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Syrian minister hurls personal abuse at Arafat for his stance in peace talks

LONDON, Aug. 4 (JTA) — Syrian anger at the Palestinian leadership erupted into a full-frontal assault when Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlas described Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat as the “son of 60,000 whores.” The outburst by the veteran Syrian minister came during an address Monday at Ras al-Ain, in the Bekaa Valley of eastern […]

Israelis, Palestinians put talks on hold and launch war of words

JERUSALEM, Aug. 2 (JTA) — Israeli and Palestinian leaders are publicly criticizing one another after peace talks ended in disagreement with no new date set for them to reconvene. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Monday criticized the Palestinians’ “rigid” rejection of his proposal to delay a troop withdrawal Israel promised under the Wye accord […]

BEHIND THE HEADLINES Jews will always remain outsiders in Germany, community leader says

BERLIN, Aug. 3 (JTA) — The man whom many call the conscience of Germany has announced that he has failed. In an interview with the newsweekly Stern, Ignatz Bubis gave a somber, often pessimistic assessment of his efforts to bring Jewish and non-Jewish Germans closer and to insure that the Holocaust is never forgotten. Bubis, […]

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Syrian minister hurls personal abuse at Arafat for his stance in peace talks

Israelis, Palestinians put talks on hold and launch war of words

BEHIND THE HEADLINES Jews will always remain outsiders in Germany, community leader says

BEHIND THE HEADLINES Ruling in favor of Christian Coalition not likely to change Jewish advocacy

NEWS ANALYSIS Knesset speaker may use podium as springboard to higher ambitions

Congress moves to reduce Israel aid in plan worked out with Jewish state

Atlanta mourns shul president, slain in office shooting rampage

German chancellor to get involved in issue of slave-labor compensation

Concentration camp memorial artist is used to having his work vandalized

BEHIND THE HEADLINES Asylum seekers sit in Israeli prison, with no nation willing to claim them

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