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WEEK AT A GLANCE

	Merkel opens Knesset address in Hebrew, continues in German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Germany's unwavering support for Israel in a landmark address to the Israeli parliament, as she wrapped up a visit 60 years after the Jewish state was founded.

EU leaders give green light to new ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’

The new version of the plan will include 27 EU member states and some 12 Mediterranean nations, including Israel.

EU parliament chief: ‘bombardment of Israel from Gaza must stop'

Hans-Gert Poettering said the peace process initiated in Annapolis 'must not be allowed to to subside into terror.'

Merkel first foreign head of government to address Knesset

The Knesset changed its regulations which stipulate that only a head of state may be invited to address the parliament.

More Week at a glance :

	Pole who saved 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto dies aged 98
	Russian Jewish group criticizes police over attacks
	World Jewish Congress: Austria's OMV must suspend Iran deals
	Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children in Warsaw ghetto dies
	Thousands protest Turin book fair's Israel theme
	Veterans boo Ukraine's Yushchenko over WWII controversy
	British PM enters Jewish power list

Jewish group welcomes US State Department report on global anti-Semitism A Jewish American group fighting anti-Semitism in the world applauded the US State Department report on Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism that documents the upsurge in anti-Semitism around the world.		Israel shows little enthusiasm for Moscow international peace conference Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert showed little enthusiasm over a proposal for an International Middle East conference in Moscow promoted by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his visit in Israel.

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EJP PICTURE OF THE DAY

Christian, Muslim and Jewish scholars attend the opening session of the Sixth Doha Conference for Interfaith Dialogue in Doha on May 13, 2008.

The two-day conference focuses on dialogue between the Christian, Muslim and Jewish faiths.

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Latest Articles

	Pole who saved 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto dies aged 98
	Russian Jewish group criticizes police over attacks
	World Jewish Congress: Austria's OMV must suspend Iran deals
	Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children in Warsaw ghetto dies
	Thousands protest Turin book fair's Israel theme
	Veterans boo Ukraine's Yushchenko over WWII controversy
	British PM enters Jewish power list

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