The Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources has approved a drilling license for a 36-square mile (94-square kilometer) area of the Dead Sea.
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Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin have laid the cornerstone for the 11-acre (45,000-square meter) National Library of Israel (NLI).
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Rare Hoard of Coins in Modi’in
The search for the ancient Hasmonean city of Modi’in has been ongoing for decades with many archaeological finds being discovered including a settlement and monastery from the Byzantine Period (324-640 AD).
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Alhurra is the United States run Arabic TV channel that broadcasts in the Middle East and North Africa.
Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor whose sad eyed face became a piercing, reminder of humanity’s ongoing agony, has died at age 87.
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