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3 hrs ago | The Daily Star

U.S.'s Kerry samples Palestinian shawarma and sweets

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry eats sweets inside a shop after his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Ananova

William Hague: Israel Losing Support In UK

Britain's Foreign Secretary has brushed aside an Israeli minister's allegation that anti-Israeli sentiment was growing in the United Kingdom - by agreeing with him.

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Jerusalem Post

Four killed in traffic accidents in North, South

In the afternoon, two people, a woman aged 39 and a 42-year-old man, were killed in a head on collision between a truck and a private car on the road outside Kfar Mimon in the western Negev.

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Jerusalem Post

Five Cars vandalized in latest 'price tag' attack

Police said five vehicles parked on one of the main streets in the neighborhood of Gilo, in southwestern East Jerusalem, were vandalized in a "price tag" attack early Thursday morning, allegedly by Jewish extremists.

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Seattle Times

West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'

One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot.

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Brandon Sun

Palestinian-Israeli conflict a key part of 'Omar,' but director says romance at forefront

One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot.

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Al Bawaba

'Ideological differences' in Israeli gov't over settlements, stalling peace plan - Livni

The Israeli government cannot reach a consensus over the Palestinian peace process, Israeli Justice Minister, primary negotiator and head of Israel's parliamentary opposition Tzipi Livni announced on Thursday.

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Florida Baptist Witness

PEW: Muslims world-wide reject suicide bombings, support sharia law

WASHINGTON - While most Muslims worldwide reject suicide bombings and other violence in the name of Islam, a significant minority of Muslims in Palestinian territories and Afghanistan favor such acts, according to new Pew Research Center findings.

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Wed May 22, 2013

The State

Palestinians have little faith in Kerry effort

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, right, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

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FiveThirtyEight

Latitude: Revisiting the Alleged Killing of a Palestinian Boy by Israeli Forces

In late September 2000, at the beginning of the second Palestinian intifada, the French TV station France 2 aired some 60 seconds of footage allegedly showing the killing of a Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip.

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Jerusalem Post

Prosor angered by UNRWA's map of 'Arab Palestine'

Early this month, Ann Dismorr, director of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Lebanon, stood in front of cameras holding a map of Israel labeled "Arab Palestine." Framed in green and black and shoddily printed, the projected Palestinian state is shown surrounded by countries with modern borders: Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

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Jerusalem Post

US Embassy: Outpost legalizing undermines peace

Israeli efforts to legalize West Bank outpost undermined the peace process, the US Embassy in Tel Aviv warned Wednesday in advance of US Secretary of State John Kerry's arrival tomorrow for a two day visit to help rekindle talks with the Palestinians.

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Jerusalem Post

Germany backs blacklisting Hezbollah

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle decided Wednesday to support listing Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization in the European Union, according to German diplomatic sources.

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New Hampshire Public Radio -

West Bank Businesses Seek Growth Amid Uncertainty

Rami El-Zogheir, general manager of Hebron's Golf & Horse Footwear, says he's ready to expand into other Arab markets.

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Connecticut Post

Egypt: 7 security men kidnapped in Sinai freed

Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Jerusalem Post

Hamas textbooks to teach about 'liberation plans'

Hamas has begun preparing new school textbooks that teach children about "plans to liberate Palestine and the legitimacy and various forms of resistance [against Israel]." Jamal Abu Hashem, advisor to the Hamas-controlled education ministry, said new books would be introduced as part of National Education Studies for grades 8-10. Abu Hashem was ... (more)

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Jerusalem Post

Suit against IDF for killing Palestinian rejected

Wrongful death case was against state for killing of Ekel Saror during clashes over West Bank security barrier in 2009.

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New York Daily News

No evidence tying IDF to boy's infamous death

The Israeli government released a scathing 36-page report this week that concluded a French news channel had all but fabricated a report that 12-year-old Mohammed al-Dura was killed by IDF soldiers while cowering behind his father during a Gaza City firefight.

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Jerusalem Post

'Eleven Palestinians have died under PA, Hamas detention'

According to a report released by the Palestinian Independent Commission For Human Rights, last year saw a 10% increase in the number of complaints over human rights abuses by Palestinian Authority, Hamas.

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Jerusalem Post

Gantz: If Assad escalates attacks, he'll bear consequences

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz unleashed his most explicit warning to date against Syrian President Basher Assad, following cross-border fire overnight on the Golan Heights.

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