document.write("• 'U.S. can't get Arabs to commit to normal Israel ties' - Ha'aretz
The U.S. administration has not been successful in securing commitments from Arab countries to take steps toward normalizing relations with Israel, a senior source in Jerusalem said Wednesday.
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document.write("• In possible signal to Iran, Israel sends subs through Suez Canal - Jerusalem Post
After a long hiatus, the Israeli Navy has returned to sailing through the Suez Canal, recently sending one of its advanced Dolphin-class submarines through the waterway to participate in naval maneuvers off the Eilat coast in the Red Sea.
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document.write("• 'IDF will struggle to destroy tunnels' - Jerusalem Post
American engineers who serve as consultants for the Egyptian military have recently informed Israel that Hamas has succeeded in digging 60-meter deep smuggling tunnels to avoid detection and destruction by the IDF, defense officials said on Thursday.
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document.write("• Abbas: Hamas hoarding weapons in plot to assassinate PA officials - Ynet News
The Palestinian Authority has intelligence indicating Hamas is planning to attack its officials, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday. Abbas' statement follows the announcement made earlier this week by the PA, in which it confirmed that members of a Hamas cell were arrested, and later confessed to plotting to carry out attacks against Palestinian Authority officials and institutions before July 7th -- the date Fatah and Hamas are expected to sign a reconciliation agreement.
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document.write("• Netanyahu: Our bond with the US is unbreakable - Ynet News
"We have a close relationship with the United States, which President Obama defined in his speech in Cairo as unbreakable, and it is indeed unbreakable,"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday at the US ambassador's 4th of July party.
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document.write("• Peres to Saudi king: We can realize your vision - Ynet News
During his keynote address at the opening session of the interfaith conference in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Israeli President Shimon Peres called on Saudi King Abdullah to meet either in Jerusalem or Riyadh, or to travel to Kazakhstan in order to advance the Israeli-Arab peace process.
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document.write("• Amnesty accuses Israel of using human shields in Gaza - AFP
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Israeli forces of war crimes, saying they used children as human shields and conducted wanton attacks on civilians during their offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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