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    Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli police on Nakba Day

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    A Palestinian sets fire to a tire during clashes between hundreds of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers outside the Ofer prison after a march marking the 65th Nakba day or "Day of Catastrophe" on May 15, in Betunia near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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    A mounted Israeli policeman tries to disperse Palestinian protesters waving their national flag during clashes as demonstrators gathered outside Damascus gate in Jerusalem on May 15, to mark the 65th Nakba or "Day of Catastrophe"

    Mohamad Torokman / Reuters

    A Palestinian protestor holds a Molotov cocktail and a lighter, ready to be used against Israeli security forces during clashes to mark Nakba Day near the West Bank city of Ramallah May 15. Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and at East Jerusalem on Wednesday during demonstrations to mark 65 years since what they call the Nakba (Catastrophe) when Israel's creation caused many to lose their homes and become refugees.

    Abed Al Hashlamoun / EPA

    Palestinian protesters are stopped by Israeli soldiers during clashes after a rally marking Nakba Day in the Beit Omar village, north the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 15. Nakba Day is the annual day of commemoration of the displacement of Palestinians after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.

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    Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces on Nakba Day, a day when Palestinians commemorate the loss of their homes in the 1948 war that resulted in the creation of Israel. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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    "A Palestinian protestor holds a Molotov cocktail and a lighter, ready to be used against Israeli security forces during clashes to mark Nakba Day near the West Bank city of Ramallah May 15" These go with the territory of followers of Islamic cult. When Muslims form than five percent in a place down …

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  • 6
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    Farmers fight back against swarming locusts in Israel

     

    Dave Copeland / NBC News

    Young locusts hop across the desert sand in the Negev Desert in Israel on May 12, 2013.

    Dave Copeland / NBC News

    A locust perches atop a lavender bush on an organic farm.

    Dave Copeland / NBC News

    Damaged grapes in a vineyard, with a volunteer working to protect the remaining crop.

    Dave Copeland / NBC News

    Damaged passion fruit plants on an organic farm.

    Dave Copeland / NBC News

    Golan Cohen, owner of an organic herb farm in the Negev, speaks to a group of volunteer workers who have come to help him protect his remaining crops from locusts.

    Dave Copeland / NBC News

    An NBC News video camera receiving the attention of young locusts.

    Dave Copeland / NBC News

    A Bedouin man points to locusts attacking bales of hay on his farm.

    Dave Copeland / NBC News

    Young locusts are seen on netting on an organic farm.

    Dave Copeland / NBC News

    Dead locusts lie under a bush after being sprayed with pesticide.

    By Dave Copeland, Cameraman, NBC News

    Teams of exterminators are working from sunrise to sunset, spraying the millions of young locusts as they march across Israel, devouring everything in their path. NBC News' Dave Copeland visited the front line in the battle against the bugs.

    TEL AVIV — Israel's Negev Desert is alive – with locusts.

    Huge swarms of the newly hatched critters have begun marching across the sand, devouring everything in their path.

    With the help of high-tech irrigation methods, much of Israel’s desert has been transformed into lush farmland that supplies supermarkets across the country with fresh produce. But the swarm of locusts, which locals say is the worst infestation in decades, is threatening crops and farms. Read the full story.

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    The good news is...they can eat them, according to the UN.

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  • 12
    May
    2013
    7:45pm, EDT

    Mosaic from Byzantine era found in Israeli road work site

    All images: Yael Yolovitch / Israeli Antiquities Authority / EPA

    The detail of a large mosaic excavated in the fields outside of Kibbutz Bet Qama, Israel, is seen on May 12. The mosaic dates from the Byzantine era from the 4th to 6th century and was exposed during a highway building project. The floor was in a large building measuring roughly 40 by 28 feet. The mosaic shows geometric patterns, amphorae used to transport wine, a pair of peacocks and a pair of doves pecking at grapes. Archaeologists are still trying to determine the use for this large building, which included pools of water that could have served as part of an inn for travelers on the main road outside Beersheba.

