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- Call for scepticism
- Sensible Jew: Mossad and Our Passports
- Hamas response to Goldstone avoids responsibility.
- Australian passports & extra-judicial killings
- Dubai, Fake Passports and Other things
- Boycott Divestment & Sanctions: Chomsky says no, others say he's wrong.
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- Israel vs Saudi Arabia
Sweden to extradite suspect in Auschwitz sign theft
A Swedish man accused of organising the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz will be extradited to Poland, a Swedish district court said on Thursday.
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Biden to Israelis: Mideast status quo unsustainable
Vice President says that Palestinians, Israelis must decide for themselves if they want peace.
H&M opens Israel store amid calls to boycott European branches
More than 24 European and Middle Eastern anti-Israel organizations condemned Thursday the opening of H&M's flagship store in Israel and called to boycott the clothing chain's stores in Europe in response.
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Hamas releases British journalist detained in Gaza
Documentary-maker Paul Martin to be freed after four weeks in jail on suspicion of spying for Israel.
How did U.S. groups react to Biden's condemnation of Israel?
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's condemnation of Israel's plan to construct 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem was welcomed on Wednesday by advocacy groups and analysts who called for Israel to be held accountable for actions that undermine peace talks with the Palestinians.
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PA: Peace talks off until East Jerusalem housing shelved
PA says indirect negotiations with Israel on hold over plans for 1,600 Jewish homes in E. Jerusalem.
Arab League chief: Abbas won't enter indirect peace talks now
Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told him he would not enter indirect talks with Israel.
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European Parliament endorses Goldstone Gaza report
The European Parliament on Wednesday urged its 27-member states to monitor the Israeli and Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes committed during last year's late-winter conflict in Gaza.
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MKs to Biden: Show kindness and mercy for Jonathan Pollard
A group of Knesset faction chairmen on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden requesting clemency for Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in the U.S. after being convicted of spying for Israel.
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Noam Shalit urges EU Parliament chief: Help secure Gilad's release
Noam Shalit, father of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, met Wednesday in Strasbourg, France, with European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek.
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Trial over death of U.S. activist Rachel Corrie begins
The family of an American activist who was fatally crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza accused Israel of whitewashing its investigation into the death Wednesday in the opening of a civil case against Israel.
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PA cancels ceremony honoring leader of 1978 terror attack in Israel
The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a ceremony to honor the woman who led a 1978 hijacking of a civilian bus in Israel that left 35 people dead.
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Are peace talks doomed to fail before they start?
There is a deep reason the majority of Israelis and Palestinians can't move toward the two-state solution.
Yishai: Sorry for distress over East Jerusalem plan
Interior Minister Eli Yishai apologized on Wednesday for causing domestic and international distress as a result of Israel's recent decision to approve 1,600 more homes in East Jerusalem.
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Biden: East Jerusalem plan undermines peace talks
Israel's decision to approve 1,600 new homes in an ultra-Orthodox East Jerusalem neighborhood is undermining Middle East peace talks, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
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U.K. honors British Holocaust heroes with new awards
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tuesday honored Britons who saved the lives of Jews and other persecuted groups during the Holocaust by giving them a new award at a reception at Downing Street.
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Jewish lobbying sways EU against support of Goldstone Gaza report
Members of the European Parliament have backtracked from their plan to pass a resolution demanding implementation of the Goldstone report, in response to pressure from European Jewish leaders, Haaretz has learned.
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European group may probe Israel decision to indict Arab MK
The Inter-Parliamentary Union is considering sending representatives to oversee the legal proceedings against Hadash chairman Mohammed Barakeh, charged with assaulting a police officer during an anti-separation fence rally in the West Bank.
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