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Report: EU developing 2013 Mideast peace plan
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
January 13, 2013 - 1:00am


The European Union is developing a proposal to restart peace talks between Israel and Palestine that it will put forward in March, Israeli media reported on Sunday.


U.S. couple with Jewish roots didn't expect El Al's inquisition
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amira Hass - January 13, 2013 - 1:00am


  The El Al security checkers abroad are apparently trained to treat anyone who doesn’t come under the category of Jewish ‏(or Christian Zionist‏) tourist with extreme suspicion. This is the conclusion to be drawn from the treatment meted out to 32-year-old Rebecca and her partner Rafiq, 34, who flew from New York to Tel Aviv on December 23.


Egypt says Fatah, Hamas agree to enact unity deal
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
January 10, 2013 - 1:00am


An Egyptian official said the leaders of Hamas and Fatah factions had agreed at talks in Cairo on Wednesday to implement a long-delayed reconciliation pact, although it was unclear if the deal would extend beyond holding more talks.


Palestinian factions move closer to pact
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National
by Hugh Naylor - January 11, 2013 - 1:00am


  Leaders of the two main Palestinian factions yesterday moved a step closer to mending a rift that has divided their people and hindered international ties for almost six years.


Palestinian activists initiate peaceful struggle against Israeli settlements
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
January 14, 2013 - 1:00am


  "It is one of the strongest popular messages sent to Israel against the construction of the illegal settlements on the occupied Palestinian territories," one of the Palestinian activists who erected tents in the controversial E1 area between Jerusalem and the West Bank in protest of Israeli settlement expansion said Sunday, as Israeli soldiers were evacuating the activists' newly-set encampment.


Clearing Palestinian protesters from West Bank site, Netanyahu pledges to build settlement
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post
by Joel Greenberg - January 13, 2013 - 1:00am


 



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