News Highlights: Palestinian PM calls again for an end to the internal fighting in Gaza, as both Hamas and Fateh agree to go to Saudi Arabia for a truce summit. Russian foreign minister accuses outside forces of fuelling the factional Palestinian clashes. Israeli foreign minister says the “diplomatic process” will go into a deep freeze …

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News Highlights: Jan. 19th – Abir Aramin, 10 years old, from Anata is declared brain dead after being attacked by Israeli border police on her way home from school. Israeli military admits that the 44 “dirt roadblocks” it claimed to have recently removed did not actually exist. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khalid …

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News Highlights: Israeli military invade Nablus and the Balata refugee camp, damaging homes and arresting 11 Palestinians; university female student also grabbed at a checkpoint. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice visits region, and plans for summit with Israeli PM and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Palestinian officials, including Abbas, reject U.S./Israeli idea of “temporary state”. …

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News Highlights: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will be visiting the Middle East, to promote “peace efforts” in the region. Illegal Israeli settlement of Har Homa, built on Palestinian land near Bethlehem, is set to be expanded, along with other settlements in the area. 8 human rights group petition Israeli High Court over new …

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News Highlights: Hamas accepts a conditional Israeli offer to free 450 Palestinian political prisoners, as well as most women and child prisoners, in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Tensions increase between Fateh and Hamas, squashing hopes of an end to internal Palestinian clashes. Israeli forces kidnap 9 Palestinians from Bethlehem and Jenin, taking them …

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News Highlights: Michel Sabbah, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, says Christmas in Palestine is difficult this year, and criticizes the internal Palestinian clashes; Bethlehem’s mayor also highlights the impact of the separation wall and the economic siege. Israel is building a new settlement in the Jordan Valley to bring in former Gaza settlers. Israeli military step …

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News Highlights: Dec. 19th – Israeli troops open fire on two teenage Palestinian girls, murdering one; meanwhile Palestinian groups continue clashes as their leaders call for restraint. Clashes had escalated after Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called for early presidential and legislative elections. Dec. 19th – Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert to meet soon, …

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News Highlights: Archbishop Desmond Tutu says Israel has prevented a UN fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun to investigate the killing of 19 Palestinian civilians by an Israeli airstrike. Unidentified gunmen kill three young sons of a top Fateh official, further escalating the factional divisions in the occupied Palestinian territories. Jimmy Carter says Israeli policy in …

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News Highlights: Defence for Children Int’l. says there has been an increase in the number of Palestinian children detained by Israel; there are currently at least 450 child detainees, including three girls. Israel escalates policy of denying visa extensions to Palestinian family members. Palestinian PM says efforts to form unity government must continue. Dec. 4th …

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