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• France arrests 5 in cemetery desecration

  April 23, 2007 9:00am

  French police arrested five people suspected of desecrating 180 graves at a cemetery in northern France.

• Edwards: calming Iraq means talking to Syria, Iran

  April 23, 2007 9:00am

  Stabilizing Iraq requires U.S. engagement with Iran and Syria, former Sen. John Edwards told Jewish Democrats.

• E.U. adds to Iran sanctions

  April 23, 2007 9:00am

  E.U. foreign ministers approved further sanctions on Iran over its nuclear enrichment.

• Sarkozy, Royal headed for runoff

  April 22, 2007 9:00am

  Nicolas Sarkozy, the apparent favorite in the Jewish community, will face Segolene Royal in a May runoff following presidential elections that saw a massive turnout in France.

• Chirac’s complex legacy

  April 19, 2007 9:00am

  As he prepares to exit the political stage, French President Jacques Chirac leaves a legacy as a staunch fighter against anti-Semitism with a complex diplomatic record regarding Israel and its Arab neighbors.

• AIPAC heads to Greece

  April 19, 2007 9:00am

  The American Israel Public Affairs Committee sent its first official delegation to Greece.

• E.U. agrees to law on genocide denial

  April 19, 2007 9:00am

  The European Union ratified a law banning incitement to or denial of genocide.

• Chief rabbi blames Holocaust on Reform

  April 19, 2007 9:00am

  Israel’s Reform movement expressed outrage after a former Israeli chief rabbi suggested that the Holocaust was the result of Reform Judaism in Germany.

• Protest growing over British boycott

  April 19, 2007 9:00am

  A British news editor and Israel’s ambassador to Britain criticized a journalist union’s call to boycott Israeli goods.

• French Jews favor conservative

  April 16, 2007 9:00am

  For many French Jews, Nicolas Sarkozy represents a new breed of politician: He’s aggressive and outspoken, never short of words, likes to hang out with celebrities and doesn’t hide his taste for the good life.