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Smugglers provide KFC delivery to Gaza Strip; they advertise on Facebook
Imagine living in an area where you can't get your hands on your favorite foods. Now imagine how much you'd pay to get them. When people living in the Gaza Strip get a craving for KFC, there's no way they can get it. There are no name-brand fast-food...
Tags: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Egypt, Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Media Industry
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2 killings shatter relative calm between Israelis, Palestinians
JERUSALEM -- Tensions rose Tuesday between Israelis and Palestinians after two separate killings -- one by each side -- shattered what had been a period of relative calm in recent months. At a northern West Bank hitchhiking stop, an Israeli settler...
Tags: Murder, Barack Obama, Israeli Settlements, National Government, Armed Conflicts
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Palestinians start work to form new government
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Two weeks after Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned, President Mahmoud Abbas, whose government is based in the West Bank, announced Saturday that he has started consultations over forming a new national unity...
Tags: West Bank, National Government, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad
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Palestinian marathon kicks off with tribute to Boston victims
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- With the Boston Marathon bombings on their mind, hundreds of Palestinian and international runners participated Sunday in what was billed as the first Palestinian marathon. The Right to Movement Palestine Marathon kicked off in...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, West Bank, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Boston Marathon
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John Kerry urges Turkish leader to delay Gaza Strip visit
ISTANBUL -- Secretary of State John F. Kerry has urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to delay a planned visit to the Gaza Strip, saying it could jeopardize efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Ending a two-day visit here,...
Tags: Israel, John Kerry, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Palestinian National Authority
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Palestinian Authority prime minister resigns
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.JERUSALEM -- Embattled Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned late Saturday after struggling for years against political rivals and lackluster public support. Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who in recent months had also clashed...Tags: National Government, John Kerry, Palestinian National Authority, Palestine, Economy, Business and Finance
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Palestinian hunger striker released by Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank – A Palestinian from the West Bank who has been on a hunger strike in Israeli jails since July 1 was released Sunday under an agreement to resettle in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials. Ayman Sharawna, 36, a...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Israel, West Bank, Strikes, Hamas
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Letters: Obama's Israel bias
Re "The Israel trip," Opinion, March 8 Ami Ayalon's suggestions to President Obama as he prepares for his trip to Israel make the assumption that the United States should continue in its role as mediator between the Israelis and the Palestinians....
Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Israel, Barack Obama, Israeli Settlements
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Palestinian rivals agree to unification steps
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have reached agreement on steps to bridge their years-long divide, including the formation of a unity government by month's end, mediators and officials with the two groups said Thursday in...
Tags: West Bank, National Government, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian National Authority
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Hamas celebrates its 25th anniversary in West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Thousands of Hamas activists Friday participated in mass rallies in several West Bank cities marking 25 years for the launch of the Islamist movement. It was the second day of public demonstrations, ending a five-year ban on...
Tags: Israel, West Bank, Hamas, Palestinian National Authority, Hosni Mubarak
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Letters: Roadblocks to Mideast peace
Re "Exiled leader of Hamas sets foot in Gaza Strip," Dec. 8, and "The party's over for some in Gaza," Dec. 9 Hamas leader Khaled Meshall is quoted as saying: "This is just the beginning. Today is Gaza. Tomorrow will be Ramallah, Jerusalem and then Haifa...Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Israel, West Bank, Hamas
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Palestinians celebrate expected victory at U.N.
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Keeping hopes high and expectations low is a strategy Palestinians have used for decades to get through the ups and downs of their statehood campaign. Such sentiments were on full display here Thursday. As Palestinian Authority...
Tags: Israel, West Bank, Human Rights, Hamas, United Nations
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