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Backlash Over Book on Policy for Israel (New York Times)
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Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:38:15 GMT

?The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy? is not even in bookstores, but already anxieties have surfaced about the backlash it is stirring.


Netanyahu re-elected head of Israel's Likud (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:53:26 GMT

Israel's former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was re-elected leader of Likud on Wednesday, cementing his grip on the main right-wing opposition party currently running ahead in opinion polls.


One Year Later, Vestiges of War Fading in Israel (NPR)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:30:22 GMT

Hezbollah guerrillas fired some 4,000 rockets into northern Israel during the war. But now, much of the damage has been repaired, and tourists are back in droves. For some, though, the scars have yet to heal.


Israel, Syria not interested in war: Barak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:55:38 GMT

Neither Israel nor archfoe Syria is interested in a war, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday as he observed military exercises in the occupied Golan Heights.


Netanyahu reelected chief of Israel's Likud (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:22:43 GMT

Israel's former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reelected leader of the main right-wing opposition Likud party, almost 18 months after its crushing general election defeat.


Hezbollah warns Israel against attack (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:28:57 GMT

The leader of the militant Hezbollah group warned Israel on Tuesday it would face a "big surprise" that could shake the entire Mideast if it invades Lebanon again.


US envoy to sign $30 bln Israel arms package (Khaleej Times)
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Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:15:13 GMT

JERUSALEM - US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns is set to sign on Thursday a deal under which Washington will provide Israel with 30 billion dollars in military aid over a decade.


Netanyahu sweeps Israel's Likud race (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:46:42 GMT

Benjamin Netanyahu easily defeated a radical Jewish settler in the race to lead Israel's hardline Likud Party on Tuesday, a party official said, boosting his ambitions to reclaim the country's premiership.


Israel, Syria exchange peace 'threats' (UPI)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:24:37 GMT

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak Wednesday echoed Syrian sentiments from a day earlier that Israel was not seeking to start a war.


Israel's Netanyahu wins re-election as Likud chief (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:02:28 GMT

Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu easily won re-election as head of the rightist Likud party and pledged on Wednesday to reclaim Israel's leadership.