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Gaza rockets pummel Israel's south for third day; 200,000 students ordered to stay home

School called off in southern Israel after about 50 rockets fired over the weekend; 18 Palestinians killed in IAF strikes since Friday.

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rockets - AFP - April 10 2011
Harel and Issacharoff / This round will likely go to Israel

If there are fewer launches Monday, Israel will likely reduce its attacks, and this round of hostilities will wind down by midweek.

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Report: Hamas, Islamic Jihad chiefs committed to Gaza cease-fire

Egyptian ambassador to PA tells Ma'an news agency that Egypt is in 'race against time' to halt the violent escalation in Gaza.

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Chemi Shalev / American expert: U.S. will only OK an Israeli attack on Iran that 'can get job done'

Walter Russell Mead, one of America’s foremost foreign policy gurus, tells Haaretz Iran may soon offer compromise formulas aimed at 'driving a wedge' between Israel and the U.S.

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Justice Salim Joubran  - Tomer Appelbaum
Netanyahu backs High Court's Arab justice over refusal to sing the national anthem

Justice Salim Joubran was castigated by far-right figures, parliamentarians after being seen on TV not singing the anthem with the rest of the judges, after Supreme Court's new president was sworn in.

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New Delhi attack - AP - 14022012
Indian journalist involved in Delhi attack on Israeli embassy also connected to Bangkok bombers

Israel's National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror scheduled to visit India to discuss last month's bomb attack against the Israeli embassy.

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Novoplansky - Assayag - 11.3.12
Israeli study shows: Plants 'talk' through the roots

The Ben-Gurion University team discovers plants can transmit distress signals to each other through their roots.

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Middle East

Annan Syria - AP - 11.3.12

International push to end Syria crisis stalls

UN envoy Kofi Annan leaves country without securing a ceasefire; government forces shell Idlib and Homs.

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Ahmadinejad dismisses Western threats against Iran

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asserts that threats against Iran are 'a psychological war'; says world should respect Iran's legitimate rights.

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Annan, Assad to hold second meeting in Syrian capital

Damascus meeting comes day after first round of talks, in which the UN envoy made several proposals toward ending the country's political crisis that were rebuffed by the Syrian president.

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Diplomacy & Defense

Gaza missiles - AFP - March 11, 2012

Gaza rockets penetrate Israeli defense system due to Iron Dome malfunction

Two rockets hit Be'er Sheva school and residential neighborhood; senior official to Haaretz: Iron Dome cannot provide absolute protection.

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Gaza rockets strike residential neighborhood in Be'er Sheva

Rockets strike main urban area in Israel for first time since escalation began on Friday; Iron Dome has intercepted more than 30 rockets.

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Top Israeli security official to visit India, month after New Delhi terror attack

Yaakov Amidror will meet with Indian officials, discuss last month's bomb attack in New Delhi on an Israeli diplomat's wife; Indian journalist was recently arrested in connection to the attack.

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National

Highway 1 fire March 11, 2012 (Steve Klein)

Truck fire snarls traffic on main Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway

Truck catches on fire on Highway 1 near Ben Gurion Airport; police recommend motorists use Highway 443 as alternative route.

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Israel inspector suspected of accepting bribes for approving substandard bomb shelters

Company circumvents Home Front Command’s instructions, which have caused delays and soaring costs for a project to build bomb shelters across the country.

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Haredi men suspected of repeated rape of their underage sister-in-law

According to the woman, the 2 men assaulted her hundreds of times ten years ago, from the time she was 12 until after turning 14.

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Business

Tnuva cottage cheese.

Tnuva milked over NIS 100m excess profit from Israel's dairy market

Major Israeli dairy company Tnuva took in over NIS 50 million in monopoly profits, according to two senior economic figures submitting their opinion as part of a class action law suit against the company.

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Report: BG to sell Gaza gas field

The company hopes to receive $70 million to $80 million for its share in the Gaza coast field, Bloomberg stated. It intends to sell $5 billion in assets over the next two years.

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Grant for Pri Hagalil would illicitly boost sector's largest player, says competitor

The owners of the the Hatzor Haglilit factory have repeatedly threatened to shut the plant if they don't receive a NIS 18 million grant they say they were promised by the state.

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Culture

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Art in the Internet age

From art for the search-engine generation to Israel’s culture wars − a look ahead to exhibition openings this weekend.

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Israel's new capital of culture

It seems there is a desire to shed light equally, or even as a kind of affirmative action, on Haifa and Jerusalem.

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Be Merry / Pretty pickle

It's the perfect season to pickle lemons and add a touch of exoticism to your cooking.

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Sports

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Soccer / Premier League / Kiryat Shmona marches toward title

Beitar J'lem wins again, Bnei Yehuda scores five.

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Tennis / Indian Wells / On fire Dudi Sela advances,but Shahar Peer crashes out

Sela, who has risen to 63 in the world rankings in recent weeks, faced Gilles Simon of France, ranked 13th in the world, in the second round; Meanwhile, Shahar Peer continued her steady decline.

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Soccer / English Premiership / Tottenham suffers third straight loss

Nikica Jelavic's first goal for Everton gave the Merseysiders victory, leaving Tottenham just four points ahead of Arsenal, having played a game more.

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