RORY KRESS

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Israel to Expel Foreign Restaurant Help

Israel's sushi craze could be in for trouble.

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Israeli Town Suing Google Over Origin

An Israeli town is suing Internet giant Google for slander over a posting by a user of its worldwide mapping service that claims the town was built on the ruins of an Arab village, an official said Monday.

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Israeli Town Rocketed Before Peres Visit

A barrage of rockets battered this Israeli town less than a half mile from the Gaza fence, seriously wounding a woman just before the arrival Tuesday of Israeli President Shimon Peres.

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Badu Identifies With Palestinian Hip-Hop

Sporting a huge, billowing Afro and a T-shirt with an anti-Iraq war slogan, Erykah Badu said she identifies with Palestinian hip-hop and expressed support for Louis Farrakhan before a crowd of Israeli fans and journalists Thursday.

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1,400-Year-Old Mosaic Restored in Israel

Experts have restored a 1,400-year-old glass mosaic glowing in gold, recovered from a site next to the Mediterranean Sea, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday.

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Iranian Jews Arrive in Israel

Greeted by joyous relatives and a crowd of reporters, about 40 Iranian Jews landed in Israel on Tuesday, leaving behind their lives in the Islamic Republic for new homes in the Jewish state.

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West Bank Barrier Gets Global Graffiti

Using a can of spray paint, Yousef Nijim scrawled messages Tuesday across Israel's imposing West Bank separation barrier in protest of a wall that Palestinians say cuts them off from their fields and stifles trade.

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Oxfam Criticizes Israeli Restrictions

International assistance to the Palestinians will not be effective unless Israel eases travel restrictions that have stalled some aid projects and sent the costs of others soaring, Oxfam International warned on the eve of a donors' conference.

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Bethlehem Expects Christmas Tourist Boom

There's a reason for Christmas cheer in Bethlehem this year — more tourists are on their way now than in any holiday season since Israeli-Palestinian fighting broke out seven years ago, the mayor said.

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