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Navigating Lost Villages in Israel - New York Times Tue, 13 May 2014 18:40:00 GMT

Navigating Lost Villages in Israel New York Times HUKOK, Israel — Heading up to the Sea of Galilee last weekend, I traveled a lost land. While my husband drove through 2014 Israel, past vast greenhouses and sleek malls, I navigated 1948 Palestine on my iPhone. Using the new iNakba app, I saw scores ... Terra incognita: Historic blindness: Why let 'iNakba' tell Israel's story?Jerusalem Post all 3 news articles »

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Former Israeli Premier Is Sentenced to 6 Years for Bribery - New York Times Tue, 13 May 2014 13:20:43 GMT

Former Israeli Premier Is Sentenced to 6 Years for Bribery New York Times JERUSALEM — Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison by a judge who likened him to a “traitor” for taking bribes while mayor of Jerusalem in connection with the construction of a luxury housing ...

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Poverty Among Holocaust Survivors Hits A Nerve In Israel - NPR (blog) Tue, 13 May 2014 07:10:13 GMT

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Poverty Among Holocaust Survivors Hits A Nerve In Israel NPR (blog) A recent survey by the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel found that 1 in 5 Holocaust survivors had to choose between food and other necessities over the past two years. Now, the government wants parliament to approve just more ... and more »

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Top Israeli Official to Meet with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Feinstein - Newsweek Tue, 13 May 2014 14:41:09 GMT

Newsweek

Top Israeli Official to Meet with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Feinstein Newsweek A top Israeli intelligence official is scheduled to meet with the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday to protest reports of pervasive Israeli spying in the United States. Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz, who holds the ...

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Ex-Israel prime minister Olmert sentenced to six years in jail for bribery - Fox News Tue, 13 May 2014 15:44:22 GMT

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Ex-Israel prime minister Olmert sentenced to six years in jail for bribery Fox News Olmert's spokesman Amir Dan said he would appeal both the verdict and the sentence to Israel's Supreme Court. "This is a sad day where a serious and unjust verdict is expected to be delivered against an innocent man," Dan said, shortly before sentencing. Israel ex-PM Ehud Olmert jailed for six years for briberyBBC News Israel's Olmert gets 6-year sentence in bribe caseMiamiHerald.com Ehud Olmert, former Israeli prime minister, sentenced to six years in jail for ...ABC Online CNN all 459 news articles »

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Israelis worry that surge in 'price tag' attacks is costing Israel abroad (+video) - Christian Science Monitor Tue, 13 May 2014 00:46:56 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Israelis worry that surge in 'price tag' attacks is costing Israel abroad (+video) Christian Science Monitor This is a sampling of the messages that have been spray-painted on mosques, churches, and non-Jewish schools in Israel over the past few weeks, accompanied by the slashing of tires, arson, and the scrawling of the star of David on non-Jewish cars and ... Israel's clanging prison barsMondoweiss Rand Paul Hones Pro-Israel Pitch, But Finds Jewish Voters WaryJewish Daily Forward Sharp rise in French Jews leaving for IsraelYahoo News Jewish Telegraphic Agency -Chron.com (blog) all 104 news articles »

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Jimmy Carter hails Palestinian unity deal as opportunity for Israel to forge peace - Jerusalem Post Tue, 13 May 2014 10:00:29 GMT

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Jimmy Carter hails Palestinian unity deal as opportunity for Israel to forge peace Jerusalem Post The Palestinian unity agreement between Hamas and Fatah offers Israel an opportunity to move the peace process forward since any future agreement would incorporate all of the West Bank and Gaza, former president Jimmy Carter argues in an op-ed he ... Share this ArticleAlgemeiner John Kerry Doomed the Israeli-Palestinian Talks by Refusing to Consider a ...The New Republic Did Obama Administration treat Israel with fairness in recent peace talks ...Arizona Daily Star The Times of Israel -Yahoo News -Press TV all 421 news articles »

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Turkey Turns Back Toward Israel - Daily Beast Tue, 13 May 2014 17:16:41 GMT

Turkey Turns Back Toward Israel Daily Beast Erdogan demands compensation payments for the victims of the Israeli raid on the ship, the Mavi Marmara, as well as a move by Israel to loosen the embargo of the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Israel's arch-foe Hamas. The pro-government press in Turkey ... SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ > Turkey-Israel ready for normalization?Hurriyet Daily News all 3 news articles »

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Former Israeli PM Olmert sentenced to six years for corruption - Reuters Tue, 13 May 2014 10:32:42 GMT

Former Israeli PM Olmert sentenced to six years for corruption Reuters The first criminal conviction of a former Israeli head of government all but ended speculation that Olmert - a centrist credited internationally with working towards a peace settlement with the Palestinians - might return to political life. He had ...

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Ex-Israeli leader Ehud Olmert sentenced to 6 years for bribe-taking - Los Angeles Times Tue, 13 May 2014 17:46:42 GMT

Ex-Israeli leader Ehud Olmert sentenced to 6 years for bribe-taking Los Angeles Times One of Israel's highest-profile court cases ended Tuesday with a scathing critique of public corruption, harsh jail sentences and a former prime minister sent to prison, effectively ending Ehud Olmert's decades-long political career. Olmert was found ...