the chairmanship from Israeli political parties.
Haviv Rettig Gur \
3/17/2009 9:37:35 PM
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Peres: Police needs more manpower, money
During visit to National Police HQ, president speaks about resources police needs to play part in full in the war on crime.
YAAKOV LAPPIN \
3/17/2009 9:39:12 PM
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Bin Laden calls for infiltration of Jordan as way to 'liberate al-Aksa'
MEMRI's director of the Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project tells 'Post' there's been "something going on in Jordan" in recent months.
Maya Spitzer \
3/17/2009 9:43:00 PM
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Controversial play about Gaza set for NY reading
Seven Jewish Children drew accusations of anti-Semitism during its London run last month.
Allison Hoffman, Jpost correspondent in New york \
3/17/2009 9:44:41 PM
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British film director: Rise in anti-Semitism understandable
British director Ken Loach: Gaza op "one of great crimes of past decades."
JONNY PAUL, JPost correspondent in LONDON \
3/17/2009 9:46:30 PM
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Freeman imbroglio splits liberal US Jewish NGOs
Activists ask: What will happen when Obama gets tough on settlements?
Hilary Leila Krieger, Jpost correspondent in Washington \
3/17/2009 9:48:26 PM
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Where is the Arab outrage over Darfur?
The biggest challenge to the freedom of press in the Middle East is self-censorship.
ERAN TZIDKIYAHU \
3/17/2009 9:50:31 PM
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The greatest haters
The extremism of foreign anti-Israel protests exceeds those of the Palestinians.
Seth Frantzman \
3/17/2009 9:52:28 PM
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UN general assembly president blasts Israeli apartheid
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Mazuz to Netanyahu: Lieberman can serve as foreign minister
REBECCA ANNA STOIL \
3/17/2009 10:17:29 PM
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Egypt: Hamas caught smuggling money
Two officials in group tried hiding nearly $1 m. in tin cans on way back from reconciliation talks in Cairo.
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Environmental activists give Ezra failing grade as minister
Outgoing environmental protection minister "deserted the environmental cause when push came to shove."
EHUD ZION WALDOKS \
3/17/2009 10:26:07 PM
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Foreign experts challenge Israeli energy dinosaurs
As outsiders look ahead to greener policies, local leaders cling to 20th century plans.
EHUD ZION WALDOKS \
3/17/2009 10:27:17 PM
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Ben-Eliezer: We've laid groundwork for energy revolution
During his term as national infrastructures minister, many fossil fuel and renewable energy projects have been advanced.
EHUD ZION WALDOKS \
3/17/2009 10:28:04 PM
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US museum blasted for pro-Nazi mufti bio
Group says documented facts about Hajj Amin al-Husseinei glossed over to be politically correct.
Etgar Lefkovits \
3/17/2009 10:53:07 PM
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Survey: Support for 'relaxing' traditions to combat assimilation
EJC sec.-gen.: "Small, minor communities with lots of assimilation undoubtedly would support more relaxed policies. If there were a similar survey done just in France, the results would be entirely different."
Maya Spitzer \
3/17/2009 10:54:14 PM
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Rehovot doctors save Palestinian's hand
21-year-old student's left hand was accidentally amputated at a building site when a metal disk flew in his direction.
JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/17/2009 11:20:12 PM
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Dahlan to Hamas: Never recognize Israel
Former Fatah security commander says his organization never acknowledged the Jewish State.
Khaled Abu Toameh \
3/17/2009 11:23:00 PM
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Motorcyclist seriously hurt in traffic accident in Beersheba
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/17/2009 11:25:13 PM
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US: North Korea rejects US food aid