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The Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Mustafa Al-Barghouthi, stated that "A strenuous efforts are being exerted to reach a national agreement on the Egyptian paper for reconciliation...
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The Muslim-Christian Committee in Support of Jerusalem has accused the U.S administration of giving the green light to the Israeli government, led by Netanyahu, to move forward with Judaizing...
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Tel Aviv has officially announced that it will not release Marwan Al Barghouti, Fatah's Secretary General in the West Bank, and Ahmed Saadat, the Secretary General of the Popular...
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A day after the introduction of a partial freeze announced by the Israeli government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, cancelled the government decision to freeze 25 new buildings in "Kedar...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday that Israel would never cede control of occupied East Jerusalem, according to a bureau statement quoted by Israeli news reports. The...
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Israel's Cabinet Secretary, Zvi Hauser, has confirmed that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will announce new settlement construction plans on his return from Washington. The new settlements are...
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A member of the Israeli parliament has called on Benjamin Netanyahu not to waste any more time over telling the Palestinian Authority that he is ready to accept the...
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Reports in Israel's Hebrew press claim that Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to persuade Egypt to drop its proposal to make the Middle East a "nuclear-free zone". The Israeli Prime...
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A credible political source in Israel claims that Israel's Prime Minister has asked Egypt's President, Hosni Mubarak, to persuade the Palestinian Authority to take a "flexible position" in the...
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A lawsuit against Israel's Prime Minister and Minister of Defence has been filed in Jordan's State Security Court. Amman's Public Prosecutor, Hassan Alabdillat, transferred the lawsuit against Benjamin Netanyahu...
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A report by Israel's Peace Now movement revealed that since the settlement construction freeze expired – more than two and a half months ago – the authorities have laid...
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The grandfather of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who was taken captive by Hamas while he was on active duty, has called on Benjamin Netanyahu's government to change its...
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Israeli political sources have revealed a number of additional safeguards that Tel Aviv is demanding from the U.S. administration in return for its announcement of a "partial freeze" on...
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Israel's Prime Minister has told a meeting of his party's ministers that direct negotiations with the Palestinian Authority will start in mid-August. Benjamin Netanyahu also claimed that his government...
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Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced that he will continue to support Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank in general, and in the city of Hebron in...
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Israel's Prime Minister has told John Kerry that recognition of the state and its security must be secured before a resumption of negotiations with the Palestinians. Benjamin Netanyahu met...
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Israeli media reports have unveiled for the first time a scheme which threatens Al-Magharbeh Hill and the historic sites close by. The so-called "Sharansky Proposal" is to expand the...
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The Central Bank of Israel has warned that the religious Jews and Israel's Arab citizens are the only two groups in society which have got poorer under successive Netanyahu...
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Haaretz newspaper has reported that Israel is preparing to start a large-scale campaign to deport African immigrants after September's Jewish holidays. It revealed that the Israeli government has reached...
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Israel's Minister of Housing Uri Ariel has said that settlement construction in the occupied West Bank will continue at a rapid pace. The minister, who is himself a settler,...
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The Israeli Minister of Justice, Tzipi Livni, and the Israeli Prime Minister's special envoy Isaac Molcho arrived in Washington for a quick visit – that actually lasted for several...
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It has been 46 years since we lost East Jerusalem; Israel seized control of it in 1967, annexing the eastern half of the city illegally almost straight away. Israel...
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January 28, 2014
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By Maidhc Ó Cathail Even those familiar with the long and shameful history of America's appeasement of Israel were taken aback by the Obama administration's extraordinary offer to Benjamin...
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By Khalid AmayrehDespite President Obama's efforts to assure the pliant Ramallah leadership of his continued commitment to a notoriously disingenuous peace process, especially the creation of a Palestinian state,...
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It is no secret that the power struggle within Israeli politics has taken a sharp turn recently. The picture is not bright for the Israelis as the conflict's intensity...
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US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, pre-empted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the annual conference of the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) by warning of the consequences...
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By Jeff Halper August 11, 2010 Yesterday, the day before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began, at 2:30 in the morning, workers sent by the Israeli authorities, protected...
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January 25, 2014
Dr Saleh Al-Na'ami
In just a few weeks, Israel plans on extracting gas from the "Tamar" and "Leviathan" gas fields, which were discovered dozens of kilometers into the waters northwest of Haifa. ...
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By Fahmi Huwaidi Although it is humbling to read that Netanyahu is coming to Egypt, two questions arise: are relations between Cairo and Tel Aviv entirely divorced from Israeli...
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January 24, 2014
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Oraib Al-Rantawi
When he began his first period in office in 1996, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received advice from a group of scholars and experts. Under the chairmanship of Richard...
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January 24, 2014
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Oraib Al-Rantawi
When Washington pronounced that "making progress in the peace process and the establishment of two states for two the peoples" is a paramount American interest, most of Europe and...
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January 24, 2014
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Oraib Al-Rantawi
We assume that the Obama administration is committed to the peace process and the "two states for two peoples" solution. We have no doubt on this proposition, particularly when...