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Report: Palestinian Authority will not file charges against Israel in International Court in exchange for the release of tax money		Celine Hagbard - IMEMC - Even if the Palestinian Authority did at some point move forward with formal charges against Israel, its unclear how much hold these charges would have, since Israel is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court, and does not recognize the court`s authority. [bz]	31/3/2015
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FIFA orders Israeli soccer club to compensate Palestinian club		Reuters - Haaretz - FIFA`s Dispute Resolution Chamber ruled Hapoel Haifa and Khatib must pay Jabal al-Mukabbar 450,000 shekels ($113,500). It is thought to be the first time an Israeli club has been ordered to compensate a Palestinian side in a dispute. Movement of players between Israeli and Palestinian clubs is very rare. Despite living side by side the respective teams do not interact as Israel are members of European soccer`s governing body, UEFA, and the Palestinians play in Asia. [bz]	31/3/2015
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Every day is Land Day, on both sides of the Green Line		Edo Konrad - +972 - The word ‘occupation’ evokes the West Bank, but the policies of land expropriation and Judaization were perfected inside Israel long before they were used on Palestinians in the occupied territories [ry]	30/3/2015
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Pro-Bedouin march winds up at Israel presidency		Ma`an News Agency - "[Palestinian MP, Ayman] Odeh has pledged to secure formal recognition for more than 40 Bedouin villages which have no running water, are not connected to the electricity grid and lack basic infrastructure because of their unrecognized status" [ry]	30/3/2015
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Netanyahu`s delicate coalition dance		Sima Kadmon - Ynet - With both the parties he needs and his own Likud MKs clamoring for what they see as their deserved portfolios, the prime minister must make everyone happy – but does he have a coalition ace up his sleeve? [ry]	30/3/2015
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PHOTOS: Joint List marches for unrecognized Bedouin villages		Activestills - +972 "Dozens of members of the Joint List — including chairman Ayman Odeh, Dov Khenin and other future members of Knesset — marched alongside other Arab leaders Thursday on a four-day trip through the Negev/Naqab’s unrecognized Bedouin villages. They were joined by representatives of the Arab Higher Monitoring Committee and the Regional Council of Unrecognized Villages. The march is set to end at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Sunday." ca	27/3/2015
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Investing in storage		Mona El-Fiqi - Al-Ahram "The project was first proposed last year as part of plans to provide food security for Egypt’s 90 million people. Egypt is the largest wheat importer in the world. The Damietta project includes construction of high-tech storage silos for grains, and will increase Egypt’s storage capacity from its current 2.5 million tons to 7.5 million tons." ca	27/3/2015
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In Israel’s elections, racism is the winning ballot		ADALAH - The Arab Daily News - "The elections also saw an unprecedented level of racist incitement against Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel, a fifth of the population, which played a critical part in the election’s events and results. This series of threats, intimidations, and attempts to delegitimize Arab citizens and their political participation, which occurred throughout the process, did not end until the polls closed on 17 March." - id	25/3/2015
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Israel Spied on Iran Nuclear Talks With U.S.		Adam Entous - Wall Street Journal - “It is one thing for the U.S. and Israel to spy on each other. It is another thing for Israel to steal U.S. secrets and play them back to U.S. legislators to undermine U.S. diplomacy.” ak	24/3/2015
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British PM Cameron to Netanyahu: Lasting peace requires two-state solution		Frances Perraudin - The Guardian - The British PM told the House of Commons “We must put pressure on both sides to make sure talks get going on a two-state solution. I think that’s in the long term interest not just to the Palestinians, but also to the Israelis, and Britain’s policy on that will not change.” This was followed by a phone call to the newly re-elected Netanyahu, in which Cameron reiterated the same points. Cameron himself faces general elections in a month`s time, and such British groups as the Palestine Solidarity Camapaign have striven to put the Palestinian issue on the campaign agenda. ak	24/3/2015
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US, Joint List MKs reject PM’s apology to Israeli Arabs		Jerusalem Post - The administration of US President Barack Obama joined Arab Knesset members in questioning an apology offered by PM Netanyahu for election day remarks - considered highly offensive - about "Arab voters bused to the ballots in droves". Netanyahu made his apology to a group of Arab mayors of minor villages allied to his own Likud Party. Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List which gained most Arab votes, called Netanyahu’s statement unacceptable and noted that immediately after making this supposed apology the PM spoke with his extreme right coalition partner Naftali Bennet about passing nationalist laws designed to "enhance the Jewish character of Israel".ak	24/3/2015
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Former Sec. of State Baker blasts Netanyahu at J Street		Jerusalem Post - Also a keynote speaker at the J Street conference, former Secretary of State James Baker - who had been at the center of a 1992 confrontation with then Israeli PM Shamir - attacked current PM Netanyahu for “diplomatic missteps and political gamesmanship," a reference to the prime minister`s alliance with Republicans. “Frankly, I have been disappointed with the lack of progress regarding a lasting peace — and I have been for some time,” Baker said. “In the aftermath of Netanyahu’s recent election victory, the chance of a two-state solution seems even slimmer, given his reversal on the issue.” Baker has been appointed foreign policy adviser to the nascent Presidential campaign of Florida Governor Jeb Bush. ak	24/3/2015
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IDF warns: Freeze in Palestinian funds could fuel West Bank unrest		Yoav Zitun, Elior Levy - Ynet - Meanwhile, the IDF are preparing for a possible escalation in the West Bank, both spontaneous and organized. The different scenarios include multi-site riots involving thousands of protesters, some armed, throughout the West Bank; simultaneous terror attacks; kidnapping and infiltration attempts; and a possible end to security coordination with the Palestinians, which they say is very unlikely, though a number of such cases have happened at a local level. [bz]	24/3/2015
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White House Chief of Staff: `Israel`s occupation must end`		Rebecca Shimoni Stoil - The Times of Israel - White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough called for the end of Israel’s “50-year occupation” in a warmly received speech to the lobbying group J Street in Washington. The statement to the dovish group’s national conference represented an unusually harsh repudiation of Israel’s control over the Palestinian territories. ak	24/3/2015
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Vanunu lost libel suit against Yediot Ahronot, has to pay 40 000 NIS		Not only are they allowed to publish absurd lies about me but I also should pay them. Please, help.	24/3/2015
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Israel `boycotts` UN rights council session on Gaza war		Ma`an News Agency - "Israel`s representative was conspicuously missing when the UN Human Rights Council started a special session Monday on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the 2014 Gaza conflict" [ry]	23/3/2015
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Israeli Delegation Heads to France to Try to Kill Iran Deal		Jason Ditz - AntiWar - Amid US Tensions, Israel Turns to France to Sabotage Diplomacy [ry]	23/3/2015
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Technion opens new `defense exports` course		AIC - The Technion is launching a new training programme for professionals to enter Israel`s growing “defense exports” industry. “People aren`t aware of just how much money can be made in this field”, states a programme lecturer. “Israeli high tech and Israeli security have good reputations – the combination is a winner” [ry]	23/3/2015
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Obama: US and Iran have chance to mend ties		Al-Jazeera - "Video Message - In video message directed at Iranians, US president says nuclear negotiations present a "historic opportunity"." ca	20/3/2015
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New York Times Published Piece About Netanyahu’s Racism, Then Rewrote All Of It		Ben Norton - Information Clearing House "The New York Times published an article about the incident—and more generally about Netanyahu’s bigoted, jingoistic, far-right tactics to attract more votes—titled “Netanyahu Expresses Alarm That Arab Voter Turnout Could Help Unseat Him.” The piece was written by Isabel Kershner and Rick Gladstone. At least, for the moment, that was the case. Several hours later, the NYT published a rewrite of the article—a rewrite not just of parts of it, but of all of it." ca	20/3/2015
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Netanyahu victory gets muted response from West		AFP - Ma`an - "Netanyahu`s hard line had already plunged relations with the West to an unprecedented low, which his latest comments will do little to repair." - id for rh	19/3/2015
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A Victory for War and Racism - Netanyahu’s Win		STEPHEN LENDMAN - CoounterPunch - "Netanyahu is a world-class thug – a ruthless demagogue. He spurns rule of law principles. He abhors democratic values. He prioritizes stealing all valued Palestinian land. He deplores peace. He calls pursuing it a waste of time." - id	18/3/2015
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Netanyahu wakes up to shock election victory		Yaron Druckman- Ynet - "While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been trailing his Zionist Union opponent in the polls leading up to the elections, the real-time results on Wednesday morning show the Likud leader enjoying a major advantage over the left-wing`s Isaac Herzog." - id	18/3/2015
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Netanyahu defeat could mean `peace dividend` for Israel`s business sector		Tova Cohen and Steven Scheer - Reuters/Haaretz - Though a centre-left government may spend more on social and welfare issues, the potential benefits of a return to a peace process outweigh the risks. (...) Dov Moran is part of a non-profit group called Breaking the Impasse, formed by 200 business leaders to promote a return to the negotiating table for Israelis and Palestinians. [bz]	17/3/2015
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Peacemakers arrested for escorting Palestinian kids on way home from kindergarten		Amos Gvirtz - Don`t Say We Didn`t Know 446 - Furthermore, government agents, escorted by police, destroyed cereal fields of Bedouins in the Negev.	17/3/2015
Exclusive: Netanyahu Canceled Intel Briefing for U.S. Senators on Iran Dangers		Massimo Calabresi - Time Magazine - Freshman Republican Senator Tom Cotton (initiator of the letter of 46 senators to Iran) has said that rather than negotiate with Iran, the U.S. should adopt a policy of regime change and should arm Israel with bombers and bunker busting bombs with which it could attack Iranian nuclear sites. bz	16/3/2015
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Israel elections: Benjamin Netanyahu claims foreign money is being used to help left-wing Zionist Union beat him		The Independent - Ben Lynfield reports from Jerusalem on the last days of a bitter election campaign [ry]	16/3/2015
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Netanyahu Tried to Block Mossad Briefing US Senate on Iran		Jason Ditz - AntiWar - Mossad Warned Them Against New Sanctions [ry]	16/3/2015
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UNRWA chief joins aid convoy into besieged Damascus camp		AFP - Yahoo News - The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees accompanied the first aid convoy in three months to enter the besieged Yarmuk camp in the Syrian capital on Tuesday. Pierre Krahenbuhl said it was "totally unacceptable" that some 18,000 residents of Yarmuk had not received aid for so long. Rebel groups inside the camp, the largest in Syria, have been under army siege for more than a year. More than 200 people have been killed since the siege began, among them dozens who have died of starvation, non-governmental groups say. "There should be distributions more regularly during the week, not just one day and interrupted again," Krahenbuhl told AFP. The last UNRWA aid delivery was in December, "which from a human point of view is totally unacceptable". [bz]	14/3/2015
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Students in Brussels defeat Israeli embassy`s attempt to silence apartheid week events		Charlotte Kates - Mondoweiss "Students filled a lecture hall for a lecture via Skype by Palestinian leftist parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels, VUB) on Wednesday evening, March 4, after student organizers defeated an attempt by Israel’s ambassador to Belgium to cancel Israeli Apartheid Week at the Dutch-speaking university in the Belgian capital." ca	13/3/2015
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Palestinians Were Among The 180 Who Drowned Near Italian Shores		IMEMC & Agencies - "Palestinian Ambassador in Italy, Mai al-Kaila, stated that the ship carrying refugees from the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and the al-Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, which drowned on March 4, close to Italian shores, carried nearly 60 Palestinian refugees...She added sixty were rescued; sixty others died, and around sixty are still missing.They were heading from Libya to Europe." ca	13/3/2015
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PA calls for arrest of Liberman for saying anti-Israel Arab citizens should be beheaded		Khaled Abu Toameh & Lahav Harkov - MK Ahmed Tibi (UAL-Ta’al) called Liberman the “Jewish Islamic State.” Tibi added that The Joint List, made up of several Arab parties and one mixed Arab-Jewish party, “will remove the heads of racists and fascists only through democratic means – bringing as many [Knesset] seats as possible and active participation in the election. The stronger we are, the weaker Jewish Islamic State will be.” [bz]	10/3/2015
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Oren: Israel must restrict settlement building, create `two-state reality`		AP - Ynet - Israel has to start creating a "two-state reality" on the ground, says former Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren, by restricting settlement construction to major blocs and East Jerusalem - lands Israel expects to keep - while improving the living conditions of Palestinians. Ambassador under Netanyahu, Oren now is candidate for the Knesset on the list of former Likud minister Kahlon`s "Kulanu" party. [bz]	10/3/2015
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Herzog sets three mains goals for first 100 days in office:		Moran Azulay - Ynet - Implementing economic plan, dealing with housing crisis, presenting peace initiative to Arab League. [bz]	9/3/2015
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Former diplomats slam Liberman for saying disloyal Israeli Arabs should be decapitated / MK Ahmed Tibi calls Yisrael Beytenu chairman `Jewish ISIS.`		Lahav Harkov - Jpost - "Whoever is against us, there`s nothing else to do. We have to lift up an axe and remove his head, otherwise we won`t survive here" says Liberman in a speech at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya Sunday. [bz]	9/3/2015
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Erekat: Netanyahu never believed in two-state solution, always chose settlements		Jodi Rudoren - NYT - The apparent contradictions between Mr. Netanyahu’s political and governmental apparatuses came as he is struggling to shore up support in his conservative base and win over voters in West Bank settlements before March 17 elections. It might have been more hairsplitting than actual disagreement: both statements cited the chaotic regional situation and said Israel would not cede territory for fear of takeover by Islamists. [bz]	9/3/2015
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Amid nuclear dispute, Israel and Iran face off over past oil ties		Ari Rabinovitch and Tova Cohen - Yahoo News "n a Swiss court, lawyers for each side are locked in arbitration over the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Co. (EAPC), a joint venture set up in 1968, when the two nations were friendly, to transport Iranian oil to the Mediterranean." ca	4/3/2015
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50 MPs urge gov’t to prevent listing of Palestinian villages as Israeli heritage sites		Raed Omari - The Jordan Times "In a memorandum they signed during Tuesday’s Lower House session, 50 lawmakers warned against measures being taken by the Israeli occupation authorities to declare the Palestinian villages of Lafta and Ein Kerem near Jerusalem as part of Israel’s heritage." ca	4/3/2015
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VIDEO: Palestinian MK Zoabi Assaulted by Israeli Extremists		IMEMC News & Agencies - "According to the Palestinian News Network (PNN), Zoabi was giving a lecture in Ramat Gan college near Tel Aviv, when suddenly Israeli rightists threw glass bottles on her head, and spilled milk on her. Zoabi sustained moderate to light injuries due to the attack." ca	4/3/2015
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Netanyahu speech will be tested by its effect on Iran deal		Nachum Barnea - Ynet - There is another absence which is taking place quietly, under the radar: The 11 US Supreme Court justices have been invited to the event. They all said they would be unable to attend. Three of the Supreme Court judges are Jews who support Israel; at least six are conservatives appointed by Republican presidents. This was their way of saying: There is something faulty, unconstitutional, in the way the prime minister was invited. We are not part of this affair. [bz]	3/3/2015
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Right-wing activist hurls drink at Arab MK Zoabi		The Times of Israel - The activist and others also verbally attacked Zoabi, interrupting a Ramat Gan event that was meant to encourage women in politics. [bz]	3/3/2015
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Israeli military stages surprise wide-scale drill in West Bank		Xinhua English.news.cn - Army chief Gadi Eisenkot ordered the drill, which involves overall 13,000 reserve soldiers. Out of those, 3,000 must report to their posts in the West Bank, while the remaining 10,000 were put on alert, the IDF said in a statement. The drill, due to end on late Monday, will involve air force, intelligence and field units, and simulate different scenarios, including response to the kidnapping of Israelis. The drill may be associated with a recent military assessment that a possible wave of violence by Palestinians might break out in the West Bank, possibly by the end of March or early April. [bz]	2/3/2015
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Top Jewish Senator Feinstein: Netanyahu`s claim he represents all Jews is `arrogant`		Itzhak Benhorin - Ynet - As Netanyahu makes way to US to address Congress on Iranian deal, leading Jewish senator slams Netanyahu: `He doesn’t speak for me on this... I think it’s a rather arrogant statement.` [bz]	2/3/2015
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Netanyahu`s secret peace offer concessions to Palestinians revealed		Nahum Barnea - Ynet - During his previous tenure as prime minister, Netanyahu sent his confidant to negotiate with Palestinians and offered land swaps along the 1967 lines and limited right of return. However, according to Netanyahu`s office it was an American proposal that Israel never signed-off on. [bz]	6/3/2015
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Official: White House was part of bid to oust Netanyahu		Avi Issacharoff - The Times of Israel - "Senior Jerusalem source says administration wanted ‘revenge’ over Congress speech; declares there’ll be no Palestinian state ‘in our generation’." - id	25/3/2015
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High Court greenlights racial profiling at Israel`s airports		Edo Konrad - +972 - "Although Ben-Gurion Airport has made changes to its security policy in the years since the petition was filed – including the installment of an automated system to check all passenger luggage that replaced the public checks that often took place in the ticketing area — ACRI claimed that the new system only sweeps the policy of racial profiling under the rug." - id or rh	12/3/2015
