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Palestinian UN bid
Palestinian supporters of Hamas attend a rally marking the 25th anniversary of the Islamist movement's foundation in the West bank town of Ramallah, December 14, 2012 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
December 16, 2012, 11:39 pm
88 percent of Palestinians believe armed struggle is the best way to achieve independence
For first time since 2006, more West Bank Palestinians favor Hamas's political strategy over Fatah's, poll finds
By Elhanan Miller
Arab League headquarters in Cairo (photo credit: Ijanderson977/Wikimedia Commons)
December 14, 2012, 10:45 am
Palestinian Authority still waiting on emergency funds promised by Arab states
Arab League official says no date has been set for transfer of $100 million to Ramallah
By Yoel Goldman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas waves to the crowd in Ramallah during celebrations for his successful bid to win nonmember state status for Palestine at the UN, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 (photo credit: Nasser Shiyoukhi/AP Photo)
December 12, 2012, 6:24 am
Is Palestine a state? That may depend on the Palestinians
While international legal scholars debate the weight of 'nonmember observer state' status, the burden is ultimately on the Palestinians to show that they can act like a sovereign power
By Raphael Ahren
Jordan's King Abdullah II (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
December 11, 2012, 11:14 pm
Jordanian king slams Israel’s ‘unilateral policies’
Abdullah meets with British PM, expresses hope in reestablishing peace process
By Asher Zeiger
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, right, being greeted by his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Liberman in Jerusalem in 2012. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 10, 2012, 8:23 am
Swedish foreign minister says E1 settlement plan has changed EU’s view of Israel
European ministers expected to slam Israeli moves at meeting in Brussels, without imposing concrete punitive measures like boycotting West Bank goods
By TOI staff and AP
The Bnei Jeshurun synagogue on Manhattan's Upper West Side (photo credit: Americasroof/Wikimedia Commons/File)
December 6, 2012, 9:37 pm
Prominent NY synagogue’s rabbis regret tone of email that supported UN vote
Spiritual leaders at B'nai Jeshurun affirm their message on upgrade of 'Palestine', but say it did not reflect 'complexities of this moment'
Palestinians celebrate as they watch a screen showing the UN General Assembly votes on a resolution to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember observer state, In the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, November 29, 2012. (photo credit: Majdi Mohammed/AP)
From the WebDecember 5, 2012, 12:58 pm
Cheering UN Palestine vote, synagogue tests its members
NY Times: Congregation B’nai Jeshurun divided after rabbis send out email welcoming decision that granted the PA nonmember state status
Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Nov. 29 (photo credit: AP/Richard Drew)
December 5, 2012, 7:32 am
Despite anger at UN gambit, Canada to continue aid to Palestinians
$300-million commitment in funding for security and humanitarian aid is important and will remain, says FM spokesman
Construction workers are seen at the E-1 construction site near Maaleh Adumim in 2007. (photo credit: Sebastian Scheiner/AP)
December 5, 2012, 1:25 am
Palestinians’ war crimes case against Israel would face long road
Trying to prosecute Israel is not so simple, and could leave the Palestinians themselves vulnerable to prosecution
By Josef Federman and Mike Corder
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Jerusalem in 2011 (photo credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 4, 2012, 10:52 pm
Israel’s relationship with Germany strained after abstaining on Palestinian UN bid
Der Spiegel: Berlin was expected to vote 'no,' but was swayed by Olmert's support for the resolution
British Foreign Secretary William Hague (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90/File)
December 4, 2012, 5:45 pm
EU won’t punish Israel for settlement expansion plan, says Britain’s foreign minister
Netanyahu's spokesman: Jerusalem hasn't decided whether to move forward with construction in E1, despite the preliminary planning and zoning authorization; Cairo summons ambassador
By Michal Shmulovich
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and King Abdullah II of Jordan during a welcoming ceremony in Ramallah in 2011 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
December 4, 2012, 11:17 am
King Abdullah II reportedly to visit Ramallah on Thursday
Jordan's monarch will be first head of state to meet with Abbas since the UN vote admitting Palestine as a nonmember observer state
By Gabe Fisher
Tzipi Livni (photo credit: Ben David/Flash90)
December 4, 2012, 9:01 am
Government ‘poked Obama in the eye’ with new settlement construction, Livni charges
But Deputy FM Ayalon says diplomatic drubbing over decision to build in controversial E1 corridor 'not the end of the world' for Israel
By TOI staff
Benny Begin (L) with Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Knesset in 2012 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 3, 2012, 3:41 pm
The politics of petulance
Israel is moving to the right -- unsurprisingly, given the threats on every front -- but the Likud just took that shift to a whole new level. Electing a band of grandstanding populists, and announcing settlement plans as a kind of punishment to the Palestinians, won't help Israel negotiate the treacherous new regional realities
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a weekly cabinet meeting (photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)
December 2, 2012, 7:01 pm
PM says Palestinian incitement against Israel reflects root of the conflict
'This is not a dispute over land, but a denial of the existence of the state of Israel,' Netanyahu tells ministers
By Philip Podolsky
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