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BEHIND THE HEADLINES After years of frustration, Kwara Jews are euphoric

MEVASSERET ZION, Israel, July 12 (JTA) — Contentedly sitting on his cot at the absorption center, Manjur Adema exhibits little of the frustration he felt over the past seven years as he desperately waited to leave the remote Kwara region of Ethiopia and reunite with his extended family in Israel. Like many of the more […]

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NEWS ANALYSIS Despite high hopes, don’t expect new Mideast treaties any time soon

JERUSALEM, July 12 (JTA) — A new atmosphere of cordiality has descended on the Middle East since Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s victory in the Israeli elections in May. But atmospherics aside, there is likely to be some tough bargaining ahead before Israel concludes any new treaties with its Arab neighbors. Regional Arab leaders have given […]

Knesset no-confidence motion fails, but trouble brews in Barak coalition

JERUSALEM, July 12 (JTA) — Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s government has survived its first no-confidence motion in the Knesset, but storm clouds already appear to be brewing above his newly formed coalition. By a vote Monday of 63 to 31, the Parliament easily defeated a no-confidence motion submitted by the Likud Party over Barak’s handling […]

DNA test puts to rest mystery of one missing Yemenite child

U.S. rabbi gives ‘chained women’ divorces, causing a stir in Britain

Bidders pay $90 million for pieces of Rothschild treasures and history

BEHIND THE HEADLINES Newly released statements add to evidence against wartime pope

NEWS ANALYSIS Knesset appointment highlights role of Arabs in Israeli government

Barak, Arafat attempt to narrow differences on final status talks

Jewish groups: Muslim leader on U.S. panel condones terrorism

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