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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu attends Jerusalem Day ceremony
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Shimon Peres attend the Jerusalem Day ceremony at Ammunition Hill on May 21, 2009. (UPI Photo/Yin Bogu/Pool)

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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Seoul is making a last-ditch attempt to secure for Korea Aerospace Industries a $1 billion contract to supply the Israelis with advanced training aircraft.
UPI Almanac for Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
Report: Terrorists may target Shimon Peres
JERUSALEM, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Israeli security agencies say President Shimon Peres could be targeted by terrorists with the fourth anniversary of a Hezbollah leader's death approaching.
U.N. chief talks Israeli-Palestinian peace
JERUSALEM, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Wednesday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, urging the two sides to move forward with peace negotiations.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Iran must face tougher sanctions to stop its nuclear program, despite unprecedented U.S. sanctions and a European oil embargo, Israel's defense minister said.
Students arrested for urging Peres boycott
JERUSALEM, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Classmates say three Arab students of the Jerusalem College of Engineering were arrested for urging others to boycott a talk by Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Thousands protest religious extremism
BEIT SHEMESH, Israel, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- About 10,000 people converged on Beit Shemesh to protest religious extremism in the Jerusalem-area city in particular and Israel in general.
Peres: Speculation is a deterrent
JERUSALEM, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Speculation that Israel has nuclear weapons serves as a deterrent to the country's enemies, particularly Iran, Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Israel Sunday prepared to release 550 Palestinian prisoners in the second stage of the exchange deal that secured the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Peres condemns Jewish extremist attacks
JERUSALEM, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres condemned escalating violence by Jewish extremist groups in a meeting Thursday with rabbis and settler leaders, officials said.
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