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NEWS ABOUT: Palestine

Palestine stories: 205 news summaries

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Hamas Calls Off Ceasefire

Israeli Independence Day marked by rocket blasts; Hamas claims responsibility

Apr 24, 07 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas launched dozens of rockets and mortar shells at Israel this morning, ending a five-month cease fire. The blasts rocked the country as it celebrated its 59th Independence Day. The Hamas-led government blames Israel for the breakdown, citing the deaths of nine Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank killed... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • ismail Haniyeh • West Bank

Group Claims Kidnapped BBC Reporter Is Dead

Journalist based in Gaza has been missing for a month

Apr 16, 07 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - An obscure Palestinian group claims to have murdered a veteran BBC journalist kidnapped in Gaza a month ago. There is no confirmation of the claim and a Palestinian Authority official, Saeb Erekat, said: “I urge those who abducted Johnston, instead of circulating rumors, and I hope these rumors are... More »

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Palestinian Authority • terrorism • Gaza • Alan Johnston • Palestine • kidnapping • Al Tawhid Al Jihad • Unity and Holy War Brigade

Olmert Offers Talks With
Arab Leaders

Cites Saudi peace
plan as positive step

Apr 2, 07 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert says he's keen for multilateral talks with Arab leaders, after a Saudi summit last week produced the outlines of a peace plan, Haaretz reports. "The readiness to accept Israel as a fact and to debate the terms of a future solution is a step that... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • politics • Angela Merkel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine

Aid Grows Despite Embargo

Mar 21, 07 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Palestinians are actually receiving more foreign aid, not less,  than they were before the US and the European Union slapped an aid embargo against the Hamas led Palestinian Authority last year, reports Steven Erlanger. The United Nations and the International Monetary Fund say $1.2 billion was given to... More »

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Palestinian Authority • United Nations • World Bank • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • European Union • International Monetary Fund • United States • foreign aid • aid • embargo • World Food

A Generation Is Lost to Violence

Palestinians coming of age have no jobs, no hopes, no agenda but resistance

Mar 12, 07 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The generation of Palestinians now coming of age—and 56.4 percent of the population is under 19—have no hopes for peace, only of a lifetime of “resistance.”  Growing up through two intifadas, they are isolated from the world, divided amongst themselves, and surrounded by violence,... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Palestine • children • West Bank • US troops • violence • militant • gun violence

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