    Read more from the Israel Antiquities Authority.

     

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    How beautiful! Makes you wonder what other ancient treasures are hidden in the world.

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  • 9
    May
    2013
    11:02am, EDT

    Parades commemorate Red Army's World War II victory

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    Russian military jets fly above St. Basil's cathedral in Moscow's Red Square on May 9, 2013, during Russia's Victory Day parade.

    Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

    Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, center right, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center left, watch the Victory Day Parade in Red Square on May 9, 2013.

    Ivan Sekretarev / AP

    In a haze of exhaust fumes, Russian self-propelled howitzers move across Red Square on May 9, 2013.

    Fighter jets screamed over Red Square and heavy tanks rumbled over its cobblestones as Russia flexed its military muscle on the 68th anniversary of its costly victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the annual military parade in Moscow that Russia will be a guarantor of world security. Putin's short speech Thursday came at the culmination of Victory Day, Russia's most important secular holiday, which honors the country's huge military and civilian losses. 

    Commemorative events were also held in other former Soviet states and in Jerusalem.

    -- Agence France-Presse, The Associated Press

    Efrem Lukatsky / AP

    Cadets of the Ukrainian Military academy preparing to celebrate the anniversary of victory over the Nazis at a memorial to World War II veterans in a park in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 9, 2013.

    Andrey Smirnov / AFP - Getty Images

    Russian World War II veterans, former navy sailors, celebrate Victory Day at their traditional veterans' meeting in Gorky park in central Moscow on May 9, 2013.

    Abir Sultan / EPA

    A Jewish veteran accompanied by his grandson takes part in a parade marking the 68th anniversary of the victory of the Allies over Nazi Germany in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 9, 2013.

    Ivan Sekretarev / AP

    Russian soldiers march across Red Square on May 9, 2013.

    David Mdzinarishvili / Reuters

    Veterans chat during a Victory Day celebration in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 9, 2013.

    Dumitru Doru / EPA

    A young girl lays flowers at the grave of fallen soldiers during celebrations to mark the 68th anniversary of Victory Day in Chisinau, Moldova, on May 9, 2013.

    Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA

    World War II-era military vehicles parade in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on May 9, 2013.

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    Stories of Jewish Red Army vets just coming to light

    Holocaust survivors remember the horrors of Buchenwald

    In a grand display, Russian soldiers re-enact historic World War II march

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    A most honorable day.

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  • 5
    May
    2013
    2:45pm, EDT

    Stories of Jewish WWII Red Army vets just coming to light

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Soviet Jewish World War II veteran Boris Ginsburg poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on April 11. Ginsburg, born in Belorussia, was kept by a German garrison in the Lenin ghetto since 1941 until its destruction by partisan units in September 1942. In 1942 he joined the partisans for two years and in 1944 he joined the Red Army as a combat soldier and fought till the end of the war. Ginsubrg demobilized in 1947 and immigrated to Israel in 2001.

    By Daniel Estrin, The Associated Press

    JERUSALEM -- Once a year, Israel's Jewish war veterans don suit jackets and uniforms dripping in Red Army medals, the shiny bronzes and silvers pinned to their chests in tight rows like armor.

    About 500,000 Jews served in the Soviet Red Army during World War II. Most of those still alive today - about 7,000 - are said to live in Israel.

    Read the full story.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Nahum Matovich, 87, poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Matovich was an air force bomber pilot on Ilyushin Il-4 bomber in the Soviet 18th Air Army and fought in Japan and Korea. He immigrated to Israel from Kishinev, today's Moldova, in 1994.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Yaakov Vilkovich, 90, poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Vilkovich joined the Red Army in 1941, served in the 31st Army's infantry battalion and fought in the Battle of Berlin in 1945. He immigrated to Israel in 1998.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Shalom Skopes, 88, poses for a portrait at his house in Tel Aviv Israel. Skopes was a battalion commander in the Red Army, and fought in Latvia. During a battle he was injured by a hand grenade and was hospitalized until May 25, 1945. Skopes demobilized in 1947 and immigrated to Israel in 1959.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    David Rivelsky poses for a portrait at his house in Jerusalem, Israel, April 17. In 1941, he took part in the heroic defense of Leningrad, as part of the Leningrad Front for which in 1943 was awarded with the medal "Defense of Leningrad."

