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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday that only a credible military threat can deter Iran from building a nuclear weapon, Israeli political sources said. In comments signaling growing Israeli impatience with diplomacy, the sources said Netanyahu, beginning a five-day U.S. visit, argued that economic sanctions have ...
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And Israel Radio quotes Hamas minister as denying al Qaida is active in Gaza, saying 'We are moderates - we don't like extremists or fanatics.' Haaretz: Hamas confirmed for the first time on Monday that between 200 and 300 members of the organization's military wing were killed during Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip at the end ...
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Haaretz The Israel Defense Forces soldier who drove the bulldozer involved in the death of an American activist in the Gaza Strip testified publicly on Thursday for the first time since the incident seven years ago. The soldier has not been charged or tried over 23-year-old Rachel Corrie's death and his identity has not been disclosed. ...
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By REUTERS The Canadian police have arrested a suspect in the assassination of a Hamas militant in Dubai but offered no information on the matter, the police chief of Dubai, Dahi Khalfan Tamim, said Tuesday. Assassins killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in his Dubai hotel room in January. Israeli intelligence agents were widely blamed for the killing, ...
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JPost DAMASCUS, Syria — Former US President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that Palestinians are "living in a cage" in Gaza and that the militant group Hamas must be included in all major efforts for peace. Carter was in Syria with an international group of veteran statesmen known as the Elders, which includes Ireland's former President Mary ...
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AP RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinians are ready to end all historic claims against Israel once they establish their state in the lands Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday, addressing a long-standing Israeli demand. In an interview with Israel TV, Abbas also said negotiations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
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By JPOST.COM STAFF 10/17/2010 13:45 Bodies of father, 60, daughter, 24, show signs of struggle; police suspect murder; ZAKA volunteers help brother break into building. Talkbacks (4) Two Israelis, a 60-year-old man and his 24-year-old daughter, were found dead in their Mexico City apartment on Saturday night, with signs of injury and struggle on their bodies. The ...
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Haaretz: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos are to arrive in Israel Sunday to move ahead President Nicolas Sarkozy's idea of a summit in Paris later this month between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. According to French diplomats and officials in Netanyahu's bureau, the two leaders have ...
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Jerusalem Post: The Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday that it had won the backing of Egypt, Jordan and several other Arab countries for its refusal to return to the negotiating table unless Israel extended the moratorium on settlement construction. The announcement was made following a meeting in Cairo between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Hosni ...
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The Hill: Syria's president accused President Obama of launching the latest round of Middle East peace talks for his own political gain. Paying a visit to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made the comments as the month-old peace process is in danger of collapsing. "Nothing has changed in the Palestinian peace process (which) ...
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New York Times: Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran's race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a reference to the Book of Esther, the Old Testament tale in which the Jews pre-empt a Persian plot to destroy them. That use of the word "Myrtus" — which is ...
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Haaretz: Netanyahu speaks with Clinton, Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah in attempt to salvage peace process. Building work at the West Bank settlement of Ariel restarted Monday morning after a 10-month construction ban expired at midnight on Sunday. Construction of dozens of housing units also resumed in the settlements of Ravava, Yakir and Kochav a Hashachar, where bulldozers ...
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New York (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spent nearly a half-hour Friday meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the Obama administration tried to prevent Israeli-Palestinian peace talks from collapsing. The Palestinians have threatened to walk out of the talks if Israel does not extend a slowdown in West Bank settlement activity that ...
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Jerusalem Post: Western countries need to mobilize together into a coalition that will strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities, former head of the Mossad Danny Yatom said on Sunday. Speaking at the International Institute of Counter-Terrorism (ICT) Conference at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Yatom, a former Labor Party MK, said that only military force will succeed in ...
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Haaretz: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday condemned plans by a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Koran, saying that it was a Zionist plot that would bring about Israel's annihilation, Iran's Press TV reported. Speaking at a meeting between Iran's supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior Iranian officials in Tehran, Ahmadinejad said ...
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Jersualem Post: Hamas spokesman claims PA "crossed all red lines, directly cooperating with enemy" after arresting suspects linked to attacks that left 4 Israelis dead; Barhum: "arrests increase determination to continue resistance." Hamas accused the Palestinian Authority of "direct cooperation with the enemy" after it arrested Hamas members in conjunction with recent West Bank terrorist attacks ...
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