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45 min ago | The Miami Herald

Israel disputes French TV claim on boy's death

Israel on Sunday completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories

5 hrs ago | Turnto10.com

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, George Bush,

5 hrs ago | KTEN-TV Denison

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University.

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5 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

Israel must protect its Beduin citizens

One day each summer, my childhood camp was magically transformed into a mini-Israel for "Yom Yisrael," Israel Day.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Travel, Israel Travel, Middle East Travel, Opinion

7 hrs ago | Reuters

Netanyahu takes aim at weapons leakage in Syria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant groups.

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8 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

NATO MPs to visit Israel to examine weapons R&D

A NATO Parliamentary Assembly Science and Technology Committee delegation led by US Congressman David Scott and UK Baroness Margaret Ramsay will visit Israel for the first time in October.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, David Scott, Democrat, Palestinian Territories

10 hrs ago | Common Dreams

Nerds, Jocks & Conscientious Objectors: The Hidden World of Israel's High School War Resisters

When the 19-year-old Israeli war resister Noam Gur attends weekly demonstrations against the occupation of Palestine, the soldiers who suppress the protestors - with tear gas, stun grenades, and occasionally live fire - aren't just strangers in uniform.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Education Etc., US News, Liberal Political News

14 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

Iran hangs two spies for spying for Israel, US

Iran hanged two spies it found guilty of spying for Israel and for the United States, AFP reported on Sunday.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Salem-News.com

May 19th protest against pro-Israel AIPAC Oregon fundraiser to highlight Israel's Apartheid Wall

That story, which is what is actually going on, is one of brutal Israeli repression of a largely defenseless population and Israeli denial of the most basic of human rights.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Portland, OR, Palestinian Territories, Prison

Jerusalem Post

Livni: No chance Israel can reach peace deal with Hamas

In an interview with Army Radio, the justice minister, who is also responsible for peace talks, responds to Erdogan's call for Palestinian unity saying that the Turkish PM's perception of Hamas is incorrect.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Jerusalem Post

Israel, Turkey and gas

Word is that both Israel and Turkey are seriously entertaining the notion of constructing an undersea pipeline to deliver Israeli natural gas to Turkey and, perhaps, hence to Europe.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Turkey, Muslim Brotherhood, Opinion

Jerusalem Post

PA continues crackdown on Palestinian journalists in W.Bank

In past week Palestinian Authority security forces interrogated, detained two journalists, despite promises to honor freedom of media; interrogators forced reporter to provide them with email and Facebook passwords.

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TheDailyBeast.com

Israelis And Palestinians Blast Kerry For Peace Efforts

John Kerry is so far not having a good run at Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. It's not for a lack of effort: he's about to make his fourth trip of his young tenure as Secretary of State to Israel and the Palestinian territories to try to jumpstart talks.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Democrat, China,

Real Clear Politics

Why Can't Palestinians Play Football with Israelis?

While Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was meeting in his office in Ramallah with Shelly Yacimovich, chairwoman of Israel's opposition Labour Party, his Fatah faction was busy threatening Palestinians who meet with Israelis.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Jerusalem Post

'Church of Scotland amends disputed Israel paper'

Revisions of controversial publication made after uproar over text's rejection of Jewish scriptural-based rights to Israel, BBC reports.

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Jerusalem Post

Israeli official: We underestimated Assad regime's strength

Senior defense official says Israel has erred in its estimates of how quickly Assad would fall from power in Syria; fewer believe fall of Assad good for Israel as extremist Islamist elements infiltrate rebel ranks.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Syria, Vladimir Putin

Jerusalem Post

Legal Ground: The amazing maze of Israeli property

The answer to the above, in a gist is: yes. If you are really not careful when you're buying property ultimately owned by a church, you can indeed lose your home.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Religion, Orthodox Church

Jerusalem Post

Jalili: Iran doesn't recognize Israel's 'red line'

Iran does not recognize Israel as a state or the "red line" determined by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Iranian nuclear negotiator and candidate in the Iranian presidential election Saeed Jalili told the on Thursday.

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WATE-TV Knoxville

CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit

The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants... The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed ... (more)

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WNED

Women In Combat: Some Lessons From Israel's Military

Sgt. Leora Prince said switching to the Caracal battalion and taking on a more hands-on combat position was the best decision she'd ever made.

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