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- With Obama mostly silent on Gaza, Dems move to fill void: U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, right, with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Sderot on a solidarity trip on Jan. 4, 2009, says he would be "upset and surprised" if President-elect Barack Obama "wasn't maintaining silence" on the Gaza situation. (Spencer Tucker / Office of the Mayor) Read more »
2 soldiers killed in Gaza fighting
An Israeli soldier, 20, was killed by sniper fire during an operation in the northern Gaza Strip. Read more »
U.N. to halt aid deliveries to Gaza
The United Nations said it will stop aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip after an aid worker was killed. Read more »
Despite split on cease-fire, E.U.-Israeli ties stronger than ever
Despite public disagreements over the need for an immediate cease-fire, Israeli and European officials appear to be forging improved relations on several fronts. Read more »
Denial of bail to Rubashkin fueling legal controversy
Two organizations are protesting efforts by U.S. prosecutors to deny bail to a plant manager at Agriprocessors on the grounds that he poses an added flight risk because as a Jew he could acquire Israeli citizenship. Read more »
Captured soldier Shalit a pawn in Gaza operation
Two days into Israel's operation in the Gaza Strip, Arab media outlets began reporting that captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit had been wounded in an Israeli airstrike. Read more »
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Updated 01/08/09 @ 06:19PM EST
- Israeli officials said the resolution to the Gaza Strip war would most likely emerge from talks in Cairo and not at the United Nations.
- Israel's state comptroller alleges in a newly released report that the government mishandled the evacuees from the Gaza Strip.
- Israel-based human rights groups petitioned Israel's Supreme Court to demand that Israel stop the collapse of Gaza's sewage and water system.
- The United Nations said it will stop aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip after an aid worker was killed.
- A high-profile elected official participated in a large protest in South Africa against Israel's operation in the Gaza Strip.
- Israel backs Cairo talks, dismisses U.N.
- Report: State mishandled Gaza evacuees
- Israel’s Supreme Court petitioned over Gaza
- U.N. to halt aid deliveries to Gaza
- Thousands protest Israel in Cape Town
- Muslim leaders warn Britain’s Brown
- U.N. Security Council stuck over Gaza
- Reassess security, Jewish organizations told
- Madoff scandal rocks Jewish philanthropic world
- California foundation forced to close
- D.C. deals with Madoff losses
- Madoff fraud forces Lappin foundation to close
- Yeshiva University hit hard by Madoff fraud
- Liberals push criticism of Israel’s Gaza strikes
- Hadassah loses $90 million in Madoff scheme
- With new rocket barrages, Gaza dilemma returns
