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Israeli political parties that oppose Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan have no place in a future government coalition, one Cabinet minister said.
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Foreign secretary Jack Straw is today beginning two days of talks in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Mr Straw will meet Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon before travelling on to the West Bank for
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When the notices went up in Kiev ordering the Jews to gather on the corner of Melnyka and Dokterivska streets by 8 a.m., they assumed the Nazis were shipping them to a ghetto. Some even arrived early for a good seat on the train. There were no trains. What met the Jews that morning was death in a ravine called Babi Yar.
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&quot;Ehud Olmert is in good shape, he jogs,&quot; Dov Weisglass, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s top aide, commented last June.
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&quot;The &#39;Disengagement Plan&#39; explicitly confirms the Israeli government intentions regarding the unlawful annexation of West Bank land..&quot;. By the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. The announcement of a unilateral
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Â· Funds to boost support for president in West Bank  Â· Olmert offers concessions but 'no breakthrough'
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Jordan's monarch makes a dramatic appeal for peace in a TIME interview--and reveals a new initiative reaching out to ordinary Israelis
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's Holocaust museum launched a website yesterday giving Internet users access to biographical information on 3 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, the most comprehensive database of its kind. The Yad Vashem museum's site, which will be formally unveiled today, digitizes the center's 50 years of work compiling information on Holocaust victims. The list, the ...
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Residents of Peat Sadeh, a Jewish settlement at the Gaza Strip, have agreed to evacuate their houses within the framework of the plan for withdrawal by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that foresees the evacuation of 21 Jewish settlements on the Gaza
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks to reporters after casting his ballot at the Likud party meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004.
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By Michael Sluss, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 20--RICHMOND -- One day after angrily dismissing a question about his family's religious background, Sen. George Allen said Tuesday that he takes "great pride" in the Jewish heritage he recently discovered in his mother's family.
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The Israeli newspaper MaÂariv reported last week that an Israeli private detective had located Jacob Alexander in a seaside resort town in Sri Lanka.
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PARIS  - A Jewish group said Sunday it plans to "modify" an anti-Semitism publicity campaign that showed images of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary after the advertisements drew negative reactions.
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JERUSALEM Sept. 14, 2004 - Israeli Cabinet ministers approved cash advances Tuesday of up to $115,000 to Jewish settlers willing to leave their homes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank the first concrete step
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PARIS, Aug 24  - Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, in Paris to discuss a spate of anti-Semitic attacks against France&#39;s Jewish community in recent weeks, said Tuesday that actions speak louder than words.
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His Majesty King Abdullah and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer on Thursday expressed concern over statements by an Israeli official on an aspired Palestinian statehood and demanded clarification, a Royal ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called a surprise news conference for noon (1000 GMT) on Monday to address a health problem but public broadcaster Israel Radio said Olmert would not step down.