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        <title>Israel fights Palestinian flag-raising at UN</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-fights-palestinian-flag-raising-at-the-un/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2015 18:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel & the Region]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ban Ki-moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Prosor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor says initiative to fly banner alongside 193 member states at upcoming summit is provocation</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-fights-palestinian-flag-raising-at-the-un/">Israel fights Palestinian flag-raising at UN</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>PA negotiator vows to press for statehood</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-threaten-to-press-for-statehood/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 19:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel & the Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel Inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestinian statehood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramallah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saeb Erekat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Saeb Erekat says PA will pursue international recognition in November, insists Israel has no say in the matter</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-threaten-to-press-for-statehood/">PA negotiator vows to press for statehood</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>&#8216;State&#8217; of Palestine casts its first UN ballot</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-of-palestine-casts-its-first-un-ballot/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 23:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel & the Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine at the UN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riyad Mansour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestinian UN bid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICC International Criminal Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNESCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observer status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vatican]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Palestinian envoy to the UN Riyad Mansour hails vote as a symbolic step toward full membership in world body</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-of-palestine-casts-its-first-un-ballot/">&#8216;State&#8217; of Palestine casts its first UN ballot</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Reform Jews, AIPAC take opposing positions on penalizing Palestinians</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/reform-jews-aipac-take-opposing-positions-on-penalizing-palestinians/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel & the Region]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AIPAC American Israel Public Affairs Committee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Jacobs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[J Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Americans for Peace Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Ben-Ami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard Berman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsey Graham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Barrasso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCAR Central Conference of American Rabbis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICC International Criminal Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[URJ Union for Reform Judaism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PA Palestinian Authority]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=329096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Are organizations' competing responses to a recent UN vote a minor bump, or a sign of a coming schism in the pro-Israel community?</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/reform-jews-aipac-take-opposing-positions-on-penalizing-palestinians/">Reform Jews, AIPAC take opposing positions on penalizing Palestinians</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Netanyahu&#8217;s self-inflicted multiple defeats</title>
		<link>https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-self-inflicted-multiple-defeats/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israeli elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pillar of Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observer status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Khaled Mashaal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[West Bank settlements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The PM's missteps in Washington, the UN and Gaza have severely impaired Israel's global standing </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-self-inflicted-multiple-defeats/">Netanyahu&#8217;s self-inflicted multiple defeats</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>An urgent need for pro-Israel unity</title>
		<link>https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/time-for-the-pro-israel-community-to-unite/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zionism is racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congregation B’nai Jeshurun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observer status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Do the B'nai Jeshurun rabbis intend to pray at the Kotel next time they visit Israel?</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-urgent-need-for-pro-israel-unity/">An urgent need for pro-Israel unity</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Citizens of the world?</title>
		<link>https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/citizens-of-the-world-on-bnai-jeshurun-and-the-palestinian-u-n-status/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observer status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestinian statehood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=306800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>On B’nai Jeshurun and the Palestinian U.N. status</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/citizens-of-the-world/">Citizens of the world?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Rabbis who forsake Israel – the liberalism of fools</title>
		<link>https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/rabbis-who-screw-israel-the-liberalism-of-fools/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observer status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=306498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>On the Bnei Jeshurun message celebrating the Palestinians' UN upgrade</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbis-who-forsake-israel-the-liberalism-of-fools/">Rabbis who forsake Israel – the liberalism of fools</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Abbas to move on UN membership bid in September</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-to-move-on-un-membership-bid-in-september/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel & the Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observer status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramallah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PA Palestinian Authority]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=184082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>But PA president has not decided when to ask for vote on his request; said to be leaning toward waiting until after US presidential elections</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-to-move-on-un-membership-bid-in-september/">Abbas to move on UN membership bid in September</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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