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							By <a title="Raphael Ahren" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/raphael-ahren/">Raphael Ahren</a>						</div>
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							By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a> and <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>						</div>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-authority-demands-two-state-commitment-from-us/">With Trump team to meet Abbas next week; Palestinian envoy to US urges administration to set out peace endgame, or Ramallah may take unilateral steps</a>
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							By <a title="Ron Kampeas" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/ron-kampeas/">Ron Kampeas</a>						</div>
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								Palestinians see Temple Mount showdown as rare grassroots victory							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-see-temple-mount-showdown-as-rare-grassroots-victory/">Masses in the streets protesting security measures at the holy site credited with forcing Israel to back down, and many now want to keep ball rolling</a>
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							By <a title="Joe Dyke" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/joe-dyke/">Joe Dyke</a>						</div>
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								Israeli tech firm urges others to tap pool of Palestinian talent							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/mellanox-urges-other-tech-firms-to-tap-pool-of-palestinian-talent/">Move would benefit Palestinian economy, Israeli-Palestinian interaction, and employers' bottom lines, says CEO of Mellanox computer networking company</a>
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							By <a title="Micah Danney" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/micah-danney/">Micah Danney</a>						</div>
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								White House hopes water deal will create &#8216;environment&#8217; for peace talks							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/white-house-hopes-water-deal-will-create-environment-for-peace-talks/">In statement, Trump administration reiterates an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is a 'top priority' for president</a>
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							By <a title="Raphael Ahren" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/raphael-ahren/">Raphael Ahren</a> and <a title="Melanie Lidman" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/melanie-lidman/">Melanie Lidman</a>						</div>
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								Israel, Palestinians reach landmark water deal for West Bank, Gaza							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-palestinians-reach-landmark-water-deal-for-west-bank-gaza-strip/">New desalination project is part of wider plan to run water through pipeline from Red Sea down to Dead Sea; US envoy Greenblatt hopes it's a 'harbinger of things to come'</a>
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							By <a title="Raphael Ahren" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/raphael-ahren/">Raphael Ahren</a> and <a title="Melanie Lidman" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/melanie-lidman/">Melanie Lidman</a>						</div>
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							By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>						</div>
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								Trump very well-positioned for Mideast peace push, former US envoy says							</a>
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								Abbas&#8217;s religious adviser: Every stone of Western Wall must be under Muslim control							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-drama-oslo-behind-the-scenes-diplomacy-takes-center-stage/">Now a winner of two Tony awards, the story of the historic Oslo peace accords and hit stage production -- from Terje Rod-Larsen himself</a>
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							By <a title="George Alan Baumgarten" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/george-alan-baumgarten/">George Alan Baumgarten</a>						</div>
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