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3 hrs ago | The State

Israel says major cities are in Hezbollah's range

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has significantly expanded its ability to strike deep into Israel with rockets that can now reach the Jewish state's largest cities, and now possesses tens of thousands of projectiles, Israel's army chief said Tuesday.

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7 hrs ago | Chicago Indymedia

The Israelis should have made peace

Concerns are growing in Israel's government over the possibility of a unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence within the 1967 borders, a move that could potentially be recognized by the United Nations Security Council.

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11 hrs ago | New York Times

Future of Palestinian Authority Is in Question

RAMALLAH, West Bank - The collapse of the Palestinian Authority , Israel's negotiating partner, was raised as a possibility on Monday, as several aides to its president, Mahmoud Abbas , said that he intended to resign and forecast that others would follow.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Baltimore Jewish Times

Jerusalemites Arrested for Organ Trafficking

Two Jerusalem residents, one a former Hadassah hospital employee, were arrested for allegedly facilitating organ donation deals.

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The Huffington Post

Queen Rania of Jordan: Another Divisive Wall

The fall of the Berlin Wall: what a testament to the power of peaceful revolution.

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Salem-News.com

Marking Berlin Anniversary, Palestinians Breach Israel's Wall

Marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Palestinian demonstrators breached Israel's concrete barrier near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday.

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Ynetnews

Protestors call on settlers to evacuated disputed Sheikh Jarrah home

More than 100 Palestinians and left-wing activists arrived at the al-Kurd family home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Wednesday to protest a Jerusalem District Court order that called on the family to evacuate the premises.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Jerusalem Post

Abbas claims Israel doesn't want peace or two-state solution

Israel does not want peace, does not want to stop settlement construction and does not want the two-state solution, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday.

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The Daily Star

The 'unknown' Palestinians fight Israel's illegal East Jeruslaem demolitions

"Make sure your father gets this," the municipal inspector tells a 10-year-old boy at the gate of the concrete house in an alleyway in the Al-Bustan quarter of Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood right under the shadow of the walled Old City.

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Kansas City Star

Beauty and tragedy in global network of war graves

It is the British empire of the dead.Scattered across 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport, a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage: the 1.7 million fighting men and women who died for Britain and its dominions in the world wars of the last ...

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WEAR

Erekat recounts progress before mideast talks failed

The top Palestinian negotiator says before talks broke down in January, Israel proposed a Palestinian state in all of the Gaza Strip and the equivalent of the West Bank.

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Ramallah Online

Mayhem in Jerusalem while politicians mumble

Yesterday and while politicians fret over terms like "slow-down" or "restraint" on illegal settlement activities, the Israeli authorities demolished more homes and evicted some 30 people in Jerusalem.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Jerusalem Post

Israel invites foreign envoys to inspect Iran arms shipment

Following the seizure of a massive shipment of Iranian arms bound for Hizbullah , the Foreign Ministry stepped up diplomatic efforts on Thursday, inviting foreign ambassadors stationed in Israel to inspect the container-loads of weapons seized by the navy during its raid of the Francop vessel.

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Baltimore Jewish Times

Israel Denies Blood Diamond Accusations

Israel refuted accusations by a United Nations panel that it was involved in the blood diamond trade.

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Tehran Times

Norway's second-largest university to vote on Israel boycott

Academics in Israel are fighting against a proposed academic boycott against Israel by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.

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Baltimore Jewish Times

Jews, Palestinians Scuffle Over E. Jerusalem Home

Jewish Israelis moved into the home of a Palestinian family in eastern Jerusalem after a court ruled that it was Jewish-owned. After a Jerusalem district court on Tuesday denied the Palestinian residents appeal to remain in the home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the Jews arrived at the home with security guards and attempted to vacate the ...

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Israel: Seized ship loaded with weapons was headed for Hezbollah

Israel says the largest arms shipment it has ever seized was headed from Iran to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

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Weekday Magazine - Azerbaijan

Palestinian President Says He Won't Run In January Election

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas, the chief advocate among Palestinians for a negotiated peace with Israel, says he will not run in the territory's January presidential and parliamentary election.

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The Boston Globe

Israel rejects UN vote approving Gaza report

A Palestinian boy plays on the rubble of a building that was destroyed during Israel's January military offensive in Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov.

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Groong Armenian News Network

East Jerusalem: Jewish Settlers Seize Palestinian Homes By Force

Date : Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:01:28 +0400 EAST JERUSALEM: JEWISH SETTLERS SEIZE PALESTINIAN HOMES BY FORCE AsiaNews Nov 4 2009 Italy Israeli courts are increasingly ruling against Palestinian families, ordering them to leave their homes.

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