Topic: Yesh Din
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Kerry makes headway with Middle East peace, but violence flares
Secretary of State John Kerry got an important boost yesterday when the Arab League agreed to soften the terms of their Middle East peace proposal.
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Interview: Michael Sfard, the Israeli lawyer battling illegal settlements
Michael Sfard has won two key rulings in Israel's supreme court that are applying some pressure against Israeli expansion in the West Bank.
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Israeli settlement building surges as US pushes for a new freeze
Israeli settlement monitors estimate that construction has begun on 500 new units – nearly one-quarter of the number for all of 2008 – as settlers try to make up for lost time.
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Did militant Israeli settlers burn mosque near Bethlehem?
Many Israelis suspect militant Israeli settlers, seeking to incite religious violence and undermine peace negotiations, attacked a Palestinian mosque near Bethlehem.
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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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In two Israeli settlements, a booming demand for more space
With women having an average of eight children each, the ultra-Orthodox communities of Beiter Illit and Modiin Illit are case studies in why the settlement issue is not getting any easier.
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Gaza offensive: Israel confronts soldiers' testimony of excessive force
Israel's military prosecutor has launched a criminal investigation into the alleged deliberate killing of women, children, and elderly noncombatants.
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