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President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest civilian honor to 16 "agents of change" on Wednesday, highlighting their accomplishments as examples of the heights a person can reach and the difference they can make in the lives of others.

Israel split over jailed Palestinian leader

Row erupts over whether to release Marwan Barghouti in prisoner swap after his election to key Fatah committee A fierce debate has erupted among senior Israeli politicians over whether the jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti a ' regarded by some Israelis as an "arch-terrorist" and by others as the only man who can deliver a lasting peace a ' ...

Nablus sees relative normalcy as street barriers disappear

Israeli roadblocks made the trip almost impossible. But these days business is booming.

As refugees increase, Israel struggles between Holocaust memory and reluctance to open doors

Five years after a mounted militia stormed his village, torching houses and killing his relatives, Ibrahim Saad el-Din, a refugee from Sudan's Darfur region, gazed at remnants of another slaughter: hundreds of shoes worn by Jews killed in Poland's Majdanek death camp during the Holocaust.

Mideast peace unlikely in coming years'

'Israeli jets bomb Gaza tunnel; Hamas prisoner tortured by Fatah Tuesday, August 11, 2009 OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS/ GAZA CITY: Israel's foreign minister warned on Monday against attempting to impose a Middle East deal, saying the most peace talks can achieve for the coming year is improving security and the Palestinian economy.

The Tragic Paradox of Tel Aviv

COMMENTARY: James Kirchick says last week's shooting at a gay youth center in Tel Aviv could have only happened in Israel ... because it's the only place in the Middle East where gay people can meet in the open.

IDF chief: Top officer right to quit after lie about car accident

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said on Tuesday that the general in command of the Lebanon front against Hezbollah did "the right thing" by resigning after he lied about a minor traffic accident.

Mr. President: Bring Back our People from Israel

By: Elias Bejjani On August 06/09, the Lebanese official National News Agency published on its website, the following slanderous and desecrating report: "The International Red Cross received today from within the occupied Palestinian territories and via the Naqoura gate, the body of the agent, Elias Joseph Agiel, 52 years old, who died in one of ...

Resolutions on Israel dominate United Church national meeting in Kelowna, B.C.

Resolutions calling for a divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel are overshadowing all other issues at the United Church's national meeting in Kelowna.

Culture war erupts between religious and secular Jews

It's a hot, sticky Friday night in one of Tel Aviv's swankiest neighborhoods, and a battle over the community's soul is about to erupt.

Netanyahu confers with Mubarak before Egyptian president's visit to U.S.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone with Egypt President Hosni Mubarak on Monday just days after Cairo authorities announced the arrest of an alleged group of terrorists who plotted to assassinate Israel's ambassador.

Jewish leaders in city defend Israeli consul amid uproar

Governor Deval Patrick greeted Nadav Tamir, Israel's consul general for New England, at a function at the JFK Museum in May of 2008.

Democratic Jews Break with Obama on Israel

Jews who identify themselves as Democrats strongly agree with the Israeli position and disagree with President Obama's on issues such as a Palestinian state, settlement construction, and trading land for peace.

Israeli peace group slams Labor leader

The Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now attacked Defense Minister Ehud Barak Monday for endorsing a Jewish building in a Muslim area of east Jerusalem in the face of U.S. and international opposition.

MIDEAST: Prison Toughens Palestinian Women

In her office at the Bethlehem women's counselling centre, Khawla Al-Azraq recounts her memories from Israeli prison as vividly as if they were yesterday: the routine physical and psychological abuse, the nightly room searches, the hunger strikes and other collective actions in protest against their conditions, and the intense study sessions with ...

Israel warns Hezbollah over assassination report

Israel will hold Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah and Lebanon itself responsible for any attempt to assassinate Israelis abroad, and will retaliate, Israel's deputy foreign minister said Sunday.

Palestinians: Progress made in Shalit swap deal

Israel and Hamas recently resumed intensive negotiations on a deal for the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit.

United Church resolutions anti-Semitic: Jewish group

The Canadian Jewish Congress says its relationship with Canada's largest protestant denomination is in jeopardy because of resolutions to be debated at the United Church's general meeting next week.

Israeli diplomat criticizes foreign policy

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has ordered a diplomat in the United States to return home to discuss a letter criticizing Israeli foreign policy.

Kassam from Gaza explodes in w. Negev

The relative quiet on the Gaza border was broken Sunday morning when Palestinian gunmen launched a Kassam rocket into Israel.