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ADL says 'new anti-Semitism' appearing around the world
Forum Publishing GroupThere's a new anti-Semitism, Yael Hershfield, associate regional director of the Anti-Defamation League's Florida office, recently told an audience of seniors at Temple Anshei Shalom in Delray Beach. Hershfield's lecture, "Israel in the Media," was the...Tags: Barack Obama, Newspaper and Magazine, Judaism, National Government, Financial Markets
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World briefs: Japan dismisses air force chief for essay
Japan's defense minister dismissed his air force chief on Friday for writing an essay that claimed the country was not an "aggressor" in World War II and was trapped into getting involved in the conflict by the United States. Toshio Tamogami's essay...Tags: Heads of State, Defense, Diplomacy, Yitzhak Rabin, Crimes
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Israel's coming election
Israel is headed toward its third national elections in six years the beginning of next year as a result of Tzipi Livni being unable to cobble together a new coalition after the resignation of Ehud Olmert. The election will pit Livni and her Kadima...Tags: Orthodoxy, Diplomacy, Likud, Religious Conflicts, Parties and Movements
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Rabin assassin interviewed
The Associated PressYitzhak Rabin's assassin, in his first interviews since the 1995 killing, said he shot the Israeli prime minister because Ariel Sharon and other hawkish ex-generals warned Rabin's land-for-peace deal with the Palestinians would bring disaster. Yigal Amir...Tags: Television Industry, Defense, Diplomacy, Yitzhak Rabin, Crimes
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Rabin killer: Sharon was influential
Associated PressJERUSALEM — Yitzhak Rabin's assassin, in his first interviews since the 1995 killing, said he shot the Israeli prime minister because Ariel Sharon and other hawkish ex-generals warned that Rabin's land-for-peace deal with the Palestinians would...Tags: Diplomacy, Judaism, Crimes, Yitzhak Rabin, Religious Conflicts
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World briefing
RUSSIA Kadafi in Moscow for arms talks Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for talks expected to focus on arms purchases and the possible opening of a Russian naval base in Libya to counterbalance U.S. interests in Africa....Tags: Peace Negotiations, Diplomacy, Yitzhak Rabin, Dmitry Medvedev, Religious Conflicts
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Israelis unhappy over Jerusalem plot's return to Russians
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersNearly 150 years after Russian Czar Alexander II bought a large plot of land in Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in Moscow last week bearing a gift: the deed. The move by the outgoing Israeli leader, after...Tags: Orthodoxy, Judaism, Likud, Economic Sanctions, Foreign Aid
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Livni may become first Israeli female leader since Meir
JERUSALEM - For the first time since Golda Meir more than three decades ago, a woman is within reach of becoming the prime minister of Israel, a nation dominated by macho military men and a religious establishment with strict views on the role of women....Tags: Golda Meir, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Government, Ehud Olmert
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Resignation breeds uncertainty
Chicago Tribune correspondentJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, embroiled in a series of corruption probes, resigned on Sunday, beginning a leadership transition that could take weeks and possibly months to complete. Olmert handed a resignation letter to President...Tags: Diplomacy, Ehud Barak, Political Candidates, Corporate Crime, Parties and Movements
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Tzipi Livni: A fresh face for Israel?
Chicago Tribune correspondentJERUSALEM — She could become Israel's first female prime minister since Golda Meir held the post more than a generation ago, but the tall, businesslike woman partial to dark pantsuits shuns talk of glass ceilings and gender politics. Tzipi Livni,...Tags: Defense, Ehud Barak, Political Candidates, Corporate Crime, Armed Forces
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Livni leads race to head Israel's Kadima Party
Associated PressForeign Minister Tzipi Livni won the Kadima Party's primary election for its leader yesterday, TV exit polls said, putting her in a good position to become Israel's first female leader in 34 years and sending a message that peace talks with the...Tags: Peace Negotiations, Polls, Primaries, Golda Meir, Diplomacy
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Meet Tzipi Livni
Iran is rushing ahead with its nuclear program, overcoming technical challenges and daring the world to stop it. The terrorists of Hamas are tightening their grip on Gaza and eyeing the West Bank. Hezbollah radicals are ascendant in Lebanon. And peace...Tags: Corrupt Practices, Defense, Diplomacy, Judaism, Nuclear Weapons
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