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2008 Presidential Elections

Obama’s ‘united Jerusalem’: no barbed wires

June 13, 2008

By Hillary Leila Krieger, JTA JERUSALEM — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama did not rule out Palestinian sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem when he...

2008 Presidential Elections

An Obama-Clinton lovefest at AIPAC

June 5, 2008

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

Israel

Was Olmert bribed? Talansky testifies

May 29, 2008

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

Israel

Will Israel return Golan Heights? Olmert gives mixed messages

May 29, 2008

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.

Israel

Amidst Bush’s visit to Israel, rocket attacks

May 23, 2008

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