Armageddon Fortress May Hold Keys to History

Dec 26th 2010 – 10:11 AM |AOL News

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MEGIDDO, Israel -- The Book of Revelation says the biblical fortress of Armageddon will be the site of an apocalyptic battle between good and evil at the end of time. Scientists believe it could also...

Slum-Touring Millionaires Put Off the Ritz in Israel

Dec 19th 2010 – 5:16 PM |AOL News

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JERUSALEM -- Ronald L. Gallatin is a retired attorney, a CPA and a former managing director at Lehman Brothers credited with creating some of Wall Street's most ingenious investment instruments. His...

New Stars Light Up Bethlehem Nightlife

Dec 19th 2010 – 2:15 PM |AOL News

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BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- For as long as anyone can remember, young people have had nothing much to do in Bethlehem after nightfall. When the Israeli army and Palestinian gunmen finally quit the...

In Biblical Valley, 'David vs. Goliath' Battle Rages Over Oil Shale

Dec 4th 2010 – 12:30 PM |AOL News

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ELAH VALLEY, Israel (Dec. 4) -- A baron from the prominent Rothschild family is teaming up with media mogul Rupert Murdoch in an attempt to break Israel's foreign oil dependency by mining vast...

Israel Unleashes Gold Rush for Solar Power

Nov 27th 2010 – 10:45 AM |AOL News

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JERUSALEM (Nov. 27) -- The race is on to tap into a potential $20 billion solar energy bonanza in Israel's southern wilderness that could transform the nation into the first in the world to power its...

Israel Withdrawal Plan Stirs Lebanese Village

Nov 17th 2010 – 11:22 AM |AOL News

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JERUSALEM (Nov. 17) -- Residents of Ghajar, a tiny village straddling the Lebanon's border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, were once renowned throughout the Ottoman Empire for their talents...

DiCaprio Brings Mom to Meet Refaeli's Parents

Nov 15th 2010 – 11:18 AM |AOL News

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JERUSALEM (Nov. 15) -- Leonardo DiCaprio and his longtime girlfriend, model Bar Refaeli, arrived in Israel for their second holiday in Refaeli's birthplace -- and this time he brought his mother to...

Israeli Settlers Threaten to Topple Netanyahu

Nov 8th 2010 – 5:53 PM |AOL News

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JERUSALEM (Nov. 8) -- Israeli settler leaders said today they would topple the coalition government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he agrees to renew a building freeze demanded by the...

As Netanyahu Heads to US, Israel Keeps Building

Nov 5th 2010 – 10:01 AM |AOL News

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JERUSALEM (Nov. 5) -- A page of gray, text-heavy official announcements published in an Israeli newspaper could torpedo President Barack Obama's strategy for the renewal of Middle East peace...

Can Housing Keep Christians in Middle East?

Nov 1st 2010 – 3:40 PM |AOL News

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JERUSALEM (Nov. 1) -- Only days after a special Vatican Synod on the Middle East ended a week of deliberation about the rapidly shrinking Christian communities in the Arab world and Israel,...

Repair of War-Scarred Palestinian Landmark Yields Hope

Oct 18th 2010 – 11:34 AM |AOL News

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JERUSALEM (Oct. 18) -- Even before it was finished, Albert Abu Zgheibreh's majestic new home in Beit Jala earned a special name in the neighborhood: Al Qasr -- The Palace. With its fine stone...

Israel Gets Close Look at Archenemy Ahmadinejad

Oct 14th 2010 – 2:32 PM |AOL News

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JERUSALEM (Oct. 14) -- "Like a landlord visiting his domain," according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his flower-strewn progress through southern Lebanon...

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