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Palestinians Fake Cancer To Flee Blockaded Gaza

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 12.10.2009 | World

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A healthy man in blockaded Gaza faked cancer, hoping the deadly disease would be his ticket out of the territory that ha...

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Tony Blair Defends Obama On Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair came to President Barack Obama's defense on Sunday after a scathing New York Times editorial accused the Whit...

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Mahmoud Abbas Resists U.S. Pressure To Resume Peace Talks

Reuters | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian president on Wednesday resisted U.S. pressure for a resumption of peace talks with Israel, repeating h...

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Abbas Says He Won't Seek Re-Election

New York Times | Ethan Bronner and Mark Landler | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Thursday that he would not seek re-election, the latest sign that the Obama administration's drive...

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Ehud Barak Faces War Crimes Arrest Threat During UK Visit

The Guardian | Ian Black and Ian Cobain | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

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Israel received an uncomfortable reminder of international anger over the Gaza war today when lawyers representing 16 Palestinians asked a London cour...

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Obama, Netanyahu, Abbas Meeting: Share Your Views (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

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President Obama brought together Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today for the first time since the ...

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Hamas Leader Denies Holocaust, Objects To UN Plan To Teach Gaza Children About Holocaust

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Hamas spiritual leader on Monday called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a "war c...

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Rob Malley Calls NYT Title For His Two-State Solution Op-Ed "Unfortunate"

David Halperin | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

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I was curious if Rob Malley and Hussein Agha's NYT op-ed title -- "The Two State Solution Won't Solve Anything" -- is what they intended, so I sent Rob Malley a few questions by email.

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Palestinian Authority Approves West Bank's First Planned City: Is Palestine Inching Toward Statehood?

Catesby Holmes | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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Because it stimulates the banking sector and creates stability across a wide swath of society, middle-class homeownership is generally considered a key step in the development of a healthy emerging economy.

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Obama Called "Racist" By Israeli Rabbi

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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A settler rabbi in Jerusalem has labelled Obama a 'racist' at a rally to protest the United States' call for a total freeze on Israeli settlement cons...

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Former Israeli Soldiers Report: Reactions (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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On Wednesday July 15, a group of Israeli reservists called Breaking the Silence released a report including anonymous interviews by former Israeli sol...

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Israeli Media Reads the Fine Print

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

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In the hours after Obama concluded his speech, Israeli commentators were particularly struck by his implicit linkage of Palestinian aspirations and other global struggles for freedom.

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'Right Of Return' To Be Reconsidered In New Arab Peace Plan

Haaretz | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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Arab states are revising elements of a 2002 peace plan to encourage Israel to agree to the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state, the Lon...

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Israel Marks Independence After Somber Memorial Day

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — In a jarring contrast, Israel switched moods Tuesday evening from a somber Memorial Day for fallen soldiers to a joyous Independence...

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Abbas: No Peace Talks Until Settlement Construction Freeze

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel's previous government built or issued bids for some 9,000 homes for Israelis in Jerusalem and the West Bank, despit...

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Obama Move To Aid Hamas Alarms Israel Supporters

LA Times | Paul Richter | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

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Reporting from Washington -- The Obama administration, already on treacherous political ground because of its outreach to traditional adversaries such...

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Yad Vashem Fires Employee Who Compared Holocaust To Palestinians' Plight

Haaretz | Yoav Stern | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

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Yad Vashem has fired an instructor who compared the trauma of Jewish Holocaust survivors with the trauma experienced by the Palestinian people in Isr...

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Israel Probe Finds No War Crimes Committed In Gaza

Jerusalem Post | Yaakov Katz | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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The IDF operated in the Gaza Strip in accordance with international law and succeeded in maintaining a high level of professionalism and morals even t...

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Hamas Attacked, Killed Dozens Of Political Opponents: Human Rights Watch

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Hamas directed gunmen to eliminate political opponents and suspected collaborators under the cover of Israel's military of...

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Avigdor Lieberman Presses US Mideast Envoy For New Approach To Peace

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — Stark differences between U.S. and Israeli policy toward peace talks with the Palestinians emerged clearly Thursday in the first mee...

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Israeli Police Kill Palestinian On Rampage

Haaretz | Jonathan Lis | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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Border Police officers on Tuesday fatally shot a Palestinian man as he tried to ram into them with his car during the demolition of the East Jerusalem...

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Avigdor Lieberman Should Be Judged On His Actions, Not His Words: Commentary

Israel Policy Forum | Jonathan Cristol | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

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The global Left wing media has widely and predictably reviled the elevation of Avigdor Lieberman to foreign minister. Robert Fisk, writing in The Ind...

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