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Mar 20, 2008 11:37 AM CDT

Mideast Strife Spills Onto Facebook

Israeli, Palestinian networkers squabble over country names

(Newser) - Facebook has now had to take on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the Guardian reports, on account of its standard IDing of members by country. Jewish settlers in the West Bank were fuming when the site told them they lived in Palestine; Palestinians in East Jerusalem in turn protested that their turf...

Peace Talks Snag
on Jerusalem

Feb 19, 2008 6:14 AM CST

Peace Talks Snag on Jerusalem

Palestinians want to discuss issue Israelis say isn't on the table

(Newser) - Peace talks between Israel and Palestinians were set to resume today as leaders were already entangled in a first major clash: over whether or not they agreed that Jerusalem would be part of the discussion. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has claimed the Palestinians agreed to put off discussing Jerusalem....

E. Jerusalem Settlements Rile Palestinians

Feb 12, 2008 12:20 PM CST

E. Jerusalem Settlements Rile Palestinians

New Israeli housing in future capital creates controversy

(Newser) - The contentious issue of post-Annapolis Israeli settlement has flared up again after the government began construction of hundreds of new homes in East Jerusalem, the putative capital of an independent Palestine. Although PM Ehud Olmert has frozen construction of new homes in the West Bank, the housing minister said today...

Olmert: Divided Jerusalem
Is Inevitable

Jan 2, 2008 6:22 AM CST

Olmert: Divided Jerusalem Is Inevitable

Says new Palestinian state is his first priority

(Newser) - Israelis must accept that Jerusalem will probably be divided if and when a Palestinian state is established, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert said in a New Year's interview, charging that his political rivals have not "internalized" that reality, and their reluctance threatens the future of Israel. "The world that...

Israel Plans
to Expand Settlements

Dec 23, 2007 9:28 PM CST

Israel Plans to Expand Settlements

West Bank building plans do not help peace talks with Palestinians

(Newser) - The road to Arab-Israeli peace could take yet another detour, the New York Times says, after Israel announced plans today to seek funding for the expansion of two Jewish settlements in areas Palestinians hope to claim for a future state. The two sides are expected to meet tomorrow, but Palestine’...