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  • July 2008

    • In Blow to Bush, Olmert Rules Out Deal in 2008

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jul 28, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      In Blow to Bush, Olmert Rules Out Deal in 2008

      (Newser) - Ehud Olmert said today it is "unrealistic" to expect a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement by the end of the year. The Israeli PM and Palestian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas pledged last year to make a deal by the end of 2008, and their inability to do so is a blow to President Bush's hopes for the situation to be resolved before he leaves office, reports the Financial Times . More »

    • Obama Prays at Wailing Wall

      Reuters  |  Jul 24, 08 3:18 AM CDT

      Obama Prays at Wailing Wall

      (Newser) - Barack Obama finished his Israel trip with a pre-dawn visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall this morning, Reuters reports. The candidate, wearing a skullcap, placed a prayer he had written in the wall as a rabbi read from a psalm. A heckler shouted "Jerusalem is not for sale"—but was drowned out by chants of  "O-ba-ma, O-ba-ma." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Israel  • foreign policy  • Berlin  • Jerusalem

    • Next, Thicket of Arab-Israeli Conflict Awaits Obama

      New York Times  |  Jul 22, 08 1:27 PM CDT

      Next, Thicket of Arab-Israeli Conflict Awaits Obama

      (Newser) - With the war leg of his foreign tour behind him, Barack Obama must next navigate the Middle East peace process. He’ll meet with top Israeli and Palestinian leaders tomorrow, the New York Times reports, and will visit the rocket-bombarded town of Sderot. US Jewish voters will be particularly attentive after the Democrat’s recent slip over the status of Jerusalem. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Israel  • Palestine  • Middle East  • Ehud Olmert  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Jerusalem

    • 2nd Bulldozer Goes on Rampage in Jerusalem

      Haaretz  |  Jul 22, 08 7:52 AM CDT

      2nd Bulldozer Goes on Rampage in Jerusalem

      (Newser) - A Palestinian bulldozer driver wreaked havoc in downtown Jerusalem today, injuring at least 16 people, one critically, before being gunned down, Haaretz reports. It was a copycat attack, coming just weeks after a similar bulldozer rampage killed three in the Holy City. Police said a civilian saw the bulldozer leave its construction site, and started shooting when it began overturning cars. Police soon joined the fray and gunned the driver down. More »

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      Israel  • Israel and Palestinians  • Arab Israeli conflict  • Jerusalem  • terror attacks  • bulldozer

    • Obama: Goof on 'Undivided' Jerusalem

      Reuters  |  Jul 14, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      Obama: Goof on 'Undivided' Jerusalem

      (Newser) - Amid continuing controversy over his comment that Jerusalem “must remain” the undivided capital of Israel, Barack Obama clarified his words, calling them “poor phrasing,” Reuters reports. “The point we were simply making is that we don't want barbed wire running through Jerusalem,” he said on CNN. Though the US officially recognized the city as Israel’s capital in 1995, it remains the subject of international disagreement. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Israel  • Palestine  • Arab Israeli conflict  • Jerusalem

    • Bulldozer Attack Kills 4 in Jerusalem

      BBC  |  Jul 2, 08 6:50 AM CDT

      Bulldozer Attack Kills 4 in Jerusalem

      (Newser) - A Palestinian man drove a bulldozer into traffic in Jerusalem, overturning a bus and several cars and killing four people. Dozens of people were hurt, at least 7 critically, before a police officer shot the attacker dead. A BBC reporter on the scene saw hundreds of citizens fleeing the scene. More »

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      Israel  • Israel and Palestinians  • Palestinians  • Jerusalem  • bulldozer

  • June 2008

    • Lefties Livid Over Obama's Right Moves

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 24, 08 2:28 PM CDT

      Lefties Livid Over Obama's Right Moves

      (Newser) - Barack Obama’s general-election shift to the center is in full effect on issues from spy powers to taxes, and the liberal left is getting a little steamed, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Democrat's support for cutting corporate taxes, an undivided Israeli Jerusalem and—perhaps most importantly to left activists—the domestic spy-bill compromise have introduced "an element of distrust," one says. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Jerusalem  • FISA  • the moderate vote

    • Gadhafi Has a Little Advice for Obama

      BBC  |  Jun 12, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Gadhafi Has a Little Advice for Obama

      (Newser) - Muammar Gadhafi shot off his infamously intemperate mouth at Barack Obama yesterday, berating the candidate for saying Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of Israel, and suggesting that he might have an inferiority complex because of his African origins. Either the candidate is ignorant of international politics, the Libyan leader said, or it was "a campaign lie,” the BBC reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Israel  • Libya  • Jerusalem  • Moammar Gadhafi

  • March 2008

    • In Israel, Some Jewish Women Take Up the Veil

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 8, 08 3:48 PM CST

      In Israel, Some Jewish Women Take Up the Veil

      (Newser) - As she walks through Jerusalem, the veiled figure draws stares and curses. “They shout things at me because they think I am Arab,” she says. In reality, the woman is part of a small movement of Israeli women who are taking up the sal, a veil resembling the Muslim hijab. They say it is Muslims who are imitating old Jewish custom, the Times (UK) reports. More »

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      Israel  • Jerusalem  • headscarves  • burka  • Islamic veil

