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    Mar 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Cyprus postpones vote on controversial bailout package

    ATHENS – Cyprus’ parliament has pushed back debate of a controversial bailout that would force savers to pay a levy of up to nearly 10% on bank deposits in exchange for a $13-billion international aid package to avert a chaotic government default.
    ATHENS – Cyprus’ parliament has pushed back debate of a controversial bailout that would force savers to pay a levy of up to nearly 10% on bank deposits in exchange for a $13-billion international aid package to avert a chaotic government...

    Tags: Elections, International Monetary Fund, Politics, European Union, Cyprus

    2. Mar 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Palestinian hunger striker released by Israel

    RAMALLAH, West Bank – A Palestinian from the West Bank who has been on a hunger strike in Israeli jails since July 1 was released Sunday under an agreement to resettle in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials.
    RAMALLAH, West Bank – A Palestinian from the West Bank who has been on a hunger strike in Israeli jails since July 1 was released Sunday under an agreement to resettle in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials. Ayman Sharawna, 36, a...

    Tags: Israel, Prisons, Career and Workplace, Strikes, Military Justice

    3. Mar 14, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  3. UC San Diego council seeks divestment from firms with West Bank ties

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    UC San Diego’s student government joined a widening movement urging the university system to divest from companies that some student activists contend are violating the human rights of Palestinians and aiding Israel’s occupation of the West...
    4. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Letters: Obama's Israel bias

    Re "The Israel trip," Opinion, March 8
    Re "The Israel trip," Opinion, March 8 Ami Ayalon's suggestions to President Obama as he prepares for his trip to Israel make the assumption that the United States should continue in its role as mediator between the Israelis and the Palestinians....

    Tags: Israel, Religion and Belief, Israeli Settlements, Judaism, United Nations

    5. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Obama trip to Israel still on

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> -- President Obama will travel to Israel and the West Bank this month regardless of whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been able to form his new government, an aide to the president said Friday.
    WASHINGTON -- President Obama will travel to Israel and the West Bank this month regardless of whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been able to form his new government, an aide to the president said Friday. The White House had previously left...

    Tags: Israel, Elections, Trips and Vacations, National Government, Jerusalem (Israel)

    6. Mar 8, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  6. UC Riverside student Senate urges divestment from firms working in West Bank

    L.A. NOW
    UC Riverside’s student Senate this week passed a controversial resolution urging the university system to divest from nine companies that the students contend are violating the human rights of Palestinians and aiding Israel’s occupation of the...
    7. Mar 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The eternal disputes of the Dead Sea Scrolls

    In June 1954, a small advertisement ran in the Wall Street Journal: "Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale." The commercial offering was the start of a long and controversial path for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of fragmentary writings in Hebrew and Aramaic (with a few in Greek) that were found in caves near the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1956.
    In June 1954, a small advertisement ran in the Wall Street Journal: "Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale." The commercial offering was the start of a long and controversial path for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of fragmentary...

    Tags: Israel, Judges, Teachers, Newspaper and Magazine, Teaching and Learning

    8. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Palestinians, Israeli police clash in Jerusalem

    JERUSALEM -- Palestinians and Israeli police clashed Friday following noon prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem in what some said was a protest over prisoners held in Israeli jails.
    JERUSALEM -- Palestinians and Israeli police clashed Friday following noon prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem in what some said was a protest over prisoners held in Israeli jails. Police entered the walled compound where the mosque...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Injuries and Wounds, Islam

    9. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Palestinian protester dies of rubber-bullet wounds

    RAMALLAH, West Bank &ndash; A 22-year-old Palestinian college student died Thursday of wounds suffered when he was shot in the head with a rubber-coated bullet by Israeli soldiers two weeks ago.
    RAMALLAH, West Bank – A 22-year-old Palestinian college student died Thursday of wounds suffered when he was shot in the head with a rubber-coated bullet by Israeli soldiers two weeks ago.   Muhammad Asfour of the village of Aboud, 13 miles...

    Tags: Jerusalem (Israel)

    10. Mar 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. World leaders react to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

    News of the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-hugo-chavez-20130306,0,3058426.story" target="_blank">death of Venezuelan President </a>Hugo Chavez, the leftist leader who had been battling cancer, reverberated Tuesday around Latin America and the world.
    News of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the leftist leader who had been battling cancer, reverberated Tuesday around Latin America and the world. In La Paz, Bolivia, a teary-eyed Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was devastated,...

    Tags: Hugo Chavez, Dilma Rousseff, Bolivia, Venezuela, William Hague

    11. Mar 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Palestinian-only buses on West Bank stir controversy

    JERUSALEM&nbsp;--&nbsp;Israel is under fire from civil rights groups after launching a new West Bank transportation service for Palestinians that is expected to keep them off the buses used by Jewish settlers.
    JERUSALEM -- Israel is under fire from civil rights groups after launching a new West Bank transportation service for Palestinians that is expected to keep them off the buses used by Jewish settlers. Palestinians and Israeli human rights groups...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Israel, Social Issues, Racism, Public Transportation

    12. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Israel undermining own security with settlements, allies warn

    As Israel pursues an expanded settlement agenda in Palestinian territory, even its friends are beginning to sound like its adversaries.
    As Israel pursues an expanded settlement agenda in Palestinian territory, even its friends are beginning to sound like its adversaries. The European Union issued a damning report this week, calling the Israeli government’s construct-and-control...

    Tags: Israel, Israeli Settlements, Judaism, European Union, National Government

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