Source: BBC News
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Israel has stated their willingness to remove around fifty roadblocks in the West Bank in return for a promise made by the Palestinians to increase their efforts in preventing terrorism. The compromise came about after US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, met with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Jerusalem to “reenergize peace [...]
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Source: New York Times
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/world/middleeast/28road.html?ref=middleeast
The Supreme Court of Israel recently handed down a ruling that allowed the army to restrict Palestinians from using Highway 443, a major road into Jerusalem from Palestinian territory in the West Bank. Over 40,000 Israeli cars use the road daily, but access from local Palestinian villages is blocked. Palestinians are [...]
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Link: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/31/iraq.main/index.html
This article is about Iran’s involvement in the cease-fire that occurred in Iraq over the weekend. Negotiators from Iraq representing Shiite tribes, most notably Muqtada al-Sadr’s, traveled to Iran to discuss the possibility of a cease-fire. The clashes were between Shiite outlaws in Basra and supporters of the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki. The [...]
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7307525.stm
Recently, Israel has expressed interest in increasing its medical tourism field. The country hopes to expand this area of tourism as a way to increase its medical branches as well as attract different types of tourists. This industry has become increasingly popular as private healthcare has become more expensive and more difficult to deal [...]
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Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7293498.stm
This article discusses the latest attacks on the Israel/Palestine conflict. First, four Palestinian militants were shot by Israeli jihadists. Then Palestinian militants fired twelve rockets into Israel to get revenge. Finally, Israeli aircraft attacked the northern Gaza Strip. Before all this fighting started there had been attempts at making a peace agreement. Those killed [...]
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Source: www.nytimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/world/middleeast/12mideast.html?ref=middleeast
On Tuesday, March 11th a rocket launched from Gaza into Israel by Palestinian militants landed just south of Ashkelon, a city located about 10 miles north of the Gaza Strip. The rocket hit harmlessly and left no casualties. A police spokesman said it was first rocket to hit near the city in a [...]
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7286945.stm
Due to a decline in rocket fire from Palestinian forces in Gaza, the Israeli government ordered a reduction in their military operations as well. The decrease in violence is not an official ceasefire, but both sides have stated that they are participating in peace talks. Both sides have suffered casualties over the past few weeks, [...]
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Source: New York Times
Link:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/world/middleeast/13mideast.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
Summary: Undercover Israeli troops killed four militant Palestinian men riding in a car in Bethlehem on today. The men were considered leaders of anti-Israeli attacks in recent years, and they men have connections to Islamic Jihad, Fatah, and Hamas. The killings took place only hours after Palestinian leaders had laid out terms [...]
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March 12, 2008
Source – Middle East Times
http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/03/10/israel_plans_new_settlement_in_arab_east_jerusalem/afp/
Jerusalem authorities announced on Monday that they plan to build a new Jewish settlement on the annexed part of the city in the east. The settlement would consist of roughly 400 new homes in the mostly Arab populated eastern part of the city. The plan has not [...]
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Article Title: U.N. Blasts Israel for West Bank Housing Expansion Plan
Source: CNN.com
Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/10/israel.palestinian.settlement/index.html
Israel recently announced that it was planning on increasing the housing development in the Gaza Strip. The U.N.’s Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke openly against this plan and stated that it would cause a great hindrance to the peace plan for the area. [...]
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