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Michael Sandler, 93, poses for a portrait at his house in Jerusalem, Israel. Sandler joined the Red Army, in 1939, served in the 3rd Guards Tank Army, 91st Separate Tank Brigade, in Stalingrad, then in Berlin and Prague until the end of the war. Sandler immigrated to Israel in 1991.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Semion Tzvang, 89, poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Tzvang joined the Red Army in 1941 and served in the First Ukrainian Front, a Soviet army group. He fought in Kiev, Prague and Berlin. Tzvang immigrated to Israel in 1991.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Tchudnovsky Itzhak poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Tchudnovsky joined the Red Army in 1942 and was an artillery commander at the Stalingrad front.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Gregory Stinman, 87, poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Stinman joined the Red Army in 1943 and served in the First Belorussian Front, a Soviet formation equivalent to an Army group, until he was wounded on January 23, 1945. Stinman demobilized in 1950 and immigrated to Israel in 1991 from Belorussia.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Orlov Naum, 88, poses for a portrait at his house in central Israeli city of Rishon Lezion. Naum joined the Red Army in 1943 after two years of evacuation from Odessa in Kazahstan. He served in 3rd Guard Tank Army at the Voronezh front as an infantry soldier and took part in battle of Kiev and later in battles in Berlin and Prague. During the last days of the war, he was in Prague. After the war, he continued military service in the Navy, served on the cruisers Nahimov and Kuibyshev. He immigrated to Israel from Kishinev in 1990.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Matvey Gershman, 90, poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Gershman joined the Red Army's air force in 1941. Later, he was transferred to the 5th Shock Army, and fought mostly in Ukraine, after which he joined the 8th Guard Army and took part in the Battle of Berlin, including the famous battle for the Reichstag. Gershman immigrated to Israel from Gomel, today's Belorussia, in 1990.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Aharon Kavishaner poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Kavishaner joined the Red Army in 1942, as an air force mechanic and served in the 4th Ukrainian Front, a Soviet army group. Kavishaner immigrated to Israel in 1991.

     

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    These images are outstanding. They bring dignity to these individuals who fought gallantly against the Nazis in World War 2.

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  • 11
    Apr
    2013
    7:19am, EDT

    Israel detains five women for wearing shawls in Western Wall prayer protest

    Baz Ratner / Reuters

    A woman looks at men praying from behind a metal screen at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City on April 11, 2013. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to consider liberalizing access to the Western Wall, officials said on Wednesday, citing concern that police-enforced Orthodox controls on women worshipers alienate Jews abroad.

    Michal Fattal / AP

    Israeli women pray at the Western Wall on April 11, 2013. Israeli police have detained five women for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men. A police spokesman said about 120 woman arrived for their monthly prayer service Thursday and five were detained for wearing prayer shawls.

    By Reuters

    Israeli police detained five women activists on Thursday at the Western Wall, one of Judaism's most sacred sites, for wearing prayer shawls, which Orthodox tradition sees as solely for men, a spokesman said.

    The incident occurred during a monthly prayer session by the Women of the Wall, a group opposed to police-enforced Orthodox controls at the Jerusalem holy site, where worshipers are segregated by sex in accordance with strict Jewish tradition.

    On Wednesday, officials said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was considering a plan to convert an old archaeological dig south of the wall to an area where men and women would be allowed to mix and worship freely. Read the full story.

    Michal Fattal / AP

    A woman is arrested for wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall on April 11, 2013.

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    A couple covered with a 'Tallit' (traditional Jewish prayer shawl) pray at the Western Wall on April 11, 2013.

    Michal Fattal / AP

    Women pray at the Western Wall on April 11, 2013.

