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"Obama Effect" On Muslim World Falling As Terrorism Rises

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, War on Terror, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Pakistan, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Global War on Terror, Bush War on Terror, War on Terrorism, Barack Obama, Obama Effect Muslim World, Barack Obama War on Terror, Somalia, Obama Effect, Israel, Obama War on Terror, World News

A new report from the American Security Project, "Are We Winning? Measuring Progress in the War on Terror: An Interim Update", outlines troubling glob...

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Israel Marks Independence After Somber Memorial Day

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Israel Independence, Israel Independence Day, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Palestine, Israel Palestine Conflict, Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bibi Netanyahu, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Binyamin Netanyahu, Middle East, World News

JERUSALEM — In a jarring contrast, Israel switched moods Tuesday evening from a somber Memorial Day for fallen soldiers to a joyous Independence...

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Obama Move To Aid Hamas Alarms Israel Supporters

LA Times | Paul Richter | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Palestinian Government, Hamas Palestinian Authority, Israel Hamas, Hamas, Obama Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Hamas Palestine, Israel Palestine Conflict, Barack Obama, Israel Palestine, Middle East, Israel, Obama Palestine, Barack Obama Palestinian Government, Hamas Palestinian Government, Obama Aid Hamas, Obama Giving Money to Hamas, World News

Reporting from Washington -- The Obama administration, already on treacherous political ground because of its outreach to traditional adversaries such...

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Yad Vashem Fires Employee Who Compared Holocaust To Palestinians' Plight

Haaretz | Yoav Stern | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Jews, Nakba, Holocaust, Al-Nakba, Yad Vashem, Israel Palestine Conflict, Jerusalem, Israel Palestine, Middle East, Israel Yad Vashem, Palestinian, The Holocaust, Israel, Jerusalem Israel, World News

Yad Vashem has fired an instructor who compared the trauma of Jewish Holocaust survivors with the trauma experienced by the Palestinian people in Isr...

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Israel Probe Finds No War Crimes Committed In Gaza

Jerusalem Post | Yaakov Katz | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel-Palestine Conflict, Gaza Strip, Operation Cast Lead, Israel Palestine, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Defense Force, Israel White Phosphorus, Israel, Israel Gaza, Israel Gaza War Crimes, White Phosphorus, Gaza War Crimes, Israel Gaza Strip, Gaza War, World News

The IDF operated in the Gaza Strip in accordance with international law and succeeded in maintaining a high level of professionalism and morals even t...

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Hamas Attacked, Killed Dozens Of Political Opponents: Human Rights Watch

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: Hamas, Gaza Hamas, Human Rights, Gaza Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Israel, Gaza Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Israel Gaza Conflict, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Israel-Palestine, Israel Palestine Conflict, Middle East, Gaza War, World News

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Hamas directed gunmen to eliminate political opponents and suspected collaborators under the cover of Israel's military of...

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Avigdor Lieberman Presses US Mideast Envoy For New Approach To Peace

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Avigdor Lieberman, George MItchell, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel-Palestine Conflict, Israel Palestine, World News

JERUSALEM — Stark differences between U.S. and Israeli policy toward peace talks with the Palestinians emerged clearly Thursday in the first mee...

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Gaza Cricket Hopes To Transcend Boundaries

The Guardian | Duncan Campbell | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Israel, Gaza, Israel Gaza Peace, Gaza Cricket, Israel Cricket, Middle East, Cricket for Change, Israeli-Palestinian, Israel Gaza Conflict, Israel Palestine Peace, Gaza Peace, Israel Palestine, Israel Gaza, Israel, World News

The seductive magic of cover drives and leg spin has won cricket fans around the world and now organisers behind a new initiative close to the Gaza bo...

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Avigdor Lieberman: Iran Should Be Priority, Not Palestinians

Press TV | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Lieberman, Israel-Palestine, Avigdor Lieberman, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Israel, Iran Israel, Israel Iran, Advocacy, World News

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says Israel should shift its focus from the Palestinian issue to "the biggest problem", Iran. Defending t...

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Israeli Police Kill Palestinian On Rampage

Haaretz | Jonathan Lis | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Border Police Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Israel-Palestine Conflict, Israeli Police, Israel, Israel-Palestine, World News

Border Police officers on Tuesday fatally shot a Palestinian man as he tried to ram into them with his car during the demolition of the East Jerusalem...

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Avigdor Lieberman: We're Not Bound By Annapolis Peace Talks

Haaretz | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Annapolis Convention, Israel-Palestine, Foreign Affairs, Annapolis, Hamas, Annapolis Summit, Binyamin Netanyahu, Annapolis Peace Conference, Indonesia, Egypt, Avigdor Lieberman, Saudi Arabia, Israel Syria, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Annapolis Middle East Peace Conference, Syria, Advocacy, Avigdor Lieberman and Annaplois, World News

New foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday that Israel was not bound by commitments it made at a U.S.-sponsored conference to pursue cre...

