SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – A New Zealand judge has allowed the kosher slaughter of animals to resume until the lawsuit filed by the Jewish community against the government comes to trial.

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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a panel investigating the Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla incident that Israeli commandos acted in accordance with international law.

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"Coming out" in any culture can be fraught with controversy, internal conflict and emotion. And within religious environs, announcing one's homosexual preferences increases the complications exponentially.

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Philippe Karsenty, the head of a French media watchdog group, is claiming victory in his long-running battle with France’s main television news network over his claim that the purported death of Palestinian youth Mohammad al-Dura was faked.
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