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‘Generals row’ hits Peres visit
A diplomatic row is simmering behind this week's historic visit of President Shimon Peres.
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Private coach for pupils as gangs attack school buses
Parents of pupils at Britain's biggest Jewish school are to pay for private buses following a series of incidents on public transport.
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Israeli leaders ‘satisfied’ with Miliband’s pressure on Syria
Israeli leaders have expressed their satisfaction with the results of Foreign Secretary David Miliband's visit to the Middle East this week.
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Ex-Green on leaked BNP list
The Green Party said that a former parliamentary candidate whose name appeared on a British National Party contacts list is no longer a Green Party member.
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Hare play is fair play, says theatre boss Hytner
The director of the National Theatre has defended a play which a leading rabbi has claimed "depicts Jews in a vile manner".
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I’m so glad my father had the J-factor, says Cowell
Simon Cowell has revealed a personal discovery of his own - his Jewishness.
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After 70 years, lost paintings come home
The daughter of a renowned anthropologist has been reunited with a collection of his oil paintings which had been lost for almost 70 years.
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Come to our party, and bring a ‘fit’ Jew
Student party organisers have caused a major row by asking guests to come in fancy dress - and be accompanied by "a fit Jew".
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Belittled town of Bethlehem
A Jewish anti-Israel group has been criticised for re-writing traditional Christmas carols to attack Israel's policies towards Palestine.
ISRAEL NEWS
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Gang wars fear after mafia boss is killed
Police fear that this week's slaying of a top mobster in Tel Aviv will lead to an all-out crime war in Israeli cities.
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Alert system widened as Kassams continue
The port city of Ashdod was this week connected to the rocket alert system already in use in Ashkelon and Sderot.
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Propping it up… regulars vow to save Tel Aviv bar from demolition
One of Tel Aviv's hippest bars is at risk after developers announced plans to demolish it for a new office building.
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Bank governor bullish about Israel’s ‘solid’ economy
The governor of the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer, has described the state of Israel's financial institutions, including its banks, as "so far, solid and well capitalised".
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New mayor boosts secular Jerusalem
Nir Barkat is elected after a campaign that brought to the fore deep divisions between the secular and the strictly-Orthodox community.
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Israel tourist boom biggest for 60 years
Israel has enjoyed unprecedented tourism success this year, with a staggering three million international arrivals.
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Peltours sells its Israel arm
The oldest established Israel travel firm in the UK is to sell its Israel operation to West End Travel.
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‘Obama trend’ hits mayors
Veteran mayors of three of Israel's largest cities lose to younger rivals in the municipal elections, one blames his defeat on "the Obama trend".
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Barak faces challenge from former allies
Former Labour leaders and high-profile figures will launch a new movement to run jointly with Meretz in February's elections.
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WORLD NEWS
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Turkish community chief disowns ‘plotter rabbi’
The Jewish community in Turkey has warned that the case of a supposed convert to Judaism accused of being involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the government may stir antisemitic feeling.
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Pig’s head hung in German cemetery
Two Jewish cemeteries in the former East German state of Thuringia have been vandalised.
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Cash crisis rocks Chabad
The world's biggest Jewish outreach group faces a cash crisis fuelled by fears that its biggest donor, billionaire diamond mogul Lev Leviev, may slash funding due to his own financial difficulties.
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Images a war photographer could not bear to look at
Disturbing images that even the photographer could not look at for over 40 years are being exhibited by his widow.
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German war crimes trial for Demjanjuk
Former Nazi death-camp guard may face a war crimes trial in Germany as new evidence found could charge him.
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Arab envoys flock to European Union Kristallnacht memorial
New project for tolerance and reconciliation launched in Brussels at ceremonies marking Kristallnacht.
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Expert doubts Auschwitz ‘plans’
Leading historian slams publication of Auschwitz death-camp blueprints in German tabloid Bild over the weekend.
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Couple fight for son’s right to life
American children's hospital seeks legal ruling to turn off the support systems of a 12-year-old boy whom they believe to be brain-dead.
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US woman freed on $10m bail
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Zaki Cooper in Colombo
Sri Lanka can be lonely for a rabbi
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