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Timothy Willgruber: Police Say Man Accused Of Accidentally Killing Identical Twin Has Killed Himself

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Bethlehem, Twin Brothers, Brother, Brothers, Killed, Allentown, Suicide, Pennsylvania, Timothy Willgruber, Willgruber Twins, Thomas Willgruber, Home News

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a man accused of killing his identical twin brother in a parallel parking accident has ...

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Israel Pulling Forces Out Of 4 West Bank Cities After Obama Pressure

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Jericho, Bethlehem, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Obama, West Bank, Israeli Settlements, Qalqilya, Israel Us, Ramallah, Israel, Gilad Shalit, Obama Israel, Us Israel, World News

JERUSALEM — Bowing to pressure from Washington, Israel granted U.S.-trained Palestinian security forces greater autonomy in four main West Bank ...

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Obama is First US President in Office who Speaks of the Suffering of Palestinian Christians

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Christians, Israel, Jewish People, Bethlehem, President Obama, World News
Daoud Kuttab

In Cairo, Barack Obama spoke of the suffering of a religious group rarely mentioned in the mainstream media: Palestine's Christians.

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Pope Commits To Holy Land Trip In May

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Bethlehem, Catholic Church Controversy, Catholic Church, Jerusalem, Holocaust Denial, Palestinian Territories, Middle East Peace, Holy Sites, Papal Visit to Israel, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Visits Holy Land, Nazareth, Bishop Richard Williamson, World News

Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed that he will travel to holy sites in Israel and the Palestinian Territories from May 11 to May 15, marking only the se...

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Day Four: Gaza War Postings

Jamal Dajani | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Beit Agron, Gaza, Al Jazeera, Nahal Oz, Sderot, Fox News, War on Gaza, Egypt Gaza Border, Media, Israel, Bethlehem, Israeli Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Jamal Dajani

I've been zigzagging my way between Israel and the West Bank to avoid IDF checkpoints. When we enter the Palestinian territories where emotions ran high, my Palestinian driver almost has a fit when he finds out that my cameraman is an Israeli.

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Christmas In Bethlehem Festive, Gaza Violence Escalates

AP | Posted 01.24.2009 | World

Read More: Christmas Festivities, Jesus, Christmas Holyland, Christmas, Palestinian Territories, Bethlehem Tourists, Gaza Violence, Bethlehem, Christmas Gaza, Slideshow, Israel, World News

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- Christians celebrated Bethlehem's merriest Christmas in eight years Wednesday, with hotels booked solid, Manger Square bu...

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Claims of Bias in Palestinian Textbooks: The Other Side of the Story

Jillian York | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Media Watch, Itamar Marcus, West Bank, Al Khader, Harold Evans, Palestine, Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace, Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority, Textbooks, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Palestinian Textbooks, Efrat, Efrata, Cmip, World News
Jillian York

An article by Harold Evans today purports that Palestinian children are being taught the values of martyrdom and war in school. The author and the sources he quotes are deeply biased.

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Canvassing Through Allentown

Jake Goldman | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Canvassing Pennsylvania, Campaign, Bethlehem, Barack Obama, Allentown, Politics News
Jake Goldman

It's not often that I'm awake at 5am, stumbling through sidewalks looking for a cup of coffee to clutch. Most of the time, I couldn't think of anyth...

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