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A Jewish U.S. intelligence officer was killed in Afghanistan.

A soldier who stole a credit card from a Palestinian home during Israel's military operation in Gaza returned the money with interest.

Israeli security forces evacuated two West Bank outposts.

Two graduates of a new Berlin rabbinical program will be ordained in the first ordination of homegrown Orthodox rabbis in postwar Germany.

A stealth fighter jet that Israel wants to buy from the United States is going to cost more and take longer to complete than expected.

Venezuela and Bolivia denied an accusation in an Israeli government report that they are supplying uranium to Iran for its nuclear program.

A bill that would require a one-year prison sentence for anyone speaking against Israel's existence as a Jewish state passed a first reading.

A damaged synagogue in Beirut is set to be renovated.

Ehud Olmert has withdrawn a request to postpone court hearings in three corruption cases.

Australia’s three wealthiest individuals are high-profile members of the Jewish community, according to an annual list.

Pope Benedict XVI held a private audience at the Vatican with a Jewish Nobel Prize-winning scientist who last month turned 100 years old.

A Lebanese army colonel and two Palestinians have been arrested on charges of spying for Israel.

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