West Bank
Israeli security forces try to guide a Palestinian protester off the road as he blocks traffic on Route 60, mainly used by settlers, near the Palestinian village of Al-Khader in the occupied West Bank on May 24, 2013. Palestinians protesting against the expansion of settlements in the West Bank tried to block traffic on Route 60, briefly after Jewish settlers demonstrated on the same road against recent stonethrowing and firebomb attacks in the area.
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sensitive explosiveness ... wide range of military threats... and operational challenges in every arena. We are under a clear multi-arena influence.... there is a connection between Gaza and Sinai, and Gaza and the West Bank, and between Syria and Lebanon, and vice versa.
Israel faced terrorist threats from Hamas, the Popular Resistance Committees, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), particularly from Gaza but also from the West Bank, and from Hizballah in Lebanon.
urge the UK Government and the European Union to use pressure to stop further expansion of Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank.More quotes »
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Palestinian rivals promise unity government
militant group controls the Gaza Strip, while the Western-backed Palestinian Authority governs autonomous areas in the West Bank.The territories have been politically divided since 2007.In 2011, Hamas and Fatah leaders signed an Egyptian-brokered reconciliation Read more »
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Israel groups say PM halts new settlement building
talks broke down in 2008 and have remained stalled in large part because of Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem . The Palestinians claim both areas, captured by Israel in 1967, as parts of a future independent state and have Read more »
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Palestinians hold first Bethlehem marathon
-- Palestinians and their supporters are running the West Bank 's first marathon.Itidal Abdul-Ghani of the Palestinian Olympic Committee says some 1,000 people are participating in Sunday's race, which includes shorter 10-kilometer and 20-kilometer options.The Read more »
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Palestinians building museum to tell their story
-- Palestinians on Thursday began construction of the West Bank 's largest museum devoted to their history, planning to tell diverse stories of Palestinians in their land and of millions who live abroad.The museum represents a step in the Palestinian quest Read more »
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Israeli forces hold Palestinian-American teenager
father, Abdelwahab Khalek, said his son Mohammed was seized last Friday.Khalek, a car dealer who splits his time between the West Bank and New Orleans, says he hasn't been allowed to visit his son in jail. But he has seen him at three court hearings, most Read more »
Around the web
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Netanyahu Must Clarify Government's Stance on Two States
has moved well to the right and believes that Israel should establish and proclaim permanent sovereignty over the West Bank. The two-state solution was not part of the coalition agreement the parties struck before taking power and it is not mentioned in the 2:06 PM from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Friday Links Part 1
that were received last year came from Palestinians who had been detained or imprisoned by Abbas's security forces in the West Bank, the report revealed. Altogether, 11 detainees died in Palestinian Authority and Hamas prisons last year, according to the report. 12:29 PM from Elder of Ziyon Read more »
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Influential Palestinians Say It’s Time for a One-State Solution
they’re campaigning for the creation of one democratic, secular state for Arabs and Jews, made up of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. On May 15, about 30 of them signed a statement promoting this concept, launching a “Popular Movement for One Democratic State 12:17 PM from Time Magazine Read more »
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Olmert blamed others for stalled talks with Abbas
how Olmert met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss a peace deal in 2008, with the two even signing a map of the West Bank that included a percentage of territory set aside for Jewish settlements, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. Among other 11:32 AM from United Press International Read more »
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Palestine: Love and lentils in the holy land
a kitchen in the “martyrs’ quarter” of the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, one of the toughest places in the West Bank, Islam Abu Aouda is preparing a soft dough of yoghurt, oil and flour. Soon she will fill small pockets with chopped spinach, sumac and lemon, 9:26 AM from Mail and Guardian Read more »
