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  • July 2007

    • Bush Plans Huge Arms Deal With Saudis

      New York Times  |  Jul 28, 07 8:43 AM CDT

      Bush Plans Huge Arms Deal With Saudis

      (Newser) - The White House is proposing a $20 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia and five Gulf neighbors, despite increasing dismay over the Saudis' undermining the US-backed Iraqi government, the New York Times reports. The deal, likely to generate resistance in Congress, makes no demands for Saudi cooperation on Iraq; its aim is to counter Iranian power in the region. More »

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      Iraq  • Israel  • Saudi Arabia  • weapon  • arms deal

    • Arab League Visits Israel to Float Peace Plan

      Associated Press  |  Jul 25, 07 7:54 AM CDT

      Arab League Visits Israel to Float Peace Plan

      (Newser) - A delegation from the Arab League is visiting Israel for the first time ever today, in an effort to jump-start the peace process. The league has opposed all negotiation with the Jewish state in the past but is now presenting a peace plan that proposes giving Israel full recognition in exchange for a return to pre-1967 boundaries. More »

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      Israel  • Arab League

    • Israel Frees 250 Palestinians

      Associated Press  |  Jul 20, 07 7:16 AM CDT

      Israel Frees 250 Palestinians

      (Newser) - Both sides expressed optimism as Israel released more than 250 Palestinian prisoners today, a sign of support for Mahmoud Abbas' government in its struggle with Hamas. Most of the prisoners were Fatah members, the AP reports; in keeping with the country's policy not to release prisoners incarcerated for killing or wounding Israelis, none were directly involved in attacks on Israelis. More »

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      Israel  • Palestine  • Israeli prisoner release

    • Children of Holocaust Survivors Sue Germany

      Der Spiegel  |  Jul 16, 07 8:29 PM CDT

      Children of Holocaust Survivors Sue Germany

      (Newser) - An Israeli group is about to file a class action lawsuit against Germany on behalf of 15,000 children of Holocaust survivors in need of psychological treatment. The children suffer from depression and other problems stemming from being raised in dysfunctional homes. The suit, to be filed Sunday in Tel Aviv, is the work of the Fisher Fund, an Israeli charity. More »

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      Israel  • lawsuit  • children  • Germany  • Holocaust

    • Iran's Jews Snub Israel's Offer of Cash for Emigration

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 13, 07 5:07 PM CDT

      Iran's Jews Snub Israel's Offer of Cash for Emigration

      (Newser) - Iran's Jews collectively rebuffed a $10K-per-person cash offer from Israel seeking their emigration, extended by a group of wealthy expats. "The identity of Iranian Jews is not tradable for any amount of money," says the spokesman for the country's Jews. More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • Jews  • snub  • emigration

    • Gene Doesn't Alter Cancer Survival Rates

      Reuters  |  Jul 12, 07 5:13 PM CDT

      Gene Doesn't Alter Cancer Survival Rates

      (Newser) - Women who carry one of the two known breast-cancer-causing genes—BRCA1 and BRCA2—are more likely to  be diagnosed with the disease before 50, but they're not more likely to die from it than other breast-cancer patients, a new study concludes. Tracking the 10-year survival rates of women in 22 hospitals in Israel, scientists found no significant difference between those with and without the gene. More »

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      Israel  • health  • cancer  • DNA  • breast cancer  • cancer research  • genes  • survival rates  • BRCA1

    • Olmert Gets Assist From Barak, Perez

      Salon  |  Jul 3, 07 10:55 AM CDT

      Olmert Gets Assist From Barak, Perez

      (Newser) - Ehud Olmer's year and a half in office have been a calamity for Israel—the election of Hamas in Palestine, the breakdown of the peace process, the botched war with Hezbollah, the Hamas takeover of Gaza. But the profoundly unpopular PM, whose approval rating sank to 3%, is actually in a strongest position he's enjoyed in a year, reports Salon . More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Middle East  • Ehud Olmert  • Hezbollah  • Palestinian civil war  • Ehud Barak  • Shimon Perez

  • June 2007

    • Hamas Kills Off Farfour, the Cuddly Jihadist

      Associated Press  |  Jun 29, 07 3:39 PM CDT

      Hamas Kills Off Farfour, the Cuddly Jihadist

      (Newser) - The lovable Farfour, a Mickey Mouse knockoff who taught Palestinian tots to take up the fight against Israel, has met a bloody end in his series on Hamas frequency Aqsa TV. An Israeli land-grabber characterized as a "terrorist" murdered Farfour in the show's finale, broadcast throughout the Palestinian territories today. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • terrorist  • Fatah  • Mickey Mouse  • Farfour

    • Isolated Gaza Goes Hungry

      Globe and Mail  |  Jun 29, 07 3:00 PM CDT

      Isolated Gaza Goes Hungry

      (Newser) - Fuel shortages have become familiar, and now food staples like flour and sugar are increasingly hard to come by in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Aid agencies are doing their best to forestall an impending humanitarian crisis, the Globe and Mail reports, but with the main commercial crossing from Israel closed indefinitely, they are having trouble keeping up. More »

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      Israel  • food  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Middle East  • Gaza  • Fatah  • aid  • refugee  • hunger  • Palestinian civil war

    • Mossad Spy in London Mystery Death

      Associated Press  |  Jun 28, 07 4:50 AM CDT

      Mossad Spy in London Mystery Death

      (Newser) - Scotland Yard is investigating the death of an Egyptian billionaire suspected of being a Mossad spy. Ashraf Marwan's body was found yesterday on the pavement beneath the balcony of his fourth-floor London flat. Friends said Marwan, who was 62, feared assassination since 2004 when it was first reported that he passed intelligence to Israelis before the 1973 Yom Kippur War. More »

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      Israel  • Syria  • Egypt  • spy  • Scotland Yard  • Mossad

    • Blair Tapped as Mideast Envoy

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 26, 07 4:31 AM CDT

      Blair Tapped as Mideast Envoy

      (Newser) - Tony Blair will move into a key post as international Mideast peace envoy after  wrapping up 10 years as British prime minister tomorrow. President Bush personally mounted an "enormous push"  for the appointment, which will be based in Jerusalem and will involve working with the Palestinians to prepare for negotiations with Israel, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Iraq war  • Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Middle East  • Tony Blair  • Fatah  • envoy

    • Israel to Release 250 Fatah Prisoners

      Washington Post  |  Jun 25, 07 4:58 PM CDT

      Israel to Release 250 Fatah Prisoners

      (Newser) - Israel plans to free 250 Fatah members as part of an international push to shore up Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Washington Post reports.The announcement came at the close of a summit at a Red Sea resort, where Mideast leaders gathered to talk about dealing with Hamas in the wake of the Gaza takeover. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Ehud Olmert  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza  • West Bank  • Fatah  • Palestinian civil war

    • Hamas Releases Audio of Israeli Soldier

      Hole Card Blog  |  Jun 25, 07 9:49 AM CDT

      Hamas Releases Audio of Israeli Soldier

      (Newser) - In the first proof that he is alive a year after capture, Hamas militants today released an audio recording of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier seized in a cross-border raid near the Gaza strip. In the message posted on the group's web site, Shalit said a year in prison is taking a toll on his health, and pleaded with the Israeli government to agree to a prisoner swap. More »