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Israel says Arabs agree on Iran threat

Last updated Monday, November 29, 2010 - 10:43am

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel's prime minister said Monday that newly leaked U.S. diplomatic memos provide clear proof that the Arab world agrees with his country's assessment that Iran is the chief danger to the Middle East.

According to the documents released Sunday by online whistle-blower Wikileaks, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia repeatedly urged the United States to attack Iran to destroy its nuclear program. The king is just one of many Arab voices in the documents calling for tough action against Iran -- proof that Israel is not alone in its belief that Tehran is a growing menace to the region, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

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Children hold a sign during a demonstration in the village of Ghajar on the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. Israel on Wednesday approved the withdrawal of troops from the northern half of a village that straddles the border with Lebanon, a step that would end its four-year presence in the volatile area.

Israel OKs pullout from Lebanon border village

Diaa Hadid, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 12:31pm

GHAJAR, Golan Heights -- Israel on Wednesday approved the withdrawal of troops from the northern half of a village that straddles the border with Lebanon -- a step that would end its four-year presence in the volatile area.

The pullout, expected to take place in the coming weeks, would resolve a key dispute between the two countries that has simmered since Israel reoccupied northern Ghajar during the war with Lebanese Hezbollah militants in 2006.

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Diplomats: US offered incentives for freeze

Ian Deitch, The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 6:09pm

JERUSALEM -- The U.S. has offered Israel an incentive package to reinstate a moratorium on West Bank settlement building in an effort to revive stalled peace talks with the Palestinians, diplomatic sources said late Saturday.

The sources said the deal stipulates that Israel would stop settlement construction for 90 days in the West Bank. The moratorium would not apply to east Jerusalem. The U.S. will not ask Israel to extend the new moratorium when it expires. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.

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Israeli general lays out plan for reviving Gaza

Dan Perry and Karin Laub, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 9:27am

TEL AVIV, Israel -- The Israeli general who controls the gates of Hamas-run Gaza says he is pursuing a complex and delicate strategy: enable exports and development in the impoverished Palestinian territory while somehow preventing the Islamic militants who rule it from getting credit for any progress.

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Israeli court shields soldier who ran over U.S. activist in 2003

Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 2:41pm

HAIFA, Israel -- The bulldozer driver who crushed to death American activist Rachel Corrie seven years ago struggled Thursday just to recall her name.

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