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Breaking News Paris Calls School ‘Palestine’ Map a ‘Simple Error’
Responding to parents who complained about the distribution at public schools of a map which labeled Israel as “Palestine,” the City of Paris said it was the result of “a simple production error.” The city’s media department gave the explanation in a statement it published Friday about the distribution earlier this year to elementary school…
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Breaking News Mahmoud Abbas Warns of New Intifada Over Temple Mount
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Tuesday that there was a risk of a new Palestinian intifada, or uprising, erupting if violence at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem did not ease and peace talks with Israel did not resume. Israeli-Palestinian strife has risen sharply in recent weeks as Arab states and Palestinians have accused Israeli…
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News After Arson Murders, West Bank Village Waits in Vain for Justice
Over the past month and a half, residents of this tight-knit village in Israeli-occupied territory have oscillated between grief and anxiety. First came the July 31 death by arson of 18-month-old Ali Saad Dawabsheh as the lives of his other family members hung in the balance; then the death of Ali’s father, Saad Dawabsheh, from…
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Breaking News Vatican To Raise Flag at UN for Pope — Palestinians for Abbas
The Vatican flag will be raised for the first time at the United Nations on Friday morning ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to the world body, the Holy See mission to the United Nations said on Monday. Pope Francis is due to address the United Nations in New York on Friday during his first visit…
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Breaking News Most Palestinians Now Oppose Two-State Solution
More than half of Palestinians no longer support a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel, a survey released on Monday showed, rejecting the goal that has underpinned four decades of international diplomacy. The poll by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research, a leading research group in the Palestinian territories, found that 51…
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Breaking News Israeli Troops Critically Wound Palestinian Protester on West Bank
A Palestinian man who hurled a firebomb at an Israeli car near a settlement was critically injured by soldiers who fired back at him, in one of several violent clashes in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Passengers escaped injury in the incident Thursday night near the settlement of Itamar in Samaria, where Israel Defense Forces…
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Breaking News Palestinian Detainee Restarts Hunger Striker After Arrest
Israel rearrested a Palestinian security prisoner who recovered from a 65-day hunger strike. Mohammed Allaan, 33, was taken in Wednesday after being released from the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, in southern Israel. He was sent to a prison in central Israel. Allaan reportedly decided to restart his hunger strike once he was returned to…
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Breaking News The Palestinian Kingmaker Who Wants Mahmoud Abbas’s Job
He is in the view of some Palestinians, and perhaps his own mind, the man who would be king. From his roots in a Gaza refugee camp, Mohammed Dahlan scrambled to the top of Palestinian politics by his early 40s, backed by a reputation as a charismatic enforcer, someone who commanded loyalty and got things…
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