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British candidates court U.K. Jews ahead of election
May 3, 2010[Story ID: 6486] HENDON – The three candidates were sitting up on the stage last Wednesday night: One wearing a skullcap (though he is not Jewish), the second waxing poetic about his trip to Israel, and the third furious about anti-Semitism in Europe and twice mentioning his personal role in getting Holocaust Remembrance Day put [...]
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Peace deal means getting Jewish state back from the Arab world
May 3, 2010[Story ID: 6487] How serious Benjamin Netanyahu really is about resuming talks with the Palestinians will be reflected in the extent of his effort to reshape Israeli public opinion, where the concept “there is no partner” has been thoroughly assimilated, partly because of the prime minister’s own utterances. …
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Is Europes new Jewish group putting unfair pressure on Israel?
May 3, 2010[Story ID: 6488] A computer analyst and writer who was born in Tunisia, David Chemla lived in Israel for 10 years, served in the Israel Defense Forces and today resides in Paris, where he serves as chair of Peace Now France. He spoke to Haaretz on his way to Brussels, where he was headed to [...]
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Europol deal with Israel Police hampered due to East Jerusalem offices
May 3, 2010[Story ID: 6489] A cooperation agreement between the Israel Police and Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, is being hampered because the Public Security Ministry and the national police headquarters are situated in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Haaretz has learned. …
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Fatah seeks to wrest Finance Ministry from Fayyad control
May 3, 2010[Story ID: 6490] Senior Fatah leaders are calling for their movement to wrest control of the Palestinian Finance Ministry from Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in a decision announced unanimously at a meeting of the Fatah Revolutionary Council. …
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NY police confirm car bomb caused Times Square evacuation
May 2, 2010[Story ID: 6429] An apparent failed car bomb in a vehicle that was smoking and emitted a small “flash” caused police to evacuate New York’s Times Square as bomb specialists worked to dismantle the device on Saturday night, Broadway’s busiest night. …
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Netanyahu: Israel ready for new peace talks – any time, any place
May 2, 2010[Story ID: 6430] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night praised the Arab League’s endorsement of renewed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, scheduled to start mid-May. …
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Even Israels biggest lovers are growing impatient
May 2, 2010[Story ID: 6431] Thankfully, we have lived long enough. For 2,000 years – or at least 43 – we expected to hear this voice from the heights, but it tarried. No one can accuse the 3,000 Jewish intellectuals who signed a letter to be presented to the European Parliament Sunday calling on Israel to cease [...]
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3,000 European Jewish intellectuals urge end to Israeli settlements
May 2, 2010[Story ID: 6432] A new leftist European Jewish group, JCall, has written a letter to be delivered Sunday to the European Parliament calling for a cessation of what it calls systematic support for Israeli government decisions. …
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Turkey and Brazil mediating Iran nuclear deal, diplomats say
May 1, 2010[Story ID: 6372] Turkey and Brazil are trying to revive a stalled atomic fuel deal with Iran in an attempt to help the Islamic Republic avoid new United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program, Western diplomats said on Friday. …
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Clinton: Indirect peace talks to begin next week
May 1, 2010[Story ID: 6373] U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday she expected Israel and the Palestinians to begin indirect peace talks next week, breaking months of deadlock over a key U.S. foreign policy goal. …
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Obama declares May Jewish American Heritage Month
May 1, 2010[Story ID: 6374] U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday declared May Jewish American Heritage Month for 2010, calling it a time to honor “the invaluable contributions Jewish Americans have made to our nation.” …
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Steven Spielberg, Coen brothers urge release of jailed Iranian filmmaker
May 1, 2010[Story ID: 6375] A group of film industry luminaries, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, on Friday called on the Iranian government to release jailed director Jafar Panahi. …
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Report: Obama to call world summit if Mideast peace talks fail
April 30, 2010[Story ID: 6291] U.S. President Barack Obama has told several European leaders that if Israeli-Palestinian talks remain stalemated into September or October, he will convene an international summit on achieving Mideast peace, senior Israeli officials told Haaretz on Thursday. …
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Netanyahu and Barak know that the time for peace is now
April 30, 2010[Story ID: 6292] Neil Simon’s play “The Odd Couple” was first successfully staged on Broadway, and later broadcast for many years as a television series. The subject of the play is two men – one an elegantly dressed pedant who plays the piano, and the other an intolerable slob. These contrasts were funny, but the [...]
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Israels choice: Make peace or disappear
April 30, 2010[Story ID: 6293] The student senate at Berkeley University in California recently passed a resolution calling for divestment from Israel. Prof. Judith Butler, the feminist theoretician, expounded to the enthusiastic audience on her new “Jewish” vision, which calls for renouncing the State of Israel. In this way, the intellectual elites once again expressed their strong [...]
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Clinton: Syrias provocations may plunge Middle East into war
April 30, 2010[Story ID: 6294] WASHINGTON – Syrian President Bashar Assad is pursuing dangerous policies that could unleash war on the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Thursday night. …
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Arab MKs Libya trip a path to Mideast peace
April 30, 2010[Story ID: 6295] Hysteria gripped the right wing in the Knesset after an Arab delegation of MKs and dignitaries visited Libya. The chairman of the Knesset House Committee, Yariv Levin (Likud), hastened to adopt MK Michael Ben Ari’s (National Union) request to consider denying the MKs parliamentary immunity. MK Zevulun Orlev (Habayit Hayehudi) suggested that [...]
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Egypt: Lebanon in panic over fear of Israeli attack
April 29, 2010[Story ID: 6219] “Complete panic” is reigning in Lebanon because of fears of an Israeli attack and another war, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in a closed meeting earlier this week, sources say. …
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PA urges Palestinians to stop using Israeli cell phone firms
April 29, 2010[Story ID: 6220] The Palestinian Authority is urging Palestinians to stop using the Israeli cellular companies Pelephone, Orange, Cellcom and Mirs. …