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Australia investigating mysterious 2010 death in Israeli prison
JERUSALEM -- Government officials in Australia vowed Wednesday to investigate the secret detention and mysterious death of a Jewish Australian immigrant who was found hanged to death in a high-security Israeli prison cell in 2010. Australian Foreign...
Tags: Interior Policy, Civil Rights, Newspaper and Magazine, Police Arrests, Judaism
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Iran's leader visits Cairo, easing long estrangement
CAIRO -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived to a red-carpet welcome and a kiss on the cheek by Egypt's new Islamist leader in a historic trip to strengthen relations between the two nations after decades of estrangement and suspicion. Iran...
Tags: Mohamed Morsi, Egypt, Religious Conflicts, Justice and Rights, Political Dissent
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Hagel defends record, spars with critics in Senate hearing
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON -- Making his first public comments after his nomination to lead the Pentagon, former Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday he stood by his record but also urged senators to look beyond controversial votes and statements he has made, which critics...Tags: Iraq, Nuclear Weapons, Thad Cochran, White House, Mitt Romney
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Morsi's hateful speech
Zionists are "bloodsuckers" and "the descendants of apes and pigs." Egyptians should "nurse our children and our grandchildren on hatred for them: for Zionists, for Jews." Those are the words not of an anonymous fanatic on a Cairo street corner but of...
Tags: Islam, Jay Carney, U.S. Department of State, West Bank, Mohamed Morsi
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Netanyahu rival unveils new centrist Israeli political party
JERUSALEM – Former opposition leader Tzipi Livni, Israel’s most-recognized female politician, threw her hat back in the political ring Tuesday, setting the stage for an election rematch against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Four...Tags: Parties and Movements, Mahmoud Abbas, Ehud Olmert, Tzipi Livni, Judaism
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An untidy compromise in Egypt
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi overreached last week when he asserted near-dictatorial power under a "temporary" decree that placed his actions beyond judicial review. The move galvanized his political opponents, dismayed some of his supporters and...
Tags: Mohamed ElBaradei, U.S. Department of State, Crime, Law and Justice, Egypt, Justice System
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Goldberg: Egypt's 'moderate' despot
What do you call a leader of a theocratic and cultish movement with a deep and clear disdain for democracy who suddenly assumes dictatorial powers? A "moderate," of course. Ever since the Muslim Brotherhood broke its promise to stay out of Egypt's...
Tags: Islam, ABC (tv network), This Week (tv program), White House, Egypt
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Pro-Israel groups take wait-and-see approach to Hagel nomination
WASHINGTON – Two influential pro-Israel organizations that have been skeptical about President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Defense secretary said Monday they are not opposing confirmation of the former Republican senator, following...
Tags: Politics, White House, Judaism, Jack Lew, Barack Obama
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to quit politics
JERUSALEM - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, one of the nation’s most influential and divisive leaders, said Monday he would not run for a Knesset seat in the upcoming election, ending a political and military career that spanned more than three...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Labor Legislation, Elections
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Hamas' hard line
Israeli officials often complain that their country's policies are lambasted around the world while Palestinians are allowed to behave undemocratically or even violently without comment or moral judgment. So here is a slightly belated but heartfelt...
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian National Authority, West Bank, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Hamas celebrates its 25th anniversary in West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Thousands of Hamas activists Friday participated in mass rallies in several West Bank cities marking 25 years for the launch of the Islamist movement. It was the second day of public demonstrations, ending a five-year ban on...
Tags: Fatah, Palestinian National Authority, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Chuck Hagel's Israel litmus test
Jews worry for a living. Their dark history and, in the case of American Jews, their legitimate concerns about the security of the state of Israel impel them to do so. But sometimes those concerns are overblown and reflect a kind of collective cosmic oy...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Values, U.S. Congress, Judaism, Woodrow Wilson
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