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Hamas hands German mediator response to Israel's Shalit offer
Barak to UN's Ban: Push Abbas to peace talks
Ayalon: Arrest warrants harming U.K.-Israel ties
Words of wisdom from a 21st century wandering Jew
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Hamas hands German mediator response to Israel's Shalit offer

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:44 AM PST

A German negotiator mediating a Hamas-Israel deal to secure the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, where he received the Hamas response to Israel's latest offer for the soldier, Israel Radio said. The radio said earlier that the response was unlikely to be a positive one. ...

Barak to UN's Ban: Push Abbas to peace talks

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:38 AM PST

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday urged United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to help push Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to renew peace talks with Israel. ...

Ayalon: Arrest warrants harming U.K.-Israel ties

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:47 AM PST

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on Tuesday met Tuesday with British Attorney General Baroness Patricia Janet Scotland to protest the slew of arrest warrants issued against senior Israeli officials in the United Kingdom. ...

Words of wisdom from a 21st century wandering Jew

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:27 AM PST

Ben Harris, JTA's Wandering Jew, is exactly like wandering Jews of centuries past: He carries his belongings, and searches for Jewish communities the world over. ...