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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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Israel celebrates 63rd Independence Day
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We have no conflict with Lebanon. We comply with the U.N. resolution. The Israeli government has agreed on a goodwill gesture once again. We withdrew troops from the northern half of a village that straddles the border with Lebanon
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There is a conflict in Lebanon. There is the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon. In our view, Lebanon could be a peaceful country. But now Hezbollah is under Iran's pressure. As it is known, the father of the incumbent Lebanese premier was killed. The world community demands a murderer be found
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Palestinian Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad