Two-state solution loses champion as Livni drops from race

The withdrawal of Hatnua head Tzipi Livni from the Israeli elections indicates that Israel is further than ever from the two-state solution she fought for.

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Desperate Gaza parents abandon children at Israel border

Palestinian youths are infiltrating Israel, hoping to get caught and sent to prison, while Palestinian parents facing economic crises are abandoning their sick infants at the Erez border crossing, while attempting to search work in Israel.

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Netanyahu pretends occupation does not exist

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his associates believe that ignoring the occupation would make it nonexistent.

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Jordanians see Israel as only winner at Warsaw summit

While Jordan doesn't want to align itself too closely with Washington's anti-Iran coalition, the kingdom's reliance on Washington for aid was likely behind its attendance at the Poland summit.

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Qatar pledges to keep money pipeline open to Gaza Strip

Qatar seems adamant about continuing its financial support to the Gaza Strip, disregarding the Palestinian Authority’s resentment.

Qatar

Hamas leadership woos Egypt's top imam

A Hamas delegation recently met with Al-Azhar officials in Egypt, where the movement received support for the Palestinian cause.

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Moscow keeps calm with Palestinian reconciliation, undermines Trump's 'deal of the century'

Palestinian factions failed to reconcile during the Moscow meeting, but Russia didn't come away empty-handed.

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Why Abbas is shaking up Palestinian security services

Expected appointments and replacements within the Palestinian security services may not pass without the blessing of Israel and the United States.

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Palestinians live in caves to preserve their land

The PLO has funded an operation to rehabilitate caves in Area C of the West Bank to allow Palestinian families to remain on their land that is threatened by settlement expansion.

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Likud's mainstreaming of West Bank annexation

Annexing West Bank territory to Israel was once considered a far-fetched and even crazy idea in the Likud, but the idea is now being publicly advocated by party members.

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Veteran peace hands see growing Israeli-Arab alignment in Warsaw

While the Palestinians boycotted the meeting in Poland, a number of Arab delegates showed an interest in engaging with US plans for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Legacy: Gulf

Palestinian farmers check out seeds from West Bank library

Vivien Sansour discovered the need to protect Palestinian seeds while looking for red carrots six years ago and opened a seed library in Beit Sahour; the library will soon move its permanent headquarters to Battir.

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