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Israel's Peres labels settlements "marginal" issue

Israel's president Shimon Peres was held talks with his Egyptian counterpart on Sunday in Cairo where the octogenarian downplayed the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank as a "marginal" issue blocking resumption of...

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Israeli aircraft strike tunnels, arms factories (AP)

Reuters – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrives for a meeting with Rio Grande do Sul's state Governor … JERUSALEM – The Israeli military says its aircraft have attacked two weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel...

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The Day In Israel: Sun Nov 22nd, 2009

Last night, Hamas announced it had reached an agreement with its fellow palestinian terrorist groups to refrain from firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks. “We have agreed with the factions...

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Hamas: Groups agree not to fire rockets - Jerusalem Post

Aljazeera.net Hamas: Groups agree not to fire rockets Jerusalem Post Israel reacted with little enthusiasm to reports on Saturday that Hamas had reached an agreement with other terrorist groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at...

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Palestinian council to approve continuance of Abbas government

JERUSALEM -- To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections, according to...

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Israel releases 5 PNA intelligence officers: report

JERUSALEM, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Israel released five Palestinian National Authority (PNA) intelligence officers, local news service Ynet cited Palestinian sources as reporting Saturday. Israel arrested the five officers near the...

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Mustafa Barghouti: Defending civil disorder

The Palestinians will not enter talks with the Israelis unless they stop adding to Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Jersualem. The high hopes raised amongst Palestinians by President Obama's Cairo speech in June seem to...

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Brazil leader urges freeze on Israeli settlements

Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians. Silva says that his country "understands that any new...

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Netanyahu prefers final accord with Palestine

From ANI Jerusalem, Nov. 20 : Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will seek a final-peace accord with the Palestine Authority if talks resume, and not an interim solution. In recent days, there have been various reports...

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Israeli air strikes target Gaza tunnels, wound three

GAZA: Israeli warplanes bombed two smuggling tunnels and a military training compound in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, wounding three people, said officials in the Palestinian territory ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement. An...

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