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Israeli envoy to UN says that to expect nations like Malaysia and Indonesia - who do not recognize Israel's right to exist - to guard Israel's safety 'is a bit naïve.' The Israeli envoy to the UN, Danny Gillerman, said that it would be "difficult if not inconceivable" to accept nations who do not recognize Israel's right to exist and who have no diplomatic relations with Israel as part of a UN force in southern Lebanon . Gillerman made the statement in an interview with BBC Online, after Malaysia and Indonesia – who do not recognize Israel - have both...

0230 GMT August 7, 2006 Ms. Sheehan, Antiwar Protester, Returns To Crawford TX in time for President Bush's 10-day working vacation. This time she and her supporters have a legal spot of land on which to demonstrate. Ms. Sheehan coyly announced that she (her supporters?) brought a 5 acre plot near the President's ranch through an intermediary, as no local would have sold if they had known she was the purchaser. She also said the locals should learn to relax a little and get along with the demonstrators. Ms. Sheehan is slightly confused as to why the locals have not...

(VIDEO) Announcement to allow shutting down schools, operating essential industries and closing certain areas for traffic. The aim: Cutting down damages and assisting fighting VIDEO - Defense Minister Amir Peretz is set to declare Saturday the coming into effect of a “special situation” in the home front. The announcement will enable the security forces to instruct the shutting down of schools, to operate essential industries and to close certain areas for traffic. The declaration is aimed at narrowing the damages of the expanding fighting in the north. Rockets hit Tiberias (Video: Yaron Brenner) Peretz ordered the Home Front Command chief...

On Sunday, July 16th at 11:00am, AMCHA – the Coalition for Jewish Concerns will be holding a demonstration/ memorial in front of the Syrian Mission to the UN, 820 Second Ave. (between 43rd and 44th Streets), in Manhattan. Participants will first gather in front of the Syrian Mission to protest against Syria and Iran, the states that are directly responsible for Hamas and Hizbullah. From there, participants will walk to the Israeli Mission, 800 Second Avenue, where we will host a memorial service for the fallen Israeli soldiers, and offer prayers both for the continued safety of the Israeli soldiers...