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Erekat: Don't link Shalit swap to Fatah-Hamas schism
Putin lauds expat Lieberman's 'brilliant political career' in Israel
Goldstone wins human rights award from Sweden NGOs
Sapling from Anne Frank tree planted in Amsterdam park
American Jews eye Obama's 'anti-Israel' appointees

Erekat: Don't link Shalit swap to Fatah-Hamas schism

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 11:03 AM PST

A deal for the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit should be viewed as entirely unrelated to the bitter divide between Palestinian movements Hamas and Fatah, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Thursday. ...

Putin lauds expat Lieberman's 'brilliant political career' in Israel

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:28 AM PST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday for his rise to a senior cabinet position in Israel after having emigrated from the former Soviet Union. ...

Goldstone wins human rights award from Sweden NGOs

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:21 AM PST

Richard Goldstone, the South African jurist and author of a controversial UN report which accused Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes during the Israel Defense Forces' military offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter, will receive the Stockholm Human Rights Award, it was announced on Thursday. ...