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Clinton: Israel at risk of losing support against Iran threat Posted: 24 Apr 2009 11:55 AM PDT U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cautioned Israel's right-wing government on Thursday that it risked losing Arab support for fighting any threats from Iran if it shuns Palestinian peace talks. ...

Belarus tearing down synagogue led by prominent Orthodox rabbi Posted: 24 Apr 2009 11:52 AM PDT The roof has been removed and the windows stripped of their frames and glass. Piece by piece, workers are tearing down the former synagogue where a renowned rabbi served before fleeing the Soviet Union for New York in 1936. ...

Why is a Haredi hat dealer suing a prestigious Italian firm? Posted: 24 Apr 2009 11:27 AM PDT "I hit people upside the head, that's my job," joked Yitzhak Meir Ferster as he arranges the latest collection of hats on the display table. The head of "Ferster Quality Hats" reminisced about the days in which his forefathers - who founded the business in Warsaw in 1912 and brought it to Jerusalem - laid brimmed hats atop the heads of David Ben-Gurion, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Zalman Shazar and Menachem Begin. ...

Yossi Sarid / Sometimes evil is good for the Jews Posted: 24 Apr 2009 10:58 AM PDT "And the Holy One Blessed Be He rescues us from their hands," cited the president once again at the memorial service. ...

One word can sum up Israel's new government: Lieberman Posted: 24 Apr 2009 09:52 AM PDT If asked to sum up the 23 days of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's second government, one word will do: Lieberman. Our new foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has hijacked the national agenda. From the minute he entered the ministry, from his crude behavior toward U.S. envoy George Mitchell to his interview in the Russian papers and his comments on the Arab initiative, his unfortunate deputy at the Foreign Ministry, Daniel Ayalon, has had to trot after his boss to put out the fires Lieberman has ignited in the diplomatic fields. ...

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