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		<title>Israel Boosts Naval Forces in Natural Gas Fields</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.upi.com/Business_News TEL AVIV, Israel, (UPI) &#8212; The Israeli government plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal with a sea-based defense radar system off its Mediterranean coast while forming a naval force to protect its rich offshore gas fields against terrorist attack. The terminal, which is scheduled to pump 87.25 billion cubic feet of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New U.S. sanctions on Iran aim to head off Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Anne Gearan AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON &#8211; Additional U.S. sanctions on Iran are more significant for their timing than their immediate effect on Iran&#8217;s economy, coming as the United States and its allies are arguing that Israel should hold off on any military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities to allow more time for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Syrian Embassies Under Siege</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2012/02/05/syrian-embassies-under-siege/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Associated Press www.TheDailyBeast.com Protesters were so angry over Syria’s latest and most brutal crackdown on dissent—more than 200 people were killed in Homs over the weekend—and the failure of the United Nations to pass a resolution calling on President Bashir al-Assad to step down, that they attacked seven Syrian embassies all around the world Saturday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Israel Attack Iran?&#8211; No, and Neither Will the United States</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2012/02/02/will-israel-attack-iran-no-and-neither-will-the-united-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Barry Rubin www.PJMedia.com (posted January 26, 2012) The radio superhero The Shadow had the power to “cloud men’s minds.” But nothing clouds men’s minds like anything that has to do with Jews or Israel. This year’s variation on that theme is the idea that Israel is about to attack Iran. Such a claim repeatedly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Israel Attack Iran?&#8211;Yes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By RONEN BERGMAN NewYorkTimes.com (Published: January 25, 2012) (for an opposing view, see the article that follows this one) As the Sabbath evening approached on Jan. 13, 2012, Ehud Barak paced the wide living-room floor of his home high above a street in north Tel Aviv, its walls lined with thousands of books on subjects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persecution of Christians in Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2012/01/26/persecution-of-christians-in-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sara Westhead www.RoyalGazette.com A young man is forced to squat on the floor of a small, closed room. Soldiers cock their rifles. Bound and blindfolded, the man does not know if a shot will ring out, or if that it will be the last sound he hears. A young woman is arrested for no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanon’s Maronites: Bellwether of the Mideast’s Christians</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lebanon’s Maronites, threatened by Sunni power, will be the bellwether of the Mideast’s Christians. Could they face the same fate as the region’s Jews? By Lee Smith www.TabletMag.com Being Christian in the Middle East has never been easy, but the wave of uprisings that has swept the region over the past year has made the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas Concedes That Gaza Is Not Occupied</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2012/01/21/hamas-concedes-that-gaza-is-not-occupied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Elizabeth Samson www.TheJewishWeek.com (New York) In a stunning about-face, and after decades of violence justified by excuses of being under occupation, this week Hamas has admitted that Gaza is not occupied by Israel. And yet, the United Nations, which has long been reluctant to acknowledge Gaza&#8217;s change in status, is still silent on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assad&#8217;s Alawi allies</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2012/01/17/assads-alawi-allies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dore Gold www.IsraelHayom.com The Saudi-owned Arabic daily Asharq Alawsat published an analysis by a Jordanian commentator last week that asked an important question: How has Bashar Assad continued to stay in power for nearly a year since the revolt against his regime began, while the Tunisian and Egyptian leaders were overthrown in just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Ship Carrying Arms Reaches Syria</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2012/01/12/russian-ship-carrying-arms-reaches-syria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Suzan Fraser Associated Press A Russian ship, allegedly carrying tons of weapons, made a dash for Syria after Cypriot officials allowed it to leave their waters, Turkish officials said Thursday. The ship had made an unscheduled stop in Cyprus Tuesday, technically violating an EU embargo on arms shipments to Syria, which has killed thousands [...]]]></description>
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