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Abbas wants the U.S. to intervene in settlement freeze dispute

Posted by: northsunm32

Gaza :: Palestine | updated Wed Sep 08 23:28:31 -0700 2010 | political-news

Israel's 10 month freeze on new construction in West Bank settlements expires on Sept. 26. Israeli officials have said that they will not extend the freeze at least in its present form. Abbas said late Monday that he has asked...

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PALESTINIAN PROBLEM - Freezing settlements, for the sake of talks

Posted by: Putu Karya

Gaza :: Palestine | updated Wed Sep 08 23:04:02 -0700 2010 | disasters-news

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, on Monday, said the cessation of Israeli settlement construction is necessary to ensure direct peace negotiations between Palestine and Israel can go as planned. Aboul Gheit will refer that the Palestinians may terminate negotiations...

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Israeli soldier jailed for killing British activist Tom Hurndall ...

Source: The Guardian

Gaza :: Palestine | updated Wed Sep 08 22:30:36 -0700 2010 | political-news

Tasyir Hayb was found guilty of manslaughter in 2005, when a military court found he had violated orders. He was also convicted him of obstruction of justice and false testimony...Hurndall, then 22, was shot in the head in April 2003...

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Mortar Shell Hits Negev Nursery School

Source: Israel National News

Gaza :: Palestine | updated Wed Sep 08 11:49:15 -0700 2010 | political-news

Sep/08/10 Follow Israel news briefs on and Terrorists fired a mortar shell from the northern area of the Hamas-controlled Gaza region on Wednesday morning, which landed next to a kibbutz nursery school in the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council. No injuries...

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Gaza: a castle in the sand

Source: Al Ahram

Gaza :: Palestine | updated Tue Sep 07 23:58:52 -0700 2010 | disasters-news

Hewn from concrete splits, water and sand, the artifice is necessary because of an Israeli siege that bars all raw materials into the Gaza Strip. Abu Raad lost six houses when the Israeli army blitzed northern Gaza in operation Cast...

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Soldier who slayed peace activist in Gaza freed from prison

Source: Yedioth Ahronoth

Gaza :: Palestine | updated Wed Sep 08 03:31:05 -0700 2010 | political-news

The committee members stated they believed Hayb had changed his lifestyle and was no longer dangerous. (Raanan Ban-Zur)

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U.S. will do everything to achieve peace in Middle East: Hillary

Source: The Hindu

Gaza :: Palestine | updated Wed Sep 08 11:12:32 -0700 2010 | political-news

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the U.S. will do everything it can to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East, as the first direct talks between Israel and Palestine started this month after a 20 month...

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MKs on high seas check security layout at gas rig

Source: Ynet News

Gaza :: Palestine | updated Tue Sep 07 15:18:43 -0700 2010 | political-news

Gas rig must be defended against attack Photo: Noam Moskowitz Members of Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Sub-committee set sail to rig 24 km off Gaza coast. MK Hanegbi says country must be prepared for option that gas lines...

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Weapons caches seized in Sinai, Palestinian sources report

Source: Jerusalem Post

Gaza :: Palestine | updated Tue Sep 07 21:45:50 -0700 2010 | political-news

Ariel Jerozolimski Palestinian sources: Weapons caches seized in Sinai 09/07/2010 18:25 Ma'an news agency says 9 new stores found; Egyptian police discover machine guns, anti-aircraft shells, bound for Gaza smuggling tunnels. Egyptian police discovered nine weapons caches in the Sinai...

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The cessation of Israeli settlement construction is necessary to ...

Posted by: muhammadjusuf

Gaza :: Palestine | updated Wed Sep 08 23:04:02 -0700 2010 | disasters-news

The cessation of Israeli settlement construction is necessary to ensure direct peace negotiations. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Monday said the cessation of Israeli settlement construction is necessary to ensure direct peace negotiations between Palestine and Israel can...

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