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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Jerusalem/Ramallah - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday announced a 10-month moratorium of Israeli construction in the occupied West Bank, urging Palestinians to accept the offer and renew long-stalled peace negotiations. But Palesti...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Ramallah - The Palestinian Authority quickly rejected Wednesday an Israeli decision to partially freeze settlement construction, insisting that the freeze should be comprehensive. Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu announced a freeze on new construct...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Jerusalem/Ramallah - Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu asked ministers Wednesday to approve a 10-month freeze on Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank, in a move designed to address an issue preventing the restart of peace talks with the ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Jerusalem/Ramallah - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his inner cabinet Wednesday to discuss plans for a 10-month freeze on Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank, but not in East Jerusalem. But even before the ministers m...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Ramallah - Excluding occupied East Jerusalem from any possible temporary Israel settlement construction freeze is a major issue for Palestinians, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Wednesday. Reacting to reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Net...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
From a disco marathon in Ramallah to a series of interviews with reality show victims, Phil Collins shines a darkly humorous light on exploitation. Just don't confuse him with the drummer from Genesis Tempting though it is to confuse him with the middle-aged pop star, visual artist Phil Collins is probably best-known in this country as the man who set up Shady Lane Productions at Tate Britain during...
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The Eagle World (Free subscription) | yesterday
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- At the top of the list of Palestinian prisoners likely to be freed in a possible swap for an Israeli soldier is a firebrand politician many Palestinians believe is a likely future president who can pull them out of their curren ...
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Bluematter. (Free subscription) | yesterday
A few months ago I recorded a discussion with a Palestinian friend who had recently returned from a trip in the West Bank, where he visited an Israeli settlement. Before reading this post, make sure you read part 1, and the disclaimer . Part II About the wall. What they did, they said because we want to protect ourselves from suicide bombers, we are going to build a wall around Palestinian territories....
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ramallah/Jerusalem - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle Tuesday wrapped up his first visit to Israel and the West Bank in his new post, urging Israelis and Palestinians to revive peace talks as soon as possible. He expressed support for both ...
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Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ma’an News Agency , Nov 22, 2009 Ramallah – Ma’an – The UN has sent an official request to Israel to admit the existence of secret prison camp 1391, dubbed in the press “Israel’s Guantanamo Bay,” according to the Palestinian Authority minister of prisoners affairs.Minister Issa Qaraqe told a news conference in Ramallah on Saturday that the UN had asked the...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ramallah - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, during a two-hour stopover in the West Bank Tuesday, urged Israelis and Palestinians to return to the negotiating table as soon as possible. Acting Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said, a...
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What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The UN has sent an official request to Israel to admit the existence of secret prison camp 1391, dubbed in the press “Israel’s Guantanamo Bay,” according to the Palestinian Authority minister of prisoners affairs. Minister Issa Qaraqe told a news conference in Ramallah on Saturday that the UN had asked the Israeli government in a letter to officially acknowledge that the facility....
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
RAMALLAH, West Bank — A political leader's decision not to seek re-election usually triggers fervent discussion about potential heirs. Yet, President Mahmoud Abbas' withdrawal from the Jan. 24 presidential election has produced nothing of the kind in Palestine — not because of a reluctance to mention possible successors, but because the presidency of the Palestinian Authority has become...
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Harry's Place (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
This is a crosspost by MoreMediaNonsense What is the point of this pettiness? Israel halts football stadium construction in West Bank Israel has ordered construction work on an internationally financed football stadium being built for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to be halted. Palestinian municipal authorities in al-Bireh, near Ramallah, have been told they lack the correct [...]
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xymphora (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The article by Virginia Tilley on the biggest possible mistake that could be made by the Palestinians draws the right conclusion but is fatally flawed in its analysis (mostly due to excessive political correctness). First, the only reason Palestinian 'statehood' is being considered is the Jewish promise of shekels to the collaborators. The only reason the Palestinian politicians have not declared statehood...
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patrickguillard | 07/16/2008
The European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Ján Figel', today opened a National Tempus Office in Israel and reopened one in the occupied Palestinian territory