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An Obama-Clinton lovefest at AIPAC

By Ami Eden, JTA WASHINGTON — After months of seeking to paint each other as opposites on Middle East policy, US Sens. Barack Obama and...

Was Olmert bribed? Talansky testifies

JERUSALEM —— After weeks of legal limbo and widespread speculation about his role in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s latest corruption scandal, American Jewish businessman Morris Talansky has had his day in court.

Will Israel return Golan Heights? Olmert gives mixed messages

JERUSALEM —— The skepticism that greeted Ehud Olmert’’s announcement that Israel and Syria are renewing peace talks underscores the domestic challenges the prime minister faces in selling any Israel-Syria peace deal at home.

Amidst Bush’s visit to Israel, rocket attacks

JERUSALEM — Fifteen people were wounded, including four seriously, by a Grad-model Katyusha rocket that scored a direct hit on a shopping center in...

Celebration — and criticism too

As governments, Jewish communities and Israeli embassies across Europe prepare to celebrate Israel’’s 60th birthday, a cadre of Israel critics is making a push to be heard.