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EU mulling how to dissuade Israel from settlement expansion

Source: Jerusalem Post, Dec 10 2012, 7:39am CST

LONDON - The European Union will look at ways on Monday to press Israel to ditch a plan to build settlements in a highly sensitive area of the West Bank, but hold off on tough action soon despite international outrage over the decision. Some offi ...

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Threats

Source: Jerusalem Post  |   May 23 2013, 12:31am CDT

Israelis have no monopoly of feeling threatened. Residents of Greece, Spain, and a few other developed countries--including some from the USA--have trouble paying their bills, or looking forward to work and a vacation. Israel's economy is ...

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3 hours ago

UNSC urged to end 'provocations' by Israel

Source: China Daily  |   May 22 2013, 9:53pm CDT

UNITED NATIONS - Palestine has asked the UN Security Council to press Israel to end its "provocations", including restricting access to holy sites in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian envoy told reporters on Wednesday. "We have s ...

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23 weeks ago


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"The Israelis will not budge unless they really believe there's intent. They've heard it all before. It's the Europeans jumping up and down. So what?"


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J Street: Demand Israel’s Peace Process Goal be Palestinian State

Source: The Jewish Press   |   May 22 2013, 9:46pm CDT

The basis of any such effort, of course, has to be a two-state solution — an independent Palestine existing in peace and security alongside Israel. But is this the policy of the government of Israel? For there to be any hope of progress, the Israel ...

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Kerry May Make Bid to Restart Mideast Peace Talks

Source: The New York Times  |   May 22 2013, 9:38pm CDT

JERUSALEM — While Palestinian officials say they expect Secretary of State John Kerry to present a proposal for restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks by early June, they add that there appear to be few tangible signs of progress. Still, w ...

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5 hours ago

Little for Kerry to gain from Mideast visit

Source: Lebanon Daily Star  |   May 22 2013, 8:22pm CDT

Kerry listens to Netanyahu during the annual ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in Jerusalem, April 8. BEIRUT: Efforts to kick-start Israeli-Palestinian negotiations without backdoor discussions with Hamas are unlikely to yiel ...

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Palestinians say they think U.S.-led peace talks are doomed effort

Source: Denver Post  |   May 22 2013, 7:48pm CDT

RAMALLAH, west bank — Palestinians think the U.S. effort to restart peace talks is doomed, and they're preparing instead to resume their campaign of seeking membership in key international organizations as soon as ...

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6 hours ago

Germany rolls out red carpet

Source: China Daily  |   May 22 2013, 7:08pm CDT

Berlin is "making special arrangements" to welcome Premier Li Keqiang during his upcoming visit to show the European power's determination to deepen strategic relations with the world's second-biggest economy, Sh ...

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Europe moves closer to ending banking secrecy

Source: The Star Malaysia  |   May 22 2013, 6:32pm CDT

BRUSSELS: Europe moved closer to ending banking secrecy yesterday after Austria dropped objections to sharing data on foreign depositors and the European Union (EU) focused on negotiating a similar agreement with Switzerl ...

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7 hours ago

Israeli embassy slams Germany party over labeling

Source: Jerusalem Post  |   May 22 2013, 5:50pm CDT

BERLIN – The Israeli embassy slammed the German Green Party on Wednesday for its Bundestag efforts to label products from the West Bank, calling those efforts “another try to negatively single out Israel while promoting an economic boycott ...

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