For Independence, stop at New York
Decades of peace talks have led nowhere. Now the Palestinians plan to take their case to the United Nations, where they believe they can get majority support for an independent Palestine. The question is: Will it work?
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Come again, Mr President?
Good heavens, did President Obama just make the most radical foreign policy proposition yet in his Middle East speech last night?
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Will this be the year that Israel accedes?
Popular protests by the Palestinian people.Their feuding political parties coming together in the name of national unity. Does Israel stand a chance against this growing impetus for the creation of a Palestinian state?
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While you were watching the devastating quake in Japan
Something hideous happened in Israel. A family of five were murdered in their home and that was just the beginning.
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US: Yes we can but no you can't.
The doublespeak of the Obama administration deals a slap in the face for the Palestinians and the UN resolution condemning Israel. What a shame.
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Where will the Chilean miners go this Christmas?
Local reports say the 33 men who riveted the world with the survival-and-rescue story will be coming to Israel. But that may be just half the story. Where are they really going?
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Thinking out loud: What is all this about recognising Israel as a Jewish state?
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists the Palestinians acknowledge Israel as a “Jewish state”. The Palestinian Authority won't. Alright, let's now look at the facts on the ground.
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One is waiting for the moon, while the other, in thought and penitence
When the new lunar month begins this week, the holiday season will start for both the Jews and Arabs. But will there be the ultimate celebration, that of a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Faith says it should.
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What four dead Jews and a rabbi say about Israeli-Palestinian peace
Before the Obama-mediated talks between Israel and the Palestinians can begin in Washington, they are already crying bloody murder in the holy land.
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Did Eden Abergil upset you too?
This week, Israeli soldier Eden Abergil posted photos of herself posing next to blindfolded Palestinian detainees on her Facebook account. If you thought that was demeaning to Palestinians, well, you only got half the story.
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What if Gilad Shalit was your son, held for four years without a word in captivity?
The family of the captured soldier want the Israeli government to bring their son home. Is giving in to Hamas' demand for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners to secure Shalit's release a move Israel can afford to make?
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“Israel doesn't like what you say”
Israel banned left-wing Jewish-American academic Noam Chomsky from lecturing at a local Palestinian university. Is an Israeli clampdown on its critics really the lesson to be learnt from this?
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Do the Palestinians have a snowball's chance in hell of getting what they want?
The Palestinian Authority say there will be no talks with Israel until it freezes settlement building. The US seems to decree otherwise.
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What You Missed in Jerusalem during Christianity's Holiest Week
Stonings and a real-life resurrection of the dead. The Holy Land doesn't disappoint on Holy Week.
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What Being a Friend of Israel Means
When Israel announces it's built more settlements in the West Bank during the US Vice President's visit, the Obama administration shows just how much it is willing to let Israel get away with.
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