On Tuesday November 3, a special Israel Navy force intercepted and boarded a ship sailing ubder the flag of Antigua100 miles off the coast of Israel.

Following an initial inspection, which determined that it was carrying a significant amount of weapons disguised as civilian cargo,The ship was directed to Ashdod port.
President Peres: "The IDF successfully intercepted a ship that was apparently en route from Iran to Syria and Hizbullah."  
 
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PM Netanyahu: "There has not been, since the beginning of the peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, any demand ever put, not on restraint, but on any limitation of settlement activity as a pre-condition for entering negotiations. This is a new thing."

Secretary Clinton: "What the Prime Minister has offered in specifics of a restraint on the policy of settlements which he has just described - no new starts for example, is unprecedented in the context of prior-to negotiations."  
 
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Solar technologies create a cleaner environment and break our dependence on oil. ISRAEL21c takes a look at the top seven solar technologies being developed in Israel.

PM Netanyahu at the President's Conference (20 Oct 2009): "Tonight I would like to talk to you about one of the more significant matters on the global agenda: eliminating the world's dependence on fossil fuels, particularly oil."

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On Thursday, October 29, 2009 (11 Heshvan on the Jewish calendar), Israel marked the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995.

- President Peres speaks at candle lighting ceremony in memory of Yitzhak Rabin (2008)  
 
 
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Dan Senor, co-author of 'Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle,' discusses with CNBC how Israel has managed to become a leader in business innovation.

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As the Philippines braces for yet another potentially lethal typhoon in the wake of a series of already deadly storms, Israeli aid workers continue to provide much-needed medical relief to thousands of people in affected areas. The seven doctors and nurses comprising the Israeli team headed to the Philippines early this month to provide relief to the storm-battered country, where severe flooding in the wake of Typhoon Ketsana and Parma left at least 930 people dead.

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June 25, 2009 marks three years of Staff Sergeant Shalit's captivity. Hamas continues to refuse Red Cross access to the kidnapped soldier.

On June 25, 2006, Gilad Shalit was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists within Israeli territory, near the Kerem Shalom crossing. The kidnapping was part of an unprovoked and well-planned attack which involved seven terrorists, armed with explosive charges, anti-tank missiles, light arms and more, and which made use of a tunnel under the Israel-Gaza border. During the course of the attack, two soldiers were killed, and five other soldiers wounded.

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• What is Israel's position on a Palestinian state?
• Does Israel have partners for making peace in the Arab world?
• Why is Israel a Jewish state?
• How does Israel's legal system protect human rights and basic freedoms?
• Is Palestinian terrorism part of international terrorism?

Read the answers to these and many more questions.

Now also available in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian (pdf).

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