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Jerusalem expansion reaches point of no return
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May 22, 2012 05:30 PM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Named for the crash site of an airforce plane shot down during the Six Day War in 1967, Givat HaMatos may yet prove the place where Palestinian hopes of creating a capital in Jerusalem also plunge to earth. 'Airplane Hill' lies on the southern fringes of Jerusalem's...
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Syria troops bomb towns, EU grounds First Lady
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March 23, 2012 10:07 AM
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DAMASCUS: Syrian forces bombed towns and clashed with rebels in several regions Friday as activists said thousands staged anti-regime protests and the European Union slapped sanctions on the country's First Lady. In Geneva, the UN Human Rights Council ordered an extension of a probe into...
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Russia chides Assad on violence
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March 21, 2012 02:39 AM
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BEIRUT: Rebel fighters fled the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour Tuesday in the face of a fierce army assault, as Russia issued its toughest criticism yet of President Bashar Assad’s handling of the yearlong revolt. The flight from the remote desert city, which lies on the road to Iraq,...
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Syria rebels quit eastern city; Russia critical
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March 20, 2012 09:38 PM
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BEIRUT: Rebel fighters fled the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Tuesday in the face of a fierce army assault, as Russia issued its toughest criticism yet of President Bashar al-Assad's handling of the year-long revolt. The flight from the remote desert city, which lies on the road to...
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Twin bombings in Damascus kill at least 27
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March 17, 2012 08:50 AM
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BEIRUT: Two explosions struck the heart of Damascus on Saturday, killing at least 27 people in an attack on security installations that state television blamed on "terrorists" seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Cars packed with explosives targeted the criminal police...
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Syrian forces press offensive in Idlib, 45 killed
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March 16, 2012 10:20 AM
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BEIRUT: Syrian forces pressed their military offensive in the northern province of Idlib, driving 1,000 refugees across the Turkish border as the bloody revolt against President Bashar al-Assad entered a second year with no sign of political solution. Forty-five civilians were killed in the...
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In Israel, an illegal outpost faces its reckoning
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February 17, 2012 10:30 PM
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MIGRON, West Bank: The Jewish settlement of Migron perches high on a blustery hill in the occupied West Bank. Its inhabitants pay taxes, are hooked up to the electricity grid and get round-the-clock protection from Israeli soldiers. Over the past decade the government has spent at least 4 million...
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Diplomatic woes pile up for isolated Israel
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August 22, 2011 03:21 AM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel was expecting a diplomatic tsunami to strike in September, but the problems have come sooner than expected, leaving it ever more isolated in the Middle East. Tensions flared between Egypt and Israel after a cross-border attack earlier this week, with Cairo accusing...
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Israel eyes ‘strategic ally’ Egypt warily in post-revolution world
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August 20, 2011 01:51 AM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Whatever threats Israel felt it faced in recent decades from Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian territories, it could always feel confident that Egypt was covering its back in the far south. Thursday’s assault by militants who crossed the largely unprotected desert border...
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Is Arab Spring leading Hamas leopard to change its spots?
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May 14, 2011 01:22 AM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has felt the political winds shift across the Middle East and is bending with them, making peace with its secular rival Fatah and trying to cool its conflict with Israel. Israel has ridiculed the idea that the Hamas leopard can ever change...
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Israel struggles with myriad political scandals
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April 16, 2011 01:05 AM
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Imagine a country where a former president is set to go to jail for rape, where the previous prime minister is standing trial for graft and where the foreign minister faces charges of money laundering. Imagine also a country where police recommend the CEO and former chairman of...
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