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2 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

Israel, Turkey and gas

Word is that both Israel and Turkey are seriously entertaining the notion of constructing an undersea pipeline to deliver Israeli natural gas to Turkey and, perhaps, hence to Europe.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Turkey, Muslim Brotherhood, Opinion

6 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

PA continues crackdown on Palestinian journalists in W.Bank

In past week Palestinian Authority security forces interrogated, detained two journalists, despite promises to honor freedom of media; interrogators forced reporter to provide them with email and Facebook passwords.

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

10 hrs ago | TheDailyBeast.com

Israelis And Palestinians Blast Kerry For Peace Efforts

John Kerry is so far not having a good run at Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. It's not for a lack of effort: he's about to make his fourth trip of his young tenure as Secretary of State to Israel and the Palestinian territories to try to jumpstart talks.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Democrat, China,

14 hrs ago | Real Clear Politics

Why Can't Palestinians Play Football with Israelis?

While Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was meeting in his office in Ramallah with Shelly Yacimovich, chairwoman of Israel's opposition Labour Party, his Fatah faction was busy threatening Palestinians who meet with Israelis.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories

Fri May 17, 2013

Jerusalem Post

'Church of Scotland amends disputed Israel paper'

Revisions of controversial publication made after uproar over text's rejection of Jewish scriptural-based rights to Israel, BBC reports.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories

Jerusalem Post

Israeli official: We underestimated Assad regime's strength

Senior defense official says Israel has erred in its estimates of how quickly Assad would fall from power in Syria; fewer believe fall of Assad good for Israel as extremist Islamist elements infiltrate rebel ranks.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Syria, Vladimir Putin

Jerusalem Post

Legal Ground: The amazing maze of Israeli property

The answer to the above, in a gist is: yes. If you are really not careful when you're buying property ultimately owned by a church, you can indeed lose your home.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Religion, Orthodox Church

Jerusalem Post

Jalili: Iran doesn't recognize Israel's 'red line'

Iran does not recognize Israel as a state or the "red line" determined by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Iranian nuclear negotiator and candidate in the Iranian presidential election Saeed Jalili told the on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News

WATE-TV Knoxville

CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit

The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants... The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Immigration Reform, Life, Holidays, Mother's Day

WNED

Women In Combat: Some Lessons From Israel's Military

Sgt. Leora Prince said switching to the Caracal battalion and taking on a more hands-on combat position was the best decision she'd ever made.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News

Thu May 16, 2013

KHOU-TV Houston

UN: 3 peacekeepers abducted between Israel-Syria

Armed men broke into a U.N. outpost in a buffer zone separating Israel and Syria and abducted three U.N military observers, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Oceania, New Zealand

Arutz Sheva Israel News

Israeli 'Birds' An Effective Tool in Convicting Terrorists

Arab terrorists who in the past served terms in Israeli prisons warned prisoners currently being held for terrorism to watch out for a group of undercover informers seeking to trip them up, who are known as "birds." The network apparently stretches far and wide, with these "birds" tasked with wheedling out confessions that lead to convictions ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Terrorism, Palestine, IL

Jerusalem Post

No evidence that 'pro-Israel' groups were targeted by IRS

'Tea Party' and 'patriot' were two of several special terms flagged inappropriately among applications for tax exemption status by the Internal Revenue Service since 2010, according to initial watchdog reports.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Tax, US News, Tea Party, Journalism, Matt Drudge

Jerusalem Post

The Weekly Schmooze: Douze point for Israel?

Plus, last month, Mazor was barred from wearing a dress designed by , who was fired from Dior for making anti-Semitic slurs .

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

Reuters

Israel to authorize four West Bank settler outposts

Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorized West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed on Thursday, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returns to the region to try to restart peace talks.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories

Jerusalem Post

Scientists test experimental chemotherapy drug

The mechanism responsible for the destruction of the eggs in their ovaries and the resultant infertility has not been understood until now.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East

Wed May 15, 2013

Jerusalem Post

Irish ire

Last weekend Ireland again placed itself in the vanguard of anti-Israel activism in the European Union.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Activism, Palestinian Territories, Opinion

WCTI

Execution video surfaces in Syria

Armed, masked men raise their weapons and shoot dead three men sitting on a curb in a Syrian city.

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Lincoln Daily News

Critics assail Israeli silence on Arab peace plan

On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of -- normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Ehud Olmert, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, IL

WLNE-TV Providence

Palestinians mark their 1948 displacement

Arctic states have agreed to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council.

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Related Topix: World News, Palestinian Territories, Middle East