en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-02-17 Israel World

European leaders reject Netanyahu's calls for mass migration of Jews
The Globe and Mail
Despite desecrated Jewish graves in France and a deadly attack at a synagogue in Denmark, European leaders on Monday rejected calls from Israel's leader for a mass migration of the continent's Jews to Israel, urging unity instead. Hundreds of Jewish ...

A perfect storm brews in the Middle East   Washington Post (blog)
Netanyahu: Not completely against a deal with Iran, only against a 'bad deal'   i24news

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Strong quake hits northern Japan, tsunami and evacuation warnings issued
Al-Arabiya
Local resident evacuees are seen at the gymnasium of Kamaishi elementary school after an evacuation warning was issued for coastal towns in Iwate prefecture in northeastern Japan after a tsunami warning. (Reuters) ...

Minor Tsunami Hits Japan After 6.8 Quake: Agency   NDTV
Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes off northeast Japan, near areas hit by devastating ...   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Offshore earthquake triggers tsunami advisory in Japan   The Hindu
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Brisbane Times
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Egypt strikes Libya jihadists
Sky News Australia
Cairo has carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya after the jihadists posted a video showing the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians. Egypt said a 'tough intervention' was needed and with France called on the UN Security Council ...

Egypt bombs IS targets in Libya   Gulf Daily News
Pope condemns beheadings   Independent Online
Egypt strikes IS targets in Libya   The Nation
Washington Times
Toronto Star
Irish Times
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Jihadis publicly flog men in Iraq for using mobiles
Times of India
ISIS have reportedly cut off the hands of three women as punishment for unknown charges and publicly flogged men for using mobile phones. In the group's stronghold of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, militants are said to have banned the use of private ...

ISIS getting bolder in operations, propaganda, local expert says   KRDO
Libya Is Turning Into Iraq   The Atlantic
Opinion: 2016 candidates must confront this   KTUU.com
cleveland.com
The Daily Star
New Zealand Herald
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Australia's past prime ministers plead for lives of Bali pair
The Guardian Nigeria
ALL of Australia's surviving former prime ministers united Tuesday in a last-ditch plea for Indonesia to spare the lives of two men on death row, as legal efforts to save them intensified. Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, were sentenced to death in ...

Please, show them some mercy: All PMs unite against death penalty   The Australian

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Video shows rampant anti-Semitism on the streets of Paris
New York Daily News
Reporter Zvika Klein of Israeli outlet NRG posted a video of the verbal abuse and physical threats aimed at him while walking around the French capital wearing a yarmulke. BY Tobias Salinger. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Monday, February 16, 2015, 9:52 PM.
10 Hours of Walking in Paris as a Jew   BBC News
What happened when a man dressed as a Jew walked the streets of Paris?   TVNZ
A Jew in Paris   The American Conservative
The Independent
Breitbart News
New Zealand Herald
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Ukraine ceasefire fragile after weapons withdrawal stalemate
Deutsche Welle
Pro-Russia rebels and the Ukrainian army have so far refused to withdraw their heavy weapons despite a peace accord signed last week. The ceasefire has been strained as fighting continued in eastern Ukraine. Locals walk past a destroyed Ukrainian army ...

Ukraine deal on verge of collapse as battles rage   Irish Independent
Ukraine ceasefire may collapse as fighting rages on   Times of India
Russia and the global order   The Nation
BBC News
Irish Examiner
Washington Post
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Iran opposes extension in nuclear talks: Larijani
Press TV
Iranian Majlis speaker Ali Larijan (R) meets with Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi in Tehran, on February 16, 2015. Iranian parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says Iran opposes a further extension of nuclear talks with the P5+1 group. “The Islamic ...

Iran bans weekly for criticizing Tehran's nuclear concessions   The Daily Star
Iran insists it is 'serious' about reaching a nuclear agreement   Tehran Times
Chinese Foreign Minister Pushes Iran On Nuclear Deal   Payvand
Xinhua
Mehr News
Reuters India
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Icy winter storm, record-breaking cold hits the United States
New Straits Times Online
BOSTON: Record-breaking cold gripped the eastern United States on Monday while an icy winter storm crippled the nation's central states before it was expected to barrel toward the mid-Atlantic in time to snarl Tuesday's morning commute. Heavy snowfall ...

Icy storm paralyzes central US, pummels Washington DC   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Icy Storm Paralyses Central US, Pummels Nation's Capital   NDTV
Icy storm encases US, heads for capital   Gulf Times
InterAksyon
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Bare-faced lies
Gulf Daily News
The worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War has its origins in President Bashar Al Assad's decision to crush dissent in Syria four years ago instead of listening to it. Assad lied about this in an interview with the BBC, broadcast as UN negotiators ...

De Mistura draws rebel ire over Assad remarks   The Daily Star
Syria rebels photograph children in cage as stunt to compare Assad atrocities ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Regime airstrikes spark children's protests, caged in orange jumpsuits   Al-Bawaba
Al-Arabiya
Firstpost
Irish Independent
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