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• Israel hands over remains of Palestinian militants

  of 91 Palestinian militants, including suicide bombers, to the West Bank government in an effort to induce President Mahmoud Abbas to renew peace talks.All 91 were killed over the past decades while carrying out suicide bombings or other attacks on Israeli 4:56 AM Read more »

• Palestinians march in annual mourning ritual

  after nearly two decades of failed efforts to negotiate the terms of a Palestinian state with Israel.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been unable to find enough common ground to renew talks that broke down   Read more »

• Hamas leader to Jewish paper: No peace with Israel

  it on Friday.Hamas has ruled Gaza since expelling rival Fatah forces in 2007. The Palestinian Authority, headed by Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas , rules parts of the West Bank .Abu Marzouk's remarks emphasized the doctrinaire position of the Islamic militant group's   Read more »

• Palestinians spurn Netanyahu call to resume talks

  freeze settlement construction first.Netanyahu on Wednesday proposed to start direct talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , without any preconditions. The call followed an appeal from international mediators.Negotiations broke down in late 2010 over   Read more »

• Palestinians drop threat to scrap government

  -- Foreign diplomats say President Mahmoud Abbas has dropped a planned threat to dismantle his autonomy government to protest the deadlock in peace efforts with Israel. Abbas had been planning to deliver the threat in a letter to Israel. But, according to   Read more »

Around the web

• German president visits West Bank

  Gauck was due to meet with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with a view to breathing life back into the Middle East peace place. Among the topics expected to arise at that meeting - as well as at later talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad 6:01 AM from Deutsche Welle Read more »

• Israel hands over remains of Palestinian militants

  of 91 Palestinian militants, including suicide bombers, to the West Bank government in an effort to induce President Mahmoud Abbas to renew peace talks. All 91 were killed over the past decades while carrying out suicide bombings or other attacks on Israeli 5:28 AM from Taiwan News Read more »

• Shin Bet: Abbas Hurting the PA

  Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s refusal to speak to Israel hurts primarily the PA, the head of the Shin Bet said Wednesday, speaking to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Abbas’s stance “did damage in the West Bank and in Gaza,” he said.   from Arutz Sheva Read more »

• Israel's Barak: Weigh 'unilateral action'

  Palestinians and we don't want the Palestinians as citizens of Israel," he said. Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have been unable to find enough common ground to renew talks that broke down in 2008. Abbas says Israel must halt settlement   from San Diego Union-Tribune Read more »

• 'Glorification' Expected after PA Gets 91 Terrorists' Bodies

  agrees to another “goodwill gesture” to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and will return 91 bodies of terrorists to the PA, which usually uses them to glorify suicide bombings and other attacks on Israelis. The PA has frequently names public places   from Arutz Sheva Read more »