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January 9, 2012
Embattled Assad to make speech on ‘internal issue’
Syria\’s President Bashar Assad, locked in a violent struggle against a wave of unrest, is to make a speech on Tuesday on \”the internal issue and international and regional developments,\” state media said.
Iranian, Venezuelan leaders rebuff U.S., joke about having nuclear bomb
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela\’s Hugo Chavez lavished each other with praise on Monday, mocked U.S. disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal.
Palestinians to raise taxes, cut costs to curb deficit
The Palestinian Authority will have to raise income tax and cut costs in 2012 to counter lower-than-expected foreign aid donations, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has said.
D.C. mayor to settle rabbi’s lawsuit over special elections
Washington Mayor Vincent Gray has settled a lawsuit brought against the District of Columbia by a local rabbi over the date of special elections.
Hacker takes over Israeli deputy FM’s website
A hacker temporarily took over the website of Israel\’s deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon.
When Holocaust analogies run amok
There was a time when no one living in Israel needed a reminder of what was at stake when the Jewish state was created in 1948 in the aftermath of World War II and the Nazi Holocaust. Israelis and Jews the world over knew that the survival of the Jewish people depended on the ability to have a home to return to after our near-ruinous encounter with European anti-Semitism.
Katy Perry’s preacher pop gives sketchy sermon on Jews and money — so who is this guy?
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