Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas swears in a new cabinet in the West Bank, a move Hamas describes as a “big error”.
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New Palestinian cabinet sworn in
JERUSALEM – Israeli and Palestinian officials announced Monday that more than 1,600 Palestinian prisoners had agreed to end a nearly month-long hunger strike in exchange for concessions by Israel, including a modification to its practice of detention without charge or trial. Read full article > >
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Palestinian prisoners end hunger strike following agreement with Israel
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority said Israel was withholding authorized weapons, and he expressed worries about a widespread prison hunger strike.
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Mahmoud Abbas Says Israel Is Hindering West Bank Security
A Palestinian who has been on hunger strike for 71 days in protest at his detention by the Israeli authorities is transferred to a civilian hospital.
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Hunger striker in Israel hospital
The Israeli military closes an investigation into the killing of 21 members of an extended Palestinian family during its offensive on Gaza in 2009.
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Israel closes Gaza shelling probe
The Israel Prison Service says more than 1,300 Palestinian prisoners remain on hunger strike, more than a week after they began their protest.
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Palestinian inmate strike ongoing
Israel decides to make legal under Israeli law three settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, drawing Palestinian condemnation.
It was a year ago this month that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turned his back on the U.S.-sponsored “peace process” with Israel and embarked on a radically different strategy for achieving Palestinian statehood. It’s time for a reckoning. Read full article > >
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Jackson Diehl: Mahmoud Abbas’s unhappy anniversary
“The war is over. The victor was declared long ago … It’s time to raise the white flag, to admit publicly that the two-state solution has been foiled,” writes Gideon Levy. Yossi Beilin (one of the architects of the Oslo Accords) has called for the dismantling of the Palestinian Authority. Yossi Alpher, of the Americans for Peace Now organization, believes that the current Netanyahu government is “advancing a not-so-hidden agenda of rampant settlement expansion, including in and around East Jerusalem, that is clearly geared to preventing the emergence of a Palestinian state within viable boundaries.” So, if the hurdles of the one-state solution are to be overcome, what steps need to be taken? The stated goal of a single state would be a country where both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Christians and Muslims can live with freedom, equality and self-determination. A few of the obstacles to this are the growing Israeli settler movement, the social and political discrimination against Palestinian citizens of Israel and the Occupied Territories, the denial of a right of return to Palestinian refugees and the general distrust on both sides of the Green Line. Israel’s military might is insurmountable when compared to acts of violence and terrorism by Palestinians. And, the “magical thinking” (to quote Edward Said) of Palestinian terror groups will not make Israel withdraw from Gaza or the West Bank permanently. If anything, violence against Israelis serves to galvanize Israeli society and is met with wildly disproportional military response that only further harms Palestinians.
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Is a Single State the Solution? Part Three
Israel tightens security along its disputed borders in anticipation of a series of planned demonstrations by Palestinians and their supporters.
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Israel alert for Land Day rallies
A Palestinian woman held in detention in Israel, Hana Shalabi, is ending her 43-day hunger strike after a deal under which she will be exiled to Gaza.
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Palestinian detainee ends strike
The Muslim Brotherhood is overhauling its relations with the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, in an effort to put new pressure on Israel for an independent Palestinian state.
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Egypt’s Election Victors Seek Shift by Hamas to Press Israel
US lawmakers release $88.6m (£56m) in development aid for the Palestinians that has been frozen since for more than six months.
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US aid to Palestinians released
This article, written by Manar Ammar, appeared on Bikya Masr on March 21,2012 Fears were growing Wednesday as the condition of a Palestinian hunger striker entered what a human rights group said was a critical phase.
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Palestinian Hunger Striker Hanaa Shalaby Facing Death
The president got a joyful and sustained ovation before and after his address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a bipartisan recognition of his contribution to the safety and security of Israel. Oh, that would Israeli President Shimon Peres. Befitting his ceremonial role (and lack of policy role in Israel), Peres spoke in platitudes about the hope for peace and assured us that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wants peace, too. He also issued some tough words about Israel’s ability to defend itself. Read full article > >
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