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Politics
breaking news Op-Ed: Do everything to bring home captives
breaking news Op-Ed: Releasing terrorists invites danger
breaking news Olmert seen as lackluster at Paris
breaking news Russian Jewish lawmakers forge common cause
breaking news Israel recalls 2006 war
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Middle East
breaking news Food prices squeeze Israel's needy
breaking news U.S. Jewish community mourns soldiers
breaking news Op-Ed: Do everything to bring home captives
breaking news Closure, but no joy, in swap deal
breaking news Op-Ed: Releasing terrorists invites danger
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North America
breaking news U.S. Jewish community mourns soldiers
breaking news Jolie's Jewish ob-gyn speaks
breaking news HUC, JTS partnering to train clergy
breaking news UJC, JAFI press Olmert on conversion
breaking news Pelosi, Itzik talk tough on Iran
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What's pushing old foes
Israel and Syria to talk?
Brian Hendler
A Palestinian stands near a signpost demarcating the old Syria-Israel border near Lake Kinneret, which stood until June 5, 1967.
The renewal of peace talks between Israel and Syria is a sign of widespread concern about the rising power of Hezbollah and Iran, as well as the diminishing fortunes of the Bush administration in its twilight.

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