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Updated 11/04/09 @ 03:21AM EDT
- Israel's Navy detained a ship carrying a large cache of arms.
- The Canadian Embassy has begun representing Israel’s diplomatic and consular interests in Venezuela.
- A Jewish real estate mogul, who promotes his charitable image using a Star of David, will pay nearly $2.73 million to settle a discrimination suit.
- The new president of the AFL-CIO rejected boycotting Israel.
- A senator plans to offer legislation that would remove the presidential waiver from a law requiring that the U.S. embassy be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
- Israel’s Navy seizes arms smuggling ship
- Canada begins representing Israel in Venezuela
- Clipper owner Sterling settles discrimination suit
- New AFL-CIO head rejects Israel boycott
- Legislation would remove embassy move waiver
- Judge allows Rosen lawsuit agains AIPAC
- House condemns Goldstone
- Claude Levi-Strauss, father of modern anthropology, dies
- Mideast peace push cited in Obama Nobel
- In Mexico City, insular community begins to reach out
- Obama’s Nobel, Israel’s problem?
- Jews of color come together to explore identity
- FBI: Alleged spy wannabe asked for Israeli citizenship
- Family likely murdered by professional killer
- New signs that Ethiopian aliyah will resume
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