Last week Makor Rishon reported that US diplomats have been "showing interest" in all Jewish construction plans in the capital.

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Furthermore, Makor Rishon's senior columnist Amnon Lord reported last Friday that Kadima heavyweight Haim Ramon met with one of Obama's senior Middle East advisors ahead of Biden's visit.

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Pini Badash, the head of the Omer Regional Council, told Makor Rishon last Friday that residents of Dimona will drive to Beersheba only after dark in five-car convoys for fear of highway robbery.

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While I have close cousins in Rishon (pop: 250, 000) on another side of my family, I figured the odds were close to zero that the rocket could have landed on, or even near, them.

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The Rishon player, now preparing to enter military service, enjoyed a recent face-off in Metula, clanking on pads and skates in a locker room buzzing with Hebrew, Russian, Ukrainian and other languages from the former Soviet Union.

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