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Fatah militants accept Israeli clemency deal
Times Staff WriterJERUSALEM — Scores of battle-hardened Palestinians signed pledges to renounce violence against Israel and turned in their weapons Sunday, accepting the Israeli government's first collective offer of clemency in 14 years for gunmen listed as wanted...Tags: Yasser Arafat, Heads of State, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder
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A holy city still divided
Times Staff WritersJerusalem — AS a young paratrooper 40 years ago, Moshe Amirav felt the unmistakable touch of history. Ignoring a minor head wound suffered in the capture of East Jerusalem from Jordanian forces, Amirav raced through the winding lanes of the Old...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Career and Workplace, United Nations, Science, Government
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Will peace cost me my home?
Sixty years ago, my grandparents lived in the beautiful village of Beit Daras, a few kilometers north of Gaza. They were farmers and owned hundreds of acres of land. But in 1948, in the first Arab-Israeli war, many people lost their lives defending...Tags: Yasser Arafat, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Gaza Strip, Family, United Nations
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Israel eases blockade on Gaza Strip
Special to The TimesIsrael agreed to allow limited supplies of fuel, medicine and food into the Gaza Strip today, easing a blockade that left large parts of the Palestinian territory without electricity and drew international protests. The promise of relief also followed...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Gaza Strip, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Israel, vowing 'all-out war' on Hamas, continues airstrikes on Gaza
Residents of the Gaza Strip braced Monday for a long-feared Israeli tank incursion as warplanes pounded the tiny bottled-up coastal enclave for a third day.
The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority announced it was suspending peace talks with Israel...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Gaza City, United Nations, Government
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Times keeps hope alive; all others give up
Yesterday, as the Annapolis summit on the Middle East came to a close, The Times' editorial board conceded that the meeting managed to defy "rock-bottom expectations" but concluded that, "where there is even the faintest hope, we must protect and...Tags: Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Bill Clinton, History, Saudi Arabia
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Israeli panel faults 2006 war effort
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAn official panel of inquiry found Wednesday that Israel's failure to win the 2006 war in Lebanon stemmed from "flawed conduct" and "serious failings" by its political and military leadership, but concluded that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert acted in what he...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weather, George W. Bush, Armed Forces, Kadima
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The next leader of Israel?
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to quit after his centrist Kadima party chooses a new leader in September could trigger early national elections. These are some of his possible successors: Tzipi Livni Foreign minister and chief negotiator...Tags: Armed Forces, Career and Workplace, Kadima, Heads of State, Labor Legislation
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Swapping live terrorists for dead soldiers
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah and the rest of the region's terrorists are no doubt rubbing their hands with joy. Israel has once again been humiliated by its Arab foes, and Nasrallah's depiction of the Jewish state as a "cobweb" polity, a Middle...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Drug Trafficking, Family, Crimes, Hamas
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Is this a new Benjamin Netanyahu?
Bibi is back. Unlikely as it seemed after his resounding electoral defeat in 1999, Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel's right-wing Likud Party, has returned triumphantly from the political wilderness and was inaugurated -- for the second time --...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yasser Arafat, Bill Clinton, European Union, Career and Workplace
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Israel's right turn
Change is not in the air in Israel. The public mood is as unyielding as Jerusalem stone after a three-week war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and a national election campaign that focused more on conflict management than on conflict resolution. Voters...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Gaza Strip, Diplomacy, Kadima, Hamas
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The rise of Avigdor Lieberman
Israel is becoming a right-wing country. That is the most significant thing you need to know about Tuesday's election returns.
In a sense, this is no surprise. Israel has been moving right for years. It was not until 1977 -- almost 30 years after the...Tags: Palestinian Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, Bill Clinton, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama
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