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Palestinian 'freedom riders' board Israeli buses in protest

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Nov. 16 (News Report) - Drawing what they say are parallels between Israeli policies in the West Bank and the laws in the Jim Crow American South, Palestinian activists emulating the 'freedom riders' of 1961 attempted to ride into Jerusalem on an Israeli bus today. ...

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Gaza militants renew rocket fire toward Israel - Ha'aretz

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - Nov. 06 (Other) - CTV.caGaza militants renew rocket fire toward IsraelHa'aretzBoth rockets launched overnight exploded in open fields south of Ashkelon; rocket attacks come hours after IDF strikes targets in Gaza. By Haaretz Tags: Palestinians Gaza rockets Gaza Strip Hamas Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip renewed their ...Israeli air raids kill Gaza militantAFPIsrael Begins Deportation of Gaza Flotilla ActivistsVoice of AmericaIsraeli air strike kills Palestinian militant in GazaReutersNew York Times -CNN International -TIMEall 1,962 news articles »

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Israel keeps out bulk of 'flytilla' activists

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jul. 08 (News Report) - Israel has expelled at least 25 alleged pro-Palestinian activists who landed at its international airport and has been interrogating around 30 others, officials say. Organisers of the "Welcome to Palestine" campaign, which some have called the "flytilla"

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After 4 Years, Egypt Reopens Its Border With Gaza

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Ibrahim Barzak - May. 28 (News Report) - Egypt lifted a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, greatly easing travel restrictions on the 1.5 million residents of the Palestinian territory in a move that bolstered the Hamas government while dealing a setback to Israel's attempts to isolate the militant group.

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Thousands gather to mark 'Nakba Day' - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - May. 15 (News) - Several people have been killed and scores of others wounded in the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Ras Maroun in Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as Palestinians mark the "Nakba", or day of "catastrophe". The "Nakba" is how Palestinians refer to the 1948 founding of the state of Israel, when an estimated 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled following Israel's declaration of statehood. At least one Palestinian was killed and up to 80 others wounded in northern Gaza as Israeli troops opened fire on a march of at least 1,000 people heading towards the Erez crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. A group of Palestinians, including children, marching to mark the "Nakba" were shot by the Israeli army after crossing a Hamas checkpoint and entering what Israel calls a "buffer zone" - an empty area between checkpoints where Israeli soldiers generally shoot trespassers, Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reported from Gaza City on Sunday. "We are just hearing that one person has been killed and about 80 people have been injured," Johnston said.

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Clashes erupt along Israel's border

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - May. 15 (News Report) - Clashes erupted between pro-Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces in multiple locations along the country's borders Sunday as tensions flared on a Palestinian mourning day marking the birth of the Jewish state.

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Palestinians issue first-ever corporate bonds

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Agency staff - May. 11 (News) - A Palestinian investment firm has issued the Palestinian territories’ first corporate bonds in an effort to strengthen local economy. PADICO, a publicly traded company that focuses on investment in the Palestinian economy, announced on Tuesday that it is issuing 7,000 five-year bonds which are worth $70m.

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Hamas, Fatah proclaim end to Palestinian split

Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Ap - May. 04 (News) - In a symbolic step, Hamas allowed Fatah-controlled Palestine TV to broadcast from Gaza for the first time since the 2007 takeover. The station's Gaza correspondent, Adel Zaanoun, discussed the excitement that Gazans felt about unity and invited Ismail Radwan, a Hamas leader, onto the program. "Today we end a dark chapter in our recent history," Radwan said. "It's time now to work together ... With the support of our people and the Arab brothers, we will make this agreement work."

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Egypt FM: Gaza border crossing to be permanently opened

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - By Avi Issacharoff - Apr. 30 (News) - Egypt's foreign minister said in an interview with Al-Jazeera on Thursday that preparations were underway to open the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on a permanent basis.

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Israel accuses captured Gaza engineer of training militants, leading Hamas rocket program

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Apr. 04 (Breaking News) - Israeli authorities have indicted a captured Palestinian engineer on charges he headed Hamas' militant training program and developed rockets for the group. The indictment against Dirar Abu Sisi was handed down in an Israeli court on Monday. Abu Sisi, an engineer at Gaza's sole power plant, disappeared from a train in Ukraine in February and mysteriously resurfaced days later in an Israeli prison. His family says the Mossad spy agency abducted him. Israel has said little about the case. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week he belonged to Hamas and had possessed "significant information."

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Obama administration prepares for possibility of new post-revolt Islamist regimes

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Scott Wilson - Mar. 04 (News Report) - The Obama administration is preparing for the prospect that Islamist governments will take hold in North Africa and the Middle East, acknowledging that the popular revolutions there will bring a more religious cast to the region's politics.

