Topic: Judea and Samaria
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Israel's unity government: How big was the shift to the center?
A new coalition government in Israel was expected to give Prime Minister Netanyahu more flexibility on Palestinian peace talks. But moves on Jewish settlements suggest otherwise.
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Religious trash talk goes mainstream in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Religious fundamentalists are gaining greater influence on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, complicating peace efforts.
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Israeli lawmakers move to annex West Bank, one museum at a time
Israel's parliament appears likely to pass a law funding Israeli museums in the West Bank – the latest settler effort to promote a creeping annexation of the disputed territory.
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The latest Quartet proposal to pressure Abbas? Going nowhere.
The Palestinian Authority move for recognition at the UN is designed to shake up the status quo. Proposals that change nothing just won't cut it.
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Netanyahu's real message to Congress: There will be no peace talks
OK, those words didn't come out of his mouth. But that's the practical meaning of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress this morning.
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Netanyahu's make-or-break speech to Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, long criticized for being passive and reactionary, is under pressure to exhibit the Zionist legacy of risk-taking and initiative in his address to Congress today.
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Obama's speech a 'historic shift' on Israel and Palestine? No.
The White House has tried to frame it that way. But there wasn't much there there.
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A holy city's peaceful purpose
Centuries of religious tension in Jerusalem must yield to an inspired vision.
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Israeli-Palestinian clashes over olive groves feed distrust
With Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in limbo, a feud is escalating between Jewish settlers and Palestinian villagers over olive trees – and the land in which they're rooted.
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Global News Blog
Israeli settlers respond to mosque burning allegations
Extremist Israeli settlers have been blamed for burning a mosque near Bethlehem, but many settlers say the finger-pointing is premature and political.
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New iPhone app tracks Israeli settlement expansion
As Israeli settlement building resumes after a 10-month freeze, the antisettlement group Peace Now has unveiled an iPhone app featuring daily updates.
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Why the Israeli 'consensus' on settlements is not so simple
Israelis often refer to a 'consensus' that several major settlement blocs should be incorporated into Israel as part of a two-state solution. But some Israelis can't even find them on a map.
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Israeli-Palestinian peace talks look less likely as settlers fret over freeze
As the US steps up pressure for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is insisting on a extension of an Israeli settlement freeze set to expire next month. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that isn't likely, citing public opposition.
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Why Rahm Emanuel is a lightning rod in Israel
In Israel, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to meet with President Obama next week. While the move is seen as a bid to smooth relations, Emanuel is a controversial figure in Israel.
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Israel's controversial expansion of Ariel University in West Bank
Upgrading Israel's Ariel University Center to a university will bolster plans to expand the campus in the Jewish settlement. The far-right Yisrael Beitenu party hailed the move.
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Israel is ready for peace. Are its neighbors?
The settlement freeze shows Israel is serious. But peace won’t become reality without an immediate and serious return to the negotiating table.
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In Israeli settlements, residents and builders push back on 10-month freeze
Israel has begun to enforce a 10-month freeze on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, sending officials out to construction sites to issue stop-work orders.
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Israeli settlements: Where, when, and why they're built
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US envoy George Mitchell failed to agree on a settlement freeze Tuesday, saying they would meet again Wednesday.
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Global News Blog
Netanyahu defiant on Israeli settlements ahead of Mitchell meeting
The funeral of Assaf Ramon, a young fighter pilot and son of Israel’s first astronaut, has delayed Netanyahu’s talk with Mitchell until Tuesday.
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Israel's 455 new settler homes appease Netanyahu allies
Though the approval of new building in West Bank settlements angered many, it appears to have preserved the prime minister's coalition.
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Mr. Obama, Hebron is an eternal home for Jews
Eighty years after a massacre of Jews here and despite ongoing Arab threats, we yearn for peace. But will Obama's pressure on settlements force us to leave?
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Can Mitchell, now in Israel, calm settlement dispute?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration is pushing back against increased US pressure to halt the growth of Jewish communities in the West Bank.
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