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Gary Rosenblatt has thoughts: I have no doubt that if the Maccabees, heroes of the Chanukah story, were around today, they would be leading the West Bank settlers' current protests, decrying the Jerusalem government for abandoning its Zionist and... Full Article at The Atlantic
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TOM Gross (The Australian, December 8) may have visited a West Bank, but I am not sure if it was the same place, west of the river Jordan, that I visited five weeks ago. The picture he is painting is completely different to what I saw. Of course, Gross' Full Article at The Australian
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Palestinians enjoy themselves in an amusement park in the West Bank city of Jenin, during the third day of Eid al-Fitr, Monday, Sept. 22, 2009. View Photo »
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I strongly support the Palestinian Authority’s plan to complete the building of the state apparatus for Palestine in two years, and pledge the UN’s full assistance
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel on November 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Full Article at WETM 18 - NY
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Abu Aita is suing CBS and Letterman's company Worldwide Pants over an interview before the film's release where the Late Show host and Baron Cohen discussed Bruno's encounter with a "terrorist." Full Article at Belleville News-Democrat
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JERUSALEM—Israel's prime minister has proposed offering additional funds and new social benefits to tens of thousands of Jewish settlers in the West Bank. Full Article at Boston Globe
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Palestinian labourers work at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit September 22, 2009. View Photo »
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Israel's military industry has used Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as guinea pigs to test ammunition and combat methods.
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The EU's policy statement on a future Palestinian state now needs to be acted on, writes Khaled Amayreh from occupied Jerusalem A watered-down, though still strongly worded policy statement issued by EU foreign ministers this week has drawn ambivalent... Full Article at Al-Ahram Weekly
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While there is an ideological shift in Israeli society towards the right, it is not the only reason why Jewish settlements are quickly being inhabited. Full Article at Al-Ahram Weekly
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Palestinians enjoy themselves in an amusement park in the West Bank city of Jenin, during the third day of Eid al-Fitr, Monday, Sept. 22, 2009. Muslims are celebrating the three day Eid-Al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.
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Palestinian labourers work at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit September 22, 2009.
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A view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit is seen near Jerusalem September 22, 2009.
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Palestinian labourers work at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit, near Jerusalem, September 22, 2009.
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Palestinian children play in an amusement park in the West Bank town of Jenin, during the second day of Eid al-Fitr, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2009. Muslims are celebrating the three day Eid-Al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.
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Palestinian boys play in an alley in the West Bank refugee camp of Al-Amari in Ramallah, on the second day of the festival of Eid-Al-Fitr, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Muslims are celebrating the three day Eid-Al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.
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Mayors of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank attend a protest in front of the Israeli Prime Minister�s office in Jerusalem, on September 21, 2009 against any move by the Israeli government to yield to US pressure and freeze construction of new houses in the West Bank settlemen...
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Mayors of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank attend a protest in front of the Israeli Prime Minister�s office in Jerusalem, on September 21, 2009 against any move by the Israeli government to yield to US pressure and freeze construction of new houses in the West Bank settlemen...
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A view of houses is seen in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim near Jerusalem September 21, 2009.
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Prefabricated houses are seen in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kokhav Hashahar, east of Ramallah, September 21, 2009.
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A view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kokhav Hashahar, east of Ramallah, September 21, 2009.
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Prefabricated houses are seen in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kokhav Hashahar, east of Ramallah, September 21, 2009.
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Israelis ride bicycles in the Judean Desert near the West Bank city of Jericho September 20, 2009.
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Palestinian women wait to cross a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem September 18, 2009, as they try to reach the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on the fourth and last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Palestinians queue at a checkpoint in the West Bank town of Qalandia to cross into Jerusalem on September 16, 2009.
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Jewish settlers are seen near a structure at the West Bank outpost of Maale Migron, near Ramallah, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
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Jewish settlers build a structure at the West Bank outpost of Maale Migron, near Ramallah, Tuesday, Sept. 15. 2009.
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Palestinian labourers work at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim near Jerusalem September 15, 2009.
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Palestinian shepherd Nader Allam, 34, from West Bank village of Ainabous, is treated at a hospital in Nablus on September 15, 2009. The Palestinian shepherd was wounded by settler gunfire in the north of the occupied West Bank in an incident that also l0 sheep dead, witnesses said.
