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Israeli Resort City Hit In Overnight Rocket Strike

AP | TIA GOLDENBERG | Posted 04.05.2012

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JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister on Thursday warned that Egypt's Sinai desert is becoming a "terror zone" and vowed to strike at militants th...

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Israel Abandons Egyptian Embassy

AP | AYA BATRAWY | Posted 05.21.2012

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CAIRO — Israel cleared out its embassy building in Egypt before sunrise Wednesday, six months after its offices were attacked and ransacked by p...

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Israel, the 'Arab Spring,' and the Wishful Thinkers

David Harris | Posted 04.14.2012

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To the advice givers, at least the well-intentioned among them, here are my two cents: Please show more restraint and greater understanding of Israel's difficult regional situation today.

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Leon Panetta Blames the Victim

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 02.03.2012

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The notion that Israel is primarily responsible for deteriorating relations with Turkey, Egypt and the Palestinians, as claimed by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, is more than simply inaccurate. It is disturbing and potentially dangerous.

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American-Israeli Held In Egypt Will Be Freed, PM Says

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 12.24.2011

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JERUSALEM — A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen imprisoned in Egypt on spy suspicions since June will be released soon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

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Israel Apologizes To Egypt For Killing Police Officers

AP | Posted 12.12.2011

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's defense minister has formally apologized to Egypt for the killing of six Egyptian police officers during a cross-border shootout...

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Egyptian Official: Peace Treaty With Israel Will Be Respected

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER and TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 11.26.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — Egypt's foreign minister said Monday his country will always respect its landmark peace treaty with Israel and is seeking ways ...

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Egyptians Break Into Israel Embassy In Cairo, Ambassador To Flee Country

AP | By AYA BATRAWY | Posted 11.09.2011

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CAIRO -- Protesters broke into the Israeli Embassy in Cairo Friday and dumped documents out of the windows as hundreds more demonstrated outside, prom...

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Israel Reportedly Deploys Drones Over Border With Egypt

AP | By DANIELLA CHESLOW | Posted 11.08.2011

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TEL AVIV, Israel -- A senior Israeli military official says the air force has deployed a special unit of unmanned surveillance aircraft along its long...

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Attacks In Southern Israel Kill At Least 5 Near Egyptian Border

AP | DANIELLA CHESLOW | Posted 10.18.2011

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EILAT, Israel — Gunmen who crossed from the Egyptian desert launched a series of attacks Thursday in southern Israel, killing eight people and t...

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The Power Of Peace And A Movement For Global Spirituality

Karen Berg | Posted 05.25.2011

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The time is ripe for us to fulfil our spiritual purpose and to return to our original wholeness as one soul, encompassing all our differences and individual uniqueness.

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The Dinosaurs Still Looking for Israeli Sharks and Vultures

Danny Ayalon | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the last few months, we have witnessed some bizarre conspiracy stories in the Arab world.

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With Egypt, US and Western Governments Find Themselves on the Wrong Side of history

Abdel-Rahman Hussein | Posted 05.25.2011

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To view events in Egypt through the paradigm of what they mean for Israel -- as many US commentators do -- is shocking, disgraceful and counterproductive.

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After Mubarak -- What Does Israel Do?

Daniel Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mubarak's Egypt was a linchpin for Israel's ability to pursue a hard-line regional policy with near impunity. Trying to keep that equation in play is what brings many Israeli officials to now push for continued military, as opposed to civilian control.

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Israel Is Missing a Historic Opportunity to Support Arab Freedom

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.25.2011

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Israel championing Arab aspirations to democracy, thought a must in its own right, is vital to Israel's image and ancient Biblical mandate. Israel is not another country but one built on the dream of an ancient people being allowed to live freely in its land.

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Shmuel Rosner Paints U.S. Neocons as Likud's Useful Idiots

William K. Black | Posted 05.25.2011

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Because U.S. ties with Israel are "stronger and deeper" than our ties with Egypt we will not "abandon" Israel anytime soon.

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Will Israel Turn the Egyptian Revolution Against It?

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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I am happy for the Egyptian people, but I am sad for Israel -- not because it is genuinely threatened by this revolution but because Israel's leaders seems determined to turn the revolution against them.

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Faith, Not Dogma, In Egypt

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three years ago, I was stood up against a wall by a group of armed men in suits joined by a collection of black-clad police, photographed and threatened with arrest outside a Cairo synagogue.

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African Migrant Workers in Israel: Two Sides of the Same Border

Meital Nir-Tal | Posted 05.25.2011

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We are the Israeli soldiers. We miss home, we don't particularly like patrolling for twelve hours in cold weather and we would at times kill for a strong cup of cappuccino. But that's just an idiom. We don't shoot at migrants.

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Khaled Meshaal Interview: Hamas Chief Weighs In on Eve of Peace Talks

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

By moderating their stances to accommodate changing realities in the Middle East, Hamas has left people confused in recent years. Here is what Meshaal had to say about the challenges of peace on the eve of direct peace talks.

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Tzipi Livni Rules Out Hamas Talks

Xinhua | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Monday stressed that she sees no reason or need to negotiate with Hamas, saying...

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