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U.N. vote on Palestine status inflicts new divides in Europe, NATO
Thursday’s overwhelming U.N. vote to elevate the status of Palestine at the world body inflicts yet another fracture in the facade of Western solidarity, exposing a divide among European Union and NATO member states over U.S. policy in the Middle...
Tags: Hamas, NATO, International Criminal Court, Crime, Law and Justice, International Court or Tribunal
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U.N. Approves Palestinian 'Observer State' Bid
CNNNew York -- The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday endorsed an upgraded U.N. status for the Palestinian Authority, despite intense opposition from the United States and Israel. The resolution elevates their status from "non-member observer...Tags: Hamas, Christiane Amanpour, CNN (tv network), Ehud Olmert, Government
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Letters: Dealing with Hamas
Re "Hamas' hard line," Editorial, Dec. 19 While I agree with most of your editorial calling out Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal for his comments rejecting a two-state solution for the Palestinians and Israel, I feel that calls for more Israeli concessions...
Tags: Hamas, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian National Authority, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Gaza girl to receive free life-altering surgery
WGN NewsIt is a holiday gift that will forever change the life of Merhan Shorab. The 8-year-old is about to undergo surgery at Shriners Hospital for Children. It is a procedure that should last a few hours. The benefits will last for years. Merhan does...Tags: Shriners
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U.N. boosts Palestinians' status to nonmember observer state
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday to slightly enhance the status of the Palestinian territories at the international organization, a controversial gambit that conveys world recognition for beleaguered Palestinians....Tags: Hamas, Government, Fatah, West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu
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U.N. approves Palestinian 'observer state' bid
pix11.com | @wpixThe United Nations General Assembly on Thursday endorsed an upgraded U.N. status for the Palestinian Authority, despite intense opposition from the United States and Israel. The resolution elevates their status from "non-member observer entity" to "non-...Tags: Hamas, Christiane Amanpour, CNN (tv network), Ehud Olmert, Government
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U.N. recognition of Palestinian state ups pressure on Israel to negotiate
Over the strenuous objections of the U.S. and Israel, the United Nations General Assembly voted today to grant nonmember observer status to a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. The U.N. action, which was widely anticipated, was largely a...Tags: Hamas, International Law, Jerusalem (Israel), Government, International Court or Tribunal
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Palestinian statehood up for vote at United Nations
PIX11.com | @akadennewsA vote is scheduled at the United Nations Thursday for a Palestinian upgrade request. It's the first step towards Palestinian statehood. If Palestinians win a majority in the United Nations General Assembly, the UN will recognize Palestine as a non-...Tags: Hamas, Israel, Politics, International Organizations, Mahmoud Abbas
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'Terrorist' is in the eyes of the beholder
Rafael Medhoff's commentary notes that when the British held the Palestinian Mandate there was much Arab unrest in the face of increased Jewish immigration, and mandate authorities resorted to punitive measures to suppress it and to deport its leaders ("...Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Religious Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom
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Gaza conflict different from the days of British rule
In his commentary, Rafael Medoff compares the British occupation of Palestine in the 1930s with today's events, but the circumstances of today vary from then ("Bombs in Palestine, then and now," Nov. 26). This would include mentioning the Israelis dying... -
Yasser Arafat's Body Exhumed in Poisoning Probe
CNNRamallah, West Bank -- The body of former Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed Tuesday for tests to see if poisoning led to his 2004 death, according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency. Palestinian officials...Tags: CNN (tv network), West Bank, Russia, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas
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Bombs in Palestine, then and now
Bombs falling on Arab neighborhoods ... Homes demolished ... Civilians killed or wounded ... Soldiers shooting at anything that moves. That may sound like a description of the past week's violence between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. But in fact, it...Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Armed Conflicts, Explosions, Religious Conflicts
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