New Olmert probe creates more uncertainty for peace process
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Tidewater Jewish Foundation 2007 Annual Report
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"Imagine having to choose between medication and food, because you can’t afford both — or, what if, in the corner of the world where you live, there is no medicine available, even if you could afford it."
UJFT Israel & Overseas Committee ‘‘It’s very scary," says Phyllis Lannik, co-chairman of the Federation’s Israel & Overseas Committee, "to know that elderly Jews are literally starving and malnourished. For many of these people, it is revisiting the nightmare of the Holocaust. And yet, these conditions exist throughout Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, more often than any of us might think." more
Myth and Fact: Should East Jerusalem be part of a Palestinian state?
by Mitchell G. Bard
Before 1865, the entire population of Jerusalem lived behind the Old City walls (what today would be considered part of the eastern part of the city).
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IN THE NEWS...
- New Olmert Probe Creates More Uncertainty For Peace Process(Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa), 05/09/2008)
- Berlin's Holocaust Memorial To Host Open-air Concert(Associated Press, 05/09/2008)
- Israel Settlers Move Back To Evacuated Settlement(BBC Monitoring Middle East, 05/09/2008)
- Mazel Tov! Israelis Mark 60(NY Post, 05/09/2008)
- Us Friendship With Israel "unwavering" 60 Years On(Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa), 05/09/2008)
- Gag Order Lifted, Olmert Defends Himself In Charges Of Accepting Illegal Campaign Donations(Associated Press, 05/08/2008)
- Holocaust Rescuer Remembered At Olympia Temple(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 05/08/2008)
- Lost In The Holocaust: Experts Plumb Newly Opened Archive(Associated Press, 05/08/2008)
- Bush Plans No Peace Talks On Mideast Trip(United Press International, 05/08/2008)
- German Train Commemorating Holocaust Children Arrives At Auschwitz(Associated Press, 05/08/2008)
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