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Shake off your apathy, take a stand
I can no longer remain in one of the fastest growing groups in America, Apathy Anonymous. I've lived nearly 70 years and have marched, signed petitions, written letters to everyone from the president, to local, state and federal officials, concerning...Tags: Israel, Environmental Issues, Wars and Interventions, Leon Panetta, Global Change
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Rain clouds, trees and a metaphor
A new study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and reported in The New York Times [May 14, 2013], informs us that (1) "For years, scientists and engineers have noticed an increase in river flows when the trees along the...Tags: Israel, Government, Politics, Book, Science
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Peace debate exposes deep rifts in Israeli government
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's coalition government presented a divided front on Palestinian statehood on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepared a new mission to revive long-defunct peace talks. Appearing before a parliamentary committee,...Tags: Government, John Kerry, Labor Legislation, Benjamin Netanyahu, Tzipi Livni
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 20
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- AMMAN/BEIRUT - U.S. President Barack Obama voiced concern at Hezbollah's growing role in the Syrian civil war on Monday after men from the Lebanese militia fought their biggest battle yet alongside President Bashar al-Assad's...Tags: White House, Wars and Interventions, Islam, Barack Obama, Bangladesh
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Chief Palestinian peace negotiator backs Kerry's efforts
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The top Palestinian negotiator with Israel on Monday threw his weight behind U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's bid to revive stalled peace talks, while describing the situation in the West Bank as apartheid worse than that...Tags: Palestinian National Authority, United Nations General Assembly, Palestine, John Kerry, Barack Obama
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Cannes Film Review: 'Omar'
VarietyHany Abu-Assad returns to form with "Omar," his first Palestinian feature since the justifiably lauded "Paradise Now." While the first half reps an engrossing if unremarkable take on the Catch-22 situation faced by young Palestinians sick of constant...Tags: Israel
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Palestinian film of love and betrayal breaks new ground at Cannes
ReutersCANNES (Reuters) - A tragic love story between two Palestinians living under Israeli occupation received a standing ovation at the Cannes film festival on Monday and broke new ground as the first film fully funded by the Palestinian cinema industry....Tags: Israel, Cannes Film Festival, Nuclear Power, Nazareth, Palestine
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Israel's Lapid speaks of removing some settlers for peace
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Finance Minister Yair Lapid, whose new centrist party is the second largest in Israel's government, said on Monday thousands of Jewish settlers would have to be removed from occupied land under any peace deal with the Palestinians....Tags: Israel, John Kerry, Israeli Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza Strip
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Ismailia Bows Doc Market
VarietyEgypt's Ismailia Intl. Film Festival is launching the first co-production mart dedicated exclusively to documentaries in the Middle East and North Africa. It's the first move made by its new topper, Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy who aims to relaunch...Tags: Egypt, Suez Canal
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Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo
MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their...
Tags: Government, Palestinian National Authority, Jerusalem (Israel), World Bank Group, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Kerry to attend Syria talks on May 22, visit Mideast, Africa
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attend talks on Syria in Amman on Wednesday, the State Department said, as major powers try to bring the Syrian government and opposition to peace talks in June. Kerry's visit is part of a...Tags: Israel, Politics, Government, U.S. Department of State, Jerusalem (Israel)
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New York breaks militant-linked cigarette smuggling ring
Fifteen men of Palestinian origin have been arrested on charges of running a multimillion-dollar cigarette smuggling ring, and New York authorities who announced the arrests on Thursday said several of the suspects have ties to Hamas and other Islamist...Tags: Prosecution, Blindness, Trials, Ramadan, Immigration
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May 16, 2013
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