Israeli clergy, military at odds
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Israel&#39;s top military officials spoke out Tuesday against calls for disobedience after rabbis urged religiously devout soldiers to refuse to take part in the removal of Jewish
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Heroic fighters to some, dangerous militia to others. The bloody fight that Hezbollah picked with Israel has deepened a longtime divide in Lebanon.
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Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori may face hostility at a meeting in Tanzania with Anglican bishops.
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An investigation into Israeli efforts to protect civilians during last summer's war in Lebanon has erupted into an open conflict pitting the military and the prime minister against the top government watchdog.
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A United Nations anti-racism panel has questioned Israel's policy on preserving holy sites, asking the country to explain whether it protects places considered sacred to religions other than Judaism.
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A bishop who claimed Islamic extremism turned some communities into no-go areas receives threats.
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A growing dissident movement opposes Israel's planned withdrawal on religious and nationalist grounds.
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JERUSALEM -- This week's suicide attack in Israel has sparked a war of words between Israel and Syria and increased pressure on the Israeli government to finish the West Bank barrier that many Israelis believe saves lives.
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JERUSALEM - Heavily armed Israeli police commandos stormed a Jerusalem church compound on Thursday and re-arrested nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu.
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Strife over Episcopal policy on gay clergy split one congregation. How many other schisms will follow?
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The involvement of the revered Buddhist clergy has increased the challenge to the military junta.
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Police scuffled Wednesday with an Israeli Islamic leader and several of his followers near a disputed holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem where Muslims have been protesting excavations and repairs.
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JERUSALEM - The Israeli army gave a rare accounting on Wednesday of Palestinian non-combatants it had killed, drawing charges from a leading rights group that it had obscured the figures amid a heated debate on military ethics.
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Israel&#39;s top military leader blasted some Jewish religious leaders for urging followers to refuse to follow military orders to evacuate settlements, as part of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s disengagement plans.
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A dispute that has pitted Jew against Jew in Lithuania may be headed to the courts.
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It's a hugely lopsided fight, pitting Israeli troops with high-tech arms and precise intelligence against untrained Palestinian gunmen relying on homemade weapons.
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Extra security guards around churches in Egypt and Lebanon. Armed officers surrounding at least one. With the tensions over Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on Islam still high, many in the Mideast's large Christian communities are worried about a backlash.