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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northwest Israel on the Bay of Haifa, an inlet of the Mediterranean Sea. Located at the foot of Mount Carmel, the city probably dates from the third century AD and is now a major port and industrial center.
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- proper noun A city in northern Israel.
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- noun a major port in northwestern Israel
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Hayati hayoof walahi byelb2la kelshi o i agree with u 100\% sami the show business was invented for haifa i even read 2day that during an interview with shams elgheneyeh the QUEEN Najwa karam in hala febrayer festival when they asked her about her opinion in Haifa she said that f haifa was well known to the world she will be the arab marlin monroe ... well said my queen
WALEG 2009
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Hayati hayoof walahi byelb2la kelshi o i agree with u 100\% sami the show business was invented for haifa i even read 2day that during an interview with shams elgheneyeh the QUEEN Najwa karam in hala febrayer festival when they asked her about her opinion in Haifa she said that f haifa was well known to the world she will be the arab marlin monroe ... well said my queen
WALEG 2009
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Hayati hayoof walahi byelb2la kelshi o i agree with u 100\% sami the show business was invented for haifa i even read 2day that during an interview with shams elgheneyeh the QUEEN Najwa karam in hala febrayer festival when they asked her about her opinion in Haifa she said that f haifa was well known to the world she will be the arab marlin monroe ... well said my queen
WALEG 2009
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Afraid the property value on your retirement/vacation villa in Haifa is deteriorating …
Think Progress » Bush Repeatedly Ignores Blair’s Sound Advice 2006
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This entry was written by Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Senior Staff Attorney, Katherine Gallagher, who was in Haifa to observe proceedings in the civil case filed by the family of Rachel Corrie against the State of Israel.
Vincent Warren: Live From the Corrie Trial in Israel Part 2: Seeking Answers and Accountability Vincent Warren 2010
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By that point occupation was a matter of policy and consensus, without regard for the presence of a population many of whom has lived in Haifa or Jaffa not so very long before.
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Both the scene at the courtroom in Haifa, where the Corrie family's civil case is proceeding against the state of Israel, and the testimony of the bulldozer driver who killed Rachel, expose the hollowness of those words.
Vincent Warren: Live From the Corrie Trial in Israel Part 2: Seeking Answers and Accountability Vincent Warren 2010
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The owner of a pork processing factory in Haifa, Dadi Marom, complained to me that every Friday afternoon his weekly sausage and beer tasting is interrupted by ultra-Orthodox protests.
Matthew Yglesias » Avigdor Lieberman Boosted By Pro-Pork Backlash 2009
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This entry was written by Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Senior Staff Attorney, Katherine Gallagher, who was in Haifa to observe proceedings in the civil case filed by the family of Rachel Corrie against the State of Israel.
Vincent Warren: Live From the Corrie Trial in Israel Part 2: Seeking Answers and Accountability Vincent Warren 2010
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Both the scene at the courtroom in Haifa, where the Corrie family's civil case is proceeding against the state of Israel, and the testimony of the bulldozer driver who killed Rachel, expose the hollowness of those words.
Vincent Warren: Live From the Corrie Trial in Israel Part 2: Seeking Answers and Accountability Vincent Warren 2010
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