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Israel's Barak Sees Opportunity for Peace in Mideast Upheaval

   VOA News  February 28, 2011
   Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak

Photo: AP

   Israeli  Defense  Minister Ehud Barak speaks to Labor party members in
   Tel Aviv, Israel (File Photo)

   Israel  is  keeping  a  wary eye on the spreading unrest in the Middle
   East. But, a senior Israeli official is cautiously optimistic that the