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ISRAEL: Netanyahu bids to expand government
Babylon & BeyondIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to expand his government. This week, as the intense relay-negotiations over captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit were peaking, Netanyahu invited the head of the opposition, Tzipi Livni, for a meeting.... -
A holy city still divided
Times Staff WritersJerusalem — AS a young paratrooper 40 years ago, Moshe Amirav felt the unmistakable touch of history. Ignoring a minor head wound suffered in the capture of East Jerusalem from Jordanian forces, Amirav raced through the winding lanes of the Old...Tags: Employees, Rentals, Colleges and Universities, Diplomacy, World War I (1914-1918)
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Want electricity? Stop the rockets
'It's about time" was the reaction of most Israelis to the government's decision on Wednesday to impose further economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip and to define it as "hostile territory." The government spoke specifically of cutting off electricity to...Tags: Economic Sanctions, Human Rights, National Government, Civil Rights, Hamas
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The Valley's Not So Civil War
Times Staff WriterEver since the twin towers came crashing down and the cloud of jihad fogged the land, the crop dusters swooping low over the San Joaquin Valley had taken on a new menace. Even here, tucked away in the farm fields of middle California, fear had settled...Tags: Sports, Employees, Republican Party, Colleges and Universities, Sean Hannity
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Hamas is a Mideast reality
Now that the guns have fallen silent and the dust is settling over Gaza, it is time to revisit the received wisdom in Israel, the United States and some European quarters that Hamas is a monolithic, Al Qaeda-like terrorist organization bent on Israel's...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of State, Armed Forces, National Government
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Testing, totally
Times Staff WriterUnder intense lobbying from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel and the Palestinians edged toward an agreement today on opening a border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. VIDEO The crossing, at Rafah, along Gaza's southern border, has been...Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, United Nations, Condoleezza Rice, Gaza Crisis (2008), Gaza Strip
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Roman Genn's refined palette
MOSCOW-BORN, Los Angeles-based artist Roman Genn has come a long way from drawing Communist propaganda cartoons as child. His incisive caricatures have appeared in magazines and newspapers across the country, often generating controversy with what he's...Tags: Entertainment, Albert Einstein, Pablo Neruda, History, Ariel Dorfman
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'Unsettled'
Times Movie CriticWhen Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced that Israel would withdraw from the Gaza Strip, returning the land to the Palestinian Authority and evicting Jewish settlers, the societal fissures revealed were so stark and severe they make the split between...Tags: Entertainment, Religious Conflicts, Cinema Industry, Movies, Democratic Party
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The next leader of Israel?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to quit after his centrist Kadima party chooses a new leader in September could trigger early national elections. These are some of his possible successors: Tzipi Livni Foreign minister and chief negotiator...Tags: Ehud Barak, Religious Conflicts, Armed Forces, Likud, Elections
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Israel's peace paradox
The lack of progress toward a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is an exception to the old saying that success has many fathers but failure is an orphan. The inability to resolve a struggle dating back to 1948 has many fathers and many...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Diplomacy, Menachem Begin, United Nations, Hamas
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Forget the two-state solution
There is no longer a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Forget the endless arguments about who offered what and who spurned whom and whether the Oslo peace process died when Yasser Arafat walked away from the bargaining table or...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Diplomacy, Annapolis, History, United Nations
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Israel's crisis of leadership
Israel is in the throes of a grave crisis of leadership. General elections are scheduled for Feb. 10, and there is no widely respected or overwhelmingly popular leader in sight. Even with the existential threat of a nuclear Iran looming over the country,...Tags: David Ben-Gurion, Amos Oz, Parties and Movements, Likud, Shimon Peres
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