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Israel and Palestine Take a break - The Economist Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:15:07 GMT

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Israel and Palestine Take a break The Economist The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas (pictured right), says he cannot submit to such demands as a precondition. He would be ditched by his own people if he were to cast Israel's Arabs (who are a fifth of Israeli citizens) into what they see as a ... UN chief: Palestinians to join international conventions by May 2Haaretz Palestinian Urges Boycott of Israeli SettlementsABC News Israel, Palestine try to revive peace talksSky News Australia News24 -3News NZ -The Electronic Intifada (blog) all 710 news articles »

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American Muslims for Palestine's Shameful Choice of 'Heroes' - Algemeiner Fri, 11 Apr 2014 02:55:08 GMT

American Muslims for Palestine's Shameful Choice of 'Heroes' Algemeiner If last Saturday's fundraising dinner for the group American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) is any indication, role models for their cause include an unrepentant killer – a woman directly responsible for two people's deaths in a grocery store bombing ...

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Palestine Accedes to International Human Rights Conventions - FIDH Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:55:01 GMT

Palestine Accedes to International Human Rights Conventions FIDH FIDH commends Palestine's positive move to « exercise its legal right as a State [1] to join those instruments and live up to its international responsibility », as expressed by the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN and recalls that the ratification of ... Ramallah Gloats: Onward 'to Independence'Arutz Sheva all 2 news articles »

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Israel-Palestine A peace process that is going nowhere - The Economist Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:37:53 GMT

Israel-Palestine A peace process that is going nowhere The Economist Mr Kerry has been trying desperately to bridge the gap between Mr Netanyahu and his Palestinian opposite number, Mahmoud Abbas, who presides over the Palestinian Authority that partially runs chunks of the West Bank (Areas A and B—see our map) ...

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Israel warns Palestine of unilateral action - Aljazeera.com Sun, 06 Apr 2014 09:51:23 GMT

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Israel warns Palestine of unilateral action Aljazeera.com "The Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, beginning with the Fourth Geneva Convention," Abbas said, after signing the demand during a meeting at his Ramallah ... Israel-Palestine peace talks: The endgameJerusalem Post Netanyahu vows retaliation after Palestinian treaty moveReuters Further unilateral 'state of Palestine' efforts are in the books if peace ...National Post 89.3 KPCC -The Nation. (blog) -Middle East Monitor all 872 news articles »

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UN brings Palestine a step closer to statehood - The Times (subscription) Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:33:47 GMT

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UN brings Palestine a step closer to statehood The Times (subscription) The State of Palestine will be formally admitted next month to ten international conventions overseen by the United Nations, a move that could spell the end of the faltering American-backed peace process. Ban Ki Moon, the UN secretary-general, signed ...

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Freedom riders on the move in Palestine - Aljazeera.com Wed, 09 Apr 2014 09:00:41 GMT

Freedom riders on the move in Palestine Aljazeera.com As far as I could tell, that was the number of cigarette packs, all the same brand, that lay strewn like a dystopian art installation on the bunk above Zakaria Zbaidi's bed in the prison wing of the Palestinian Authority Police Academy in Ramallah. He ...

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Botching the Israel/Palestine Talks Timeline - FAIR (blog) Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:13:41 GMT

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Botching the Israel/Palestine Talks Timeline FAIR (blog) Some stories are easy to understand–or would be, if media reported the facts without so much spin. As hard as it might be to believe, the roots of the current Israel/Palestine negotiating impasse is one of those stories. Palestinian Authority President ... Encountering peace: If Palestine can't exist without Israeli agreement, agree ...Jerusalem Post Emergency Meetings Held Following Netanyahu's Orders to Cease Cooperation ...WAFA - Palestine News Agency Israel, Palestinians press on with peace talks rescue bidReuters al-Akhbar English -Bloomberg -Chicago Tribune all 1,029 news articles »

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Sorry, there is no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - The Week Magazine Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:49:21 GMT

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Sorry, there is no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Week Magazine The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has had an intractable quality from the beginning: Two peoples with competing, exclusivist claims to one small parcel of land. That's one important reason why every attempt to broker a lasting peace agreement over the ...

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Jazz guitar legend John McLaughlin plays for Palestine - The Daily Star Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:46:57 GMT

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Jazz guitar legend John McLaughlin plays for Palestine The Daily Star RAMALLAH, Palestine: The Palestinian territories are rarely a destination for jazz musicians let alone stars of an art form that is more at home in big cities such as New York and Chicago. Which makes the performance of jazz guitar legend John ...