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Israel presses ahead with settlement expansion plans
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is pressing on with plans for more than 1,000 new homes in two West Bank settlements, officials said on Thursday, moves that could complicate U.S. efforts to persuade Palestinians, seeking a construction freeze, to return to...Tags: Ehud Barak, Israel, John Kerry, Construction, West Bank
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Kerry begins round of talks with Israel, Palestinians
Reuters* Kerry on his fourth visit to try to revive peace talks * Netanyahu says Israel wants to restart negotiations By Arshad Mohammed JERUSALEM, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began a round of separate talks with Israeli and...Tags: Israel, West Bank, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Mahmoud Abbas
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Peace debate exposes deep rifts in Israeli government
Reuters* Netanyahu's political allies clash in parliament * Coalition cracks herald trouble for any future peace deal By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, May 21 (Reuters) - Israel's coalition government presented a divided front on Palestinian statehood on Tuesday...Tags: Israel, Career and Workplace, Government, Tzipi Livni, Religion and Belief
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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: Israel, Jerusalem (Israel), Government, Religion and Belief, Politics
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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: Israel Defense Forces, Israel, Gaza Strip, Murder, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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What really happened in Jerusalem
"I honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with those (Palestinian) kids, they'd say I want these kids to succeed." -- Barack Obama, in Jerusalem, March 21 WASHINGTON - Very true. But how does the other side feel about Israeli kids?...
Tags: Israel, Suicide, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest
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What Obama really said in Israel
"I honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with those (Palestinian) kids, they'd say, 'I want these kids to succeed.'" — President Barack Obama, in Jerusalem, March 21 — Very true. But how does the other side feel about...
Tags: Suicide, Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Ehud Olmert
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'Peace is possible,' Obama insists in Middle East
JERUSALEM (AP) — Insisting "peace is possible," President Barack Obama on Thursday prodded both Israelis and Palestinians to return to long-stalled negotiations with few, if any, pre-conditions, softening his earlier demands that Israel stop...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Israel, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Hybrid Vehicles
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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: Israel, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Religion and Belief, Hamas
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Low expectations for Obama's Israel visit
President Obama will arrive in Israel on Wednesday for his first visit since being elected in 2008. We wish him the best, but frankly, we have very low expectations. Indeed, it's hard to figure out why he's making the trip at all. The peace process...Tags: Israel, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Religion and Belief, Hamas
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Why is Obama going to Israel?
President Obama is visiting Israel this week, the first foreign trip of his second term. Some commentators have criticized the tour as a diversion from the president's intention to pivot toward the Asia-Pacific region. Why go to Israel now, they ask,...
Tags: Israel, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Religion and Belief
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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: Israel, Gaza Strip, United Nations, West Bank, Religion and Belief
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Mar 22, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013
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Mar 19, 2013
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Mar 19, 2013
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Mar 12, 2013
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