Abbas in Egypt says no deal yet on Israeli Shalit
Reuters - 1 hour 34 minutes agoPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there was no deal for now between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on freeing an Israeli soldier held in Gaza.
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EU: Jerusalem should be joint capital
Channel 8 San Diego - Tue Dec 8, 6:39 am ETEuropean Union foreign ministers urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to make Jerusalem their shared capital, prompting a swift, angry reaction from Israel.
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Israel treats Gazans infected with swine flu in move to contain outbreak in blockaded area
The Morning Call - Tue Dec 8, 6:28 am ETGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel says it's treating five suspected swine flu cases from Gaza in hopes of containing an outbreak of the virus in the blockaded Palestinian territory.
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Turkish leader says Iran censure 'very rushed'
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 6:56 pm ETTurkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the West Monday for being too quick to censure Iran's nuclear program but told President Barack Obama that Ankara was prepared to mediate with Tehran.
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EU Seeks to Avoid Confrontation With Israel Over Jerusalem
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 11:36 am ETDec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union sought to avoid a confrontation with Israel by toning down a declaration that called for the recognition of east Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
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EU mulls proposal on Jerusalem as joint capital
NBC26 Green Bay - Tue Dec 8, 6:36 am ETBRUSSELS (AP) - European Union foreign ministers discussed a proposal Tuesday for the 27-nation bloc to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state.
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US condemns Baghdad bombings
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 3:46 pm ETWashington - The United States condemned the bombings that swept through Baghdad on Tuesday, saying the attacks that left at least 125 dead were designed to undermine political progress two days after the government agreed to an election law. There'...
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Uma Thurman calls off engagement
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 3:31 pm ETLos Angeles - Hollywood siren Uma Thurman has called off her engagement to wealthy Swiss businessman Arpad Busson, People magazine reported Tuesday. The report quoted a friend of the couple as saying that they split last November. The couple began da...
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Israel reportedly preparing to leave northern Ghajar
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Sun Dec 6, 6:43 pm ETIsrael has begun negotiations which could lead to its withdrawal from the northern part of a divided village on the Lebanon border, Channel Two reported on Sunday.
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World Bank giving Palestinian Authority $64 million for state
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Sun Dec 6, 6:29 pm ETThe World Bank said it will give the Palestinian Authority $64 million to build institutions in preparation for a state in two years. The gift was announced Sunday during a high-level World Bank Group delegation fact-finding mission to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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World Bank gives Palestinian Authority $64 million
The Daily Reflector - Sun Dec 6, 1:52 pm ETRAMALLAH, West Bank — The World Bank has given $64 million to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to help it prepare for statehood.
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Israel, Lebanon, and the Middle East conflict
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 4:00 am ETLebanon finally has a new government after five months of political bickering. But Western policymakers should not shift their attention away from this small country that has been the staging ground of proxy wars in the Middle East.
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New U.S. anti-Semitism envoy facing formidable task
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Tue Dec 8, 2:31 pm ETHannah Rosenthal, President Obama’s nominee for the post of special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, certainly has her work cut out for her.
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Brudnoy's commentaries
WBZ News Radio Boston - Tue Dec 8, 7:21 pm ET"Brudnoy's Commentary" is my weekend take on the news, airing at 12:25 p.m. Saturdays right after Paul Harvey News and in the same slot on Sunday. My aim is to wrap up some of my thoughts from the preceding week on stories of importance, with the occasional lighter commentary when appropriate, and to make available to our listeners the full text of these commentaries. Feel free to share these ...
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ADL: EU Conclusions on Middle East Peace “Deeply Flawed and Counterproductive”
PRWeb - Wed Dec 9, 5:14 am ETThe Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today criticized the conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process adopted by foreign ministers at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union, calling them “deeply flawed, based on a distorted view of the current situation and counterproductive to moving the peace process forward.” (PRWeb Dec 9, 2009) Read the full story at http ...
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Three Gazans die of swine flu
JTA - Tue Dec 8, 6:36 am ETJERUSALEM (JTA) – Three Palestinians have died with the swine flu in three days. Meanwhile, five Gazan Palestinians suspected of having the virus were transferred Monday from Gaza to Israeli hospitals for treatment. One of the sick patients is a Gaza doctor.
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Jewish, Non-Jewish Doves Flying Together
The Jewish Week - Tue Dec 8, 11:50 am ETWashington — A funny thing happened on the way to modifying punitive legislation targeting Palestinians: Jewish and non-Jewish groups backing aggressive peacemaking established a coalition.
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Jordan's king flies to Paris for meeting with Sarkozy
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 11:17 am ETAmman - King Abdullah II of Jordan left Amman on Tuesday to hold talks in Paris with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the latest Middle East developments, the royal court said. No further details were given, but diplomats in Amman believed the pre...
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Op-Ed: New U.S. anti-Semitism envoy facing formidable task
JTA - Tue Dec 8, 10:36 am ETWASHINGTON (JTA) -- Hannah Rosenthal, President Obama's nominee for the post of special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, certainly has her work cut out for her.
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World Bank gives Palestinian Authority $64 million
Seattle Times - Sun Dec 6, 3:59 pm ETThe Palestinian Authority on Sunday signed an agreement with the World Bank and other donors for $64 million to help it prepare for statehood.
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