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Second bulldozer attack in Jerusalem
Marcy Oster, JTAJul 25, 2008
JERUSALEM In an apparent imitation of an attack nearly three weeks ago, an Arab construction worker rampaged through the streets of Jerusalem on a bulldozer, crushing...
Swap muddies the talks to free Shalit
Roy Eitan, JTAJul 25, 2008
JERUSALEM The long-awaited resolution to the Lebanese hostage crisis has cast a pall over efforts to retrieve the Israeli soldier held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip....
Will Olmert wriggle out of Talansky too?
Jerusalem PostJul 25, 2008
JERUSALEM During his interrogations by police, Morris Talansky got mixed up between two amounts of money he allegedly gave Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. One was a loan...
Grim homecoming
Roy Eitan, JTAJul 18, 2008
JERUSALEM Two black caskets, laid out by Hezbollah officials on the sun-drenched tarmac of a Lebanese border crossing, unceremoniously put to rest one of Israels...
Kosher plant’s PR firm accused of impersonating rabbi on website postings
Ben Harris, JTAJul 18, 2008
NEW YORK The public relations firm trying to restore the image of the embattled kosher meat producer Agriprocessors is wrestling with a controversy of its own after...
UJC urges Olmert to tackle conversion
Jacob Berkman, JTAJul 18, 2008
NEW YORK — Diaspora Jews are stepping up pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to intervene in a dispute in Israel over conversions to Judaism. Leaders of...
Orthodox groups drops boycott of Agiprocessors
Ben Harris, JTAJul 10, 2008
NEW YORK An Orthodox social justice group dropped its boycott of the embattled kosher meat producer Agriprocessors, saying the company is beginning to take...
Leaks about Iran reflect internal US debate
Jerusalem PostJul 10, 2008
JERUSALEM The recent spate of leaks and reports from Washington about whether Israel will, or should, take military action against Iran, and what that would mean for...