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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon overnight Monday and told him Israel expects a more objective and constructive approach from the international community.

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Lieberman to Ban: Israel seeks more objectivity from international community

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders attending the inauguration of a restored synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday tried to calm tensions surrounding Israeli actions in East Jerusalem.

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Netanyahu at Jerusalem synagogue: Israel allows freedom of religion

At start of regional visit, EU foreign policy chief signals resolve to kick-start negotiations.

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Europe ‘determined’ in push for Middle East peace talks

Abraham Foxman has headed the Anti-Defamation League since the 1980s, serving often as an unofficial spokesman for the American Jewish community on issues of anti-Semitism and other affairs.

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ADL chief: Flawed U.S. policy is undermining Mideast peace

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A United Nations resolution on new sanctions against Iran may not be ready until June and if a vote on it fails, European states could take unilateral measures instead, French and Finnish ministers said on Sunday.

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France FM: UN sanctions on Iran not likely before June

The custom is for every American president to put together a working paper that re-examines the government’s stance on nuclear weapons. The document is in effect a summary of the main principles of the incoming administration’s nuclear policy and a statement of the new president’s intentions on the future of America’s nuclear stockpile. Two presidents have produced such documents since the end of the Cold War: Bill Clinton in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2002. Now it’s Barack Obama’s turn to publish a statement that will set out his nuclear policy.

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Obama’s new nuclear age doesn’t bode well for Israel

The Palestinian Authority will not begin indirect talks with Israel unless construction in the settlements, including in East Jerusalem, is completely frozen, PA President Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League on Thursday.

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PA fears East Jerusalem building will make it look weak

U.S. anger after Israeli building plans threaten renewal of negotiations with Palestinians.

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Biden to address Israelis as peace talks crisis looms

A group of Knesset faction chairmen on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden requesting clemency for Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in the U.S. after being convicted of spying for Israel.

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MKs to Biden: Show kindness and mercy for Jonathan Pollard