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“It feels right, in that if they were the ones providing the funding, they are responsible. I was very upset when I heard the bank had sent money to Iran.”

American victims of terrorist attacks in Israel have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $500 million from UBS AG , saying the Swiss bank made it possible for Iran to fund the terrorists. via Boston.com

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“It will make a marked improvement.”

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Tuesday May 13 2008. It was last updated at 12:21 on May 13 2008. via Guardian Unlimited

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“I tell my supporters that civil peace, co-existence and stopping war and destruction are more important than any other consideration”

The fresh fighting imperilled an army-brokered attempt at a ceasefire. Beirut was calm over the weekend as Hezbollah withdrew its gunmen shortly after capturing the western half of the city. via The Globe and Mail

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“I pray that, in consequence of the growing friendship between Israel and the Holy See, ways will be found of reassuring the Christian community that they have a secure future in the region”

Pope Benedict XVI urged Israel on Monday to help the dwindling Christian community in the Middle East by assuring them of a secure future in the region. via Haaretz Daily News

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“There is a very strong connection between the people of Israel and Jews around the world”

Crowds of people lined East Avenue and gathered at the Jewish Community Federation building on Sunday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence with a parade, kosher food and Israeli goods and ... via Democrat & Chronicle

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“This is our house! This is my house!”

WHOSE HOUSE? Palestinian protesters hold pictures depicting houses that they say belonged to Arab residents of Jerusalem before 1948, then taken over by Jewish residents, during a march in Jerusalem. via Manawatu Evening Standard

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President Bush is preparing to embark on his latest Mideast trip. Tomorrow, the president heads to Jerusalem to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday. via WLOS

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Gaza City: Gaza City residents faced closed bakeries, stalled elevators and no water on Sunday after the ruling Hamas party shut down the territory's only power plant, saying it ran out of fuel supplied by ... via Gulfnews

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“Civil peace and halting the destruction are paramount”

BEIRUT - Fighters of the Shiite Hezbollah movement launched a new offensive Sunday in the Chouf Mountains southeast of Beirut, driving out pro-government Druze supporters from a key stronghold and further expanding their territorial control in Lebanon. Hezbollah gunmen overran the political party offices of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in the strategic mountain town of Aley and several surrounding villages, then handed them over to the Lebanese army - a pattern witnessed over the previous two days in West Beirut after fierce fighting between Sunni supporters of the U.S.-backed government and the Iranian- and Syrian-allied opposition. The capital was calm Saturday after an agreement by Hezbollah to withdraw appeared to offer the beginnings of a solution to the crisis that erupted last week. But gunmen from groups allied to Hezbollah remained on the streets, and a conflict that has spread alarm across the region appeared only to be widening. Read more

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Israelis got a first demonstration Sunday of the electric car that developers hope will revolutionize transportation in the country and serve as a pilot for the rest of the world.

The silver car doing circles in a Tel Aviv parking lot looked like a regular sedan _ except it had no exhaust pipe and there was an electric socket where the mouth of the gas tank should have been.

The Silicon Valley startup Project Better Place hopes the fully electric prototype will be on Israel's streets in large numbers beginning at the end of 2010. Read more

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