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2 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

British police arrest three more over killing of soldier

British counter-terrorism police arrested three men on Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder over the killing of a soldier near a barracks in London.

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6 hrs ago | ChannelOne

Fragments of biblical treasure are up for sale

Nearly 70 years after the discovery of the world's oldest biblical manuscripts, the Palestinian family who originally sold them to scholars and institutions is now quietly marketing the leftovers - fragments the family says it has kept in a Swiss safe deposit box all these years.

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9 hrs ago | Trend

Aid groups urge EU to fulfill commitments to Palestinians

A group of 80 international aid agencies urged the European Union on Saturday to follow through on pledges it made last year to back Palestinian communities seen as vulnerable to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, Reuters reported.

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14 hrs ago | The Times of Israel

Jordan: Extremism has 'grown fat' on Mideast conflict

At World Economic Forum opening, King Abdullah says 'good faith talks' must start, while Abbas calls on Israel to make 'peace a reality on the ground' King Abdullah II of Jordan gives the opening speech at the World Economic Forum, held at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention center in southern Jordan, on Saturday.

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18 hrs ago | Lake Wylie Pilot

Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit

Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, South Sudan, Goodluck Jonathan, Middle East, Israel, Terrorism

Fri May 24, 2013

Berkeley Daily Planet

Eclectic Rant: Time for Israel to Accept the Arab Peace Initiative as s Basis for Peace Negotiations

What happened to the recent Arab Peace Initiative unanimously endorsed by the 22-member Arab League in 2002 at the Beirut Summit of the Arab League? It is time for Israel to accept the API as a basis for peace negotiations.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Democrat

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French decision sheds light on legality of West Bank settlements

On 23 March this year, the Versaille Court of Appeal in France delivered a very significant judgment in a case brought by the Association France-Palestine Solidarit and joined by the Palestine Liberation Organisation , against French companies Societ Alstom and Veolia Transport .

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Pop/Rock, The Association, Israel, Travel, Israel Travel, Middle East Travel

The Guardian

Two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict slipping away, says Hague

British foreign secretary says there is no 'Plan B' and warns of consequences of failure of US mission to revive peace process William Hague visits E1, the site of a proposed Israeli settlement, during a brief trip to Jerusalem and Ramallah.

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New Media Journal

Nazi Flag Spotted Flying Over Palestinian Town

Israeli settlers on their morning commute got quite the eyeful Monday morning when they saw a swastika-emblazoned red flag flying near a mosque in Beit Omar, a Palestinian village outside of Hebron.

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Jerusalem Post

Details of Olmert's peace offer to Palestinians exposed

In interview with Jerusalem Post Group Hebrew magazine, Olmert says he blames Livni and Barak for breakdown of negotiations with Palestinians; magazine obtains map sketched by Abbas with offered Israeli territorial concessions.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Ehud Olmert, China, Religion, Judaism

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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