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Hizbullah, Mustaqbal to Meet amid Tension after Nasrallah Speech

The fifth round of dialogue between Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal officials will be preceded by an “important” meeting for al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc after the controversy that erupted following Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech, An Nahar daily reported on Tuesday.

The newspaper said that the “importance” of the bloc's meeting on Tuesday lies in setting a stance from the “latest developments.”

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Israel President, in Divided Hebron, Urges Dialogue

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday called for dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians during a visit to the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron.

Several dozen people protested against his visit, and Palestinians said Israeli soldiers used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators.

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Israel Arrests Ultra-Orthodox in Military Service Demos

Israeli police on Monday clashed with and arrested more than 40 ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting against the country's compulsory military service, a spokeswoman said.

The biggest demonstration took place in the southern coastal city of Ashdod, where several hundred ultra-Orthodox men protested "illegally", blocking off roads, Lubra Samri told Agence France Presse.

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Jordan Says Envoy to Return to Israel Three Months after Recall

Jordan announced on Monday that its ambassador to Israel would return to his post in Tel Aviv three months after being recalled over "violations" at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque.

"We have asked Ambassador Walid Obeidat to return to Tel Aviv," government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani told AFP.

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Daryan Condemns Damascus Bombing, Hopes Mustaqbal-Hizbullah Will Resolve Pending Disputes

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan condemned on Monday the bus bombing that targeted Lebanese pilgrims in the Syrian capital Damascus, saying it is an attack that goes against moral, religious, humanitarian, and social values.

He said: “Terrorist and criminal acts against civilians contradict the true principles of Islam.”

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Netanyahu Criticizes UNIFIL after Peacekeeper's Death

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon just days after a Spanish peacekeeper was killed by what Madrid said was Israeli fire.

In a telephone call with U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon late on Sunday, Netanyahu charged that the U.N. force was failing to report on what Israel alleges is large-scale movement of weapons into south Lebanon by Hizbullah.

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EU Official Calls for Deeper Cooperation with Lebanon to Fight Terrorism

The European commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management has said that terrorism is a common enemy with Lebanon, adding that the presence of European troops in southern Lebanon would be discussed during a meeting in Brussels.

“We have a common enemy which is terrorism,” Christos Stylianides told An Nahar daily in an interview published on Monday.

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Berri Says Nasrallah Speech Has No Impact on Dialogue with Mustaqbal, Mashnouq Disagrees

Speaker Nabih Berri stressed that the criticism of Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech would not have repercussions on the fifth round of talks between Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal despite contrary claims by Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq.

Local dailies quoted Berri as saying that “negative remarks against Nasrallah's speech won't impact the dialogue,” whose fifth round is set to take place in Ain el-Tineh on Tuesday.

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Lieberman Says Third Lebanon War is Inevitable

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that a third war with Lebanon has become inevitable, stressing that Hizbullah's latest attack on the Jewish State has changed the rules of the game.

"A fourth operation in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, just as a third Lebanon war is inevitable," Lieberman told Ynet, the website of the Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonoth, on Sunday.

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Palestinians Say West Banker Killed by Israeli Soldiers

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian late on Saturday near Nablus in the north of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian security officials said.

They said Ahmad al-Najjar, 19, was killed and another man was wounded by live fire during a clash with Israeli forces.

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