| Israeli police fail to protect Palestinians: rights group
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AFP - An Israeli rights group on Sunday accused Jerusalem police of failing to protect Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem from hardline settlers residing in neighbourhoods heavily populated with Arabs.
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| Netanyahu seeks 'new solutions' to Palestinian conflict
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AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that creative thinking was needed to end the decades-old conflict with the Palestinians.
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| Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu
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Time.com - No one really thinks much will come out of the direct talks with the Palestinians but, when the issue is Bibi, up come visions of Gorbachev -- and Nixon in China |
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| US officials: Mideast talks to resume in Jerusalem
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AP - Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem this month. The setting is a symbolic move to show the seriousness of peace negotiations.
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| Clinton to attend Mideast peace talks in Sharm el-Sheikh
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AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend a second round of peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders later this month in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, a State Department official said Sunday.
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| Mideast crisis looms over Israeli settlements
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AP - Just days after Mideast peace talks began in Washington, the first major crisis is already looming: Israel hinted Sunday it will ease restrictions on building in West Bank settlements, while the Palestinian president warned he'll quit the talks if Israel resumes construction.
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| Mideast talks to resume in Egyptian Red Sea resort
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Reuters - The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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| CORRECTED - Palestinians will not need budget aid by 2013: PM
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Reuters - The Palestinian Authority (PA) will be able to finance its budget without the need for foreign aid by 2013 thanks to improved tax collection and cost-cutting, the prime minister said. |
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| Israel picks Gaza war commander as new military chief
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AFP - The Israeli cabinet on Sunday confirmed as armed forces chief Major General Yoav Galant, who directed Israel's 2008-2009 Gaza war, the prime minister's office said.
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| 'Second body recovered' from Israeli strikes on Gaza
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AFP - The body of a second Palestinian killed in Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza was recovered on Sunday, according to Palestinian medics and witnesses.
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| Palestinian Authority lashes out at Ahmadinejad over remarks
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AFP - The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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| Hillary Clinton's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
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Time.com - After a notable absence, the Secretary of State has been a very visible presence at the current negotiations. Will it pay off? |
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