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ISRAEL: ELECTION CAMPAIGNERS BATTLE TO ATTRACT YOUNG VOTERS
English/Nat
With elections just a week away, Israel's two main parties are engaged in a fierce battle to attract young voters.
And Israeli youth is rising to the challenge.
A generation which had hitherto been written off by its elders...
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Israel fears Jewish extremists may attempt to kill PM
Jerusalem, 18 October 2004
1. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon walking down corridor in Knesset surrounded by nine security guards: UPSOUND Supporters chanting pro-Sharon slogans in Hebrew
Tel Aviv, 19 October 2004
2. SOUNDBITE:...
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New Labor party leader makes first public appearance after victory
Mount Herzl cemetery, Jerusalem
1. Wide of Amir Peretz entering cemetery
2. Wide of Peretz laying wreath on Rabin's grave (woman standing on his left is his wife, Ahlama Peretz)
3. Peretz placing wreath
4. Peretz stood pausing for...
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LEBANON: RABIN ASSASSINATION: REACTION
Arabic/Nat
While admirers around the world mourn the violent end to Yitzhak Rabin's quest for peace in the Middle East, his enemies have been lighting up the skies with celebratory gunfire.
In Lebanon, many Lebanese and Palestinians as...
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ISRAEL: JERUSALEM: PALESTINIANS CONVERGE ON HOLY CITY FOR RAMADAN
Arabic/Nat
Tensions mounted in Jerusalem today as thousands of Palestinians converged on the Holy City for the second Friday of Ramadan.
Fearing more attacks, Israeli security was tight.
But there is some evidence that the security...
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Israel - Palestinians protest loss of land rights
The Israeli army on Monday (4/11) prevented scores of Palestinian villagers from holding a protest near the West Bank village of Kharbata - land the Palestinians claim has been unlawfully confiscated from them.
In Tel Aviv a group of...
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ISRAEL: BRITISH PRIME MINISTER JOHN MAJOR VISIT: 2ND DAY
English/Nat
On the second day of his visit to Israel, British Prime Minister John Major managed to avoid the numerous political landmines of the Middle East.
He pleased his Israeli hosts by visiting the Holocaust Museum, but was careful...
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SYND 2 6 76 ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER ALLON AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN JERUSALEM
Israeli Foreign Minister, Yigal Allon, says Israel is still hopeful that Egypt, Syria and Jordan will enter negotiations to end their continuing state of war with Israel. Speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem, Mr Allon said Israel...
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ISRAEL: YITZHAK RABIN AND YASSER ARAFAT PEACE TALKS BREAK DOWN
English/Nat
A crucial summit between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat broke down Thursday as the two leaders failed to reach agreement on basic issues threatening the peace process.
During talks in the...
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MIDDLE EAST: ANTI ISRAELI GOVERNMENT PROTESTS
English/Nat
Right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu called on Israel's government Wednesday to shelve plans for a military withdrawal from the West Bank in response to a wave of suicide bombings by Islamic militants.
However, during a...
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ISRAEL: PALESTINIANS CELEBRATE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM WEST BANK
English/Nat
Palestinians shouting "God is great," have been celebrating the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank city of Jenin.
It is the first city to come under Palestinian self-rule following the Israeli PLO agreement...
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Jordan - Sit-In-Strike At Hussein Grand Mosque
Jordanian opposition parties held a sit-in-strike at the Hussein
Grand Mosque in Amman on Monday (25/7) to protest at the historic
summit meeting between King Hussein of Jordan and the Israeli
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, due to be held...
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USA: WASHINGTON: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES VISIT
English/Nat
Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres has appealed to President Assad of Syria to make peace.
Addressing a joint meeting of Congress in Washington, he said neither Israel or Syria should dwell on the past but should be...
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ISRAEL: SHIMON PERES ATTACKS YOUNGER COLLEAGUES IN SPEECH
English/Nat
In what may be his last speech as Labour Party leader, a bitter and often emotional Shimon Peres on Tuesday attacked younger colleagues who want to remove him from power.
The former Israeli prime minister sparked an...
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ISRAEL/LEBANON: FURTHER SHELLING OF LEBANESE VILLAGES
Natural Sound
Rockets have hit northern Israel from South Lebanon missing the border towns of Kiryat Shmona and Nahariya.
The attack came after Israeli Defence Forces attacked a South Lebanon village on Saturday night, killing two and...
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Israel - Inauguration of Peace Phone Card
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Sunday (2/10) inaugurated Israel's
first peace telephone card featuring a photograph of the historic
handshake between King Hussein of Jordan, Rabin and US President
Bill Clinton. The card, issued by...
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Israel - Gore Assures Rabin Of USA's Support
US Vice President Al Gore reassured Israel on Thursday (23/3) of
the Clinton administration's intention to maintain aid at the
current level. The vice president made the pledge after arriving in Israel at the start of an official...
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Tens of thousands rally in anti-Sharon protest
1. Wide pan across thousands of demonstrators holding placards and flags
2. Settlers with placards
3. People with banners, one banner reads- "The world needs a Palestinian state like it needs a bullet in the head"
another sign saying...
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FRANCE: ISRAELI PREMIER PERES PAYS TRIBUTE TO YITZHAK RABIN
French/Nat
Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin's widow Leah have paid tribute to the murdered politician in an emotional ceremony in France.
They officially opened a square in Paris Wednesday, dedicated to the Mr...
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Israel - Amir Reenacts Rabin Assassination
The Israeli police brought Yigal Amir, the self confessed
assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, back to the scene of
crime on Thursday (16/11). The special force investigating the
murder staged the reenactment to get a clear...
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MIDDLE EAST: HAMAS/ISRAELI CRISIS SITUATION UPDATE
English/Nat
A third day of clashes in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Sunday left five Palestinian youths injured from rubber bullets fired by Israeli soldiers.
Meanwhile, Israel braced for threatened revenge attacks by Islamic...
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Israel - Lawyer Says Yigal Amir Didn't Kill Rabin
A lawyer acting for Yigal Amir, the Jewish extremist convicted of
the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, said on Sunday (7/7) that Amir
could not have killed the Israeli prime minister.
Yigal Amir's lawyer Jonathan Goldberg ENG SOT: The...
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ISRAEL: SPANISH PRIME MINISTER FELIPE GONZALEZ VISIT
Eng/Spanish/Nat
Spanish Prime Minister, Felipe Gonzalez, held talks with Israel's Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, in Jerusalem Monday.
Rabin had said that the European Union wasn't doing enough to support the Israel-PLO peace process....
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ISRAEL: FORMER PREMIER PERES MEETS PALESTINIAN LEADER YASSER ARAFAT
English/Nat
Former Israeli premier Shimon Peres met Thursday with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and said Israel must keep its promises to the Palestinians.
Peres' initiative highlights the differences between him and his successor,...