Israeli bodies from 2006 war come home
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert embraces Karnit Goldwasser, wife of Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser next to his coffin at Shraga army base near the northern Israel city of Nahariya on July 16, 2008. Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas released the bodies of Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. At left is Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak. (UPI Photo/Avi Ohayon/GPO)
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JERUSALEM, June 20 (UPI) -- Abducted Israeli soldier Eldad Regev may soon be freed as part of a nearly completed deal between Israel and Hezbollah, the trooper's father said Friday.
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WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Senator John McCain spoke before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference Monday:
WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in Washington Wednesday: