Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 01-09-2010
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s defence minister said on Wednesday the Jewish state would be willing to hand over parts of Jerusalem in peace talks with the Palestinians to be launched by U.S. President Barack Obama.
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Israel hints Jerusalem compromise in peace talks
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 01-09-2010
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is ready to cede parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians in the framework of a peace deal, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday ahead of the start of talks in Washington.
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Barak sees Israel ceding parts of Jerusalem
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 30-08-2010
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – While the prospect of peace between Israel and the Palestinians appears remote, so too does the chance of open conflict — for now at least.
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ANALYSIS – To Palestinians, third intifada as unlikely as peace
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 29-08-2010
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An influential Israeli rabbi has said God should strike the Palestinians and their leader with a plague, calling for their death in a fiery sermon before Middle East peace talks set to begin next week.
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Abbas, Palestinians should die – Israeli rabbi
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 26-08-2010
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinians torched half a dozen vehicles in East Jerusalem on Thursday and threw stones and firebombs at Israeli police after Jewish settlers approached a mosque, local residents and police said.
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Palestinians torch cars in Jerusalem violence
Filed Under (world updates) by CarmenGay on 25-08-2010
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel and the Palestinians have virtually no chance of reaching a peace deal within the one-year target set by the United States, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday.
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Prospects bleak for peace deal – Israel’s Lieberman
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 25-08-2010
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Tuesday that peace talks between Palestinians and Israel next week could deal a fatal blow to the Palestinian cause.
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Hamas says peace talks will deal blow to Palestinians
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 21-08-2010
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – A resumption of Middle East peace talks inspires little hope among Palestinians who say the prospect of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel seems no more than a dream.
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Dejected Palestinians see no hope in peace talks
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 20-08-2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama scored a fragile diplomatic victory on Friday as Israel and the Palestinians indicated they were ready to resume direct peace talks in Washington on Sept. 2.
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Q+A – U.S. faces challenges in Israeli-Palestinian talks
Filed Under (world updates) by CarmenGay on 20-08-2010
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States and other big powers on Friday asked Israel and the Palestinians to restart direct talks on Sept. 2, aiming for a deal in one year to create a Palestinian state and bring peace to one of the world’s most intractable conflicts.
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U.S. seeks to relaunch direct Mideast peace talks
