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Clinton Calls Israel Rift A Challenge

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) MOSCOW - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described a rift with Israel over a Jerusalem construction project as a challenge, avoiding ...

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Clashes Erupt In Jerusalem As Hamas Declares 'Day Of Rage' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians have broken out in Jerusalem, after Hamas announced a "day of rage." Hamas was angered by the...

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US Envoy cancels Mideast trip, Israel feud deepens

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who...

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What Obama Is Actually Trying To Do in Israel

The Atlantic | Jeffrey Goldberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is much speculation that this kerfluffle over 1,600 theoretical apartments on the wrong side of the green line in Jerusalem will lead to a ruptu...

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Netanyahu's Mistake is Obama's Opportunity

Ami Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

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A lot of left-wingers in Israel are grinning these days. Watching Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu sweat after being reprimanded by Hillary Clinton is, sad to say, the best news we've had since his election.

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Israel Moves To Change Law After Biden "Mishap"

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel is moving to amend the country's planning procedures on sensitive political decisions following an embarrassing diplomatic fl...

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Joe Biden, East Jerusalem and a Religiously Divided Israel

Steven Gerber | Posted 05.25.2011

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A small, but vocal, segment of Israeli Jews has asserted its view of Judaism - one in which the most important overriding concern is that God gave the Land of Israel to the Jewish people.

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Hubbub About a Snub -- The Truth About Obama and Netanyahu

Marc R. Stanley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rumors that Netanyahu "snubbed" Obama in March are absolutely not true. According to an ambassador who was present the entire time, the meeting followed the protocol of a non-state visit; no pomp, no media, and no photos.

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Biden Scolds Israel Over Settlement Plan

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) RAMALLAH, West Bank — An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rei...

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Israel Apologizes To Biden Over Settlement Announcement: We Didn't Mean To 'Taunt An Important Man'

Posted 05.25.2011

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes ...

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Biden Urges Israel To take Risks For Peace

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM -- Israel approved the construction of 1,600 new homes for Jews in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday - a move that immediately clouded a vi...

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A Line in the Sand Is Occasionally Useful

David Bromwich | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the question of political character, the evidence on Obama is mixed and its core oddly elusive. Can he be a world leader without being a leader of his cabinet or his country?

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Biden Israel-Iran Statements Cause Storm Of Regional Responses

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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The effects of Vice President Joe Biden's recent remarks during an interview with ABC's "This Week"--where he implied that Israel has a sovereign righ...

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Saudi Arabia, Israel Talks For Shared Airspace Against Iran Denied By Saudis

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Following Vice President Joe Biden's statements in an interview on ABC's "The Week"--which many believe to amount to a tacit condoning of a hypothetic...

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