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    Jul 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96; former Israeli prime minister

    JERUSALEM — Yitzhak Shamir, the onetime underground Jewish fighter and long-serving Israeli prime minister whose unyielding belief in the right of Jews to all of the biblical Land of Israel often exasperated U.S. policymakers, has died. He was 96.
    JERUSALEM — Yitzhak Shamir, the onetime underground Jewish fighter and long-serving Israeli prime minister whose unyielding belief in the right of Jews to all of the biblical Land of Israel often exasperated U.S. policymakers, has died. He was 96....

    Tags: West Bank, Gaza Crisis (2008), Ariel Sharon, Peace Negotiations, Likud

    2. Jun 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Iran, world powers lower sights on nuclear talks

    World Now
    After two days of contentious talks, Iran and six world powers negotiating over Tehran's nuclear program decided to refrain from immediately scheduling another high-level meeting and instead to convene lower-level officials to discuss technical issues....
    3. Jun 24, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Russian President Putin to visit Israel, West Bank and Jordan

    World Now
    Russian President Vladimir Putin will land in Israel on an official visit Monday, making Israel one of the first countries he will visit since his recent election. He will also visit the West Bank....
    4. Jun 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Israeli president's Medal of Freedom may revive Pollard spy case

    World Now
    President Obama's decision to award Israeli President Shimon Peres the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier this year was followed by pressure in Israel to take the opportunity to ask for the release of Jonathan Pollard from American prison....
    5. May 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Ben-Zion Netanyahu dies at 102; father of Israeli prime minister

    JERUSALEM — Historian Ben-Zion Netanyahu, the father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the man said to have had the most profound influence on the conservative Israeli leader, died early Monday in his Jerusalem home. He was 102.
    JERUSALEM — Historian Ben-Zion Netanyahu, the father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the man said to have had the most profound influence on the conservative Israeli leader, died early Monday in his Jerusalem home. He was 102. The elder...

    Tags: Likud, Government, Air France-KLM, Religion and Belief, Israel

    6. Sep 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. ISRAEL: Trying classic, digital and celebrity diplomacy

    Babylon & Beyond
    The Palestinian plan to ask the United Nations for statehood recognition has preoccupied Israel's leaders and news media for months, making "September" a code word for trouble ahead. Public officials have sounded dire warnings, each with a metaphor...
    7. Sep 13, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. WEST BANK: 18 years after Oslo, Palestinians try a new tack

    Babylon & Beyond
    On Sept. 13, 1993, current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and current Israeli President Shimon Peres signed at the While House the so-called Oslo Accords, ushering in a new era and hopes of peace in the decades-old Palestinian-Israeli...
    8. May 2, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Tony Curtis documentary to open the L.A. Jewish Film Festival

    24 Frames
    "Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom," a new documentary on the late actor born Bernie Schwartz in the Bronx, opens the 7th annual Jewish Film Festival Thursday evening at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills....
    9. Feb 1, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. U.N. chief tells Palestinians their state is long overdue

    World Now
    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday said an independent Palestinian state is long overdue....
    10. Feb 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Palestinians mourn schoolchildren killed in bus accident

    World Now
    The Palestinian Authority declared a three-day mourning period and ordered flags flown at half mast throughout the Palestinian territories and outside in mourning of children killed Thursday in a bus accident outside Ramallah....
    11. Mar 9, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Israel's Shimon Peres reflects on Hollywood's global influence

    24 Frames
    Israeli President Shimon Peres told a movie and television industry audience at the Dreamworks Animation studio lot in Glendale Friday that Hollywood often wields more influence across the globe than world leaders do....
    12. Jun 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Al Schwimmer dies at 94; founder of Israel's aerospace industry

    Al Schwimmer, a former aircraft engineer who smuggled American planes to Israel for its 1948 war of independence, founded its aerospace industry and later became a figure in the Iran-Contra affair, died in Tel Aviv on Friday, his 94th birthday.
    Al Schwimmer, a former aircraft engineer who smuggled American planes to Israel for its 1948 war of independence, founded its aerospace industry and later became a figure in the Iran-Contra affair, died in Tel Aviv on Friday, his 94th birthday. The cause...

    Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, FBI, Science and Technology, Government, John F. Kennedy

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