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...With reporting by Jamil Hamad / Bethlehem and Aaron J. Klein / Jerusalem...
Writing a wish on a piece of paper and sticking it into the cracks of Jerusalem's ancient Western Wall is a time-honored practice among Jews seeking God's help, so it's hardly surprising that visiting the sacred site with a message for the Almighty has become an election-eve ritual for Israeli politicians. At twilight on Monday, Israel's most controversial politician, Avigdor Lieberman, arrived with a phalanx of bodyguards and photographers and threaded his way between the black-hatted ultra-Orthodox men praying at the Wall to twist his message into a crack between the stones...
...West Bank and Gaza - may clash with the Obama Administration. Otherwise, the ex-premier, with his flawless American accent (he went to M.I.T.) and mannerisms, is media-ready for the U.S. Netanyahu says he will refuse to stop expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank and to share Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Both are seen as key to an accord with the Palestinians. Netanyahu also says Israel will stop Iran from building nuclear weapons, by force if necessary, while the White House is making more conciliatory noises towards Tehran lately...
...thinks the recent war in Gaza began “at the beginning of the Obama presidency,” when it ended two days before Barack Obama took the oath of office. He believes Israel preemptively attacked Jordan in 1967, when in fact Jordan struck first by shelling Jerusalem...
...Libyans have got a long rap sheet. Blowing up people is one of the things they do." - Dan Cohen, father of one of the Lockerbie victims, pushing for extended U.N. sanctions against Libya for the 1988 bombing. (Jerusalem Post, March...