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News in Brief Al-Watan: Syria talks to continue next week Advertisement Israeli and Syrian officials will meet for a fourth Turkish-brokered round of talks in Turkey early next week, Saudi newspaper Al-Watan reported yesterday, citing diplomatic sources in Damascus. Also this week, Dr. Samir Taqi, a senior scientist in a Syrian delegation visiting Washington, spoke at the Brookings Institution. Taqi said that when Syria thinks of an opportunity it thinks of Turkey. He also said Syria needed the U.S. to discuss the events in the region and to improve its relations with Egypt and Saudi Arabia. (Yoav Stern) Netanyahu gets first security briefing Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu met Labor leader Ehud Barak yesterday for a security update for the first time since Barak became defense minister. Their aides said they did not discuss political issues. Barak's aides said he thought such a briefing was important, even if not mandatory. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is required by law to update the opposition leader monthly on security, last briefed him three months ago. Netanyahu yesterday also met with Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit, who is running for Kadima's leadership. (Mazal Mualem) June traffic fatalities reach record high Forty-five people were killed in 36 traffic accidents in Israel (not including the West Bank) last month - the highest number of road fatalities in a single month over the past few years. In June 1,314 traffic accidents with casualties were registered by the police, figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics show. Thirty-six involved fatalities and 138 severe injuries. Altogether 2,321 people were involved in accidents - 45 killed and 176 seriously injured. From November 2007 to June this year, the number of accidents has risen by an average of 0.6 percent a month, reversing the previous trend. (Moti Bassok) MKs okay W. Bank homes despite vow to freeze settlements A Knesset committee yesterday approved 20 new housing units at Maskiot in the West Bank despite a 2007 pledge to the United States to halt construction at the site, Israel Radio reported. Israel agreed to hold off on plans to build 180 new homes in the settlement as part of a general freeze on construction in the West Bank. But the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee has now given approval for the construction of the housing units, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak is slated to grant authorization soon. (Haaretz Staff, Agencies) Immigrants believe public sees them as Russians, not Israelis About 58 percent of immigrants from the former Soviet Union who have been in Israel more than 10 years feel that the Israeli public regards them as "Russians" rather than Israelis. A study initiated by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee shows that the longer the immigrants stay in Israel the less they identify with Russia. But only about 18 percent feel that veteran Israelis see them as Israelis. Some 25 percent say they are discriminated against by the police, courts, employment service and Hebrew-language media because they came from Russia. The study was conducted among 1,025 immigrants by Professor Elazar Leshem of Hebrew University's School of Social Work. (Anshel Pfeffer) Former minister Ben-Aharon buried at Kibbutz Givat Haim Yitzhak Ben-Aharon, the former minister, MK and Histadrut chief who died in 2006, was buried yesterday in his kibbutz, Givat Haim Meuhad. Ben-Aharon had donated his body to science. Some 300 people attended his funeral, including MK Amir Peretz. Ben-Aharon died on May 19, 2006, two months before his 100th birthday. (Eli Ashkenazi) Bookmark to del.icio.us   Former top spy speaks Ex-Mossad chief Halevy says a strike on Iran would affect Israel for 100 years. Trying Hitler Did a light sentence in a Munich trial pave the way for Hitler's rise to power?

Read & React Obama to PM: Iran action legitimate only if talks fail Responses: 212 Report: Ex-Mossad chief says strike on Iran could 'affect us for 100 years' Responses: 218 Iran convoy attacked reportedly while taking arms to Hezbollah Responses: 170 Report: PA mulling unilateral declaration of statehood Responses: 185 Shin Bet head Diskin: Truce with Hamas unlikely to hold Responses: 103 More Headlines 00:29 Hamas accuses Mohammed Dahlan's group for carrying out deadly Gaza blast 14:33 Report: Ahmadinejad says Iran now has 6,000 centrifuges 01:05 Security sources: Israeli prisons are training grounds for Hamas terrorists 21:22 5 drown, including 12-year-old boy, in fatal weekend on Israel's beaches 19:23 Did outcome of early Hitler trial alter the course of history? 21:49 Friends, coworkers remember beloved teacher killed in car accident in India Saturday 07:27 Report: Ex-Mossad chief says strike on Iran could 'affect us for 100 years' 12:21 Lebanese factions clash in north for second day, as death toll rises to eight 01:52 Barak: Law enforcement system must be protected from Olmert's assaults 05:24 Report: PA mulling unilateral declaration of statehood 10:56 IDF commander: We must deal with settler 'provocateurs' Previous Editions Select Day 25 jul 24 jul 23 jul 22 jul 21 jul 20 jul 18 jul 17 jul 16 jul 15 jul 14 jul 13 jul

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