    Baz Ratner / Reuters

    Police officers detain an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man at the Western Wall on April 11, 2013, after he burned a book belonging to the Women of the Wall, a group opposed to police-enforced Orthodox controls at the Jerusalem holy site.

    Related:

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    Gender segregation on the rise in Israel

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    Israeli police detained five women activists for wearing prayer shawls at Jerusalem's Western Wall, a practice which Orthodox tradition sees as solely for men. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

    Copyright 2013 Thomson Reuters. Click for restrictions.

    77 comments

    ban all religions...seem to be the cause of most of the worlds problems..

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  • 5
    Apr
    2013
    10:41pm, EDT

    Namaste: Ultra Orthodox Jews practice yoga in Israel

    Abir Sultan / EPA

    Ultra orthodox Jewish yoga teacher Abraham Kohlberg leads a yoga class in the city of Beit Shemesh, Israel on April 5. Since gender segregation is practiced by ultra orthodox Jews, the studio offers separate classes for men and women.

    Abir Sultan / EPA

     

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    I guess the Jews arent aware that by practicing Yoga they are practicing Hinduism.

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  • 25
    Mar
    2013
    9:16am, EDT

    Burning leavened items before Passover

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men burn leavened items before the Passover holiday in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, March. 25.

    Oded Balilty / AP

    Two boys watch as leavened items are burned in final preparation for the Passover holiday in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March. 25. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday that celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt.

     

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  • 22
    Mar
    2013
    11:23am, EDT

    Obama wraps up Holy Land visit at Bethlehem church after Holocaust tribute

    Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    U.S. President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas walk in the Church of the Nativity during their visit to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 22, 2013.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    Obama meets Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III (3rd left) during a tour of the Church of the Nativity.

    Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    Obama walks out of the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.

    By Matt Spetalnick and Ali Sawafta, Reuters

    President Barack Obama made a pilgrimage on Friday to Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus.

    At the Church of the Nativity, Obama ducked to enter through its small Door of Humility. Manger Square, the plaza in front of the church, was almost deserted except for security personnel.

    Earlier, Obama visited Israel's most powerful national symbols, paying homage at the Holocaust memorial and the graves of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, and Yitzhak Rabin, the prime minister assassinated in 1995 by an extremist Jew over peace moves with the Palestinians.

    Wearing a Jewish skullcap, Obama rekindled an eternal flame at the Yad Vashem memorial next to a stone slab above ashes recovered from Nazi extermination camps after World War Two.

    "We have a choice to acquiesce to evil or make real our solemn vow - never again," Obama said.

    Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images

    Obama tours the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, alongside Avner Shalev (right), Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

    Uriel Sinai / Getty Images

    Obama pays his respects in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem after Marines laid a wreath on his behalf.

    Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    Obama listens to Netanyahu during their visit to the Children's Memorial at Yad Vashem.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    Obama walks with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem.

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Obama begins first official trip to Israel

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    Very moving places - it would be wonderful if all people could visit these Holy places important to all religions.

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  • 20
    Mar
    2013
    12:39pm, EDT

    Obama begins first official trip to Israel

    Oliver Weiken / EPA

    Left to right, Israeli President Shimon Peres, President Barack Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand during the welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion airport, Tel Aviv, on March 20. Air Force One touched down at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, marking the start of Obama's first visit to Israel.

    Sebastian Scheiner / AP

    President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands with Israeli children as he is welcomed by Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, in Jerusalem, on March 20.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    President Barack Obama and Israel's President Shimon Peres plant a magnolia tree from the White House, at Peres' residence in Jerusalem, on March 20.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    President Barack Obama, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu view an Iron Dome missile defense battery at Ben Gurion International Airport Airport in Tel Aviv, on March 20. Obama said at the start of his first official visit to Israel on Wednesday that the U.S. commitment to the security of the Jewish state was rock solid and that peace must come to the Holy Land.

    Uriel Sinai / Getty Images

    U.S. Army helicopters escort President Barack Obama's Marine One helicopter (not seen), as it departs from Ben Gurion Airport on March 20, near Tel Aviv.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    President Barack Obama walks in the garden of Israel's President Shimon Peres, left, in Jerusalem on March 20.

