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Clinton presses Barak on blockade of Gaza Strip (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States pressed Israel on Friday to ease its blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, an issue Arab officials have urged Washington to address at it tries to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
UNESCO worried about Israel heritage plan in West Bank (Reuters)
Reuters - The United Nations' culture and education body said on Friday it was concerned about Israel's plan to rehabilitate Jewish religious shrines in the occupied West Bank in a heritage program.
UN gives Gaza investigations 5 extra months (AP)
AP - The U.N. General Assembly voted Friday to give Israel and the Palestinians an additional five months to conduct independent investigations of alleged war crimes during last year's conflict in Gaza and warned of possible "further action" by U.N. bodies, including the Security Council, if they don't.
U.N. assembly urges further Gaza war investigations (Reuters)
Reuters - The General Assembly on Friday demanded credible Israeli and Palestinian investigations into U.N. allegations of war crimes in last year's Gaza war, reflecting concerns that the probes so far have fallen short.
Lebanon arrests six suspected of spying for Israel (Reuters)
Reuters - The Lebanese army has arrested six more people on suspicion of spying for Israel, a security source said on Friday.
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