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Breaking News Will Vatican Move on Palestine Lead to Europe Recognition?
(Reuters) — The Vatican’s decision to recognize the state of Palestine in a treaty for the first time has drawn a stern response from Israel, but it may usher in a freer debate in Europe about how to proceed on the vexed Palestinian question. The Holy See has referred to Palestine since 2012, but the…
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Breaking News Vatican Formally Recognizes State of Palestine
The Vatican concluded its first treaty that formally recognizes the State of Palestine, with an agreement on Catholic Church activities in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the Holy See said on Wednesday. The agreement “aims to enhance the life and activities of the Catholic Church and its recognition at the judicial level,” said Monsignor…
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Opinion Swipe Right If Israeli-Palestinian Peace Turns You On
Are you in the mood to make love, not war? Then swipe right — right across the Green Line! Verona, a new Tinder-like dating app specially designed for Israelis and Palestinians, sounds like a joke. But for 1000 users and counting, it’s become a real way to find a hot hook-up and solve the Middle East…
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Breaking News Palestinians Denounce Israel ‘Cabinet of War’
A senior Palestinian official called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition government “one of war.” The government “will be one of war which will be against peace and stability in our region,” lead Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told the French news agency AFP on Thursday. “This new right-wing, extremist government is not a partner…
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Breaking News Israel Scrambles To Avoid Suspension From World Soccer
Israel’s top soccer administrators will meet FIFA President Sepp Blatter in Zurich on Wednesday in a late bid to avert a vote called by the Palestinians to suspend Israel from the world body. An official from Israel’s FA told Reuters that chairman Ofer Eini and chief executive Rotem Kamer would urge Blatter to use his…
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Breaking News Jimmy Carter Calls for Palestinian Elections Following Visit to Ramallah
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter completed a three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank without meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin. Carter and a delegation from the Elders, an international group of elder statesmen who advance peace and reconciliation, also had planned to visit Gaza, but cancelled that visit at…
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Breaking News Europe Urged To Keep Tight Rein on Aid to Palestinians
Citing alleged corruption by Palestinian recipients of aid money, the European Parliament’s Israel-relations czar urged more conditionality by E.U. donor states. Fulvio Martusciello, the chairman of the parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Israel, issued the call during a parliamentary debate Wednesday in Strasbourg on E.U. funding for the Middle East, his office wrote in a…
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Breaking News Jewish Communities to Remember 3 Kidnapped Israeli Teens With Unity Day
Jewish communities will mark the first anniversary of the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens by Palestinian terrorists with a Unity Day. The commemoration, set for June 3, was developed by the parents of Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shear and Eyal Yifrach in conjunction with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and the Gesher organization. Organizations representing…
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