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• The Interfaith Encounter Association in Israel has launched a project to reimagine a shared future for the holiest site in Jerusalem for both Jews and Muslims, the Temple Mount. A part of the plan...
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•A game show in Turkey called Penitents Compete pits religious leaders from the world’s major faiths against each other in the battle for the soul of a nonbeliever. The atheists are examined by a panel...
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• A group of rabbis is calling for a monthly fast day to protest the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. [Jewschool] • Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak says Israel pulled out of a deal that would have...
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• An Egyptian diplomat says President Hosni Mubarak, who is visiting the United States, will tell the White House that Israel needs to make the first “tangible” move toward peace before other Arab...
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• Israeli President Shimon Peres is visiting Russia and will meet with President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss Iran’s nuclear program and other mutual concerns. [AFP] • President Obama sees the current...
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• Between his meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak and Israel’s gestures toward a settlement freeze, President Obama sees “movement in the right direction” in the Middle East. [NYT] • Israelis...
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• A controversial bill to require Knesset members to swear loyalty to “the State of Israel as a Jewish, Zionist, democratic state” came up for debate today. The legislation is supported by Avigdor...
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• A month-long nonproliferation summit in New York City kicks off today. Expect Iran to take center stage—but, behind the scenes, the U.S. has long been working to ensure that an Iranian bomb doesn’t...
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• President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu talk about the talks. [JPost] • Netanyahu and Egyptian President Mubarak talk about the talks. Oh, and everyone is lowering expectations. [NYT]Continue...
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• The main achievement of yesterday’s White House Summit, says the lead editorial, was to show solidarity and friendship for diplomatic and political purposes. Little of substantial note seemed to have...
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• Turkey still wants that apology over the flotilla before it agrees to restore relations. [WSJ] • A harrowing dispatch from Gaza. [NYT]Continue reading "" at...
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• Prime Minister Netanyahu came out against the so-called Rotem Bill, which would place Israeli conversions in the power of a small coterie of ultra-Orthodox rabbis. [JTA] • Egyptian President Hosni...
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• Defense Minister Barak arrives in Washington, D.C., today. Main talking points: Current sanctions alone won’t stop Iran from getting the bomb; Israel will treat Hezbollah’s attacks as Lebanese...
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• The Palestinians’ chief negotiator said peace was “doable,” if difficult. The first big roadblock—no unfortunate pun intended—will come September 26, when the West Bank construction freeze is...
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• After Hamas claimed responsibility for killing four Israelis (and promised further attacks), the Palestinian Authority proceeded on one of its largest-ever arrestings. [Haaretz] • Thomas Friedman...
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That picture was taken today. The Obama Administration is already making it very, very clear just how enmeshed in the direct Israeli-Palestinian talks—which kick off tonight with a White House banquet...
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• Prime Minister Netanyahu is seeking more from the United States in exchange for extending the freeze two months, including a pledge to veto unilateral Palestinian independence and acceptance of a...
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has positioned himself as a left-wing whistleblower whose life mission is to call the United States to task for the evil it has wreaked throughout the world. But after...
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Despite the fact that the new prime minister of Lebanon, billionaire businessman Najib Mikati, is a Sunni Muslim, it is the Lebanese Sunnis out protesting his appointment in Beirut and northern Lebanon...
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• Egyptians woke up to find Internet access shut down. Many have taken to the streets in protest of the Mubarak regime, where they have been met by water cannons and rubber bullets. [WSJ] • The Obama...
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