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Breaking News Rare Goodwill Visit for 37 Gaza Orphans Blocked by Hamas
(Reuters) — Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip prevented on Sunday a group of Palestinian children who lost parents in the July-August war with Israel from making a rare goodwill visit to the Jewish state, organizers of the trip said. Gaza’s Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry, citing the children’s “suspicious” itinerary, confirmed they were barred from crossing…
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Culture Conflict Kitchen Stirs the Pot in Pittsburgh
It’s not that Jon Rubin and Dawn Weleski were surprised by the controversy over the latest version of their ongoing restaurant/art project, Conflict Kitchen. In the four and a half years since they set up a takeout window to serve the cuisines of conflict zones around the world, they’d seen their fair share of debate….
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Breaking News ‘Palestine’ Soccer Team Wins Praise From Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated Chilean soccer club “Palestino” for qualifying for the regional South American Cup. “On behalf of all Palestinians worldwide, I want to thank you for this joy that you gave us in this special moment when we are in a diplomatic struggle to finally achieving freedom, justice and peace like other…
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Breaking News Israeli Soldier Wounded in Gaza Border Firefight
Israeli forces shot dead a member of Hamas’s armed wing after a firefight erupted along the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and an Israeli soldier was wounded, Gaza hospital officials and the Israeli army said. The military said in a statement that a routine patrol on the Israeli side of the border came…
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Breaking News French Town Ordered To Yank ‘Terrorist’ Plaque
A Paris suburb must remove a plaque honoring a convicted Palestinian terrorist, a French judge ruled. Municipal authorities in Bezons were ordered to take down the plaque for Ihrima Majdi Al Rimawi, who was convicted in the 2001 assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in Jerusalem. The judge told the Communist Party-dominated Bezons Council…
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Opinion When the Two-State Solution Collapsed
The proverbial definition of insanity, doing something over and over again and expecting a different outcome, seems like a good way of explaining the “peace process” that the Israelis and Palestinians have been engaged in for more than 20 years. Time and time again the Israeli and Palestinian leadership have been forced to negotiate the…
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Breaking News Is Europe Running Out of Patience With Israel?
(JTA) — When Britain’s Parliament voted in favor of recognizing Palestine in October, Elie Barnavi, a former Israeli ambassador to France, dismissed the motion as mere symbolism. Reflecting many Israelis’ view of the string of nonbinding motions on Palestinian statehood adopted by European parliaments in recent weeks, Barnavi said the vote should be seen as…
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Breaking News Mahmoud Abbas Vows To Shun Israel If U.N. Moves Fail
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he will stop dealing with the Israeli government if the U.N. Security Council does not pass the Palestinian state draft resolution. “In case of failure, we will no more deal with the Israeli government, which will then be obliged to assume its responsibilities as an occupier,” Abbas told reporters…
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