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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/3123 world Checkpoint Jerusalem - McClatchy Newspapers en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:09:21 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/3123 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090702/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200907gazafilmmakertacklesrapetaboohtml mcb_jerusalem/20090702/jerusalem200907gazafilmmakertacklesrapetaboohtml McClatchy Newspapers world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:09:21 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Rape, incest and sexual assault are some of the biggest taboos in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (and the broader Arab/Muslim world for that matter). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090630/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906israeliprezslittlerascalhomagehtml mcb_jerusalem/20090630/jerusalem200906israeliprezslittlerascalhomagehtml McClatchy Newspapers world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:25:31 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Israeli President Shimon Peres makes an unlikely appearance on the New York gossip Web site Gawker with this unintended Little Rascal - Alfalfa homage. (Courtesy of the Israeli Government Press Office...) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090630/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906willarabstatesjoinisraeltofightiranhtml mcb_jerusalem/20090630/jerusalem200906willarabstatesjoinisraeltofightiranhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:19:20 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - It would be a massive harmonic political convergence if Arab nations decided to join forces with Israel to contain Iran and its push for greater regional power. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090629/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906formerlatreporterchallengesarabisraelibalancehtml mcb_jerusalem/20090629/jerusalem200906formerlatreporterchallengesarabisraelibalancehtml McClatchy Newspapers world Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:29:49 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - As virtually everyone reading this blog knows well, reporting on the Arab-Israeli conflict is one of the most trying journalistic challenges in the world. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090628/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906iransrevolutionaryrooftoppoetryhtml mcb_jerusalem/20090628/jerusalem200906iransrevolutionaryrooftoppoetryhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:06:13 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Check out this piece at The Huffington Post on the revolutionary poetry coming out of Iran. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090626/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906michaeljacksoninthemiddleeasthtml mcb_jerusalem/20090626/jerusalem200906michaeljacksoninthemiddleeasthtml McClatchy Newspapers world Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:56:05 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - The death of pop star Michael Jackson has, at least for the moment, overwhelmed virtually all other global news. Iran what? South Carolina governor who? Even the death of Farrah Fawcett has been overshadowed by the death of America's quirky king of pop music. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090626/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906israelhamasprisonerdealimminentprobablynothtml mcb_jerusalem/20090626/jerusalem200906israelhamasprisonerdealimminentprobablynothtml McClatchy Newspapers world Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:56:48 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - It has been three years since Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was captured by Palestinian militants from Gaza who staged a well-planned cross-border raid on an Israeli military compound. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090626/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906syriassecrethummusdealwithisraelhtml mcb_jerusalem/20090626/jerusalem200906syriassecrethummusdealwithisraelhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:54:08 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Yedioth Ahronoth's Nahum Barnea reports today on an unnamed American businessman who ferried secret Syrian hummus from President Bashar Assad to Jerusalem where then-Israeli PM Ehud Olmert ate the culinary peace offering without having it tested by security... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090626/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906veggiesformiddleeastpeacehtml mcb_jerusalem/20090626/jerusalem200906veggiesformiddleeastpeacehtml McClatchy Newspapers world Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:31:28 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - PETA, the group that recently made headlines by condemning President Obama for his ninja-worthy fly killing skills (something the group denounced as an "executive insect execution"), is renewing its push for Middle East peace. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090624/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906gazadoctorstributetoslaindaughtershtml mcb_jerusalem/20090624/jerusalem200906gazadoctorstributetoslaindaughtershtml McClatchy Newspapers world Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:46:42 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Five months after an Israeli strike in Gaza killed three of his daughters and a niece in a chilling story that unfolded live on Israeli television, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish has set up a new on-line tribute to his family. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090623/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906formerisraelipmolmertimnotdeadhtml mcb_jerusalem/20090623/jerusalem200906formerisraelipmolmertimnotdeadhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:53:16 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Newsweek's Kevin Peraino has a classic tale of a deposed, disgruntled leader with a mix of grudges, laments and revelations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090620/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906youtubebanscontroversialvideosonisraelhtml mcb_jerusalem/20090620/jerusalem200906youtubebanscontroversialvideosonisraelhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:45:02 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Earlier this month, independent blogger/journalist Max Blumenthal created an international furor by producing a startling four-minute video titled, "Feeling the Hate in Jerusalem." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090620/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906happybdayfromhezbollahhtml mcb_jerusalem/20090620/jerusalem200906happybdayfromhezbollahhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:37:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Veteran New York Times reporter Neil MacFarquhar has just published a new book on life in the Middle East: "The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You A Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090619/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906palestiniananimatoranimatesgazahtml mcb_jerusalem/20090619/jerusalem200906palestiniananimatoranimatesgazahtml McClatchy Newspapers world Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:40:36 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - It's been two years since Hamas seized military control of the Gaza Strip, sparking a new -- and still unresolved -- internal Palestinian rift and leading to tighter Israeli restrictions that have made life in the isolated Mediterranean strip ever more bleak. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090618/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906alqaedassummerreadinglistisraelipmsbookhtml mcb_jerusalem/20090618/jerusalem200906alqaedassummerreadinglistisraelipmsbookhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:03:19 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Al Qaeda is reading Bibi. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090617/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906whyoverseasreportingmattershtml mcb_jerusalem/20090617/jerusalem200906whyoverseasreportingmattershtml McClatchy Newspapers world Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:45:37 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - "The lack of eyes is leaving us partially blind." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090617/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906thebeautifulgameroilsmiddleeastpoliticshtml mcb_jerusalem/20090617/jerusalem200906thebeautifulgameroilsmiddleeastpoliticshtml McClatchy Newspapers world Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:42:16 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Brazil, home of "the beautiful game" and site of the 2014 World Cup, is getting a not-so-pretty reception in Israel. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090617/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906obamaramaisraelhtml mcb_jerusalem/20090617/jerusalem200906obamaramaisraelhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:16:20 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Loyal readers of my colleague Shashank Bengali's blog, Somewhere in Africa, know that he has a regular feature called Obamarama, which documents the many places that President Barack Obama's name and image have been appropriated for commercial use in Africa. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090616/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906israelijournalism101html mcb_jerusalem/20090616/jerusalem200906israelijournalism101html McClatchy Newspapers world Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:52:48 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - It began with an inflammatory quote from President Barack Obama's diplomatic point man charged with resurrecting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbjerusalem/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090615/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200906israelspiraterepellingacademyhtml mcb_jerusalem/20090615/jerusalem200906israelspiraterepellingacademyhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:20:32 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - When African pirates targeted an Italian cruise ship off the coast of Somalia earlier this year, they were repelled by former Israeli military officers who were said to be the first security team to successfully fight off a pirate attack in the dangerous waters.