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• New P.A. plank omits ‘armed struggle

  July 29, 2007 9:00am

  For the first time a political platform proposed by the Palestinian Authority does not call for “armed struggle.”

• South Africa exhibit explores Ethopian Jews

  July 29, 2007 9:00am

  A new exhibit at a South African museum chronicles the Ethiopian Jewish experience in Israel.

• Groups urge reps on energy reform

  July 29, 2007 9:00am

  Several Jewish organizations sent letters to U.S. House of Representatives members urging them to vote for a bill that will decrease dependence on foreign energy sources.

• Israeli firm to build largest solar park

  July 29, 2007 9:00am

  An Israeli company will build what is being called the world’s largest solar energy facility.

• Poland investigates communist-era anti-Semitism

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  Poland wants to prosecute the Communist officials who used anti-Semitism propaganda in the late 1960s, driving some 20,000 Jews into exile.

• House to fund U.S.-Israeli missile system

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  The House Appropriations Committee voted to provide funding for a ballistic missile defense system developed jointly by the United States and Israel.

• Beverly Hills looks to Holy Land

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  Beverly Hills is looking for a “sister city” in Israel, its mayor said.

• Jewish-oriented charter school to open

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  America’s first Jewish-themed, taxpayer-funded charter school is set to open Aug. 20, and already it is sparking heated debates in South Florida over the separation of church and state.

• Nasrallah tops Olmert in Israeli credibility poll

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  Israelis regard Ehud Olmert as less credible than the leader of Hezbollah, a poll found.

• Ramon: withdraw from most of West Bank

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  Israel should withdraw from most of the West Bank in a negotiated settlement, Israel’s deputy premier said.