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In Theory: An interview with Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu has announced that, after his 79th birthday in October, he is to resign from nearly all of his official commitments and withdraw from public life, the United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper reported last week. He...Tags: Politics, Dalai Lama, Israel, Africa, Crime, Law and Justice
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Echoes of '67: Israel unites
WASHINGTON — In May 1967, in brazen violation of previous truce agreements, Egypt ordered U.N. peacekeepers out of the Sinai, marched 120,000 troops to the Israeli border, blockaded Eilat (Israel'ssouthern outlet to the world's oceans), abruptly...
Tags: Politics, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jerusalem (Israel)
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu decides to form unity government
World NowIn a surprise turnabout, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to cancel the early election he had called just 24 hours before and instead form a unity government with opposition party Kadima, Israeli officials said Tuesday.... -
Israel's unity deal fuels talk of moderate shift
JERUSALEM — The surprise unity government announced Tuesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has many observers predicting that the reformed coalition will embark on a more moderate path, including reopening talks with Palestinians and...Tags: Politics, Israel, Shas, Iran, Parliament
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Fein: 64 years and counting
Florida Jewish JournalMy father was skeptical of Zionism. He saw no reason to assume that the Jews would do better with nationalism than all the others had. Yet he winced only weakly when I joined Habonim, the Labor Zionist youth movement, which became for the next 10 years as...Tags: Politics, Israel, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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Echoes of 1967: Israel unites to face its greatest threat
WASHINGTON In May 1967, in brazen violation of previous truce agreements, Egypt ordered U.N. peacekeepers out of the Sinai, marched 120,000 troops to the Israeli border, blockaded Eilat (Israel's southern outlet to the world's oceans), abruptly signed a...Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Politics, Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jerusalem (Israel)
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Israel's move toward early vote may shelve any attack on Iran
JERUSALEM —Israel'smove toward early elections is the latest sign that its threatened attack againstIran'snuclear facilities is unlikely to take place in the coming months. Though no final decision has been made about moving up national elections...
Tags: Iraq, Shimon Peres, Politics, Israel, U.S. Elections
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Bob Dylan to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Soundboard Music Blog - Orlando SentinelWhat does American musical icon Bob Dylan have in common with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and ex-astronaut John Glenn? All are on the list of 13 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It's the nation's highest civilian honor,... -
Ben-Zion Netanyahu dies at 102; father of Israeli prime minister
JERUSALEM — Historian Ben-Zion Netanyahu, the father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the man said to have had the most profound influence on the conservative Israeli leader, died early Monday in his Jerusalem home. He was 102. The elder...Tags: Shimon Peres, Politics, Israel, Air France-KLM, Palestine
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Ben-Zion Netanyahu, father of Israeli prime minister, dies at 102
World NowThe man said to have had the most profound influence on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his father, historian Ben-Zion Netanyahu, died early Monday in his Jerusalem home at age 102.... -
Israelis, Palestinians reject linking shootings to Mideast debate
World NowIsraeli and Palestinian officials on Wednesday both rejected attempts to link shootings in France to the Mideast conflict.... -
Israel court rejects deal postponing evacuation of Migron outpost
World NowIn a case that is testing the balance of power between Israel’s democratic institutions, the Supreme Court on Sunday rejected a government plea to postpone by three years the deadline to evacuate an unauthorized Jewish settlement in the West Bank....
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