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• Report: 'Sex and the City' star embroiled in West Bank controversy
• Top Palestinian officials rule Israel to blame for Arafat death
• Israel waging war of nerves against Iran and Hezbollah
• U.K. Labourite: Muslim councilor shunned me for being Jewish
• U.S. Republicans in Israel: We are `troubled` by Obama policy

Report: 'Sex and the City' star embroiled in West Bank controversy Posted: 06 Aug 2009 10:10 AM PDT Kristin Davis, who starred in the long-running HBO hit drama Sex and the City, is reportedly the subject of a controversy involving her association with an Israeli cosmetics company whose headquarters are situated in the West Bank. ...

Top Palestinian officials rule Israel to blame for Arafat death Posted: 06 Aug 2009 08:34 AM PDT Top Fatah officials on Thursday ruled that Israel was to blame for the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. ...

Israel waging war of nerves against Iran and Hezbollah Posted: 06 Aug 2009 07:27 AM PDT This week's reports by The Times of London give the impression that Israel is raising the bar in the war of nerves against Iran and Hezbollah. On Monday the newspaper reported that Iran had completed its nuclear research program, and that its progress toward building a nuclear bomb depends only on the decision of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The following day, it warned of the danger of escalation between Israel and Hezbollah on the Lebanese border. ...

U.K. Labourite: Muslim councilor shunned me for being Jewish Posted: 06 Aug 2009 06:02 AM PDT A British Labour party activist running for Birmingham City Council plans to sue an incumbent councilor for refusing to support her because she is "white and Jewish", British blog The Stirrer reported on Wednesday. ...

U.S. Republicans in Israel: We are `troubled` by Obama policy Posted: 06 Aug 2009 06:02 AM PDT A U.S. delegation of Republican congressmen visiting Israel on Thursday said that the Obama administration's policy on Israel is misguided, puts too much emphasis on the issue of settlements and ignores the bigger threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. ...

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