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Global Voices: Palestinian quest for statehood a moving target
In the 65 years since the creation of Israel and the scattering of millions of Palestinians from their historic homeland, hope of resolving the core crisis of the Middle East has risen to joyous pinnacles like Camp David and crashed into despair with...
Tags: Salam Fayyad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment Events, Israel, Entertainment
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Israeli attacks in Syria aimed at Hezbollah, not as aid to rebels
Israeli airstrikes in Syria on Iranian weapons destined for Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia could be seen as heralding wider international involvement in Syria’s intractable civil war. Reports  of sarin gas attacks in Syria also conjure the...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Israel, Armed Conflicts
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Google gives a virtual nod to 'Palestine'
Google has switched the tagline on its Palestinian website, replacing the words “Palestinian territories” with “Palestine” in both English and Arabic. Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said the company consulted "a number of...
Tags: United Nations, Mahmoud Abbas, BBC, International Organizations, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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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: Gaza Strip, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Justice and Rights, Sports, West Bank
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Critically ill Palestinian released from Israeli jail
RAMALLAH, West Bank–-Two weeks after a Palestinian prisoner died of cancer in an Israeli jail, provoking violent protests in the West Bank, Israel released a critically ill Palestinian prisoner who had served 11 years of a 14-year-sentence....
Tags: Prisons, Israel, West Bank, Tzipi Livni, Arab Spring
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A new challenge for Palestinians
The looming resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, announced last week, may be very bad news for the prospects of good governance in Palestine. But it has the potential to inject clarity and honesty into the problems of the much-too-...
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Folklore and Mythology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel
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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: Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government, George Washington
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UC Santa Barbara student leaders vote down divestment resolution
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details Elected student leaders at UC Santa Barbara voted down a resolution early Thursday that would have urged the UC system to divest from companies said to profit from anti-Palestinian...Tags: Raytheon Company, General Electric Company, University of California, Riverside, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Letters: Untying the Middle East knot
Re "Palestinian politics do matter," Opinion, March 24 Khaled Elgindy, a former advisor to Palestinian leadership, is right when he says, "The United States does not have to like Palestinian politics or endorse its themes or outcomes — any more...Tags: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama
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Obama's symbolic mission to Israel: Accomplished
Barack Obama’s first trip to Israel as president seems to have thawed his frosty relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at least for public consumption. But it appears to have done little to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, curb...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Israel, European Union, Iran, Jerusalem (Israel)
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Obama says Palestinian state still a viable option
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- President Obama met with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank on Thursday in search of hopeful signs for the stalled peace process and declared that a sovereign state of Palestine beside Israel is still viable. Following a long...
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Trips and Vacations, Israel, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Judaism
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Letters: Obama, Israel and Mideast peace
Re "Obama's Israel visit," Editorial, March 19 Your editorial's subheadline says that "the U.S. must keep pressing for a two-state solution." I agree, but 100% of that pressure should be on the Palestinians. There has never been a real "peace process"...
Tags: Judaism, Israel, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama
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