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Israel PM sees deal possible in year: spokesman (Reuters)
6 hours 36 min ago
Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told visiting U.S. congressmen he thinks it could be possible to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians in a year despite huge differences, his spokesman said.
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84 charged over deadly Beirut shootout (AFP)
8 hours 16 min ago
AFP - Eighty-four people have been charged in connection with a deadly clash last month between Hezbollah and a pro-Syrian Sunni faction, Lebanon's official National News Agency reported.
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Jordan king briefs Syria's Assad on peace talks (AFP)
9 hours 58 min ago
AFP - President Bashar al-Assad and Jordan's King Abdullah II met in Syria on Monday for talks on the resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, SANA news agency reported.
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Israeli FM pushes for new settlement construction (AP)
12 hours 19 min ago
AP - Israel's hard-line foreign minister said Monday that his party will try to block any extension of Israel's settlement slowdown, a move that could derail the recently launched Mideast peace negotiations.
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US artists support Israelis' settlement protest (AP)
15 hours 14 min ago
AP - A dovish U.S. Jewish group says more than 150 film and theater artists have signed a letter of support for Israeli actors who refused to perform in a West Bank settlement.
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Israel's Lieberman to block settlement curbs (AFP)
16 hours 59 min ago
AFP - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday his ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party would block any attempt to extend a partial moratorium on settlements due to expire on September 26.
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Netanyahu seeks 'new solutions' to Palestinian conflict (AFP)
September 5, 2010 - 1:43pm
AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that creative thinking was needed to end the decades-old conflict with the Palestinians.
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Israeli police fail to protect Palestinians: rights group (AFP)
September 5, 2010 - 12:55pm
AFP - An Israeli rights group on Sunday accused Jerusalem police of failing to protect Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem from hardline settlers residing in neighbourhoods heavily populated with Arabs.
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Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu (Time.com)
September 5, 2010 - 11:35amTime.com - No one really thinks much will come out of the direct talks with the Palestinians but, when the issue is Bibi, up come visions of Gorbachev -- and Nixon in China
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US officials: Mideast talks to resume in Jerusalem (AP)
September 5, 2010 - 11:12am
AP - Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem this month. The setting is a symbolic move to show the seriousness of peace negotiations.
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Clinton to attend Mideast peace talks in Sharm el-Sheikh (AFP)
September 5, 2010 - 11:03am
AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend a second round of peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders later this month in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, a State Department official said Sunday.
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Mideast crisis looms over Israeli settlements (AP)
September 5, 2010 - 10:53am
AP - Just days after Mideast peace talks began in Washington, the first major crisis is already looming: Israel hinted Sunday it will ease restrictions on building in West Bank settlements, while the Palestinian president warned he'll quit the talks if Israel resumes construction.
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Mideast talks to resume in Egyptian Red Sea resort (Reuters)
September 5, 2010 - 10:48amReuters - The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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CORRECTED - Palestinians will not need budget aid by 2013: PM (Reuters)
September 5, 2010 - 6:07amReuters - The Palestinian Authority (PA) will be able to finance its budget without the need for foreign aid by 2013 thanks to improved tax collection and cost-cutting, the prime minister said.
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Israel picks Gaza war commander as new military chief (AFP)
September 5, 2010 - 4:43am
AFP - The Israeli cabinet on Sunday confirmed as armed forces chief Major General Yoav Galant, who directed Israel's 2008-2009 Gaza war, the prime minister's office said.
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'Second body recovered' from Israeli strikes on Gaza (AFP)
September 5, 2010 - 3:27am
AFP - The body of a second Palestinian killed in Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza was recovered on Sunday, according to Palestinian medics and witnesses.
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Two wounded in Israeli air strikes on Gaza: Palestinians (AFP)
September 4, 2010 - 3:13pm
AFP - Israeli warplanes launched Saturday evening three strikes against the southern Gaza Strip, wounding two people, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
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Palestinian Authority lashes out at Ahmadinejad over remarks (AFP)
September 4, 2010 - 2:38pm
AFP - The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu (Time.com)
September 4, 2010 - 2:30pmTime.com - No one really thinks much will come out of the direct talks with the Palestinians but, when the issue is Bibi, up come visions of Gorbachev -- and Nixon in China
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Hillary Clinton's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks (Time.com)
September 4, 2010 - 1:25pmTime.com - After a notable absence, the Secretary of State has been a very visible presence at the current negotiations. Will it pay off?
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