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The Gaza Strip − why the history of the densely populated enclave is key to understanding the current conflict

by Maha Nassar, University of Arizona The focus on conflict in the Middle East has again returned to the Gaza Strip, with Israel’s defense minister...

Anti-Israel divestment push gains traction at US colleges

NEW YORK (AP) — The lecture hall had filled quickly. Several students arrived wearing keffiyehs, the traditional Palestinian headscarves, while in the front row,...

War history is littered with civilian deaths

JERUSALEM (AP) — Rarely has the world had such a front-row seat for a concerted attack by a major air force on an urban...

Suspects confess to killing Palestinian teen

JERUSALEM (AP) - Three Israeli suspects in the vigilante-style killing of a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and burned to death last week confessed...

In Asia, Obama carefully calibrates China message

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama is hopscotching through China's neighborhood with a carefully calibrated message for Beijing, trying both to counter...

Crowds throng Bethlehem for Christmas

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations...

Arab League sweetens Israel-Palestinian peace plan

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni attends a news conference at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem. The Arab League’s decision to sweeten its decade-old proposal offering comprehensive peace with Israel has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a bind and swiftly exposed fissures in his new government. "This is a positive announcement," negotiator Tzipi Livni told Channel 10 TV, adding it gave “tail wind” to peace efforts. "At the end you need a direct negotiation between the Israelis and the Palestinians." (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File) by Josef FedermanJERUSALEM (AP) — The Arab League's decision to sweeten its decade-old proposal offering comprehensive peace with Israel has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a bind and swiftly exposed fissures in his new government.

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