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3 hrs ago | 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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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Israel, Travel, Israel Travel, Middle East Travel,

7 hrs ago | 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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Jerusalem Post

Analysis: Words vs. pictures in al-Dura affair

CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl, the tale is told, put together an unflattering piece on former US president Ronald Reagan in 1984, during the heat of that year's election campaign, trying to show the contradictions between what Reagan had promised during his first years in office, and what he delivered.

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Jerusalem Post

UK set to deport radical Muslim cleric to Jordan

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada could be deported to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges within weeks, a British court heard on Monday, and it ruled he should remain in jail in the meantime to prevent him from absconding.

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Related Topix: Jordan, World News, Middle East, Terrorism, Israel

Jerusalem Post

Jewish terrorist Tytell appeals murder conviction

Jewish terrorist Jack Tytell on Tuesday appealed his conviction and his two life sentences for murdering two Palestinians to the Supreme Court.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Terrorism

Mon May 20, 2013

Connecticut Post

China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected

In this May 6, 2013 file phot, China's President Xi Jinping, shakes hands with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, unseen, during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

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Related Topix: Middle East, China, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Jerusalem Post

NGO watchdog flags - inconsistencies' to Congress

NGO Monitor report meant to inform US lawmakers of recent grants bestowed to Palestinian organizations by the National Endowment for Democracy and USAID.

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Jerusalem Post

Al-Dura says he is willing to exhume son's body

Muhammad al-Dura's father, Jamal, said on Monday that he was ready to have the remains of his son exhumed "to prove that he was killed by Israeli soldiers' bullets." The 50-year-old father of 10 dismissed as "lies and fabrications" the findings of the government report , claiming Israel was seeking to "whitewash" its image in front of the world.

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Jerusalem Post

Dershowitz to PM: Watch - Curb Your Enthusiasm'

Law professor sends episode of Larry David's show to Netanyahu, hoping he will invite Abbas over to watch it together.

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Related Topix: Soap Opera, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Larry David, World News, Middle East, Israel

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Israel, Palestinians still arguing over epic image

Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Hofstra University, Oklahoma, Lottery

Jerusalem Post

Palestinian tragic film takes Cannes by storm

A tragic love story between two Palestinians living under Israeli occupation received a standing ovation at the Cannes film festival on Monday and broke new ground as the first film fully funded by the Palestinian cinema industry.

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Jerusalem Post

NATO MPs to visit Israel to examine weapons R&D

A NATO Parliamentary Assembly Science and Technology Committee delegation led by US Congressman David Scott and UK Baroness Margaret Ramsay will visit Israel for the first time in October.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, David Scott, Democrat

The New Zealand Herald

NZ ready to aid Middle East deal

Foreign Minister Murray McCully will tomorrow offer the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, New Zealand's assistance in the event that he can broker a breakthrough agreement between Israel and Palestine on a two-state solution.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

Sun May 19, 2013

The Washington Post

Video posted online purportedly shows 7 Egyptian security personnel kidnapped in Sinai

An Egyptian border policeman shouts at the closed Rafah, Sinai border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip to protest the abduction of his colleagues last Thursday in northern Sinai, in Rafah, Egypt, Sunday, May 19, 2013.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak

New Jersey Herald

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement.

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