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Netanyahu Pledges Support For Peace Effort: Will Do All Within His Power

Jerusalem Post | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Lebanon, Gaza, West Bank, Ehud Olmert, Israel-Palestine, Foreign Affairs, Hamas, Binyamin Netanyahu, Likud, Egypt, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Syria, Advocacy, World News

Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon commended his soon-to-be predecessor Ehud Olmert for his peace efforts and said the Li...

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The Mideast Conflict in 27 Words or Less

Bradley Burston | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: World, Arabs, Middle East Conflict, Israel, Cancer, Media, Palestinians, Jewish, Jews, Israel-Palestine, World News
Bradley Burston

There are two sides in the Middle East conflict: Jews and Arabs who want compromise, and Jews and Arabs who want to demonize and eradicate their neighbors.

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US Judge Orders Iran To Pay $25M For IDF Soldier's Murder

AP | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nachshon Wachsman, Israel-Palestine, Israeli Soldier, Israel Hamas, Iran, Hamas, Israel, Israel Iran, World News

A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Iran to pay $25 million plus interest to the family of Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman, who was kidnapped and execut...

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Israel Extreme Make Over: Here Is a Start

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Israel Ground Invasion, Israel-Palestine, Israel, Israel Gaza, World News
Hani Almadhoun

I am a Palestinian from Gaza who lived under the Israeli occupation. Take my unsolicited advice as you would take the advice of your college roommate, the one you must share a space with peace.

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Avigdor Lieberman Should Be Judged On His Actions, Not His Words: Commentary

Israel Policy Forum | Jonathan Cristol | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

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The global Left wing media has widely and predictably reviled the elevation of Avigdor Lieberman to foreign minister. Robert Fisk, writing in The Ind...

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Israel's Anti-Rocket System Test Successful

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Israel-Palestine Conflict, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Foreign Affairs, Gaza Rockets, Anti-Rocket System, Hamas, Israel Defense Ministry, Israel, Iron Dome, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Advocacy, Jerusalem-Israel, World News

JERUSALEM — Israel has successfully tested a high-tech system designed to protect civilians from rocket attacks by militant groups in Gaza and s...

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2 Jews, 3 opinions

Isaac Luria | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, J Street, Gaza, J-Street, Israel-Palestine, Jewish, President Obama, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Jerusalem Post, Shmuel Rosner, Politics News
Isaac Luria

Since J Street released a second poll of American Jews' views on Israel, the Middle East, and the US role in resolving conflicts in the region, some of the usual suspects have tried to reject the results out of hand.

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Israel 30 Years Later: Searching For Peace With The Next Sadat

Jonathan Peled | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, West Bank, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Foreign Affairs, Anwar Al-Sadat, Arabs, Egypt, Anwar, Anwar El-Sadat, Israel, Menachem Begin, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Egypt Israel Tensions, Advocacy, World News
Jonathan Peled

Today, Arab leaders interested in committing themselves to peace with Israel must not ignore one of Sadat's most overlooked accomplishments: understanding the need to secure support from the Israeli public.

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Gaza War: Israel Disputes Palestinian Claim On Gaza Deaths

AP | STEVE WEIZMAN | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Thursday disputed Palestinian claims that most of the people killed in the recent Gaza Strip war were civili...

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Israel Under Pressure Over Divided Jerusalem

Inter Press Services | Mel Frykberg | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Gaza, West Bank, Israel-Palestine, Foreign Affairs, West Jerusalem, Israel, East Jerusalem, Advocacy, World News

RAMALLAH, Mar 24 (IPS) - By late Saturday afternoon hundreds of heavily armed Israeli security forces on horseback and on foot had arrested over 20 ...

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Anti-Palestinian T-Shirts Condemned By Israeli Military

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers wore T-shirts with a pregnant woman in the cross-hairs of a rifle and the slogan "1 Shot 2 Kills," adding to a grow...

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Israel Rejects Revised Durban II Draft

Haaretz | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Arabs, Durban, Durban 2, Durban Review Conference, Israel-Palestine, United Nations, European Union, Un, Israel, Durban 2009, Durban Ii, Durban Conference, Eu, World News

A senior Foreign Ministry source said Wednesday that Israel rejects the latest draft of the closing statement for the "Durban 2" anti-racism conferenc...

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Hertz's One State Solution: Netanyahu's Rent-a-Car Ally

Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, One-State Solution, Gaza, West Bank, Corporate Responsibility, Israel-Palestine, Commerce Department, Palestinians, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business, Corporate-Social-Responsibility, Corporate America, Rental Cars, Two-State Solution, Israel, Hertz, World News
Michael Shtender-Auerbach

With Hertz operating in every major Middle Eastern country, one would think Hertz would recognize how utterly offensive its map is and immediately repeal its use.

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Cuban American Leadership Out of Sync

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Leadership, Florida, US-Cuba Relations, Israel-Palestine, Cuba, World News
Hani Almadhoun

Conservative Cuban-American politicians are both vocal supporters of Israel and advocates for continued sanctions against Cuba. The inconsistency of their political stance is obvious.

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