Latest news briefs from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Ariel Sharon rejected calls by four Israeli Cabinet ministers for a referendum on his Gaza withdrawal plan. &quot;I will never give in to pressures and threats, nor accept any ultimatums,&quot; the Israeli prime minister
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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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Unrest in the Netherlands, a German regional election and Spanish-US relations feature in today's papers
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(corrects Israeli official's name in paragraphs 5 and 7 from Gilboa to Gilad)
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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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Henrike Morgenstern, a spokeswoman for the Berlin interior ministry, said an advertisement for the event published in English on the Internet expressed approval for suicide attacks against Israel and the United ...
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Events in Ukraine continue to dominate the European papers. A Budapest daily takes everyone to task over the invalidated referendum on citizenship for ethnic Hungarians abroad. Two German dailies comment on Mr Schroeder's visit to China. And in France a sniffer dog forgets to sniff!
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A number of Egyptian overtures toward Israel this week are designed to prepare the Egyptian public and Arab world for better relations with the Jewish State, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.
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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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GAZA CITY, 18 August 2004  The Israeli government yesterday issued bids for 1,000 new homes in West Bank settlements.
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&quot;Cypriot justice minister granted permission for the plane to land in Larnaca and mobilised bomb squads, bomb detectors and local civil aviation officials...&quot;. (BBC NEWS) - Israeli jet fighters have prevented
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Vandalized Jewish graves in western Europe. Growing support for extreme-right parties in Germany. Comments by France's far-right leader playing down the evils of the Nazi occupation.
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Political sources in Israel say the state has begun building housing units in the Gilo settlement outside Jerusalem. A leading newspaper has confirmed the decision and reports that a new plan will allow the
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The historic visit of President Moshe Katsav to Vienna today happens to follow the recent publication of "Reports from Israel," 13 volumes of memorandums dispatched by Austrian diplomats - first counselors, ...
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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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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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Industry, Trade and Employment Minister Ehud Olmert is on a visit to South Africa, the first by an Israeli minister in a decade. Olmert met with his South African counterpart and is scheduled to meet other ministers and with the president.