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Tenuous calmreturns afterAin al-Hilweh clashes
The Lebanon Daily StarOne person was killed and at least three others wounded in overnight clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh over the weekend. Four people were also wounded Sunday during an exchange of gunfire between the bodyguards of the head of the...Tags: Jihad, Lebanon, Armed Conflicts, Islam, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Nakba Day: Palestinians remember their home
The Lebanon Daily StarFatima Miari is adamant that she one day will return to her village in Palestine, the one she was forced to leave 65 years ago. "You never lose the right you keep fighting for. We will return home to Palestine," Miari, 77, said as she watched some...Tags: Palestine, Lebanon, Human Interest, Beirut (Lebanon), Ban Ki-moon
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A peek at life in Beirut's defunct Gaza Hospital
The Lebanon Daily StarFrom the outside, there are few hints that Gaza Hospital ever had a thing to do with medicine. Laundry hangs out the windows of the shabby 11-story building, and it is fronted by assorted shops and a sick cat named Black. Indoors, there are metal grates...Tags: Lebanon, Palestine, Obstetrics, Medical Specialization, Beirut (Lebanon)
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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: Palestine, National Government, George Washington, John Kerry, International Monetary Fund
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Abbas needs an heir apparent
President Obama's visit to the Middle East next month is widely billed as an earnest attempt to double down on diplomacy and revive the moribund peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians. Unfortunately, the odds are stacked against the...
Tags: Palestine, George W. Bush, Yasser Arafat, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Said Musa Maragha dies at 86; Arafat ally became an enemy
Said Musa Maragha, a Palestinian military commander who rose through the ranks of the Palestine Liberation Organization to become a trusted lieutenant of PLO leader Yasser Arafat, then broke away to lead Syrian-backed Palestinian rebels who besieged...
Tags: Rebellions, Palestine, Lebanon, Israel, West Bank
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'Pharaoh' Morsi
Cal ThomasThe diplomatic hosannas for Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi following his brokering of the recent ceasefire between Hamas and Israel were still being heard even as the former head of the Muslim Brotherhood started behaving like a pharaoh. Morsi...Tags: Susan Rice, Treaties, Terrorism, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief
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Is this where you came in?
Change of SubjectA Daily Dish reader writes about his frustration with the latest conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians: We’ve been doing this dance for as long as I can remember reading newspapers, and it never changes much. Israel might give Sinai...... -
No Slowdown in Gaza-Israel Hostilities; Egyptian Official Optimistic on Cease-fire
CNNGaza City (CNN) -- Warplanes, drones and rockets criss-crossed the sky over Gaza for the sixth day Monday as Israel pressed its air offensive against Gaza militants. Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal vowed continued resistance against what he called a "criminal...Tags: Fishing, National Government, Terrorism, Building Material, Religious Conflicts
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Rockets Pound Israel, Gaza as Netanyahu alleges 'Double War Crime'
Staff reporterGaza City -- Rockets and shells crisscrossed the skies over southern Israel and Gaza on Thursday as Palestinian militants continued rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and Israel pounded what it called terror sites. Israel reported three people killed....Tags: National Government, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Terrorism, Francois Hollande, Russia
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Video: Romney says nearly half of Americans see selves as 'victims,' Palestinians 'no interest' in peace
Los Angeles Times, CNNA clip of Mitt Romney speaking at a private fund-raiser in May shows the GOP presidential candidate questioning the prospect of ever reaching peace between Israelis and Palestinians, calling a path to a solution in the region "almost unthinkable to...Tags: Boca Raton, Republican Party, Judaism, Wolf Blitzer, Religion and Belief
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A World Not Ours
VarietyIt's rare that music plays such a critical, even philosophical, role in a film as it does in Mahdi Fleifel's passionate, ironic, bittersweet "A World Not Ours," a doc that flips storytelling and Mideast-Arab cliches on their heads, while weaving an...Tags: Music, Palestine, Israel, Entertainment, Politics
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