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<title>Israeli committee approves West Bank settlement</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180159601</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 02:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  July 24, 2008 6:33 p.m. PT Angry Palestinians say plans could derail peace effort JERUSALEM  ...  why Israel was moving ahead with the politically charged plan, the official said it has  ...  of the plan to build Maskiot, Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said, &quot;Israel will stand  ...
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<title>Mixed feelings about Obama in Mideast</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180158448</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 01:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) -- Both Israelis and Palestinians came away from Barack Obama&apos;s visit to  ...  at heart. Israelis fear that an Obama administration would be too soft on Iran and  ...  impress the voters back home,&quot; said Israeli political analyst Yossi Alpher. &quot;Israelis find him interesting,  ...
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<title>Friday, August 1</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180157527</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 01:49 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Republic of Switzerland. It is the oldest government still in existence. 1560 - Scotland&apos;s Parliament abolishes papal jurisdiction and approves a Calvinistic  ...  charges in The Hague, Netherlands. 1999 - Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat meets with  ...
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<title>West Bank settlement &apos;to get go-ahead&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180157072</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 01:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  valley to be called Maskiot. The defence minister, Ehud Barak, has not yet given his  ...  territory are illegal under international law and Palestinian officials were quick to criticise the proposal.  ...  Now, said the growing pressure on the government from the settler movement often appeared to  ...
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<title>US Children&apos;s Hospital and Settlers on A Collision Course</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180156100</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 01:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  up a $16.5 million children&apos;s hospital in Palestine is on a collision course with radical  ...  area meaning that the Israeli army has administrative and security rule over it. The municipality  ...  are doing that to enable the Israeli government to approve the necessary permits to the  ...
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<title>Palestinian anger at claims new West Bank settlement &apos;to get go-ahead&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180153526</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 00:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  valley to be called Maskiot. The defence minister, Ehud Barak, has not yet given his  ...  territory are illegal under international law and Palestinian officials were quick to criticise the proposal.  ...  Now, said the growing pressure on the government from the settler movement often appeared to  ...
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<title>McCain takes swipe at Obama for Berlin speech</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180153104</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 00:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  give a speech in Germany ... a political speech or a speech that maybe the  ...  French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. &quot;I know them well. It&apos;s  ...  with the leaders in Israel and the Palestinians,&quot; he said. &quot;I&apos;m very happy that a  ...
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<title>American voters greet Obama trip to Europe and Middle East with praise, skepticism</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180152926</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 00:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Iran or elsewhere.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Calculated political ploy. Timely foreign outreach. A dash of  ...  going overseas and talking with the Israeli government and the people who mean the most  ...  friendship with Rashid Khalidi, an advocate of Palestinian rights and the director of the Middle  ...
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<title>&apos;Business is not as usual&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180152180</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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...  he almost became prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Yasser Arafat&apos;s days, led  ...  your part. &quot;We want to solve the political problems first. Then the economic side will  ...  that will enable you to take over government there.&apos; How you could just leave? You  ...
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<title>Israel Moves Toward Building More Settler Homes</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180151174</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 00:38 GMT</pubDate>
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...  were subject to final approval by Defense Minister Previous plans to build at the settlement,  ...  of the world considers Israel&apos;s settlements in Palestinian territory a violation of international law. Israel  ...  of the Maskiot homes. Settler leaders and government officials say four illegal outposts have already  ...
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<title>Obama talks with German leader</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180150128</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 00:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  met with leaders of Israel and the Palestinians. A column of black BMW and Mercedes-Benz  ...  Reichstag in the heart of Berlins new government quarter. It dwarfs the White House and  ...  time. Later Thursday, Obama met with Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at his office in the  ...
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<title>Israel relaunches plan for West Bank settlement in snub to US</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180149551</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  plan, initially approved by the then Defence Minister, Amir Peretz, in 2006, ended up being  ...  on the revival of the plan as Palestinian and Israeli negotiators struggle to fulfil George  ...  and killing and destroying the peace process.&quot; Government sources suggested the Defence Minister, Ehud Barak,  ...
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<title>A quandary for any new US president</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180149550</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The news helps to illustrate why the Palestinian public remains deeply sceptical about the Israeli  ...  is neither of these. Even if the government can argue it is not a new  ...  widespread view in Israel that the Defence Minister Ehud Barak is holding out Maskiot as  ...
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<title>Barack Obama&apos;s Remarks in Berlin</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180149191</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank  ...  bled for democracy, and the Israelis and Palestinians who seek a secure and lasting peace.  ...  as we pass responsibility to the Iraqi government and finally bring this war to a  ...
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<title>Voters react to Obama overseas. Ploy or needed? Opinions vary</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180148919</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  overseas. Ploy or needed? Opinions vary Calculated political ploy. Timely foreign outreach. A dash of  ...  going overseas and talking with the Israeli government and the people who mean the most  ...  with Rashid Khalidi , an advocate of Palestinian rights and the director of the Middle  ...
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