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JERUSALEM, Dec. 10 (JTA) – With elections inevitable, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s surprise resignation has been widely interpreted here as a pre-emptive strike designed to keep former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu out of the race. Under Israeli law, if the prime minister resigns, special elections for prime minister must be held within 60 days. […]

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (JTA) — A group of U.S. pediatricians has condemned the use of children in battles in the Middle East, Asia and Africa as a particularly virulent form of child abuse. The impetus for their protest came from the use of Palestinian children in the front lines against Israeli troops in the […]

JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (JTA) — A lull in the recent Israeli-Palestinian violence again has proven short-lived. On Thursday, five Israelis were wounded, one critically, in Palestinian attacks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The attacks came as Palestinian sources confirmed that Hamas militant Mohammed Deif, who tops Israel’s most-wanted list for his involvement in […]

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