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Israel hopes for direct peace talks next month
Education Minister slams Israeli lecturer's 'apartheid' op-ed
The inglourious basterd who rewrote Jewish history
Thousands of Israelis petition to boycott Sweden retailer IKEA
Egypt begins trial of 26 alleged Hezbollah spies

Israel hopes for direct peace talks next month

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:57 AM PDT

Israel is hoping to relaunch direct peace negotiations with the Palestinians by late September, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. ...

Education Minister slams Israeli lecturer's 'apartheid' op-ed

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:43 AM PDT

Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Sunday denounced an Israeli academic who published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times in which he called for an boycott of Israel for being an "apartheid" state. ...

The inglourious basterd who rewrote Jewish history

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:03 AM PDT

Quentin Tarantino is a film director, writer and cinematic iconoclast, known for works such as "Kill Bill," "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction" that revel in non-linear plots, pop culture references and the portrayal of violence. His most recent film, "Inglourious Basterds," takes the viewer on a bloody stroll through a revisionist, fictitious story in which a band of Jewish-American soldiers is given free rein to go to occupied France and kill as many Nazis as possible. After the film's first New York screening at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Tarantino met with the Forward's Jordana Horn to discuss his film, revenge and fact versus fiction. ...

Thousands of Israelis petition to boycott Sweden retailer IKEA

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 10:36 AM PDT

Thousands of Israelis have signed an online petition to boycott the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA, in the wake of a controversial article published in the Swedish daily Aftonbladet that suggested that Israeli soldiers "harvested" the organs of Palestinians. ...