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Arab Israeli conflict stories: 153 news summaries

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 Hamas Releases 
 Video of Captive 
 Israeli Soldier 

Sept. 14 footage of Shalit obtained in trade for Palestinian prisoners

Oct 2, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Imprisoned Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit appears healthy and talkative in a video released to the Israeli government by his captors in exchange for 20 Palestinian prisoners. In the video, Shalit talks of wanting to return home after his 3-year detention and holds up a copy of a newspaper dated September... More »

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Hamas • Benjamin Netanyahu • Gilad Shalit • video • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • prisoner exchange • Israel Defense Force

Israel Will Free 20 Palestinian Prisoners for Video of Soldier

Hamas says footage proves Shalit is alive

Sep 30, 09 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel will release 20 Palestinian women from jail in exchange for a video from Hamas proving that a young soldier captured three years ago is alive. The swap is expected to take place Friday and will lead to further negotiations for the release of Gilad Shalit, now 23, who was... More »

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Israel • Hamas • Gilad Shalit • Israel and Palestinians • soldier • prisoner of war • Arab Israeli conflict

 Gaza War Was 
 Genocide: 
 Chavez 

Israel started war to 'exterminate the Palestinians'

Sep 9, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip earlier this year was perpetrated for the express purpose of killing Palestinians, says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Guardian reports. “The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly. What was it, if not... More »

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genocide • Middle East • Venezuela • president • Israel and Palestinians • Hugo Chávez • Arab Israeli conflict • Gaza war

Obama, Egypt's
Mubarak Click
at DC Meeting

Presidents cite
'positive steps' for
Israelis, Palestinians

Aug 18, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A meeting today between President Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signaled a thaw in relations between the two countries, the New York Times reports. Obama also spoke of “positive steps” that “could help to jump-start an effective process on all sides” in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Mubarak,... More »

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Middle East • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • Obama administration • President Obama • state visit • settlements

(Newser) - Amid intense US-Israeli negotiations over settlements, Israel today brushed off Washington’s request to stop an American millionaire's housing project in East Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Post reports. Palestinians have complained that it would change demographics in the Arab-dominated area. But Obama "had crossed a red line" in asking... More »

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Israel • Jerusalem • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • millionaires • Arab Israeli conflict • East Jerusalem • housing projects

OPINION

Olmert: Stop Obsessing Over Settlements

Obama should take 'non-priority issue' off the table, writes ex-PM

Jul 17, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's fine for Barack Obama to make overtures to the Arab world, but Ehud Olmert, reminding him in a Washington Post op-ed that Israel is "the only real Middle Eastern democracy," complains that he has focused too much of his attentions on Israel's settlements in the West Bank.... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • West Bank • Palestinians • settlement • Arab Israeli conflict • Jewish settlers • settlements

(Newser) - Hamas says Israel is corrupting Palestinian youth with aphrodisiac chewing gum. “We have discovered two types of stimulants that were introduced into the Gaza Strip from Israeli border crossings,” a spokesman tells AFP. “The first type is presented in the form of chewing gum and the second... More »

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Hamas • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • chewing gum • aphrodisiacs • Gaza Strip border • intelligence agencies

OPINION

Hillary's Wrong: Bush, Israel Agreed on Settlements

Sharon talks resulted in "understandings": Abrams

Jun 25, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton said last week that the Bush administration hadn’t made any “informal or oral agreements” on Israel settlements, but that’s simply not true, writes Bush adviser Elliott Abrams in the Wall Street Journal. In fact, talks between the administration and Israel’s then-PM resulted in Ariel... More »

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Bush administration • Hillary Clinton • Israel • Palestine • Elliott Abrams • Ariel Sharon • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush • Obama administration • agreement • settlements

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

(Newser) - Explosives-laden horses were part of an attempt today by Palestinian militants to plant bombs in Israel, the BBC reports. Israel says it shot and killed four men—who where wearing explosive vests—and their explosive-laden horses after they first fired on a border post. The Israeli response to the men... More »

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Israel • terrorism • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • horse • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • border

