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		<title>White House Renews National Emergency with Respect to Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/11/13/white-house-renews-national-emergency-with-respect-to-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Israel Project













European Official: Size of Iranian Nuke  Site Incompatible with Peaceful Program
Summary:  International Atomic Energy Agency Reports on  Iran
 
President Barack  Obama announced a continuation of a national emergency with respect to Iran  Thursday (Nov. 12), citing the Islamic Republic&#8217;s &#8220;unusual and extraordinary  threat to the national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palestinian elections called off, Abbas to remain in power</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/11/13/palestinian-elections-called-off-abbas-to-remain-in-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.IsraelToday.co.il

The head of the Palestinian Central Elections Committee on Thursday announced that Palestinian legislative and presidential elections cannot be held on January 24, as declared by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
The committee chief informed Abbas of his decision earlier in the day. He blamed the inability to hold elections on Hamas, which had threatened to punish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golan, Water, and Peace</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/11/13/golan-water-and-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.IsraelToday.co.il
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, Nov 11 passed a message to Syrian President Bashar Assad via French President Nicolas Sarkozy urging an immediate resumption of peace talks between the two Middle East nations.
Arabic news network al-Arabiya cited &#8220;knowledgeable sources&#8221; as saying that during their meeting in Paris, Netanyahu told Sarkozy he is prepared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq Passes Crucial Election Law</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/11/11/iraq-passes-crucial-election-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Timothy Williams and Sa’ad Izzi, www.NYTimes
BAGHDAD — After weeks of political stalemate, Iraq approved a law on Sunday to administer a critical national election in January, a significant milestone for its fragile democracy and a step that will allow the rapid withdrawal of American combat forces early next year.
The election, only the second national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Charges American Hikers With Spying</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/11/10/iran-charges-american-hikers-with-spying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Huw Borland, News.Sky.com
Iran has charged three detained US citizens with espionage, the Islamic republic&#8217;s judiciary has told reporters.
The foreigners were arrested after they strayed into Iran, from northern Iraq, at the end of July.
&#8220;We believe strongly that there is no evidence to support any charge whatsoever,&#8221; US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seizure of Iran Weapons Shipment Shows Proof of Ongoing Terrorism Support</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/11/08/seizure-of-iran-weapons-shipment-shows-proof-of-ongoing-terrorism-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi and Jennifer Packer,   www.TheIsraelProject.org
 
Photos  of Israeli naval force intercepting ship with 500 tons of arms (Israel Ministry  of Foreign Affairs)
A cargo ship filled with tons of Iranian weaponry en route to Iran-backed terror groups that was intercepted Tuesday (Nov. 3) 100 miles (161 km) from Israel’s coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian Police Clash With Protesters</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/11/04/iranian-police-clash-with-protesters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/11/04/iranian-police-clash-with-protesters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Farnaz Fassihi and Chip Cummins,  online.wsj.com
Nov 4 — Iranian security forces battled with opposition protesters in Tehran Wednesday, after demonstrators used the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Embassy as cover for their first significant protest in weeks.
The scale of the opposition protests — and the government crackdown — was unclear early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel Seizes 500 Tons of Hezbollah Bound Iran Arms</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/11/04/israel-seizes-500-tons-of-hezbollah-bound-iran-arms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/11/04/israel-seizes-500-tons-of-hezbollah-bound-iran-arms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gwen Ackerman and Calev Ben-David, www.Bloomberg.com
Nov. 4  &#8211; The Israeli navy intercepted a ship heading for Syria and seized an unprecedented 500-ton haul of weapons from Iran intended for the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, the army said.
“This is the largest cache of smuggled weapons ever to be seized by Israel,” army spokeswoman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt&#8217;s anti-Mubarak succession coalition</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/10/27/egypts-anti-mubarak-succession-coalition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/10/27/egypts-anti-mubarak-succession-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Amro Hassan, LATimesblogs.LATimes.com
Opposition leaders and political parties have started a new front to challenge the prospect that President Hosni Mubarak&#8217;s son, Gamal, an untested politician with limited domestic and international experience, will succeed in the 2011 elections.
Talk of succession has gripped the country in recent months as Gamal Mubarak&#8217;s profile has risen, including a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel’s Secret War on Hezbollah</title>
		<link>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/10/25/israel%e2%80%99s-secret-war-on-hezbollah/</link>
		<comments>http://www.levitt.com/news/2009/10/25/israel%e2%80%99s-secret-war-on-hezbollah/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran&#8217;s proxy army in Lebanon will think twice before launching another round of missile attacks.
By Ronen Bergman,
On October 12, a secret Hezbollah munitions bunker in South Lebanon blew up under mysterious circumstances, injuring a senior official in the organization. This is the second such incident in recent months. The first occurred on July 14, when [...]]]></description>
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