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Israeli forces killed six Palestinians in Gaza Strip clashes. Near the Kissufim junction in central Gaza, two gunmen shot and moderately wounded an Israeli army officer before being killed Monday.
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The following story contains the latest information known as of 23:30 CET on Monday, and will be updated as new information comes in.
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A Jewish group said Sunday it plans to &quot;modify&quot; 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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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called a surprise news conference for noon (6:00 a.m. EDT) on Monday to address a health problem but public broadcaster Israel Radio said Olmert would not step down.
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WARSAW -- Jewish community leaders and Warsaw officials lighted the candles of a large menorah in the center of the capital yesterday for Hanukkah, a rare public observance of a Jewish holiday in Poland. Israel's chief rabbi, Yona Metzger, chanted Hebrew prayers as he and Warsaw Deputy Mayor Andrzej Urbanski were lifted by an industrial crane to the top of ...
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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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A new Mideast radio station is attracting both Palestinians and Israelis. How a format created during South Africaâs apartheid era is offering a fresh forum in a troubled region.
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By Connie Bloom, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Dec. 16--The rabbi wore a dress, the service was projected in PowerPoint and eBay appeared in the lyrics of the Dreidel Song.
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Israel came under new pressure Friday to move its West Bank barrier closer to the 1967 barrier after the attorney general warned of international isolation and the Supreme Court ordered the government to explain its position in light of
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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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Monday's papers tackle a controversial Swiss asylum bill, street protests in Hungary and a new statement from Basque separatist group Eta.
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The prime minister, Tony Blair, right, with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon, at a Jerusalem press conference. Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP.
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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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A Jewish community center was the subject of an arson attack in the early hours of Sunday morning. Responsibility for the attack was found on a website that apparently has made militant Islamic comment in the past.
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ERUSALEM, Aug. 17  The day before Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faces sharp debate about his policies at his own Likud Party convention, his government made an effort to pacify his critics today, issuing tenders for 1,001 new, ...
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IN ADVANCE of a showdown with Likud party hard-liners, the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s government yesterday issued its largest authorisation of new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank since the unveiling of the international peace ...