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India-Israel Ties: 'Even Sky Is Not The Limit'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended an "extraordinary" welcome to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi when the latter arrived at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on Tuesday for a three-day "path-breaking" visit to the Jewish nation.
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Former Israeli PM Olmert freed from jail on parole
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, 71, was released on parole on July 2 from a prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, after serving 16 months in jail for corruption.
Olmert was found guilty in 2014 of accepting bribes from real estate developers when he was Jerusalem's mayor, before his 2006-09 term as prime minister and head of a centrist political party.
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Israeli intel agency Mossad to fund new spy techniques
Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has set up an investment fund to help development of new cloak-and-dagger know-how and is offering grants of up to 2 million shekels (about $570,000) per project to bring in new ideas.
A new island in the Mediterranean…just off Gaza (VIDEO)
At first glance the video looks like a promotion for a luxury offshore development, a Dubai Palm-style project on the Mediterranean. Then it becomes clear it’s about Gaza and the future of the impoverished and fenced-in Palestinian enclave.
'It's always good to have friends,' says Israeli PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes that the proven and likely energy reserves in Israel, Cyprus and Crete are more than enough to support natural gas exports to Europe even through an East Med pipeline.
Cyprus, Greece, Israel to speed up pipeline efforts
Cyprus, Greece and Israel said on Thursday they would speed up plans for the development of a pipeline channelling gas to Europe from newly discovered east Mediterranean reserves.
European governments and Israel agreed in April to move forward with a Mediterranean pipeline project to carry natural gas from Israel to Europe, setting a target date of 2025 for completion.
Tsipras, Netanyahu, Anastasiades in energy deal
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasides on Thursday agreed to speed up plans for an ambitious Mediterranean undersea natural gas pipeline project and to seek to boost trilateral cooperation and stability in the region.
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Greece-Israel-Cyprus trilateral Summit end with Greek, Israeli, Cypriot leaders’ statements
“Greece is gradually emerging from an extended crisis with the aid of countries, which in collaboration with Greece, look forward to stability and security in the wider region, as well as common steps of progress”, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said in a statement after the Greece-Cyprus-Israel Trilateral Summit in Thessaloniki on Thursday. Mr.
Tsipras and Netanyahu meet in Thessaloniki
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (l) is silhouetted as he talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during their meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, on Thursday. Under heavy security Netanyahu is in northern Greece to discuss plans to become a key supplier of European energy through an ambitious Mediterranean undersea natural gas pipeline project.
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Turkey holds Naval Drill off Cyprus in heated response to Israeli Commando exercise on its doorstep
Israeli commandos were wrapping up a large-scale military drill in Cyprus’s Troodos Mountains on Wednesday.
The drill, the first of its kind to take place in Cyprus, involved hundreds of combat soldiers from the Egoz special forces unit as well as Black Hawk helicopters and Super Hercules transport plans.