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In 1976 the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked a commercial airplane heading to France from Israel. They took the plane to Entebbe Airport in Uganda where they separated all the Jewish and Israeli passengers and threatened to kill them if Israel did not give in to their demands. Israel sent in a secret undercover unit into the airport where they shot up the terrorists and freed the prisoners. The surprise rescue mission was led by Lieutenant Yoni Netanyahu (younger brother...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer arrived in Israel on Wednesday, for a three-hour visit to inaugurate Microsoft's new research and development center in Herzliya. Balmer called Microsoft as much an Israeli company as an American company, adding that the proportion of Microsoft employees per capita in Israel was similar to that of the United States. Ballmer also commented on Microsoft's recent interest in Yahoo.
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The Bridge of Strings - Jerusalem's New Gateway
Construction on the Bridge of Strings at the entrance to Jerusalem is expected to take another seven months. The NIS 135 million bridge, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, will be built on concrete supports covered in Jerusalem stone, above which will hang a steel and glass structure. Calatrava's slender curved span will soar above the perpetual traffic jam at the intersection of Jaffa Road and Shazar and Herzl boulevards, rising...
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On Motzei Shabbat (Dec 29th-30th, 2007) - two young soldiers who were murdered on a hike by a gang of palestinian terrorists were buried on Mt. Herzl. Cpl. Ahikam Amihai, 20, of Kiryat Arba, was one of two Israelis killed by Palestinian terrorists while hiking in the Hebron area. The Islamic Jihad and the Fatah al-Quds Brigades both claimed responsibility for the attack. On Friday morning, 28 December, off-duty soldiers Cpl. Ahikam Amihai and Sgt. David Rubin were hiking in wadi Telem with...
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One of the great zionist leaders of our team was murdered as a standing member of the Israeli knesset. A memorial ceremony marking six years since the assassination of former Minister Rehavam Ze'evi was held Thursday afternoon at the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem. Ze'evi was murdered on October 17, 2001, or 30 Tishrei 5762 in the Jewish calendar. Three terrorists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine shot the minister to death inside a Jerusalem hotel, just...
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