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A view of Highway 1, the Ma'aleh Adumim-Jerusalem road, from the West Bank area known as E1, with Jerusalem's Mount Scopus seen on the horizon, on Dec. 10, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Erekat: Israel’s ‘apartheid road’ is the start of its ‘E1 colonial plan’

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Israel’s plan to build a road connecting Jerusalem and the E1 area of Judea and Samaria represents the start of Israel’s “colonial” program to “sever the contiguity” of a future Palestinian state, PLO Secretary...
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Papal infallibility? Not when it comes to the Middle East

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The words of the prophet Isaiah that Pope Francis cited on Sunday during his speech in the Italian port city of Bari are especially beautiful to those who read them from Jerusalem, because here...
A view of Israel's largest Arab city, Umm al-Fahm. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli Arabs reject becoming citizens of Palestinian state, as suggested in Mideast peace plan

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Israeli Arab citizens flatly reject the idea floated in the recently released U.S. “Peace to Prosperity” plan that envisions the possibility that borders would be redrawn and some Arab cities and villages could become...
High Representative of the European Union Josep Borell, Oct. 7, 2019. Credit: European Parliament via Wikimedia Commons.

EU warns of violence if Israel annexes Jordan Valley

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The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, sent a message to Israel on Tuesday not to annex the Jordan Valley in the West Bank or else Palestinians could resort to violence. “This may happen. …...
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The sordid 100-year history of the ‘two-state solution’

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With both friends and enemies of Israel exercised over the latest incarnation of what we know as the “two-state solution,” it’s worth remembering that the very first such solution was enacted in infamy nearly...
The U.S. Capitol building. Wikimedia Commons via Martin Falbisoner.

House Democrats send letter to Trump, objecting to Mideast peace plan

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About 100 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday expressing their “strong disapproval” of his Mideast peace plan, the details of which were released...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding the new U.S. peace plan at P.A. headquarters in Ramallah on Jan. 28, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Abbas warns in handwritten note to Netanyahu that US plan voids Oslo Accords

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas sent a handwritten letter in Arabic to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, telling the Israeli leader that the P.A. no longer saw itself a party to any...
President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in the East Room of the White House to unveil details of the Trump administration’s Middle East Peace Plan. Photo by Shealah Craighead/White House.

US peace plan draws immediate responses from Jewish, Israel-related groups, Mideast experts

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Jewish and Israel-related groups expressed mixed reactions to the Trump administration at long last releasing its long-awaited peace plan on Tuesday to help resolve the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “We appreciate the efforts of President Trump and his...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House following the unveiling of the U.S. Middle East peace plan on Jan. 28, 2020. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Trump unveils ‘deal of century,’ recognizing Israeli settlements, path to Palestinian statehood

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U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in front of top administration officials and prominent guests, announced on Tuesday details of the...

December 27, 2010: Jonathan Pollak, anarchist activist against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands,...

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Jonathan Pollak, an anarchist activist against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, was sentenced to three months in prison and fined 1,500 shekels on this date in 2010 for his 2008 arrest at a...