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  • September 2008

    • Olmert: Israel Must Leave West Bank

      Haaretz (Israel)  |  Sep 29, 08 7:55 PM CDT

      Olmert: Israel Must Leave West Bank

      (Newser) - Israel must give up nearly all the land it seized in 1967 to forge peace with the Palestinians, said outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The nation must relinquish most of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights—or compensate the Palestinians and Syrians with Israeli territory, said Olmert, who announced his resignation last week. "In the end, we will have to withdraw from the most decisive areas," he said More »

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      Israel  • Ehud Olmert  • Israel and Palestinians  • West Bank  • Palestinians  • East Jerusalem  • Golan Heights

    • Radical Settlers Fight Palestine —and Israel

      New York Times  |  Sep 26, 08 10:17 AM CDT

      Radical Settlers Fight Palestine —and Israel

      (Newser) - A pipe bomb exploded Wednesday night outside the Jerusalem home of a dovish Israeli professor—where authorities also found fliers promising a $300,000 reward to anyone who killed members of a leftist advocacy group. The attack is the latest sign that right-wing settlers are resorting to extremist tactics to show the Israeli government that they will not be removed from their settlements in the West Bank, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Israel  • Palestine  • Ehud Olmert  • Israel and Palestinians  • West Bank  • settlers

    • Livni Poised to Be Israeli PM

      New York Times  |  Sep 17, 08 3:03 AM CDT

      Livni Poised to Be Israeli PM

      (Newser) - The main party in Israel's coalition government is poised today to choose 50-year-old foreign minister Tzipi Livni as Kadima party leader and new prime minister. She'll have a matter of weeks to construct a new coalition government or risk an election defeat by the right-wing Likud party, reports the New York Times .     More »

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      Israel  • Ehud Olmert  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Israel and Palestinians  • prime minister  • Tzipi Livni  • coalition government  • Likud Party  • Kadima Party  • Shaul Mofaz

    • Gaza Camps Offer Arts and Crafts, Not AK-47s

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Sep 4, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      Gaza Camps Offer Arts and Crafts, Not AK-47s

      (Newser) - The UN’s Relief and Works Agency is combating extremism in the Gaza Strip with some unconventional weapons: hula hoops, finger-painting, and sports, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The agency runs summer programs in 350 locations for Gaza’s youth in an attempt to counteract Hamas’ militant equivalent, where young Palestinians learn martial arts, train with fake weapons, and are taught religious intolerance. More »

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      Hamas  • Palestine  • Gaza  • Israel and Palestinians  • Gaza Strip  • Islamic extremists  • Islamic extremism  • terrorists  • United Nations Relief and Works Agency

  • August 2008

    • Olmert Proposes New West Bank, Gaza Borders

      Haaretz  |  Aug 12, 08 11:26 AM CDT

      Olmert Proposes New West Bank, Gaza Borders

      (Newser) - Ehud Olmert has presented Mahmoud Abbas with a plan to withdraw from most of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip once the Palestinian Authority retakes Gaza from Hamas. The centerpiece of the proposal is a new permanent border that would keep 7% of the West Bank in Israel in exchange for adding some territory to Gaza. Abbas immediately rejected the proposal because it doesn't create a contiguous Palestinian state, though it offers passage without checkpoints between the West Bank and Gaza. More »

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      Hamas  • Palestine  • Ehud Olmert  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza  • Israel and Palestinians  • West Bank  • Fatah  • border dispute  • Palestinian statehood

    • Palestinians Forced to Spy for Medical Care

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 4, 08 9:09 AM CDT

      Palestinians Forced to Spy for Medical Care

      (Newser) - Israeli authorities are coercing sick Palestinians into spying on their communities in Gaza, according to a report by an Israeli human rights group. Israel's secret police are telling Gazans seeking entry into the country for vital medical care that they must become informants or they won't be allowed in, reports the Guardian. Thirty ailing Palestinians submitted testimony detailing their interrogations. More »

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      Israel  • Palestine  • Gaza  • Israel and Palestinians  • spying  • medical treatment  • collaboration

    • Olmert Move Clouds Future of Peace Deal

      New York Times  |  Aug 1, 08 7:50 AM CDT

      Olmert Move Clouds Future of Peace Deal

      (Newser) - State Department officials are putting on a brave face in the wake of Ehud Olmert's resignation announcement, saying that the departure of Israel's PM will not forestall a peace agreement. But as the New York Times reports, most Middle East observers believe that Olmert's move signals the end of the Bush efforts to broker a deal. One analyst said simply, "It's over." More »

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      Israel  • Condoleezza Rice  • Ehud Olmert  • Israel and Palestinians  • Mideast peace talks  • peace deal

  • July 2008

    • Who Will Replace Olmert?

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 30, 08 3:41 PM CDT

      Who Will Replace Olmert?

      (Newser) - Who will succeed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert when he resigns in 2 months? Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, known as "Mrs. Clean," is a top candidate and would likely engage Palestine in peace talks, Ian Black writes in the Guardian . Challenging her will be hawkish Shaul Mofaz, a former defense minister who recently caused a stir by calling an attack on Iran "inevitable." More »

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      Israel  • Ehud Olmert  • Israel and Palestinians  • Tzipi Livni  • Kadima  • Shaul Mofaz

    • In Blow to Bush, Olmert Rules Out Deal in 2008

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jul 28, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      In Blow to Bush, Olmert Rules Out Deal in 2008

      (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 blow to President Bush's hopes for the situation to be resolved before he leaves office, reports the Financial Times . More »

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

    • 2nd Bulldozer Goes on Rampage in Jerusalem

      Haaretz  |  Jul 22, 08 7:52 AM CDT

      2nd Bulldozer Goes on Rampage in Jerusalem

      (Newser) - A Palestinian bulldozer driver wreaked havoc in downtown Jerusalem today, injuring at least 16 people, one critically, before being gunned down, Haaretz reports. It was a copycat attack, coming just weeks after a similar bulldozer rampage killed three in the Holy City. Police said a civilian saw the bulldozer leave its construction site, and started shooting when it began overturning cars. Police soon joined the fray and gunned the driver down. More »

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      Israel  • Israel and Palestinians  • Arab Israeli conflict  • Jerusalem  • terror attacks  • bulldozer

    • Dear Obama: Oppose Iran and We'll Love You

      New Republic  |  Jul 21, 08 8:58 PM CDT

      Dear Obama: Oppose Iran and We'll Love You

      (Newser) - On the eve of Barack Obama’s visit to Israel, Yossi Klein Halevi writes to him in the New Republic about Israel's fears. Like many nations, Israel is well-inclined towards Obama: It has no fear of his Muslim middle name and recently hailed his description of Israeli security as "sacrosanct." Yet Israelis worry that as president, Obama would fail to deter Iran’s nuclear ambitions. More »