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US tax-exempt donations fund Israeli settlements
Electronic Intifada Palestine - 0 sec ago
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Anger has arisen in Palestinian areas over reports that millions of tax-exempt dollars from the US are being funneled towards Israel's illegal settlement building in the occupied Palestinian West Bank -- in flagrant violation of international law.a
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Book review: history lesson on the left's Palestine blind spot
Electronic Intifada Palestine - 0 sec ago
If I am Not For Myself provides fascinating critical insight into Zionism, and amounts to a crucial warning from history on Palestine for the liberal left of today. Asa Winstanley reviews for The Electronic Intifada.
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Beirut talks seek to defuse tension
Al Jazeera English - 1 hour 27 min ago
Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah in talks aimed at defusing tensions over al-Hariri probe.
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Leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia in Lebanon to Discuss Tribunal
New York Times - 1 hour 32 min ago
The visit, five years after the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, showed that Syria’s influence over Lebanon was rising again.
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Hamas slams Arab backing for Israel talks (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 2 hours 16 min ago
AFP - Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal slammed Arab leaders for endorsing the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, in comments published by Al-Jazeera on Friday.
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Syrian-Saudi leaders bid to defuse Lebanon tensions (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 2 hours 24 min ago
AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was in Lebanon Friday for the first time since the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, in a joint mission with Saudi King Abdullah to defuse a tense political situation.
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Palestinians, settlers clash in northern West Bank (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 2 hours 29 min ago
AFP - Palestinians and Israeli settlers clashed in the northern West Bank on Friday, throwing stones at each other and damaging property, witnesses and the army said.
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U.N. rights body tells Israel to end Gaza blockade (Reuters)
Yahoo/Mideast - 2 hours 44 min ago
Reuters - Israel must lift its military blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a United Nations rights body said on Friday.
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Israel skeptical on Iran sanctions (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 3 hours 50 min ago
AFP - Israel is skeptical that a new round of sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program will be effective, but there is "still time" for them to work, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday.
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Syrian and Saudi leaders to tackle tension in Lebanon (Reuters)
Yahoo/Mideast - 3 hours 52 min ago
Reuters - Saudi King Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Lebanon on Friday in a dramatic attempt to avert a crisis over possible indictments of Hezbollah members in the assassination of Lebanese statesman Rafik al-Hariri.
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Gaza rocket hits Israel, UN criticises 'terrorist' attack (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 3 hours 53 min ago
AFP - A rocket fired by Gaza militants on Friday slammed into the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, causing no casualties but some damage, and prompting sharp criticism from the United Nations.
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Gaza rocket ends quiet year for Ashkelon (Reuters)
Yahoo/Mideast - 3 hours 58 min ago
Reuters - Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket into Ashkelon on Israel's Mediterranean coast on Friday, blowing out the windows of an apartment block and damaging parked cars in a residential area of the city.
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Did Iran attack Japanese oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz?
Christian Science Monitor (Terrorism/Security) - 4 hours 5 min ago
Some are pointing fingers at Iran, which has threatened to close off the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for sanctions, for denting a Japanese oil tanker this week. Some 40 percent of the world's oil shipments pass through the strait.
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Palestinians Hold to Preconditions for Talks with Israel (Time.com)
Yahoo/Mideast - 5 hours 6 min ago
Time.com - U.S. efforts to cajole Mahmoud Abbas into talks with the Israelis have yet to yield results. But the Obama Administration could soon find itself on the spot if such talks go ahead
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Rocket from Gaza hits Israeli city, no injuries (AP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 8 hours 7 min ago
AP - Gaza militants fired a rocket into the Israeli city of Ashkelon early Friday, the military said, a rare strike in a period of relative quiet.
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World Briefing | MIDDLE EAST: Arab League Supports Abbas on Talks
New York Times - 9 hours 31 min ago
Arab nations on Thursday backed the Palestinian president’s refusal to immediately restart direct talks with Israel despite heavy pressure from the United States.
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World Briefing | MIDDLE EAST: Yemen: President Makes Offer to Rebels
New York Times - 9 hours 31 min ago
President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to bring leaders of an armed rebel faction into Yemen’s political process.
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TOEFL to Resume in Iran Amid Sanctions
New York Times - 9 hours 40 min ago
The Educational Testing Service had halted registrations two weeks ago after its bank refused to continue processing payments from Iran in light of recent sanctions.
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Many Questions About Damaged Japanese Tanker
New York Times - 9 hours 40 min ago
Officials said that they were examining the hull of an oil tanker that was damaged as it traversed a waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Iraqi Insurgents Plant Their Flag in Baghdad
New York Times - 9 hours 40 min ago
The group, which has claimed a series of attacks, raised its flag after attacks on police Thursday.
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