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Bombing Ups Ante in Upcoming Election
TEL AVIV — Another Palestinian suicide bombing has sown tragedy in Israel and raised the stakes in a national leadership race. An Islamic Jihad terrorist blew himself up Monday outside the Sharon Mall in Netanya, which has seen several such attacks as it is very close to the West Bank. At least five people were…
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Reform, Conservative Chiefs Praise Rice
WASHINGTON — In an effort to defend Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice against allegations of heavy-handedness in brokering an Israeli-Palestinian border-crossing deal, the heads of America’s two largest synagogue movements are calling on members of the House of Representatives to sign a letter commending her efforts. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform…
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Measuring the Seismic Political Shifts in Jerusalem
The dramatic events that have shaken the Israeli political establishment in the run-up to national elections next March have been called an earthquake by many. First Amir Peretz staged an upset victory over Shimon Peres to take control of the Labor Party. Then Ariel Sharon parted ways with the far-right politicians in Likud to form…
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Proxy Attacks Seen as Lebanon Probe Heats Up
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration and the Israeli government are preparing for a belligerent Syrian reaction to the findings of a United Nations report that is expected to accuse Damascus of masterminding the February 14 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Israeli officials are anticipating an escalation in attacks by the Syrian- and…
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Religion Spat In Air Force Becomes Issue In ’06 Election
In a sign that church-state separation debates could turn stormy next year, the controversy over religious coercion by evangelical Christian officers at the U.S. Air Force Academy is emerging as a 2006 campaign issue — for both sides. Nick Reid, a Republican congressional challenger in Wisconsin, is criticizing 36-year Democratic incumbent Rep. David Obey over…
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Russia Said To Relent on Bid To Banish Top Moscow Rabbi
After a massive campaign launched by American Jewish organizations and at least three foreign governments, the Russian government appears to be relenting in its effort to block a leading rabbi from returning to the country. Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who has been the chief rabbi of Moscow’s main synagogue for 15 years, was turned back at…
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Corruption Looms Large as Israeli Campaign Begins
TEL AVIV — The recent conviction of Prime Minister Sharon’s most trusted political confidant — his son Omri — is dragging the long-festering issue of government corruption into the Israeli election campaign. Just minutes before the prime minister officially registered his new Kadima party last week, he directed aides to strike his son’s name and…
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Struggle Roiling Posh Synagogue In Hamptons Is Coming to a Head
A bitter power struggle at one of the country’s toniest synagogues is coming to a head, as supporters of the rabbi are hoping to vote out the current board of trustees and elect a new slate of officers at a meeting this weekend. Backers of Rabbi David Gelfand — the embattled leader of the Jewish…
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Muslims Come to Israel’s Defense at Asian Parley
BANGKOK — When Israeli officials showed up in Thailand last week to participate for the first time in the annual meeting of the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace, they received a hostile welcome from several Muslim nations. But in a sharp turnaround from other international parleys, Israel found itself being defended by representatives of…
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E.U. Slams Israel, But Summit Finds Common Ground
Fresh on the heels of its first ever mandate to station monitors at the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, the European Union is trying to reassert itself into the Israeli-Palestinian process. So far, the push is producing mixed results. First the E.U. came under fire from Israel last week over a leaked internal report…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Iraq Attack: A Florida Democratic congressman’s vote for a resolution calling for a quick American withdrawal from Iraq is reviving some of the heated rhetoric of the 2004 presidential campaign in the Sunshine State. One of three votes for the resolution was cast by Rep. Robert Wexler, who is Jewish. Republicans offered the resolution in…
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