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Palestinian women crowd the Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah September 11, 2009. Thousands of Palestinians lined up as they tried to reach the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Palestinian women crowd the Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah September 11, 2009. Thousands of Palestinians lined up as they tried to reach the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Palestinian illegal migrant workers from the West Bank sit in a van after being found by Israeli border policemen inside an apartment in the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod early on September 10, 2009.
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Palestinian illegal migrant workers from the West Bank stand in line in front of a group of Israeli border policemen after being found at a construction site in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon early on September 10, 2009.
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I strongly support the Palestinian Authority’s plan to complete the building of the state apparatus for Palestine in two years, and pledge the UN’s full assistance
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Israel's military industry has used Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as guinea pigs to test ammunition and combat methods.
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Thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters have staged a rally in Jerusalem in protest at a curb on settlement building in the West Bank.Demonstrators gathered outside the residence of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, days after he ordered a 10-month lull in permits for new settlement homes.The order follo...
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The West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem – I don’t see what there is to negotiate
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It is extremely curious that the cancellation came within a few hours of the announcement of the EU Council statement re-affirming Europe’s strong position in favor of an independent Palestinian state based on 1967 borders and an end to settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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And yet to much of the world, the Katzes (a family of West Bank Israeli settlers) are participating in illegal land grabs forbidden by the Geneva conventions, which do not allow an occupying power (like Israel ) from settling its own civilians on militarily controlled land.
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The goal is an independent, democratic, contiguous and viable state of Palestine, comprising the West Bank and Gaza and with East Jerusalem as its capital
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If Hamas persists in its refusal to allow the (presidential and parliamentary) elections to take place in Gaza, I will not agree to the vote in the West Bank
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State of Palestine, comprising the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza.
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I don't really understand why Israel does not accept that Palestine consists of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem ... The Israelis have a right to live in Israel, the Palestinians have a right to live in Palestine.
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Europe calls for an independent, democratic, contiguous and viable state of Palestine, comprising the West Bank and Gaza and with east Jerusalem as its capital. If there is to be a genuine peace, a way must be found to resolve the status of Jerusalem as the capital of two states.
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I don’t understand how Israel fails to recognise that Palestine is composed of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem
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In the West Bank we have a good reality
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hosting of an Israeli delegation at a time when Israel is coming under huge pressure from the rest of the international community to investigate war crime charges regarding its conduct in Gaza and to freeze settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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Various US administrations claim that they object to settlements in the West Bank, or refuse to recognise the annexation of East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights by Israel
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nothing new in Netanyahu's plan because settlements will continue in the West Bank and Jerusalem, since they were excluded from the proposal
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No doubt, US support for this idea is especially important because it legitimises continued construction in Jerusalem ... From now on, no one can ask us to halt settlements in Jerusalem; and everyone knows that the freeze in the West Bank is only temporary.
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The main goal of the visit is the discussions on the political situation in the region, where the peace process has come to a standstill due to Israel's obstinacy regarding the issue of settlement [construction] in the West Bank and in Jerusalem
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Amman has stressed that the steps undertaken by Israel are illegal and constitute violation of international law by expanding its hold, as an occupying force, on the West Bank and east Jerusalem
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Israel is, by practical means, actively pursuing its illegal annexation of east Jerusalem by weakening the Palestinian community in the city, impeding Palestinian urban developments and ultimately separating east Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank.
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Israel's measures are illegal and violate international laws because Israel is the occupying force in the West Bank and east Jerusalem
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If there is any agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, and if they are interested and willing [to go] in that direction, the EU has said repeatedly we are willing to provide security guarantees in the West Bank - that would help both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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We have a serious problem with only a temporary halt in settlement building in the West Bank while construction continues in East Jerusalem
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Four weeks ago New Zealand NGOs asked the Guardians of the Superfund to divest from all corporations involved in supporting the Israeli occupation of the West Bank or in providing the military equipment Israel uses to carry out war crimes and crimes against humanity
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If Israel withdraws from the West Bank, it will open itself to attacks from there, and any retaliation will lead to massive international condemnation.
SOURCE: Comment Is Free
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