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Citing End Of Unilateral Steps, Israel Releases $100 Million To PA

11/30/2011
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Israel released $100 million in tax funds it had withheld from the Palestinian Authority.

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Jordan's King Supports Palestinian Statehood in West Bank Visit

11/22/2011
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Jordan's King Abdullah visited the West Bank for the first time in more than a decade to demonstrate support for the Palestinians' statehood bid in the United Nations.

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Trading Charges, Not Olive Branches

Submitted by Douglas Bloomfield on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 02:28
By ramping up the incendiary rhetoric with accusations of Israeli racism, ethnic cleansing, targeted assassinations, waging a war of aggression, apartheid and threatening Islamic holy places, Mahmoud Abbas was fanning the flames of a Third Intifada he claims he doesn't want. 
 
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Jewish Protestors Arrested At U.N.

Yuli Edelstein in the Dialogue Tent.
09/23/2011
Stewart Ain
Staff Writer

Three days before a Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli security forces during a violent confrontation in the West Bank Friday, Rabbi Avi Weiss warned the United Nations that a Palestinian request for U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state might “inspire” violence.

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Jews And Evangelicals Protest Durban III Conference

Pro-Israel rally near U.N. (Photo by Juda Engelmayer)
09/21/2011
Stewart Ain
Staff Writer

It wasn’t your usual pro-Israel rally Wednesday outside the United Nations.

That became apparent when Roz Rothstein, founder of the Israel advocacy group Stand With Us, shouted into the microphone, “Today we are all Israelis,” and a voice in the crowd yelled back, “Halleluiah.”

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Rabbi Avi Weiss Plans To Block Traffic Near UN To Protest Palestinian Statehood

09/19/2011
Stewart Ain
Staff Writer

Rabbi Avi Weiss is planning to lead a group of rabbis and congregants Tuesday at 10 a.m. in a peaceful sit-down demonstration on First Avenue at 40th Street to block traffic headed to the United Nations to protest Palestinian plans this week to seek UN recognition as a state.

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Obama And Netanyahu To Meet In New York

09/18/2011
JTA

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting.

Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive Wednesday in New York for the General Assembly meeting. He told his Cabinet Sunday that he will meet with Obama, as well as other world leaders, upon his arrival.

White House National Security Council spokesman Ben Rhodes confirmed the scheduled meeting to reporters over the weekend. Obama is not scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, according to the White House.

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A Thousand Terrorists for Shalit?

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
07/21/2011
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
Jewish Week Online Columnist
Q – Is the release of Gilad Shalit worth an exchange of a thousand Hamas prisoners, including some who have blood on their hands and could well kill more innocent Israelis (and others)?
 
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U.S. Official: Cutting U.N. Funds Harms Israel, U.S. Interests

06/16/2011

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- A top U.S. official outlined U.S.-Israel cooperation at the United Nations and argued that cutting funding to the body would be detrimental to the interests of both countries.

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The Palestinians U.N. Statehood Quickstep: a smart strategy, and an incredibly dumb one

Submitted by James Besser on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 10:00

I wrote this week about new Palestinian tactics in their endless effort to avoid direct negotiations with Israel, including the U.N. Quickstep – the accelerating effort to tap dance around negotiations with “official” recognition of Palestinian statehood in the General Assembly in September.

The more I think about it, the more this seems like a very smart strategy – and a very dumb one.

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