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Palestinian factions reject new truce with Israel (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 23:12:59 GMT

The main Palestinian factions on Tuesday rejected any new truce with Israel unless the Jewish state halts military operations in the West Bank.


Israel proposes Gaza buffer (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 10:52:46 GMT

Israel's army has developed a plan to create a "buffer zone" inside the edge of the Gaza Strip to halt the latest wave of Palestinian rocket attacks, military officials said Tuesday.


Rocket from Gaza lands in Israel (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 09:34:41 GMT

A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza has landed in southern Israel without causing injuries, military sources said Tuesday.


Israel plan includes buffer zone (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 07:10:54 GMT

Israel's army has developed a plan for creating a "buffer zone" of about 300 yards inside the fence around the Gaza Strip in an effort to stop Palestinian rocket fire, military officials said Tuesday.


Israel sets combat drones against missile launchers in Gaza (World Tribune)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 22:13:33 GMT

GAZA CITY — The Israel Air Force has resumed combat unmanned aerial vehicle operations in the Gaza Strip, sources here said. Palestinian sources said the air force has sent combat UAVs in operations to detect and destroy Palestinian missile squads and launchers in the northern Gaza Strip.


Israel to subsidize Amman, Cairo flights (UPI)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 22:26:53 GMT

Israel will subsidize its domestic carriers' flights to Cairo and Amman in order to maintain those services.


Israel steps up assassination program (UPI)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 11:49:44 GMT

Israel's military wants to step up its targeted assassination campaign as part of a plan to deter Palestinian rocket attacks, Haaretz reported Tuesday.


Rice drops Israel from travel plans (UPI)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 11:35:34 GMT

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has postponed a planned trip to Israel because of political unrest in the Jewish state.


Israel’s national folk musician, Naomi Shemer, dies at age 74 (JTA)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 20:16:33 GMT

Musician Naomi Shemer listens as she is awarded the Israel Prize in a 1983 ceremony in Jerusalem.


Israel set to join OECD next week (Haaretz Daily)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 23:55:22 GMT

Sources in the treasury estimate that Israel has a very good chance of being voted into the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The finance ministers of the 30 OECD countries are due to meet on Tuesday and Wednesday next week in Paris and are expected to decide in favor of Israel's joining the organization.