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1 hr ago | Seattle Times

Syria targeted Israeli jeep going to rebel village

Syria said it targeted an Israeli vehicle that crossed a ceasefire line into its territory earlier this week because it was heading toward a village with a large rebel presence.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Syria, World News

4 hrs ago | MyFoxAtlanta

Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry harshly criticized Iranian authorities on Friday for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates, suggesting that Tehran is standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Shimon Peres

5 hrs ago | Canada.com

Austria urges EU to maintain Syrian arms embargo, may withdraw UN peacekeepers otherwise

Austria said Friday that it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the Golan Heights, if the European Union doesn't extend its arms embargo to Syria.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Austria,

9 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

Couple charged with killing woman, melting body

State indicts Ze'ev and Olga Gorelik for allegedly murdering Iris Gorelik Visilib and melting her body with chemicals to cover up the crime.

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Thu May 23, 2013

The Baltimore Sun

Industry is best bet for peace, Israeli billionaire says

On a new industrial park in Israel's largest Arab town, a software plant belonging to a multibillion-dollar U.S.-listed firm sits cheek-by-jowl with two small Arab-owned businesses: a metal factory and one producing tools for brain surgery.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East

Fox 23

Syria conflict uproots a half-million Palestinians

Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians - descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century ago - and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate, the head of a U.N. aid agency said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Palestinian Territories, Middle East, World News, Syria

Tri-cityherald.com

Israel to discuss military draft reform proposal

These exemptions have generated widespread resentment in a country where military service is compulsory for Jewish citizens.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News

Seattle Times

2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt

It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power.

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Related Topix: Prison, Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, World News, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood

Reuters

Kerry meets Israelis, Palestinians in bid to revive talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace negotiations.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, China,

WTOP-FM Washington

West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'

One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot.

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Related Topix: Palestinian Territories, Middle East, World News, Movies, Entertainment

WATE-TV Knoxville

US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart

The FBI has arrested a suspect in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin and says investigators are working "around the clock" to address any remaining risks.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, Middle East, US Governors, John Hickenlooper

WTEN-TV Albany

Submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologists

TIBERIAS, Israel - The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be excavated.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, World News, Middle East

Wed May 22, 2013

Ynetnews

Sarkozy: If attacked, Israel will not be alone

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was awarded Wednesday an honorary degree by the Netanya Academic College for "his contribution to the State of Israel and the Jewish people." Sarkozy, who served as the French president between 2007 and 2012, said he was honored and that he had "always felt a great camaraderie with the Jewish people.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Nicolas Sarkozy,

TheBlaze.com

Israeli Man Who Years Ago Helped Stop Terror Attack Shoots 4 Dead at...

Customers and employees at a Bank Hapoalim branch in Beer Sheba, Israel were sure a terrorist attack was underway when they heard shots ring out Monday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, US Politics, US News

Jerusalem Post

London mayor: 'Overwhelmingly likely' killing was terror

London mayor Boris Johnson said on Wednesday it was "overwhelmingly likely" an attack in south London in which a man was hacked to death was an act of terror.

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Forward

Israel Warns of Attack if Syria Regime Falls

Israel is prepared to attack Syria to prevent advanced weapons reaching jihadi rebels or Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon if President Bashar al-Assad is toppled, Israel's air force chief said on Wednesday.

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The Jewish Journal

Israeli soldier killed in Golan mine explosion

Lord our God, we stood before You just a week ago to receive the Ten Statements of Your Torah.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Explosion

Arutz Sheva Israel News

Israel Extends Gaza Fishing Zone

Israel has restored the fishing zone off the coast of Gaza to six nautical miles, after reducing it to three in March after terrorists fired rockets into the Jewish state, the army said on Tuesday.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Jerusalem Post

Egyptian army secures Sinai in hunt for Islamists

Egyptian army and police forces stepped up roadblocks in north Sinai in a hunt for militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak

Salem-News.com

Israeli Intactivist Group Produces Hebrew Materials

Our articles examine the physical and emotional implications, the modifications of laws regulating this practice, and the cultural changes and developments that are raising awareness in leaps and bounds.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Human Sexuality