Palestine
# palestine - Thursday 9 May, 2013
Israel approves 296 West Bank settler homes
The announcement comes just two days after Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a freeze on tenders for new settler homes in a bid to give a chance to US-led efforts to revive peace talks.
# palestine - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Israel PM freezes tenders for new West Bank settler homes
Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a freeze on publishing tenders for new West Bank settler homes to avoid hampering US efforts to renew peace talks, according to Israeli army radio reports.
# palestine - Friday 3 May, 2013
Google Palestine now exists
The search engine replaced its Palestine Territories products and named them Google Palestine.
# palestine - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Column: The EU must do more to help resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict
The EU has considerable leverage in the region, yet is taking a back-seat to the US – which dithers as relations in the region break-down. It’s time for a change, writes Emer Costello MEP.
# palestine - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know as you work your way into Wednesday.
# palestine - Sunday 17 March, 2013
Alan Shatter tells Israel: Ireland is still your friend
The Minister for Justice also told an Israeli newspaper that he had been the target of some anti-Semitism during his time in politics but that it had been “extremely rare”.
# palestine - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Done deal: Netanyahu confirms that he has formed a new Israeli government
The agreement will see Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party form a government with the centrist HaTnuah, Yesh Atid and the far right Jewish Home.
# palestine - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Polls open in Israeli elections as Netanyahu expected to retain power
A government of hardline, right wing and religious parties is expected to come together after elections to the 120-seat Knesset today with polls opening this morning.
# palestine - Sunday 13 January, 2013
Photos: Israel evicts Palestinians from West Bank protest site
Dozens of protesters were evicted from the first-of-its-kind protest camp in an area slated for Jewish settlement.
# palestine - Friday 4 January, 2013
PHOTOS: Hamas allows huge Fatah rally in Gaza – the first since 2007
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Fatah attended the mass rally – the first since Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007.
# palestine - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
Financially-strapped Palestine asks Arab nations to stump up cash
Israel has withheld the usual instalments of tax revenue since Palestine successfully won observer status at the UN.
# palestine - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
2012: a year in striking images
The year’s biggest news stories…in pics.
# palestine - Tuesday 25 December, 2012
Thousands celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem
Meanwhile the Pope led Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican.
# palestine - Friday 21 December, 2012
Former presidential candidate John Kerry to be new US Secretary of State
The veteran Democratic senator will succeed Hillary Clinton in the new year provided he is confirmed by his colleagues in the senate.
# palestine - Thursday 20 December, 2012
Israel okays initial stages of new West Bank city
Plans to build 523 homes gets go ahead.
# palestine - Saturday 8 December, 2012
Pics: In fiery speech, Hamas chief says he will cede no land to Israel
Tens of thousands of people attended a rally in the Gaza Strip to mark the 25th anniversary of Hamas and the return from exile of its political leader, Khaled Meshaal.
# palestine - Thursday 6 December, 2012
Column: ‘The US is no longer the key power broker in the Gaza conflict’
While the outbreak of violence in the Middle East is nothing new, Hillary Clinton’s willingness to engage with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood leadership certainly is, writes Dr Vincent Durac.
# palestine - Monday 3 December, 2012
The 9 at 9: Monday
Good morning! Here’s the nine things you need to know as you kick off your week.
UN ‘concerned and disappointed’ over Israel’s settlement plans
Any construction would be an “almost-fatal” blow to the two-state solution, according to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
# palestine - Saturday 1 December, 2012
Column: How social media became a very real battleground
The conflict in Gaza is the latest to show the power of social networking – but online platforms need to examine the role they play, writes Jillian York.
# palestine - Friday 30 November, 2012
Israel announces plan for 3,000 new settler homes after UN vote
Construction is expected to be in the highly contentious area of the West Bank known as E1, a corridor that runs between the easternmost edge of annexed east Jerusalem and the Maaleh Adumim settlement.
UN vote on Palestine should see ‘substantive peace negotiations’ – Tánaiste
The general assembly last night voted overwhelmingly to give Palestine non-member observer state status.
# palestine - Thursday 29 November, 2012
Palestinians win UN state recognition
The US has responded by saying the vote sets ‘obstacles’ to peace, while Canada’s UN ambassador said it “undermines the core” of attempts to broker a peace deal.
Palestinians certain to win UN recognition as a state
Israel and the United States have warned UN recognition could delay hopes of achieving an independent Palestinian homeland through peace talks.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Here’s the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
Ireland likely to vote for increased Palestinian role at UN
The General Assembly will today vote on giving Palestine ‘non-member observer state’ – equivalent to the Holy See.
# palestine - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
Britain still undecided on UN Palestinian vote: ambassador
The nations’ UN ambassador says Britain believes the Palestinians should delay their application over fears the move could backfire.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
Experts exhume remains of Yasser Arafat
The search for forensic clues into the death of the Palestinian leader continues.
# palestine - Monday 26 November, 2012
Arafat exhumation hopes to quell poison quandary
“If there was a crime, it must be solved” – Suha Arafat
# palestine - Sunday 25 November, 2012
The Evening Fix… with added street scuffles and Christmas jumpers
Here’s all the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Turkey admits contact with Israel over Gaza conflict
Turkey had previously decided to freeze diplomatic relations with Israel.
# palestine - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ready to be exhumed
The exhumation is part of a renewed investigation into his death.
# palestine - Friday 23 November, 2012
Palestinian man shot dead near Gaza border
The man was the first casualty since the two sides agreed a ceasefire, with nineteen other Palestinians wounded by gunfire in the incident.
# palestine - Thursday 22 November, 2012
Explainer: How Israel developed its ‘Iron Dome’ rocket defence system
Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system has been used heavily over the last week. Here’s the story behind it…
Gaza ceasefire agreement holds overnight
Twelve rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip overnight but the Israelis did not retaliate and the ceasefire remains in place this morning.
# palestine - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
Blast on a bus in Israeli city of Tel Aviv wounds over a dozen
Police said the blast took place on a street which runs just behind the Kiriya, Israel’s sprawling defence ministry.
# palestine - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
Gaza conflict: Clinton to travel to Israel and Egypt for peace talks
The conflict is now entering its seventh day with over a hundred dead.
# palestine - Monday 19 November, 2012
Death toll climbs in Gaza as UN calls for ceasefire
UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon says he is “deeply saddened” at reported deaths and “alarmed” at the continuing firing of rockets.
# palestine - Sunday 18 November, 2012
Israel-Palestine: Bloodiest day so far as efforts to bring truce intensify
In the Gaza strip, 21 people were killed in Israeli air strikes. Two rockets were fired at Tel Aviv, and were intercepted by the Iron Dome.
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