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Benjamin Netanyahu Headlines

A list of the most recent stories about Benjamin Netanyahu.

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In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 photo, University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor Bill Labov takes part in demonstration highlighting his work, at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Labov says the Southern-inflected sound of the Philadelphia dialect is moving toward a more Northern accent. Some of Philly's trademark twangy, elongated vowel sounds are becoming less so, though others are getting stronger.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Researchers track evolution of Philly's odd accent

Will Philly no longer be a place where residents drink wooder and root for the Iggles? Gid eowt! A University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor says the Southern-inflected sound of the Philadelphia dialect is moving toward a more Northern accent. Some of Philly's trademark twangy, elongated vowel sounds are becoming less ...

FILE - in this Sunday Jan. 15, 2012 file photo, ultra-Orthodox Jews participate in a protest in Jerusalem. A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox archrivals: newly minted Finance Minister Yair Lapid, hugely popular for opposing the longstanding preferential treatment enjoyed by the growing religious minority, is moving swiftly to slash state handouts to large families, compel lifelong seminary students to work and remove funding for schools that don't teach math, science and English. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews

A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. Newly minted Finance Minister Yair Lapid, hugely popular for opposing the long-standing preferential treatment enjoyed by the religious minority, is moving swiftly to slash state handouts to large families, compel lifelong seminary students to work and ...

Israel shoots down drone, Hezbollah suspected

Israel shot down a drone Thursday as it approached its northern coast from neighboring Lebanon, raising suspicions that the Hezbollah militant group was behind the infiltration attempt. Hezbollah denied involvement, but the incident was likely to heighten Israeli concerns that the Shiite militant group is trying to take advantage of ...

An Israeli military naval ship and an Israeli air force helicopter operate off the coast of Haifa , northern Israel, Thursday, April 25, 2013.  Israel shot down a drone Thursday as it approached the country's northern coast, the military said. Suspicion immediately fell on the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. The incident was likely to raise already heightened tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, a bitter enemy that battled Israel to a stalemate during a monthlong war in 2006. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel says it shoots down Hezbollah drone

The Israeli military says it has shot down an unmanned aircraft sent by the Hezbollah group into Israeli skies. Military officials said the aircraft was downed Thursday off the Israeli coast in Israeli airspace near the northern city of Haifa. It is the second known instance in which the Lebanese ...

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers around the world: April 24 The Star, Toronto, on Muslim community deserves credit for thwarting Toronto terror plot: As the shock of Canada's brush with an alleged Al Qaeda-directed terror plot recedes, it's comforting to learn that a prominent Toronto Muslim cleric played a ...

Israeli military counts 800-plus Gaza airstrikes

Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with more than 180 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said, widening a blistering assault on militant operations to include the prime minister's headquarters, a police compound and a vast network of smuggling tunnels. The new attacks followed an unprecedented rocket strike aimed at the ...

Back From Asia

President Obama returned to Washington, D.C. on Sunday afternoon, after he wrapped up his 10 day trip to Asia.  He met with reporters on Air Force One for a few minutes on the way home. This transcript was provided by the White House.=THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary___________________________________________________________For Immediate ...

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