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Obama should free Pollard
President Barack Obama's forthcoming trip to Israel affords him a special opportunity to mend political fences and guarantee a warm popular reception in that country, while at the same time ensuring that justice is served here at home. These are goals...
Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Department of Justice, Wars and Interventions
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Biden: President promises to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – President Obama is “not bluffing” when he vows that he will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday in a speech that put a heavy emphasis on winning consensus on that view from the rest...Tags: Palestinian National Authority, Politics, John McCain, Iran's Nuclear Program, Nuclear Weapons
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Israel undermining own security with settlements, allies warn
As Israel pursues an expanded settlement agenda in Palestinian territory, even its friends are beginning to sound like its adversaries. The European Union issued a damning report this week, calling the Israeli government’s construct-and-control...
Tags: European Union, Politics, Israeli Settlements, Judaism, New York University
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Iran agrees to further nuclear talks after 6 nations ease demands
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON — Six world powers won Iran’s promise for further negotiations over its disputed nuclear program after easing their demands for curbs on an effort they fear is aimed at giving Tehran the ability to make a bomb. After the final...Tags: European Union, Tehran (Iran), U.S. Department of State, Politics, Russia
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Palestinians at funeral protest death of prisoner
SAIR, West Bank — As Israel looked for ways to contain growing Palestinian anger over the death of a West Bank detainee in its custody, thousands of mourners gathered Monday for the funeral of the man Palestinian officials say succumbed to torture...
Tags: Heart Attack, Politics, Injuries and Wounds, Fractured Rib, Sleep Deprivation
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Palestinian prisoner death triggers West Bank protests
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.JERUSALEM -- The sudden death of a 30-year-old Palestinian man being held in an Israeli jail sparked another day of protests and rioting across the West Bank on Sunday as fears heightened that Palestinian frustration levels are nearing a boiling point....Tags: Prisons, Heart Attack, Palestinian National Authority, Politics, Police Arrests
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Letters: Who's blocking Mideast peace?
Re “Moving past stalemate,” Opinion, Feb. 19 Maen Rashid Areikat relies on what has become the standard Palestinian rationalization for refusing to return to negotiations with Israel until the settlement issue is resolved. He relieves the...Tags: International Relations, Palestinian National Authority, United Nations, Hamas, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'Gatekeepers' director takes on the fog of war
"My kids know that when we go to Shabbat dinner with my parents, there will be a fight. Always. All the time, a fight." Dror Moreh, Israeli-born director of the formidable new documentary "The Gatekeepers," is speaking of his family, of growing up...
Tags: Entertainment, Vice (movie), Politics, The Gatekeepers (movie), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Israel's Netanyahu brings longtime rival Livni into coalition
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an agreement Tuesday night to bring his onetime political foe Tzipi Livni, head of the centrist Movement Party, into his pending coalition government. Livni, a former foreign minister...
Tags: Likud, Elections, Knesset, Tzipi Livni, Politics
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Obama's visit to Israel gets name and logo
JERUSALEM — The itinerary and agenda for President Obama's trip to Israel next month is still being hammered out by teams on both sides. But the visit already has an official name, and by the end of the week, it will have a logo too. From...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Politics, National Government, Israel, Barack Obama
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Bulgaria ejects Hamas lawmakers, citing national security threat
Bulgarian officials ejected Hamas lawmakers from the country on Friday, saying they had reason to believe that the group of Palestinians threatened their nation's security. The Bulgarian State Agency for National Security said four Palestinians had...Tags: European Union, Lobbying, Politics, Hamas, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Israelis want President Obama to talk to them
JERUSALEM -- As advance teams coordinate between Washington and Jerusalem over the agenda and itinerary of President Barack Obama's visit to Israel next month, politicians and media are full of speculation. Obama is coming to "save Israel from itself,"...
Tags: Tel Aviv (Israel), Politics, West Bank, Israel, Barack Obama
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