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• When anti-Semitism is just a click away
• Peres: Israel to halt settlements once peace talks begin
• IDF chief: Reports of progress on Shalit swap don't help
• Obama must deal with important questions of the Mideast conflict
• Lieberman: After all the insults, Turkey can't mediate Syria talks

When anti-Semitism is just a click away Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:23 AM PST "What's the difference between Jews and Nazis? The Jews are guilty of the crimes they're accused of." ...

Peres: Israel to halt settlements once peace talks begin Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:01 AM PST Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has pledged to halt West Bank settlement construction once peace talks with the Palestinians are renewed, President Shimon Peres said on Sunday during an official visit to Egypt. ...

IDF chief: Reports of progress on Shalit swap don't help Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:17 AM PST A slew of reports on progress in talks to secure the release of Gilad Shalit do not bring the abducted IDF soldier closer to freedom, the Israel Defense Forces chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, said on Sunday. ...

Obama must deal with important questions of the Mideast conflict Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:10 AM PST For 41 years, Washington turned a blind eye. It protested a bit, scolded a bit, and mostly made do with periodically stating that its policy has not changed - it still opposes settlements in the territories and does not recognize the annexation of East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights. Suddenly, it gave us a resounding slap, but one of the frustrating kind that misses the cheek and flies through empty air. Because the American demand that we freeze construction in the settlements, that "strong message" containing a threat, has become a personal duel between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama, in place of a clear policy presented by the latter. ...

Lieberman: After all the insults, Turkey can't mediate Syria talks Posted: 22 Nov 2009 03:28 AM PST Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday said Turkey could not resume mediating Israel-Turkey peace talks, shortly before another minister, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, was reportedly set to propose that the country did exactly that. ...

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