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Palestinian Authority stories: 42 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

 Netanyahu's 
 Palestine Speech 
 Angers Both Sides 

Israeli PM disappoints nationalists and Washington with third-way tactic

Jun 15, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barely into his new term, Benjamin Netanyahu is already facing major difficulties—caught between a Washington-led demand for a Mideast peace deal and right-wing insistence that he oppose a Palestinian state. The Israeli PM tried to forge a middle path in a major speech yesterday, but as Rory McCarthy writes... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Palestine • Benjamin Netanyahu • Arab Israeli conflict • Palestinian statehood • extreme right

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today called for the creation of a limited Palestinian state for the first time, saying it would have to be disarmed. Netanyahu spoke during a major policy speech about his Mideast peacemaking intentions, in which he called on Palestinian leaders to restart peace negotiations. "In... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Middle East • Palestine • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • Arabs • refugee • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast peace talks

(AP) - Gingerly trying to advance Mideast peace, President Obama declared today that the US is a "stalwart ally" of Israel but challenged the Israelis to stop settlement construction in the West Bank. Obama delivered his message—which came on the same day Israel refused a demand to freeze all construction—... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • President Obama

Obama Invites Middle East Leaders to DC

Netanyahu, Abbas will meet president—but maybe not each other

Apr 22, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has invited the leaders of Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority for talks in Washington in a new bid for a Middle East peace agreement, reports the BBC. Obama extended the invitations after a meeting yesterday with Jordan’s King Abdullah, at which the president spoke of "... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Mahmoud Abbas • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Benjamin Netanyahu • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • two-state solution

Netanyahu to Push Israel-Palestinean Peace

But incoming PM ducks question of statehood

Mar 25, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu, the next prime minister of Israel, said in a speech today that his incoming government would be a "partner for peace" with the Palestinian people, but he made no mention of the two-state solution backed by the United States. As Reuters reports, Netanyahu focused on the territories'... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israeli Labor Party • Likud • Palestinian statehood • two-state solution

(Newser) - Top PLO official Kamal Medhat and at least three of his bodyguards were killed by a roadside bomb near a refugee camp in southern Lebanon today, security officials tell al-Jazeera. Television footage showed Medhat’s car being blasted into a large crater. A Fatah spokesman said Medhat had been “... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Lebanon • Fatah • al-Jazeera • PLO

ANALYSIS

In Middle East, Clinton Faces New Troubles

Netanyahu, Hamas complicate Hillary's already difficult mission

Mar 2, 09 8:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton arrived in Egypt last night, beginning her trip to the Middle East at a conference aimed at raising reconstruction money for Gaza. The secretary of state has enlisted a team of diplomats with long experience in Mideast negotiations, led by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. But as... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Hillary Clinton • Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • State Department • Benjamin Netanyahu • George Mitchell • Obama administration

Mitchell Calls for Lasting Peace as New Violence Hits Gaza

18 injured in Israeli counterstrike

Jan 29, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Fresh violence in Gaza today threatened the fragile ceasefire as George Mitchell called for a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel, AFP reports. An Israeli air strike wounded 18 Palestinians, including 11 children and a pregnant woman. The Israeli army said it was targeting a Hamas policeman responsible for a... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • George Mitchell • smuggler • weapons • Gaza blockade • Obama administration

OPINION

Israel, Palestine Need Outside Support for Lasting Fix

Neighbors must be involved: Friedman

Jan 28, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The dominant theory holds that the two-state solution is the answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But the war in Gaza has pushed tensions past the point where an equitable sharing of geography is enough, argues New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. He wants a "five-state solution—Palestine, Egypt, Jordan,... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Jordan • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • King Abdullah II • Egypt • Thomas Friedman • Arab Israeli conflict

OPINION

Israel's Only Option: Destroy Hamas Entirely

Krauthammer: Olmert has a second chance to defeat extremism

Jan 9, 09 9:48 AM CST
(Newser) - There are only two possible outcomes of the war in Gaza, writes Charles Krauthammer: the complete destruction of Hamas or an internationally supervised truce à la Lebanon. Under immense diplomatic pressure, Israel is hinting it will accept the French-Egyptian ceasefire plan. That would be "a terrible mistake," writes... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Lebanon War

