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Palestinians chose a new president -- on reality TV

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Mohammed Daraghmeh - May. 10 () - The Palestinians haven't elected a president since 2005, but now they are finally getting a chance to do so — virtually — thanks to a hit reality TV show.

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Goodbye to All That

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN - Apr. 24 (Opinion) - On April 13, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of the Palestinian Authority resigned. It was an easy development to miss, but not one to be ignored. It was very bad news, because Salam Fayyad was the “Arab Spring” before there was an Arab Spring.

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Israel allows journalists to visit West Bank jail, following Palestinian criticism

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Joel Greenberg - Apr. 15 (News Report) - OFER PRISON, West Bank — Put on the defensive by the recent deaths of two Palestinian prisoners in custody, Israeli authorities opened the gates of a West Bank jail on Sunday to foreign reporters, providing a rare, though controlled, look at conditions behind bars. ...

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In landmark speech, Obama tells Israelis to build trust, make peace; PM thanks him for 'unconditional support'

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Times of Israel - Mar. 21 (Special Report) - The US president is at a state banquet in his honor, having delivered a rapturously received address to students in Jerusalem. Earlier, in Ramallah, he called for an independent, sovereign Palestine.

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Obama prepares for West Bank visit

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Mar. 21 (News Report) - Barack Obama travels to the West Bank for talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, a day after making his first trip to Israel as US leader.

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UN report suggests Palestinian rocket killed baby in Gaza

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - Mar. 12 (News Report) - It is likely an errant Palestinian rocket, not an Israeli air strike, killed the baby of a BBC picture editor during fighting in Gaza last November, a UN report has indicated, challenging the widely believed story behind an image that became a symbol of what Palestinians said was Israeli aggression.

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Israel, Palestine and the Oscars

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

nationofchange.org - By Amy Goodman - Feb. 21 (Opinion) - What does a Palestinian farmer wear on the red carpet in Hollywood? We were almost prevented from knowing, as Burnat, his wife and 8-year-old son were detained at Los Angeles International Airport and threatened with deportation. Despite his formal invitation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, it took the intervention of Oscar-winning documentarian Michael Moore, who now sits on the Academy Board of Governors, followed by Academy attorneys, for Burnat and his family to gain entry into the country.

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US accused of foiling Palestinian reconciliation

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Times of Israel - By Elhanan Miller - Feb. 10 (News Analysis) - Amid reports on the failure of reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas in Cairo this weekend, a Palestinian research center accused the United States of colluding with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in stalling Palestinian rapprochement until after US President Barack Obama visits the region next month.

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Israel election setback for Binyamin Netanyahu as centrists gain ground

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Harriet Sherwood - Jan. 23 (News Analysis) - Exit polls prompt speculation that prime minister may seek more moderate coalition Binyamin Netanyahu appears to have suffered a major blow in Israel's general election after television exit polls indicated the narrowest of victories for the rightwing-religious block. There was also a surprisingly strong showing for a new centrist party formed last year, prompting speculation that the prime minister may seek a more moderate coalition to govern Israel for the next few years. Predictions by three television news channels gave 61 parliamentary seats to the rightwing and religious parties, and 59 to the centre, left and Israeli-Arab parties. Netanyahu remains on course to continue as prime minister as his rightwing electoral alliance, Likud-Beiteinu, looks set to be the biggest party with 31 seats out of 120 in the next parliament. But Yesh Atid, a new centrist party led by a former television personality, was predicted to come second with 18 or 19 seats. Yesh Atid concentrated its ...

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Election takes Israel's finger off trigger for war with Iran

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Jan. 23 (News Analysis) - The surprising results of Israel's election sent a message to Netanyahu not to be so trigger-happy in his threats toward Iran's nuclear program. The rise of centrist parties also sends a moderating message to the Middle East. ...

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Chuck Hagel and Israel in context: A guide to his controversial statements

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Jan. 08 (Fact Check) - “In the Senate, I came to admire his courage and his judgment, his willingness to speak his mind, even if it wasn’t popular, even if it defied the conventional wisdom.” — President Obama, nominating former senator Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, Jan. 7, 2013 ...

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Fatah’s rally in Gaza hints at effort toward unity with Hamas

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Joel Greenberg - Jan. 05 (Special Report) - The Fatah party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held a mass rally in Gaza on Friday to mark the 48th anniversary of its founding, the first such gathering permitted by the rival Islamist Hamas group since it seized control of the territory in a brief civil war in 2007.