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PA's foreknowledge of the Gaza war?

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Jan. 27 (News Analysis) - Did the PA know about the Gaza war in advance? That's a question raised by several eexchanges in The Palestine Papers.

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Al-Jazeera angers Palestinians

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Janine Zacharia, Samuel Sockol, Sufian Taha - Jan. 25 (News) - The publication this week of documents revealing the Palestinian leadership's willingness to concede parts of East Jerusalem and make other difficult compromises in peace talks with Israel is troublesome for both sides.

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Secret papers reveal slow death of Middle East peace process

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Seumas Milne, Ian Black - Jan. 23 (Special Report) - The biggest leak of confidential documents in the history of the Middle East conflict has revealed that Palestinian negotiators secretly agreed to accept Israel's annexation of all but one of the settlements built illegally in occupied East Jerusalem. This unprecedented proposal was one of a string of concessions that will cause shockwaves among Palestinians and in the wider Arab world.

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Israel Flotilla Raid Was Legal, Turkel Commission Report States

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:36:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Matti Friedman - Jan. 23 (News Report) - JERUSALEM — An Israeli inquiry commission defended the actions of the country's troops during last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound protest flotilla sailing from Turkey, finding in a report released Sunday that Israel had not violated international law

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Gazan youth vent anger with all sides

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - Jan. 02 (News Report) - An anonymous group of students has created a document to express their frustration born of Hamas's violent crackdowns on 'western decadence', the destruction wreaked by Israel's attacks and the political games played by Fatah and the UN The meeting takes place in a bare room in a block of flats in the centre of Gaza City. No photographs, no real names – those are the conditions. This is the first time that a group of young Palestinian cyber-activists has agreed to meet a journalist since launching what it calls Gaza Youth's Manifesto for Change. It is an incendiary document – written with courage and furious energy – that has captivated thousands of people who have come across it online, and the young university students are visibly excited, but also scared. "Not only are our lives in danger; we are also putting our families at risk," says one of them, who calls himself Abu George. Gaza Youth's Manifesto for Change is an extraordinary, impassioned cyber-scream in which young men and women ...

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Bethlehem sees record pilgrim crowd for Christmas

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Dalia Nammari - Dec. 25 (News Report) - The largest number of pilgrims in a decade gathered in Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas, with tens of thousands flocking to the Church of the Nativity for prayers Saturday morning, while violence in Nigeria and the Philippines marred Christmas Day festivities.

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After Freeze, Settlement Building Booms in Israel

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Ethan Bronner - Dec. 22 (News Report) - In the three months since Israel ended its settlement construction freeze in the West Bank, causing the Palestinians to withdraw from peace talks, a settlement-building boom has begun, especially in more remote communities that are least likely to be part of Israel after any two-state peace deal.

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Palestinian Leader Has 60 Israelis to Lunch

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Isabel Kershner - Dec. 20 (News) - The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, hosted a two-hour meeting with about 60 Israeli politicians, public figures and activists at his headquarters here on Sunday in an effort to reach out to the Israeli public at a time when the official peace process is at a standstill. "In the end, we want to make peace between the people, the Israeli and Palestinian people,” Mr. Abbas said, not just the governments.

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Israel launches strikes, warns on Gaza

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - By Douglas Hamilton - Dec. 09 (News) - Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on the Gaza Strip Thursday hours after its top soldier warned troops to be prepared for possible "wider action" on the enclave's volatile border.

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U.S.-trained Palestinian forces accused

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

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View From Mideast: Obama's a Problem

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Ben Smith - Nov. 22 (Special Report) - He was supposed to be different. His personal identity, his momentum, his charisma and his promise of a fresh start would fundamentally alter America’s relations with the Muslim world and settle one of its bitterest grievances.

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Israeli fast train to run through West Bank

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Times of India - Nov. 15 (News) - A high-speed train between two major cities seems like a must for a developed nation. But Israel's long-awaited, $2 billion Tel Aviv-Jerusalem railway is turning into a potential political nightmare after planners moved parts of the route into the West Bank. Read more: Israeli fast train to run through West Bank - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Israeli-fast-train-to-run-through-West-Bank/articleshow/6877198.cms#ixzz15OwAmt2N

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Hague warns time is running out to solve Israeli conflict

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Donald Macintyre - Nov. 05 (News Report) - The "window of opportunity" could be closing on a two-state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, William Hague warned yesterday at the end of his first trip here as Foreign Secretary.

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Influence Of Israel's Leftist Peace Movement Wanes

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Lourdes Garcia-Navarro - Oct. 22 (News Report) - Support for traditional left-of-center parties is slipping dramatically, according to a recent poll. And the mostly right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reflects a fundamental shift in Israeli politics.

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