Barak Ravid (Haaretz)
By Barak Ravid (Haaretz)
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Breaking News Dutch Firm Pulls Out of West Bank Sewage Project
Dutch infrastructure giant Royal HaskoningDHV announced that it has decided to withdraw from a project it planned with the Jerusalem municipality because it will be built over the Green Line. Two weeks ago, Haaretz reported that the Dutch government has asked the company, Holland’s largest engineering company to rethink its participation the sewage treatment plant…
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Breaking News Israel Proposes ‘Temporary’ Borders for Palestine in Peace Talks, Reports Claim
Israel has remained silent in the face of a deluge of Palestinian leaks that reportedly outline Israel’s positions in the six rounds of talks held over the last month. According to a report by the Associated Press, Israel suggested the establishment of a Palestinian state with temporary borders, covering 60% of the West Bank. When…
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Breaking News Mahmoud Abbas Says Peace Deal Will End Conflict With Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants a negotiated peace agreement to include a clause stating that the conflict with Israel is over, he told a delegation from the Israeli left-wing party Meretz on Thursday. “People say that after signing a peace agreement we will still demand Haifa, Acre and Safed,” he said. “That is not true….
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Has Few Women in Inner Circle
Anyone who has gotten a look at the work environment around Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent years will have easily seen that it has been almost totally devoid of women. The entire cadre of senior managers that Netanyahu has appointed to his bureau since returning to the Prime Minister’s Office in 2009 has…
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Breaking News Israel Wanted Convicted Spy Jonathan Pollard Freed in Peace Bargain
Israel has requested the United States release Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard in return for freeing 103 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails since before the Oslo Accords, Channel 2 reported Monday evening. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly made the request to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as a quid pro quo for the Palestinians’…
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Breaking News Latvia President Balks at Holocaust Event During Shimon Peres Visit
Latvian President Andris Berzins has yet to confirm his participation in a memorial ceremony for Jewish Holocaust victims during President Shimon Peres’ visit to Latvia next week. Senior officials in Jerusalem say they believe Berzins does not want to appear to be taking responsibility for acts committed by the Nazis together with local collaborators. Peres,…
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Breaking News Israeli Business Leaders Warn Netanyahu on Peace
Some of the country’s top businessmen met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month to express concern that the stalled peace process with the Palestinians would ultimately harm and even endanger the Israeli economy. The businessmen told Netanyahu they are worried by the signals they are getting from the international business community. “We come from…
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Breaking News John Kerry Sets Deadline for Middle East Peace Progress
If U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry determines that Israelis and Palestinians are not serious about the peace process, he will abandon his efforts on the matter. Kerry has set a deadline of the end of this week for both sides to make progress. In an article by Arshad Mohammed, the Reuters journalist responsible for…
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