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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 »

• 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 »

• 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 »

• 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 »

• 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

• Rick Steves: Ramallah, Palestine's De Facto Capital

  is the boom town of the West Bank. As, bit by bit (under the settlement policy of Israel), the likelihood of East Jerusalem being the capital of Palestine is fading, Ramallah is emerging as the de facto capital of the country. It feels secular and relatively 12:47 PM from The Huffington Post Read more »

• Israeli peace negotiator: Stalemate bad for Israel

  Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists talks resume without preconditions. The Palestinians demand a complete freeze in Jewish West Bank settlement construction beforehand. Livni says the stalemate delivers a blow both to Israel's legitimacy and its freedom to 7:03 AM from Mail.com Read more »

• Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Nablus

  Montaser Abu Aisha, and Adham Nassar Abu Aisha. In related news, soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby town of Doura, and broke into two homes. Troops invaded the southern area of the Hebron, broke into 3:45 AM from International Middle East Media Center Read more »

• Middle East Today: US Protests Israel Legalisation of 4 West Bank Outposts

  the move undermines his efforts to restart negotiations between Isr 5a8 ael and the Palestinian Authority, which oversees the West Bank. Kerry requested that the Government rethink its decision, or at least postpone the legalisation. The US Government has 1:41 AM from Enduring America Read more »

• P.A Security Arrests A PFLP Leader In Nablus

  of the political leaders of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), from his home, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Imad Eshtewy, member of a local committee in charge of coordination between the Palestinian factions in Nablus, 5/20/13 from International Middle East Media Center Read more »