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Still No Explanation From Fayyad Over Why He Cancelled on Meeting in Jerusalem
CS Monitor - Expectations of the first Israeli-Palestinian summit in nearly two years were dashed yesterday when Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was a no-show...
More Violence in Syria, 17 Reported Dead Despite Ceasefire
LA Times - Shelling and shootings continued in Syria on Wednesday despite the presence of a small group of United Nations cease-fire monitors, government opponents...
The Microbreweries of Israel
Israel21c - It's hard to believe that Israel had no microbreweries only a couple of years ago. Now the country is practically awash with fine...
Switzerland Changes Course on Iran Sanctions
JPost/Reuters - Switzerland has extended financial sanctions against Iran but stopped short of freezing the assets of Iran's central bank and imposing an oil embargo,...
Israeli Minister Ayalon Warns Against “Falling into the Trap” in Talks with Iran
Fox News/AP - Israel's deputy foreign minister says the nuclear talks between Iran and Western powers in Istanbul last week may have been a stalling...
IDF Soldier Involved in Protest Incident Relieved of His Command
Ynet - The IDF has decided to take various disciplinary actions against Lt.-Col. Shalom Eisner, who struck a Danish pro-Palestinian protester with an M-16 rifle. IDF Chief...
Syria’s Opposition Looks to West and Arab Nations if Ceasefire Fails
CS Monitor - Each side in the conflict is accusing the other of simply preparing for the cease-fire collapse that both seem to expect....
American Women Favor Obama by Wide Margin Over Romney
Chicago Tribune - American women favor Barack Obama by a 14-point margin over Mitt Romney, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday, despite the recent partisan...
Romney Sets Goal of $800 Million
NY Daily News - Mitt Romney wants to be the $800 million man. Romney and the Republican National Committee have set that ambitious fund-raising goal in...
Boehner, McConnell Endorse Romney for President
Politico - The top two Republican leaders have officially endorsed Mitt Romney, breaking months of silence about who they would back in the Republican...
Olympia Dukakis Performs One Woman Monologue Show at Theater Festival
Ynet - American actress Olympia Dukakis on Thursday arrived in Israel as a guest of the annual international theatre festival held at the...
Israel Defense Minister: We Never Promised U.S. a Hold on Iran Strike
Washington Post/AP - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday his country has never promised the United States it would hold off from attacking...
Fayyad Backs out of Meeting with Netanyahu, PA Officials Deliver Abbas Letter
JPost/Reuters - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Palestinian officials on Tuesday despite Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's last minute cancellation of...
Influential Columnist Blasts Media for Inflating Story of Danish “Activist” Beaten by IDF Soldier
Israel National News - "We've Gone Mad" - that was the caption over an op-ed piece by Maariv's Ben-Dror Yemini, a leading opinion-shaper, Tuesday...
