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Israel is concerned about remarks White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel made during a closed-door meeting Sunday with 300 major donors of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington.

While expressing unwavering U.S. support for Israel, Israeli media reported that Emanuel also said confronting Iran depends on making progress in negotiations seeking to create a Palestinian state.

Israel's hawkish new government flatly rejects that linkage.

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Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit the Holy Land from May 8 to 15, with stops in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories. It will be the first official papal trip to Israel since Pope John Paul II's historic visit in 2000.

The trip comes during a period of heightened tension between Israel and the Vatican, and even the Pontiff's choice of wardrobe accessories could deepen the rift.

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Speaking at a conference in support of Palestinians, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called Israel a "cancerous tumor" on the verge of collapse.

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There's a very tentative truce in the Gaza Strip, and Israel's government has declared its three-week military campaign against Hamas militants a victory, but as leadership is handed over to a new American ally, Israelis have more questions than answers.

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