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its pre-1967 borders, Palestinians accepting compensation in lieu of an actual "right of return," and some sort of creative arrangement for sharing Jerusalem. Let's stop the bickering and get on with it. The problem with this analysis is that it implicitly treats peace as an agreement between equals. Tha

s Friends and Influences Nations William Pesek AlMonitor Hamas's Abu Marzouk says recognizing Israel a 'red line' Adnan Abu Amer May 5, 2014 -- Gaza City, Gaza Strip — "Hamas will not recognize Israel," Mousa Abu Marzouk, deputy chairman of Hamas' political bureau, EFTA00662744 told Al-Monitor in a

-- of the U.S.'s troubles in the Muslim world. Before I go on, the usual caveats: The settlement project -- especially those settlements far from Jerusalem that have been planted in the middle of thickly populated Palestinian areas -- is a strategic and moral disaster for Israel. The settlements should

ld go to the rival Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority. As a result, pumping stations ceased operation in November, and many streets in southern Gaza City are now inundated with human excrement. Residents must sandbag their homes so they won't be flooded by raw sewage. The stench is intolerable. With

"The roles have been reversed," said Michael Broening, a Hamas expert and director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a German-funded think tank in Jerusalem. The split is coming to a head as Hamas holds secretive elections for its Shura Council leadership body and appoints a new Politburo chief. Some E

" she said in an e-mailed statement. Los Angeles Times Hamas factions' reversal of roles rooted in 'Arab Spring' Edmund Sanders June 17, 2012 -- Gaza City -- Just a couple of years ago, the prevailing wisdom about Hamas was that its Gaza Strip-based leaders were forced to be more moderate because they

, 2.36M), said, "We hope that it doesn't continue very long, but we were attacked by Hamas on our National Day, Jerusalem Day, unprovoked attacks on Jerusalem and then thousands of rockets and missiles on our cities. And I think any country has to defend itself. It has a natural right of self-defense. We'

And Palestinians. The Washington Post (5/16, 10.52M) reports, "Israeli airstrikes on several homes along a main road leading to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City early Sunday killed at least 42 people including 10 children, authorities said, in what's believed to be the single deadliest attack since the curre

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alem as its capital. That's all. It is not asking the U.N. to solve the refugee /right-of-return issue or to determine who owns the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It is opting to convert an intractable conflict between a state and a liberation movement into a state-to- state conflict with manageable parameter

. Streets are being paved and buildings constructed. "Mubarak was crushing us before," said Mahmoud Mohammad, a subcontractor whose 10-man crew in Gaza City was unloading steel bars that were carried through the tunnels and were destined for a new restaurant. "Last year we were sitting at home. The cont

ring, of this latest flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian violence. Changing Power Structures The current conflict recalls the war of 2008- 2009, when Jerusalem chose to retaliate with a military strike against continued rocket and mortar fire from Gaza shortly after a US election and just months ahead of

Prime Minister Hisham Qandil briefly entered Gaza at the Rafah border, an unprecedented visit at a time of conflict. He toured Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and met with Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniveh. "We are all behind you, the struggling nation, the heroic that is presenting its children as h

le, prominent Muslim Brothers have made hostile gestures towards=lsrael in recent months, including the Supreme Guide's call for a "holy ji=ad" for Jerusalem<http://www.ikhwanonline.com/new/Article.aspx?SecID=213=ArtID=124850>, as well as Morsi's answering "amen" to an imam who prayed=for the destruction

Arab World Jodi Rudoren<http://topics.nytimes.comitopireference/timestopics/people/r/j=di_rudoren/index.html> and Fares Akram November 15, 2012 -- Gaza City — Instead of the wedding drums that typic=lly provide the evening soundtrack in this forlorn coastal strip, the blac=, still air was pierced by guns

Hussain Oct 22, 2012 -- A friend recently emailed me a story reporting that Hizbollah militants had been killed in fighting in Syria. "The road to Jerusalem goes through Homs," he wrote in the subject line. But while Hizbollah turning its guns away from Israel and against the predominantly Sunni Free Sy

u chief of the Kuwaiti newspaper Alrai. Associated Press Qatar's emir to head to Hamas-ruled Gaza Ibrahim Barzak EFTA00711389 Oct. 21, 2012 -- Gaza City, Gaza Strip (AP) — The ruler of Qatar is expected in the Gaza Strip this week, in what would be a major stamp of legitimacy for the territory's Isl

y's people that Judis blames, too, for the descent of Palestine into violence in 1929. In the midst of a year-long dispute over the Western Wall in Jerusalem, several hundred members of the Revisionist youth group "shouting `The wall is ours!' and carrying the Zionist flag, marched to the mufti's home, w

alestinians "won't support a specific leader without being convinced of his political platform," he said. Associated Press writer Ibrahim Barzak in Gaza City contributed to this report. Artick 5. EFTA00684339 NYT What Would nnan Say to Obama? Frank Costigliola Feb. 27, 2014 -- "I don't really even