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18.06.2009, 08:37
Despite obligatory military service for both men and women, more and more Israelis appear to be questioning the role of their armed forces and are unwilling to serve.
19.05.2009, 19:02
Following Palestine’s centuries-old rule by the Ottomans and the British, the global community finally conceded Israel its biblical homeland after WWII. Is it time for Israel to return the favor?
10.03.2009, 15:53
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Amidst widespread calls for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, leading Israeli strategic thinkers are suggesting that one of those two states need not be Palestine.
20.03.2010, 12:40
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It is seven years to the day since the US and its allies launched their invasion of Iraq. Initially hailed as a decisive coalition victory, that view was quickly dispelled as the insurgency spread.
03.08.2010, 10:27
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The US is destabilizing Central Asia by means of drug trafficking, disintegrating Kyrgyzstan and putting pressure on Iran, shared Semyon Bagdasarov, member of the State Duma’s International Affairs Committee.
05.09.2010, 09:53
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After the US officially drew a line under its combat operations in Iraq this week, American soldiers are marching out of the country while thousands of armed security contractors are flooding in.
20.10.2009, 02:47
In Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai is facing pressure from the international community to accept a run off. Terrorism expert Walid Phares said even rival forces would prefer a political process to the Taliban.
14.05.2009, 13:39
It is the second day police and security forces have been involved in a gunfight with alleged militants in the forests of the Southern Russian Republic of Dagestan.
16.06.2010, 10:40
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North Korea has warned that any rebuke from the UN over the alleged sinking of a South Korean navy ship in April could provoke a military response.
24.05.2010, 14:37
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The last-minute nuclear deal brokered by Turkey and Brazil may have opened new vistas for settling the Iranian nuclear issue but, according to the US administration, it offers too little and comes too late.
Published: 24 June, 2009, 09:29
The United Nations Security Council has extended the mandate of a peacekeeping force on the Israeli-Lebanese border for another six months, but the future of multinational peacekeepers in the region is up in the air.
It is very important that this mission continue. The Israelis cannot be trusted to keep from interfering in Lebanese affairs and will use any opportunity to agitate Hizbollah. If the mission is ended, there is a good chance that without big power backing, like that of Russia, Lebanon will be at the mercy of American made and supplied bombs, missiles, and planes from Israel and again face severe and unjust attacks and destruction.