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on Tue Feb 21 2:42 PM
Palestinian detainee ends hunger strike - Middle East
Israel agrees to free Khader Adnan on April 17 as part of a deal to end his 66-day fast over his illegal detention.
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on Tue Feb 21 4:47 AM
Palestinian journalists under pressure | Media
The International Press Institute (IPI) has registered its concern over the treatment of Palestinian journalists by both Israeli forces and Palestinian security services.The press freedom watchdog says that since the beginning of 2012, at least...
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Nuclear alarmism over Iran is backing us into a corner | Shashank Joshi | Comment is free
| on Tue, Feb 21, 4:08 AM
There are several untenable arguments against a nuclear Iran. It may be undesirable, but it's eminently containableGeoffrey Howe's resignation speech of November 1990 tends to be remembered for his lament on negotiating for Britain in Europe: "It...
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on Tue Feb 21 12:00 AM
Martin Peretz: The Complicated Links Between Mormonism And Judaism
I commented long ago in The Spine about the courtship between fundamentalist Christianity and Israel.
One of the early signs that it was meshing was the meeting between [Israeli Prime Minister Menahem] Begin and the president of the Southern...
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on Mon Feb 20 11:34 PM
Groups ask Germany to cancel award to Pa... JPost
Christian, Jewish organizations ask that anti-Israel Palestinian Lutheran pastor be disqualified for Media Control prize.
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on Mon Feb 20 8:06 PM
Israeli prime minister Netanyahu to visit Canada in March
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be stopping in Ottawa on his way to a high-profile meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington in early March, the Jerusalem Post is reporting.
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on Mon Feb 20 7:14 PM
Israeli prime minister Netanyahu to visit Canada in March
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be stopping in Ottawa on his way to a high-profile meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington in early March, the Jerusalem Post is reporting.
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on Mon Feb 20 10:41 AM
Royal Garden Of Ramat Rahel In Biblical Kingdom Of Judah Reconstructed
By: LiveScience Staff Published: 02/18/2012 01:58 PM EST on LiveScience An ancient royal garden has come back into bloom in a way, as scientists have reconstructed what it would've looked like some 2,500 years ago in the kingdom of the biblical...
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on Mon Feb 20 4:15 AM
Iran Not Funding Coverage, Urdu Editors Say
Allegations in an American diplomatic cable are "nonsense," editors say.
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on Sun Feb 19 3:02 PM
St. Athanasius rolls around in grave » GetReligion
Before it’s too late, I have to take a look at this piece that appeared in the Los Angeles Times[1] earlier this month. Reporter Mitchell Landsberg tells us about Orthodox Jewish rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s new book “Kosher Jesus[2].” We’re...
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