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August 19, 2012
5:49 am

An Iraqi bank branch. (illustrative photo: CC-BY-SA Yesar Almaleki, Flickr)

US says Iraqis helping Iran skirt sanctions — NY Times

From the web Network of Iraqi banking institutions have kept money flowing into Iran, despite sanctions over its nuclear program

August 19, 2012
4:30 am

Ban Ki-moon speaking at a climate change conference last year. (photo credit: CC-BY UNclimatechange, Flickr)

Jewish groups step up protest over UN head’s trip to Tehran

Ban Ki-moon should not visit a country whose leaders have ‘routinely, ritually, and sometimes daily called for the annihilation of a UN member state,’ says AJC

By Haviv Rettig Gur

August 19, 2012
1:32 am

Syrian airstrike kills eight near Turkey border

Bombing run on rebel-held town comes as Western powers continue debating merits of no-fly zone

August 18, 2012
11:19 pm

Is Shiite leader Hassan Nasrallah's influence waning in the new Middle East order? (photo credit: AP)

Syria war tipping Middle East balance toward Sunnis

Not long ago, Arabs everywhere listened when Nasrallah spoke; now, his speeches don’t necessarily make front pages even in Lebanon

By Hamza Hendawi

August 18, 2012
10:55 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Calling Abbas at end of Ramadan, Netanyahu pledges to find Molotov attackers

PM sends PA president greetings on Eid al-Fitr holiday, vows to catch perpetrators behind attack that injured six Palestinians

By Yifa Yaakov

August 18, 2012
10:20 pm

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters. (photo credit: AP)

Egypt president to visit Iran, a first in decades

Morsi to attend Non-Alignment Movement summit in Tehran, possibly marking a thaw in relations after years of enmity

August 18, 2012
9:48 pm

An employee of a Palestinian drug import company prays at the company's warehouse in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The cash crunch, mainly due to a sharp drop in foreign aid since 2011, is threatening to set off a chain reaction of business failures, layoffs and economic downturn that would undermine one of the West's fundamental strategies toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Palestinian government debt hurts private sector, causes drug shortage

Cash crunch threatens to set off a chain reaction that would undermine one of the West’s main peace-building strategies

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh

August 18, 2012
9:22 pm

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. (photo credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

Ashton slams Ahmadinejad’s ‘hateful’ words comparing Israel to ‘cancerous tumor’

EU foreign policy chief joins Ban Ki-moon and the Obama administration in condemning Iranian president’s Friday speech

By Michal Shmulovich and Asher Zeiger and Yifa Yaakov

August 18, 2012
8:52 pm

In this Monday Aug. 6, 2012 file photograph, the Rafah border terminal between Egypt and Gaza, and the only gateway for Gaza's people, is closed and guarded by Egyptian border guards in Rafah, Egypt. (photo credit:AP/Ahmed Gomaa)

‘Yemeni terrorists infiltrated Egypt before Rafah attack’

FROM THE WEB Ten foreign terrorists trained local Jihadi cells in the Sinai peninsula, Egyptian security official tells CNN

August 18, 2012
7:43 pm

Demonstrators display signs with crossed-out mosques during a protest in front of a mosque in Berlin, Germany, Saturday. (photo credit: AP)

Prophet depictions shown in Berlin anti-Islamization demo

Protest held under slogan ‘Islam does not belong in Germany’ follows failed attempt by mosques to get the caricatures prohibited

August 18, 2012
7:11 pm

17-year-old Jamal Julani is visited by his mother at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital after being attacked by Jewish youths in downtown Jerusalem. (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

19-year-old arrested in connection with attack on Arab

Jewish youth denies involvement in incident in which 17-year-old East Jerusalem Arab was seriously injured

By Yifa Yaakov

August 18, 2012
6:45 pm

UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (photo credit: Torsten Silz/AP)

Syria welcomes Algerian Brahimi as Annan successor

Office of Vice President al-Sharaa expresses support for appointment, denies rumors of al-Sharaa’s defection to opposition

August 18, 2012
5:58 pm

An F-16 fighter jet (photo credit: Ofer Zidon/Flash90)

Revolutionary Guard air force chief ‘welcomes’ Israeli strike, promises ‘swift, decisive’ response

Attack on its nuclear facilities would give Iran reason to ‘get rid of’ Israel ‘forever,’ says Gen. Hajizadeh; ex-Israeli air force chief says Israel should have attacked years ago

By Michal Shmulovich and Yifa Yaakov

August 18, 2012
5:38 pm

The ADL's Abe Foxman. (photo credit: Courtesy Shilo Productions)

State Dept., ADL slam attacks on Palestinians

ADL: Israeli political, religious, cultural leaders ‘must come together to make clear that these manifestations of hate are unacceptable’

August 18, 2012
4:41 pm

Pope Benedict XVI. (photo credit: Janusz Stachoń, CC-BY, www.szczepanow.pl)

New papal envoy to Israel hopes to foster peace

Lazzarotto, a 70-year-old Italian prelate, says he will do his best to promote ‘the cause of dialogue and peace’

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