    By Alastair Jamieson and Ian Johnston, NBC News

    Israel has "no greater friend than the United States," President Barack Obama said Wednesday on his first state trip to the country.

    During his visit, Obama is expected to discuss Iran's disputed nuclear program and the crisis in Syria, and will also meet Palestinian officials in the West Bank on Thursday, but little progress on the peace process is expected.

    Standing alongside Israel’s President Shimon Peres following a private bilateral meeting, Obama said the two countries' joint efforts were important in securing peace for future generations. Read the full story.

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Mixed reception awaits Obama in Israel and West Bank
    • Obama's goofy inner child emerges during preschool visit
    • A pint-sized stand-in for the president
    • House fly has an encounter with President Obama

     

     

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    What a COMPLETE embarrassment to the United states... Israel should drop kick this POS right to the Muslim Brotherhood and all those jets...

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  • 19
    Mar
    2013
    11:55am, EDT

    Mixed reception awaits Obama in Israel and West Bank

    Kobi Gideon / EPA

    Preparations are underway for the upcoming visit of the US President Barack Obama, at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 19. US President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive on 20 March for a two-day visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan, on the first foreign trip of his second term.

    Majdi Mohammed / AP

    A Palestinian woman walks past vandalized posters showing US President Barack Obama in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on March. 15. Obama's trip to Jerusalem and the West Bank, which Israeli officials say will take place March 20-22, is the U.S. leader's first trip to the region as president, and his first overseas trip since being reelected.

    Uriel Sinai / Getty Images

    Preparations continue a day a head of the arrival of US President Barack Obama at the president's residence on March 19, in Jerusalem, Israel. Obama will make his first visit as President to the region tomorrow, and his itinerary will include meetings with the Palestinian and Israeli leaders as well as a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

    Abir Sultan / EPA

    Ariel University students hold a demonstration with human cardboard cutouts in front of the US Consulate in Jerusalem, protesting for not being invited to hear the speech of US President Barack Obama in front of Israeli students. The speech will be held on 21 March at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. Obama arrives on March 20 for a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

    Uriel Sinai / Getty Images

    Israeli children wave flags during a rehearsal, a day a head of the arrival of US President Barack Obama at the president's residence on March 19, in Jerusalem, Israel. Obama will make his first visit as President to the region tomorrow, and his itinerary will include meetings with the Palestinian and Israeli leaders as well as a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

    Martin Fletcher, NBC News correspondent  

    TEL AVIV, Israel - President Barack Obama will spend about seven hours with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, with one scheduled meeting having turning into three.

    He will have a lot to talk about.

    Obama will also spend five hours with Palestinian leaders, but have much less to discuss. One item will dominate the agenda – how to form a Palestinian state. Continue reading this post here.

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    I don't like this visit. Relying on a country to provide security for our president when they have everything to gain from letting terrorist groups attempt attacks on him so we can retaliate and go fight some more wars for them.

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  • 12
    Mar
    2013
    10:00pm, EDT

    Swarming locusts descend on Israel

    Uriel Sinai / Getty Images

    Bedouin children play as a swarm of locusts arrive over their vilage in the Negev desert near the Egyptian-Israeli border on March 12, 2013 at the Bedouin village of Bir Hadage, Israel. Egypt and Israel have been swarmed with millions of locusts over the past few days, causing widespread disturbance.

    Uriel Sinai / Getty Images

    A Bedouin boy collects locusts as a swarm arrives over his vilage in the Negev desert near the Egyptian-Israeli border on March 12, 2013.

    Previously on PhotoBlog:
    Get a closer look at the Middle East's plague of locusts

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    Israeli agricultural officials are continuing efforts to stave off swarms of locusts two weeks ahead of the Passover holiday. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

    198 comments

    Is it a sign of things to come - another exile? Slaughtering of 1,400 helpless Palestinian men, women and children - and starving the rest - must have provoked the God of mercy.

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