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Abbas says PA's 'hand remains extended in peace' in statement ahead of vote

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Times of Israel - By Haviv Rettig Gur, Joshua Davidovich - Nov. 29 (Breaking News) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is turning to the United Nations today to recognize the Palestinian Authority as a nonmember state, a historic move that may have wide-reaching implications. Though Israel and the US vociferously oppose the move, it is expected to pass by a wide margin. The Times of Israel is liveblogging developments from Jerusalem and New York. Click refresh for the latest news.

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Palestinians to renew UN statehood bid

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

aljazeera.com - Nov. 28 (Breaking News) - The Palestinians will renew a bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations, a move which could strengthen their statehood claims after talks with Israel stalled. Palestinians are listed as a UN observer "entity" with no voting rights. They will ask

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Was Arafat poisoned?

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Nov. 28 (Comment) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died in 2004, but the cause of death has yet to be determined. Samples were taken from Arafat's corpse on Tuesday; investigators hope to determine whether he was poisoned by spring ...

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Official: Hamas will seek more weapons

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - Nov. 26 (News Report) - Israel and Hamas on Monday resumed indirect discussions over their fragile cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, a top Hamas official said, but he warned that violence could flare again if negotiators did not quickly come to an agreement.

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"Nowhere to Run": Israel Fires Over 500 Strikes in Gaza, Civilian Toll Grows in Humanitarian Crisis

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Mohammed Omer, Amy Goodman - Nov. 16 (News Report) - "One thing that we ought to talk about here is the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. This is a situation of targeting a population of civilians, exactly like Israel is shooting in a fishbowl. And there is no shelter, and there is nowhere to run for the general population. Gaza is living in a very dire situation."

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Israel and Gaza militants in deadly exchanges - live updates

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Haroon Siddique, Paul Owen - Nov. 15 (News Report) - Follow live updates as Gaza militants and Israel trade fire after commander of Hamas's military wing killed.

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Three dead in rocket attack on Kiryat Malachi

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Times of Israel - Nov. 15 (News Report) - Three people — two men and a woman — were killed and an 8-month-old baby was critically injured Thursday morning after a rocket blasted into a four-story building in Kiryat Malachi in southern Israel. Six people suffered from shock.

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Nearly 250 Gaza rockets batter South; 3 Israel

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Jerusalem Post - By Yaakov Lappin, Jpost.Com Staff - Nov. 15 (News Report) - Gaza terrorists continued to fire rockets into southern Israel on Thursday morning, killing three people and injuring two others in Kiryat Malachi. Hours later, a rocket fired into the Eshkol region injured three IDF soldiers, two moderately. Some 245 rockets have been fired from Gaza into the South since the IDF launched a campaign Wednesday to root out the terror infrastructure in the coastal territory, beginning with the targeted killing of Ahmed Jabari, the chief of Hamas's military wing.

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Israel 'prepared to expand' Gaza operation

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

aljazeera.com - Nov. 14 (News Report) - Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes on Thursday morning, as militants shot around 250 rockets into Israel, killing three Israelis.

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Israel will reenter the Gaza Strip if necessary, Barak warns as rocket tally rises over 140

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Times of Israel - By Ilan Ben Zion - Nov. 12 (News Report) - The Israeli military will not hesitate to enter the Gaza Strip in order to strike Hamas and protect Israeli citizens, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday evening, following more than a day of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

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Rocket slams into Netivot building in renewed barrage

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Jerusalem Post - By Ben Hartman, JPost Staff - Nov. 12 (News Report) - Unofficial ceasefire by Palestinian Islamic Jihad shatters with 13 rockets launched at Israel; Iron dome intercepts two rockets near Ashkelon; violence follows 100 rockets over weekend.

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Palestine Conditions “More Brutal” Than in U.S. South of 50 Years Ago, Says Author Alice Walker

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Sep. 28 (Interview) - We continue our conversation with the legendary poet, author and activist, Alice Walker, who has also been a longtime advocate for the rights of Palestinians.

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7 Highlights You Missed From the Romney Video

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Mark Follman - Sep. 20 (News Report) - The GOP candidate's biggest moments, which we first exposed in our exclusive coverage: Mark Follman is a senior editor at Mother Jones. Read more of his stories, follow him on Twitter, or contact him with tips or feedback at mfollman (at) motherjones (do

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