    • Attack Won't Derail Talks: Israel

      BBC  |  Mar 7, 08 4:55 AM CST

      Attack Won't Derail Talks: Israel

      (Newser) - Israel has vowed that US-backed peace talks with the Palestinians will continue despite an attack on a Jerusalem seminary last night that killed eight students, the BBC reports. A Palestinian gunman fired into a group of 80 Jewish students before he was shot dead. Israel and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas both slammed Hamas for hailing the shootings as a "natural reaction" to Israeli missile attacks on Gaza that claimed 120 Palestinian lives.  More »

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      Israel  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Fatah  • Gaza Strip  • Jerusalem  • religious violence

    • 8 Dead in Jerusalem Shooting

      BBC  |  Mar 6, 08 3:24 PM CST

      8 Dead in Jerusalem Shooting

      (Newser) - At least eight people are dead and many more wounded after gunmen attacked a Jewish seminary tonight in Jerusalem, the BBC reports. The shooters—possibly as many as three—are Palestinian, Reuters adds, and two were killed. Witnesses said gunfire lasted 10 minutes. "They were still shooting when we got here," a medic said. "It's horrible inside—dead bodies and wounded—it's horrific." More »

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      Hamas  • Middle East  • Israel and Palestinians  • Gaza Strip  • Jerusalem  • religious violence  • Jewish seminary

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Bush Honors Holocaust Victims

      Reuters  |  Jan 11, 08 9:06 AM CST

      Bush Honors Holocaust Victims

      (Newser) - A yarmulke-wearing George Bush early today visited Israeli Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, which he called "a sobering reminder that evil exists." Bush, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres, rekindled the eternal flame and laid a wreath next to the names of victims of the death camps. Bush later visited the hilltop where the Bible says Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount and intoned: "Blessed are the peacemakers." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Israel  • Ehud Olmert  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Holocaust  • Jerusalem  • Shimon Peres

    • 10K to Guard Bush on Israel Visit

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 7, 08 9:25 AM CST

      10K to Guard Bush on Israel Visit

      (Newser) - More than 10,000 police and security officers will guard President Bush during this week's visit to Jerusalem in a massive effort dubbed "Operation Clear Skies." Graffiti has been scrubbed off walls and hundreds of American flags installed throughout the city to mark the first visit by a US president in more than a decade , the Guardian reports. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Israel  • Jerusalem  • Jonathan Pollard

    • Conservative Anglicans Plan Splinter Summit

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 1, 08 7:05 PM CST

      Conservative Anglicans Plan Splinter Summit

      (Newser) - Widening the Anglican gay divide, conservative leaders unveiled plans today for a summit to challenge the traditional Lambeth conference this summer, the Guardian reports. Planners of the Global Anglican Future Conference wrote on their website that Anglicans are "divided into liberal and conservative factions" and will likely splinter over the consecration of a gay priest in New Hampshire in 2003. More »

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      New Hampshire  • Jerusalem  • church  • Anglican Church  • gay priests  • Archbishop of Canterbury  • Church of England

  • December 2007

    • Queen's Digs Found in Holy Land

      Associated Press  |  Dec 7, 07 7:05 AM CST

      Queen's Digs Found in Holy Land

      (Newser) - Queen Helene of Adiabene, ruler of parts of Iraq, apparently had a pied-a-terre in the seedy part of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, according to an archaeological team that has unearthed the mansion. Now it’s prime real estate in the Arab quarter, forming the foundation of a parking lot until recently. More »

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      Israel  • Palestine  • archaeology  • Jerusalem  • mansion

    • 6,000 Miles to Graceland

      Commercial Appeal (Memphis)  |  Dec 3, 07 2:55 PM CST

      6,000 Miles to Graceland

      (Newser) - It has to be the quirkiest stop on the Holy Land pilgrimage: The Elvis Inn, near Jerusalem, where impersonators will converge Jan. 8 for the annual celebration of the King's birthday. With a life-sized statue near the gas pumps and 1,720 pictures of Elvis inside, the diner 6,000 miles from Memphis has become a shrine and tourist destination, the Commercial Appeal reports. More »

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      Israel  • Palestine  • Jerusalem  • Elvis Presley  • Elvis

  • November 2007

    • Diggers Unearth Key Bible Wall

      Associated Press  |  Nov 30, 07 7:37 AM CST

      Diggers Unearth Key Bible Wall

      (Newser) - Archaeologists digging in Jerusalem's City of David have found what they believe is an ancient wall mentioned in the Bible, AP reports. While working to save a tower from collapse, they found pottery shards and arrowheads from the 5th century BC, leading them to believe that a wall nearby is one mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah. More »

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      Israel  • archaeology  • Jerusalem  • discovery  • Bible

    • Cops Raid Gov't Offices in Olmert Fraud Inquiry

      Reuters  |  Nov 11, 07 10:05 AM CST

      Cops Raid Gov't Offices in Olmert Fraud Inquiry

      (Newser) - Israeli police confiscated documents from 20 sites today as part of a probe into fraud allegations against PM Ehud Olmert, reports Reuters. Some 100 department of fraud officers stormed the trade and industry ministry, the Jewish National Fund, and private law offices, among others. Olmert is accused of securing an illegal discount on a luxury home he purchased in Jerusalem. More »

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      Israel  • Ehud Olmert  • police  • fraud  • Jerusalem  • raids

  • October 2007

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