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s trip to the Middle East has established even higher standards for his presidency, Politico reports. Obama is using his global celebrity to restart Israel-Palestine talks and improve relations between the West and the Muslim world, proving he’s “not a president who has ever shied away... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • West • Europe • Muslim • Cairo • Arab Israeli conflict • Arab

OPINION

Obama's Settlement Demands 'Dishonorable'


Jun 5, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s insistence that Israel stop building or expanding West Bank settlements is “dishonorable and self-defeating,” writes Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post. Hillary Clinton’s call to end “natural growth” expansions is especially ridiculous. “Is the peace process moribund because a teacher in... More »

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Israel • Palestine • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • settlement • Arab Israeli conflict • Charles Krauthammer

(Newser) - Open arms and a full red carpet rollout greeted President Obama on his arrival in Saudi Arabia this morning, but the pleasantries will likely end when the policy talk starts, the New York Times reports. Obama wants the Arab nations to offer a peaceful gesture toward Israel, but Saudi... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Egypt • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast peace • Obama administration



 UN Begins Gaza 
 War Crimes Probe 

Israel alleges bias, but Jewish rapporteur draws wide praise

Jun 2, 09 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UN team investigating possible war crimes by the Israeli army and Hamas has arrived in the Gaza Strip for a weeklong fact-finding mission. Israel is refusing to cooperate with what it calls a "masquerade," alleging that the UN Human Rights Council is unfairly biased. But the selection... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • Hamas • war crimes • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • United Nations Human Rights Council • Gaza war

Israel to Propose Settlement Deal to Washington

Would remove some West Bank outposts for OK on current building

May 26, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(AP) - Israel would dismantle nearly two dozen wildcat settlement outposts in the West Bank in the next few weeks if the US drops its objections to continued building in existing, government-sanctioned settlements, officials said. Defense Minister Ehud Barak will bring the new proposal to senior American officials during his visit to... More »

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Israel • Palestine • Ehud Barak • West Bank • settlement • Arab Israeli conflict

Ayers, Rev. Wright Team Up for Middle East Peace

Obama's former liabilities joke about their roles

May 18, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the toughest thorns in Barack Obama's side during the presidential campaign joined together in Chicago yesterday for the first time, the Tribune reports. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers shared a stage at a kickoff rally for a march for Mideast peace. It was their work on... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Chicago • Palestine • Israel and Palestinians • rally • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • Jeremiah Wright • Election 2008 • Bill Ayers • Israelis • William Ayers • march

 Pope Celebrates Mass 
 in Jesus' Hometown 

40,000 join Benedict in Nazareth, Israel's largest Arab city

May 14, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated mass today with 40,000 adoring followers in Jesus' hometown of Nazareth, the AP reports, where he urged Christian and Muslim residents to overcome recent strife and "reject the destructive power of hatred and prejudice." On the fourth day of his Holy Land pilgrimage,... More »

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Israel • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Palestine • Benjamin Netanyahu • Mass • Arab Israeli conflict • Holy Land • Nazareth

 Pope Visits Holy 
 Sites of Judaism, Islam 

Benedict meets with leading Muslim cleric after visit to Dome of the Rock

May 12, 09 5:52 AM CDT
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI began the second day of his Holy Land tour at one of the most contentious sites in the Arab-Israeli conflict: the Dome of the Rock, where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven, and the adjacent Western Wall. The pontiff urged both sides to engage in... More »

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Islam • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Jerusalem • Judaism • Dome of the Rock • Arab Israeli conflict • Western Wall


 Palestinians Suffer Behind 
 Bethlehem Barrier: UN  

Residents can only access 13% of the area: report

May 7, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Palestinians have access to just 13% of the land around Bethlehem due to Israeli military zones, a barrier, and settlements, a UN report charges just days before Pope Benedict is due to visit the holy city. “Bethlehem’s potential for residential and industrial expansion and development has been reduced,... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Pope Benedict XVI • Palestine • Arab Israeli conflict • Bethlehem • report

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