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  Israel: Conflict over recognition, not territory

  Israel's prime minister gave a cool reception Wednesday to a new Arab Mideast peace initiative, saying the conflict with the Palestinians isn't about ... 

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  Sex ed book in Hebrew for Israel's Orthodox Jews

  A how-to book translated into Hebrew aims to teach Israel's Orthodox Jews about sex, targeting an audience typically mum on the steamy subject. 

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  Arab League sweetens Israel-Palestinian peace plan

  The Arab League's decision to sweeten its decade-old proposal offering comprehensive peace with Israel has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ... 

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  Mysterious Hebrew stone displayed in Jerusalem

  An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, ... 

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  Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 1 Palestinian

  An Israeli aircraft attacked a motorcycle in Gaza on Tuesday, killing a top militant in a shadowy al-Qaida-influenced group who had been involved in ... 

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  Arabs soften stance on Israel's final borders

  Arab countries endorsed a Mideast peace plan Monday that would allow for small shifts in Israel's 1967 border, moving them closer to President Barack ... 

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  NY, Israel museums jointly buy Hebrew manuscript

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem have jointly acquired a 15th-century illuminated Hebrew manuscript, they ... 

• Israel lawmaker: Hezbollah getting chemical arms

  A former Israeli defense minister alleged Monday that Syria's chemical weapons are "trickling" to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. It was the ... 

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  Israel: Iran has not crossed nuclear 'red line'

  Israel's prime minister on Monday said that Iran is steadily edging closer to nuclear weapons capability but has not yet reached the "red line" he ... 

• Israel OKs barrier in Palestinian Christian area

  A lawyer for a convent in a Palestinian Christian town near Bethlehem says she will appeal an Israeli court ruling allowing construction of a segment ... 

• Fire erupts at Israeli prison holding ex-president

  A fire erupted Sunday at the prison where former Israeli President Moshe Katsav is serving time, but he was not among the 11 people who suffered light ... 

• Israel minister: US should intervene in Syrian war

  An Israeli Cabinet minister has called on the U.S to intervene in the Syrian civil war after intelligence reports of chemical weapons use there. The U 

• Israel responds to Gaza rocket fire with airstrike

  Israel responded to rockets fired from the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on sites used by Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the Palestinian ... 

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  Jews ease back into Tunisia for famed pilgrimage

  Under a bright Mediterranean sun Saturday, Jews whose forebears once thronged Tunisia are trekking to a celebrated synagogue under the protection of ... 

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  Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front

  Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil ... 

• Israeli court: Stop detaining women at holy site

  An Israeli court has instructed police to stop detaining women for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men. 

• Formula One road show coming to Jerusalem

  City officials say international race car drivers will be speeding through the streets of Jerusalem in June in the city's first Formula One road show. 

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  Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews

  A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. Newly minted Finance Minister Yair Lapid, hugely ... 

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  Israel shoots down drone, Hezbollah suspected

  Israel shot down a drone Thursday as it approached its northern coast from neighboring Lebanon, raising suspicions that the Hezbollah militant group ... 

• Israeli army to halt use of white phosphorus

  Israel's army said Thursday that it would soon halt its use of white phosphorus shells after years of international criticism for using the incendiary ... 

• Israel clears jailers in Australian prisoner death

  Israel's Justice Ministry says it will not indict anyone in connection with the 2010 death of an Australian-Israeli prisoner, despite a scathing ... 

• Israel: OK to check emails of foreigners at border

  Israel's attorney general on Wednesday upheld a practice to allow security personnel to read people's email accounts when they arrive at the airport, ... 

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  Hagel: Israel did not tell him of intel on Syria

  U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel indicated on Wednesday that he was caught by surprise when Israeli officials publicly revealed their assessment ... 

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  Palestinian Christians battle Israel barrier route

  Palestinians in this Christian village are hoping the new pope can succeed where others have failed — pressing Israel to drop plans to build a stretch ...