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Qatar says to begin rebuilding 1,000 homes in Gaza		Reuters - Ynet - "Qatari official says reconstruction project as part of $1 billion aid pledge has begun, urges `more countries to come and build Gaza`." - id	11/3/2015
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Banksy British artist spotlights devastation in Gaza		Mohammed Asad - The Arab Daily News - "The anonymous British “graffiti” artist known only as “Banksy” secretly entered the Gaza Strip recently to help bring international attention to the suffering of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip." - id	11/3/2015
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Al Qaeda a Lesser Evil? Syria War Pulls U.S., Israel Apart		Yaroslav Trofimov - Wall Street Journal - Mountaintop on edge of Golan Heights illustrates complexities. ak	31/3/2015
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As Iran Deal Nears, Israel Steps Up Efforts to Sabotage It		Jason Ditz - AntiWar - Netanyahu Lobbies Senate to Kill Lausanne Deal [ry]	30/3/2015
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Israel`s Joint List faces Callenging Road Ahead		Lena Odgaard - AlJazeera - Coalition of Arab parties is now the Knesset`s third-largest bloc, but success hinges on its ability to form alliances [ry]	30/3/2015
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UN: Emergency fund for Syrian Palestinians running low		AP - Ynet - More than 95 percent of Palestinian refugees from Syria rely on UNRWA assistance, particularly the cash distributions due to high unemployment caused by the Syrian civil war, now in its fifth year. The agency`s relief reaches some 475,000 Palestinian refugees still residing in Syria, with another 45,000 in Lebanon and 15,000 in Jordan where many have fled. "This is literally a lifeline. It is quite literally a matter of life and death." [bz]	29/3/2015
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Russia to Help Palestine Become Independent State		Sputniknews - Russia will help Palestine in achieving its goal of becoming an independent state with the capital in East Jerusalem, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday in his address to the Arab League summit participants. [bz]	29/3/2015
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Virginia state agency cancels Jerusalem trip citing Israeli discrimination		Ali Abunimah - Electronic Intifada - “Upon review of US State Department advisories and other research, and after consultation with our leaders, it has been determined that there is enough legitimate concern to warrant cancellation of the Israel trip and exploration of alternative locations.” [bz]	28/3/2015
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Israel to stop withholding Palestinian tax revenues		AP - Ynet - State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke told reporters at a briefing the move will benefit the Palestinian people and said that having a functioning Palestinian Authority is important to stability in the West Bank. Quartet Representative to the Middle East and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair also lauded the decision, saying: "It is absolutely the right decision both for the improvement of the conditions of Palestinians on the ground and for Israel." [bz]	28/3/2015
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France to launch new UN push for Israel-Palestinian resolution		Carole Landry, Andre Viollaz - AFP - The Security Council in December rejected a resolution that would have set a deadline for reaching a final peace deal and pave the way to the creation of a Palestinian state. The United States had voted against the measure but was spared from resorting to its veto after eight council members including France voted yes, one vote short of the nine needed for adoption. "I hope the partners that were reluctant will be less reluctant," Fabius said. [bz]	28/3/2015
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“A Palestinian State is no longer relevant”		Sergio Yahni - AIC - An Arab League draft resolution to be discussed on Monday states that a "just and comprehensive peace is a strategic option," [but] Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister ruled out the establishment of a Palestinian state. [bz]	9/3/2015
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Netanyahu says Israel won`t cede land to Palestinians, despite reports, docs claiming otherwise		Ynet/AP - Despite past speech, commitments to world and Palestinians, Netanyahu now says Israel won’t withdraw from West Bank; report says Netanyahu aide Dermer promised Blair `Palestinian state along 67` borders` during past talks. [Including document scan-bz]	9/3/2015
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10 Reasons to Pray for AIPAC’s Decline		Medea Benjamin - ICH "AIPAC’s support of the Israeli prime minister over the US president is turning AIPAC into a Republican-biased lobby that could hopefully prove fatal to its future influence in Washington." ca	4/3/2015
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