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As Netanyahu Heads to US, Israel Keeps Building

JERUSALEM (Nov. 5) -- A page of gray, text-heavy official announcements published in an Israeli newspaper could torpedo President Barack Obama's strategy for the renewal of Middle East peace talks. The announcements came on the eve of a crucial visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the U.S., where he will...

Palestinians Back Abbas on Settlement Slowdown

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Oct. 2) -- Dozens of senior Palestinians on Saturday backed President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to negotiate with Israel as long as it builds in West Bank settlements, dealing a new setback to troubled U.S. efforts to salvage peace talks. Israel refuses to extend a 10-month-old curb on settlement...

Palestinian Jobs in Settlements: Vital, Illegal

MODI'IN ILLIT, West Bank (June 23) -- Younnes Salah, a tall, broad-shouldered Palestinian father of five, spends his days building new homes for Jewish settlers in this ultra-Orthodox West Bank settlement. He says he'd rather be building homes for his own people, but for him and thousands of other Palestinians, practical...

Biden Blasts Israel for New Building Plans

JERUSALEM (March 9) -- Visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had unusually harsh words for Israel after the government approved 1,600 new homes in an ultra-Orthodox East Jerusalem neighborhood. The new construction was announced as Israel and the Palestinians were set to resume U.S.-mediated "proximity" talks after more...

Amnesty Slams Israel's Water Policies

JERUSALEM --The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians extends to the very stuff of life: water. Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Israel of siphoning off far more than its share of scarce water supplies and leaving Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip dangerously undersupplied by a...