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3 hrs ago | Tehran Times

Israel minister headed to Turkey

An Israeli minister said on Friday he was to travel to Turkey, in the first such visit since Israel's military offensive in Gaza at the turn of the year strained ties with Turkey.

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8 hrs ago | Israellycool

The Day In Israel: Mon Nov 23rd, 2009

There are an increasing number of media reports of the imminent release of Gilad Shalit as part of a prisoner-for-terrorists exchange deal.

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12 hrs ago | Freerepublic.com

Digital map reveals Israeli archaeology

A searchable map detailing 40 years of Israeli archaeological work in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, developed for the USC Digital Library, has won the 2009 Open Archaeology Prize from the American Schools of Oriental Research.

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17 hrs ago | Sky News

School Run Security For West Bank Children

Israeli authorities are being urged to do more to protect Bedouin villagers in the West Bank after a series of attacks by Israeli settlers.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories, Entertainment

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Ynetnews

Fayyad: Eastern border of Palestine is Jordan

As opinions are being voiced in Jerusalem that the Jordan Valley will remain under Israeli control even after a Palestinian state is formed, Palestinian Prime Minsiter Salam Fayyad said Sunday that Jordan will be the eastern border of the state that will be established.

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Raw Story

Lebanese general tells military, prepare for Israeli attack

Lebanese General Jean Kahwaj has ordered his troops on high alert, cautioning soldiers on the border region to prepare for an attack from Israel, according to published reports.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Lebanon

Boston.com

Palestinian nun takes step toward sainthood

A Palestinian nun who co-founded a charity dedicated to educating Arab girls on Sunday took an important step toward sainthood.

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Related Topix: World News, Palestinian Territories, Middle East, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI

The Boston Globe

Egypt's president warns Israel over Jerusalem

Israel will anger all Muslims if it does not resolve Jerusalem's disputed status, Egypt's president warned his Israeli counterpart on Sunday.

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Karachi News.Net

Palestinian football stadium construction stopped by Isarel

Work on a football stadium being built in the West Bank, and financed by the international football federation FIFA, has been stopped.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Haaretz

Chavez lauds Carlos the Jackal as 'great' pro-Palestinian fighter

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important revolutionary fighter who supported the cause of the Palestinians.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Terrorism, Hugo Chavez, Zimbabwe, Africa

The Sligo Champion

21:42 Iran to begin war game exercises

Iran is to begin large-scale air defence war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack.

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SF Sentinel

Palestinian Groups Agree not to Fire Rockets Into Israel

Hamas has come to an agreement with armed groups in the Gaza Strip not to fire rockets at Israel, the group's interior minister, Fathi Hamad, told reports on Saturday.

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Haaretz

Report: IDF arrests 5 Palestinian intelligence officers

Palestinian sources said Israel arrested five senior officials from the Palestinian General Intelligence Service in an overnight raid on Friday, Israel Radio reported.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Ethiopian Jews in Israel still await the promised land

The ancient hymns brought tears to the eyes of Solomon Ayeli, as well as memories of his native Ethiopia which he left two decades ago for Israel - a country he loves but where he often feels rejected.

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WTOL-TV Toledo

Palestinian president agrees to delay elections

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections that had been set for January.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

TheNational

Kahane tribute may damage peace talks

Bethlehem, WEST BANK // A plan by right-wing legislators in Israel to commemorate the anniversary this month of the death of Meir Kahane, whose banned anti-Arab movement is classified as a terrorist organisation, risks further damaging the prospects for talks between Israel and the Palestinians, US officials have warned.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Terrorism,

The Economist

Israel's settlement policy: Settling for less

BINYAMIN NETANYAHU, Israel's prime minister, came under pressure this week when news leaked of a new plan to build 900 homes in the occupied Jerusalem suburb of Gilo.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, China,

Gulf Times

Israel, Egypt squeeze Gaza tunnel business

Palestinians rush a Hamas security officer into a hospital after he was injured in an Israeli air strike in Rafah at the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip Fearing loss of life and money, Palestinians are abandoning tunnels that supply the blockaded Gaza Strip with everything from food to fridges to weapons.

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India Gazette

Israel asks Himachal to help trace its missing nationals

Himachal Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal was Wednesday asked by the Israeli government to help in tracing its nationals who have gone missing in the hill state, an official statement said.

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The Jewish Journal

Thanksgiving tradition mostly lives for expat Americans in Israel

Adaya Mor said celebrating Thanksgiving with other Israeli soldiers who had left behind their families in America provided a needed boost.

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