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GA 2009 / What will Netanyahu tell America's Jews?
Barak: Obama government presents rare opportunity for peace
India buys upgraded Israeli air defenses for $1.1 billion
Response / Henry Siegman on Burston and 'Israel's pathology'
Iran charges three detained Americans with espionage

GA 2009 / What will Netanyahu tell America's Jews?

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 10:55 AM PST

WASHINGTON D.C. - The speeches by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren and Rep. Eric Cantor at the opening of the annual conference of the Jewish Federations of North America took the same tone Sunday - at the same time pugnacious and conciliatory. The perceived nuclear threat from Iran and the quantifiable danger of Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon were addressed with cold determination - don't provoke us, or you will be sorry. ...

Barak: Obama government presents rare opportunity for peace

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 10:44 AM PST

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday that Barack Obama's presidency poses a rare opportunity for Mideast peace. ...

India buys upgraded Israeli air defenses for $1.1 billion

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 09:15 AM PST

Israel has signed a $1.1 billion contract to supply an upgraded tactical air defense system to India, with delivery expected by 2017, an Israeli official said on Monday. ...