(Newser) - An ongoing Israeli embargo has cut off cash flow in Palestine's Gaza Strip and forced banks there to close, the Financial Times reports. With a Muslim holiday approaching on Monday, tens of thousands are said to be broke; some stormed an insolvent bank this week, prompting officials to shut... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Gaza • Hamas • liquidity • banks • cash

Soldiers Drag Jewish Settlers From Disputed Hebron Building

Palestinian home attacked in revenge

Dec 4, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Dozens of masked Jewish settlers vandalized a Palestinian house in Hebron today, just after Israeli soldiers dragged 250 Jewish settlers out of another disputed building, Haaretz reports. The move against the settlers was the first forced eviction in the West Bank in two years. Twenty-five people were injured in the... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • eviction • Arab Israeli conflict • settlers • Jewish settlers

In Blow to Bush, Olmert Rules Out Deal in 2008

Israeli PM calls timeline for Palestinian pact 'unrealistic'

Jul 28, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert said today it is "unrealistic" to expect a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement by the end of the year. The Israeli PM and Palestian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas pledged last year to make a deal by the end of 2008, and their inability to do so is a... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Jerusalem • Israel and Palestinians • East Jerusalem • Palestinian statehood

Palestinians Stand to Benefit in Blair Deal

Israel to dismantle some barriers to trade, travel in West Bank

May 13, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair announced an economic deal today between Israel and the Palestinians aimed at boosting business in the West Bank, the Times of London reports. The agreement, the first brokered by the former British PM in his role as Middle East peace envoy, will see Israel remove four military checkpoints... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Tony Blair • Middle East • Palestine • West Bank • Jenin

 Hamas Amps Up
 Anti-Jewish Rant 

Hatred of Jews pervades media in Gaza, worries Fatah

Apr 1, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the 15 years since the Oslo accords, the Palestinian Authority under Fatah has tamped down anti-Semitic rhetoric. But in Hamas-controlled Gaza, incitement to violence against Jews has been amped up in everything from sermons to television cartoons. The New York Times investigates how virulent hatred of Jews—not just... More »

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Palestinian Authority • television • Gaza • Hamas • Fatah • Palestinians • Zionism • anti-Semitism

US Set to Deliver $150M in Aid
to Palestinians

First installment of $550M for strapped Palestinian Authority

Mar 19, 08 6:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US promised today to transfer $150 million in aid to the economically ailing Palestinian Authority, marking the first installment of $550 million the US pledged at a donors' conference in December, Reuters reports. The contribution will be the largest single donation since the Authority was launched in 1994, Prime... More »

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Palestinian Authority • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • refugee • United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Bush: Iran a 'Threat to
World Peace'

President reiterates threat at beginning
of Mideast visit

Jan 9, 08 3:12 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush called Iran a "threat to world peace," and reaffirmed America's support for Israel today in the first visit to that country of his presidency. Bush's tough talk came in response to the harassment of US ships by Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz last weekend.... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Iran • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Salam Fayyad • Strait of Hormuz • George W. Bush

Olmert, Abbas to Meet to Salvage Talks

Contested settlement threatens to undo Annapolis process

Dec 26, 07 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas will meet tomorrow in hopes of resolving the settlement crisis that is threatening to derail the Annapolis peace process. Haaretz reports that the Israeli PM and the Palestinian leader will discuss a contested tender by the Israeli housing ministry for 307 homes to be constructed... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • settlement • Six Day War • Annapolis summit • Har Homa • Green Line

Palestinians Seek $5.6B in Talks

60 nations meet in Paris to bankroll  the Palestinian Authority

Dec 17, 07 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Representatives of more than 60 nations meet in Paris today to discuss providing aid to the Palestinians. Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas, locked in a power struggle with Hamas in Gaza, is hoping to secure $5.6 billion in aid over the next three years. The US has promised $550 million.... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • West Bank

 Arresting Sight in West Bank

First Palestinian policewomen start work

Dec 13, 07 3:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The first Palestinian policewomen have begun working in the West Bank city of Ramallah—directing traffic, making security checks, conducting house searches, and turning heads. They're the first women to complete training programs sponsored by the European Union, the AP reports. They sport uniforms of navy pants and light blue... More »

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Palestinian Authority • European Union • police • Ramallah • Ashjan Abu Srour

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