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Turkey, Jordan and Israel held joint search and rescue maneuvers
Turkey, Jordan and Israel held joint search and rescue maneuvers, a Turkish newspaper reported. The exercise reportedly took place two weeks ago at the Turkish Special Forces Command’s training ra...
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<i>Kobi Gideon / Flash90 / JTA<br>Young Palestinian girls learn with Israel trainers to defend against sexual assault and other acts of violence as part of the Impact program at The Israel Women s Martial Arts Foundation in Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2009.</i>

Palestinian girls learn self-defense

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Clinton said Israel’s concessions on settlement building fall short of Washington’s expectations
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Israel’s concessions on settlement building fall short of Washington’s expectations. Two days after she praised Israel for offering what she cal...
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<i>Courtesy Samuel Maoz<br>Samuel Maoz, writer and director of "Lebanon," based the award-winning film on his experiences as a tank gunner during the first Lebanon War.</i> 'Lebanon' latest film to explore Israel's Vietnam
TEL AVIV - From the depths of an Israeli soldier turned middle-aged filmmaker’s haunted memories, the new award-winning movie “Lebanon” consists mainly of scenes shot from i...
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<i>J Street photo<br>J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami, seen here at the group s reception at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, wrote an open letter to Michael Oren trying to persuade the U.S. Israeli ambassador to address its first major conference.</i> J street parley attracting big names, but will Israel's ambassador attend?
WASHINGTON – J Street has lined up plenty of high-profile speakers for its first major conference. But the new and controversial self-described “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby is looki...
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<i>Ada E. Yonath</i> Ada E. Yonath wins award in chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 jointly to Ada E. Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Venkatraman Ramakrishnan,...
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Unilateral actions on Palestinian state could prompt Israel action
Unilateral actions to declare a Palestinian state could cause Israel to take unilateral action of its own, Benjamin Netanyahu said. “The way to achieve peace is through negotiations, cooperation ...
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Stop settlements, Sarkozy tells Netanyahu
WASHINGTON — French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop settlement construction in the West Bank. In a statement after the two leaders met...
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Orthodox Union slams comments made by Orthodox anti-Israel group
Remarks made by an Orthodox anti-Israel group about captured soldier Gilad Shalit are unacceptable, the Orthodox Union said. The OU on Tuesday slammed comments made by members of the Neturei Karta...
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<i>U.N. photo<br>Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visited Syria as part of a new foreign policy that seeks to strengthen ties with countries previously kept at an arm’s length.</i>

Does anger over Gaza threaten Turkey-Israel ties?
ISTANBUL , Turkey — Turkey’s decision to indefinitely postpone a military exercise apparently due to Israel’s planned involvement is raising concerns that Turkish-Israeli ties have not reco...
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<i>Gilad Shalit</i> Videotape shows Gilat Shalit alive
Israel completed the trade for a videotape of kidnapped soldier Gilat Shalit by releasing a 20th female Palestinian prisoner. The two-minute tape shows Shalit to be alive and seemingly well. It wa...
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Palestinians shout at Israeli border police officers blocking the entrance to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on Oct. 04.</i> 
Violent clashes in City of David ratchet up rhetoric, tensions
JERUSALEM — Tensions between Israelis and Arabs simmered this week as Arab rioters clashed with Israeli police and Palestinian leaders accused Israel of trying to “Judaize” Jerusalem. The clashe...
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Israeli high court orders demolitions
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the state to demolish illegal Palestinian buildings in the West Bank. The ruling Wednesday said the state must set a timetable for the demo...
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Tuesday, 24, 2009
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Community Interfaith T... 7:30 PM
The 34th annual Community Interfaith Thank...