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Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo
MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their...
Tags: Government, Amnesty International, Religion and Belief, National Government, Palestinian National Authority
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Obama says U.S. won't act alone on chemical weapons in Syria
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON--President Obama on Thursday ruled out any unilateral U.S action in response to the alleged Syrian use of chemical weapons, further reducing the chance of any forceful response to the crossing of what Obama had described as a “red line.&...Tags: Government, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Barack Obama, Hamas, Palestinian National Authority
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Palestinians mark 'nakba,' losses sustained in 1948 war
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians held rallies and protests Wednesday to commemorate 65 years of what has come to be known as the “nakba,” or catastrophe, a reference to their displacement in the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948. Thousands...
Tags: Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Kerry, Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas
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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: Government, Barack Obama, Murder, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas
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Palestinian leader draws criticism for reported remarks
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian Authority's acting prime minister came under fire Saturday for statements he reportedly made to a U.S. newspaper in which he criticized former and current Palestinian leaders. Â “Our story is a story of...
Tags: Government, Fatah, Salam Fayyad, Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas
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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: Government, Fatah, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Salam Fayyad, Elections
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Palestinian inmate ends hunger strike
RAMALLAH, West Bank – A Palestinian inmate ended a prolonged hunger strike Tuesday after reaching a deal with Israeli military prosecutors for early release, his lawyer and family said. Samer Issawi, whose fast helped fuel weeks of protests in the...
Tags: Israel, Crime, Law and Justice, Jerusalem (Israel), Career and Workplace, Lawyers
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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: Palestine, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Gaza Strip, Running
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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, Palestine, Tzipi Livni, Arab Spring
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John Kerry says need for action in Israel-Palestinian conflict is urgent
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John F. Kerry told Congress on Wednesday that any chance of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by creating a separate Palestinian state may be lost in two years. The unusually specific prediction was...
Tags: Israel, Benghazi, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Christopher Stevens
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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: Government, Human Interest, Salam Fayyad, Woodrow Wilson, Hamas
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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: Government, Salam Fayyad, Elections, Hamas, George Washington
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