Report: Ahmadinejad meets with Nasrallah at Iran embassy in Beirut

Hezbollah chief emerges from bunker to hand Iran President a gun he claims was taken from Israeli soldiers during the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

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abbas obama - AP - September 1 2010
Abbas vows to pressure U.S. to stop Israel settlement construction

The Palestinian president says Israel is 'still putting obstacles' in the path of peace talks, singles out West Bank settlement building.

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Anti-Israel protest in Turkey, AP, June 6, 2010
Families of Gaza flotilla victims accuse Israel of war crimes in The Hague

Delegation representing 300 activists files complaint over Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla which left 9 activists dead.

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Anti-Israel protesters outside the White House
ADL lists top 10 anti-Israel groups in U.S.

Jewish Voice for Peace included on list, drafted based on groups' ability to organize events, attract supporters, form relationships with like-minded groups.

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West Bank olives Oct. 9, 2010 (AP)
Three Palestinians die in freak West Bank olive-press accident

The freak accident at a village near Tul Karm occurs just a few days into the West Bank olive harvest season.

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New York crime scene
Report: New York man suspected of killing parents flees to Israel

Eric Bellucci, 30, is neither Jewish nor an Israeli citizen, according to the New York Post, but apparently has a friend in Tel Aviv with whom he was planning to stay.

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Welfare Minister Isaac Herzog
Minister Herzog announces candidacy for Labor Party leader

Announcement marks beginning of intense competition as candidates try to take on current party head, Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

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Diplomacy & Defense

netanyahu - Tomer Appelbaum - Sept 12 2010

Netanyahu: Lebanon is becoming an extension of Iran's regime

Speaking after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's address to thousands of Hezbollah supporters in southern Lebanon, Netanyahu says: 'We will continue to build and to protect ourselves as best we can.'

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Hezbollah supporters: Ahmadinejad visit to Lebanon a victory over Israel

For long a front line in conflicts with Israel, most recently in 2006, Bint Jbeil was an ideal place for Hezbollah to host its main Shi'ite ally, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a sworn enemy of Israel who has called for the state to be wiped off the map.

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Ahmadinejad tells Lebanese at rally near Israel border: The Zionists will disappear

Ahmadinejad welcomed by thousands of people in Bint Jbeil, location of heavy fighting during Second Lebanon War, where signs hang praising Iranian president as 'protector of resistance'.

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Germany encourages Israel, Arab League to pursue Middle East peace

Foreign Minister Lieberman being urged by his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle to continue direct talks with the Palestinians.

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National

bomb - Moti Milrod - October 14 2010

3 wounded in Rehovot car explosion

Bomb explodes as man known to the police opens his car door; two passersby also lightly wounded.

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Did Netanyahu predict Chile mine collapse 23 years before it happened?

In the midst of a successful rescue mission to save 33 Chilean miners, PMO distributes quotes from a book Netanyahu wrote in 1987.

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Likud slams Olmert: One could think it was heaven under Kadima government

'Under Olmert leadership, there were two wars, one Goldstone report, and thousands of missiles fired into Israel; Netanyahu government returned the calm and security to the Israeli people.'

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Blogs

netanyahu - Emil Salman - October 12 2010

A Special Place in Hell / Top 10 worst errors Israel is about to make

Making major mistakes: what they are, why they matter, where they stand, and what you can do about it.

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Strenger than Fiction / Loyalty oath is not about Arabs, it’s about hatred of liberal values

Isaac Herzog is wrong when he says that fascism lurks at the fringes of Israeli society. It is now in the mainstream.

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MESS Report / Fearing civil war, Lebanese citizens arm themselves

Volatile probe into 2005 murder of Ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, upcoming Ahmadinejad visit, could easily set off a country on verge of explosion.

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International

Jimmy Carter, AP, Dec. 12, 2006

Ex-U.S. President Carter to start Mideast peace tour

Carter will visit Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories to build support for peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.

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Furor over Ground Zero mosque prompts walkout at top T.V. show

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's comment that 'Muslims killed us on 9/11' prompted 2 hosts of 'The View' to walk off the set.

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EU invites Iran for nuclear talks in mid-November

Talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany stalled in October last year, leading to a toughening of international sanctions.

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Business

Nochi Dankner

Who are the few who control one trillion Israeli shekels?

Overlapping ownerships of financial and non-finance companies portend danger that worsens as the large organizations get stronger, and the small and medium ones grow weaker.

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PM orders panel to attack economic concentration

Committee of 10 is to report back in four months.

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They sweat, we're unemployed

The west thought it could confine itself to management, leaving the donkey-work to others. Big mistake.

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Culture

Zrinka Cvitesic, Leon Lucev Oct. 14, 2010

A banal return to religion

Despite the potential of a new movie set in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 'On the Path' doesn't succeed in overcoming its limitations.

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Too big to show, too hard to tell

Claude Lanzmann confronts the question of the impossibility of representation in his new film about the Polish underground.

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The end to a chapter in fashion

Knitting needles and an eye for design made Haya Nir famous, but not rich

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Eighty-eight keys to improvisation

Marilyn Crispell, appearing in Tel Aviv next week, was playing classical piano when a John Coltrane record opened up her world. Now she tickles the ivories without knowing where she'll end up

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Sports

Exactly what was Israeli handball missing?

Adding foreign players could narrow the quality gap but but also hurt local players

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On the Couch / Cheering the unexpected

The debate rages on in baseball: Would using televised replays and modern technology make umpires' lives easier?

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Soccer / Maccabi favorite for Tel Aviv derby vs. Hapoel

Over the last several days, Hapoel players have been hearing something quite unfamiliar and disconcerting - that their team is not the favorite to win.

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