Jan 15 2013 - 1:31pm Israel investing in disputed West Bank sites
January 15, 2013

Israel is advancing a plan to invest in places it considers part of its national heritage, including nine West Bank sites, the government said Monday in an announcement that could appeal to hard-line voters a week ahead of elections. It triggered an angry Palestinian response.

Jan 15 2013 - 12:40pm Obama: ‘Israel Doesn’t Know What Its Best Interests Are’
January 15, 2013

Obama wants, in other words, for Netanyahu to act in Israel’s best interests. So far, though, there has been no sign that the Israeli government is gaining a better understanding of the world in which it lives.

Jan 14 2013 - 2:16pm Aid agencies tread gingerly in Area C
January 14, 2013

"The permit regime is very confusing. There is no clarity about the status of an application, whether paperwork has been received, if it is complete. Agencies have sometimes waited for two years only to get a rejection that comes without any explanation."

Jan 14 2013 - 2:14pm Palestinian premier urges Arabs to pay pledged aid
January 14, 2013

On Sunday, he told reporters that the situation may push more than 1.5 million of 4 million Palestinians into poverty. He warned that the financial crisis could lead to the disintegration of the Palestinian Authority.

Jan 14 2013 - 2:13pm The Future Of Palestinian-Israeli Security Cooperation
January 14, 2013

Security services “predicated on a path leading to liberation and a new state. Soon, very soon, if it is clear that is not happening, they will feel like suckers enforcing the occupation, and this security regime—like the Palestinian Authority itself—could dissolve."

Jan 11 2013 - 2:21pm The Palestinian Implosion
January 11, 2013

The erosion of the two-state solution and the weakening of the PA is leading the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a crisis point.

Jan 11 2013 - 12:26pm Official: Settlers destroy over 200 olive trees in Nablus
January 11, 2013

Dozens of settlers from the illegal outpost of Esh Kodesh raided the village of Qusra early Friday and uprooted at least 210 olive trees, settlement monitoring official Ghassan Daghlas told Ma'an.

Jan 11 2013 - 2:27pm Financial Crisis in the West Bank
January 11, 2013

The New York Times: "Mr. Fayyad has made progress in building a functioning government. Israel, the Palestinians, Arab states and the international community all have a stake in making sure that is preserved and strengthened."

Jan 10 2013 - 2:37pm Peace Now: Israeli govt secretly approved settler outpost
January 10, 2013

After the Israeli government gave official sanction to three settler outposts last year, a fourth illegal community has been included in the boundaries, an Israeli peace group said Tuesday.

Jan 10 2013 - 2:35pm Israel to market disputed East Jerusalem housing project before election
January 10, 2013

"The working assumption is that a construction freeze in building over the Green Line is on the way," said sources connected to these plans to Haaretz.


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