Palestinians denounce apparent White House support for settlement ...
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With the apparent support of the Bush administration, Israel on Monday announced plans for building 530 new homes in the West Bank.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he would ask U.S. President George W. Bush, who visits the Middle East this week, to curb Israel's West Bank settlements for the sake of peace.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday new Israeli settlement activity was posing an obstacle to revived Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts launched in the U.S. town of Annapolis last month.
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Senior Arab officials attending a U.S.-sponsored conference in the Middle East rejected the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy would help end terrorism, arguing that the administration's strong support of Israel made it difficult to undertake political reforms or halt extremists driven by hatred of U.S. policies.
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A group of antiwar protesters demonstrated outside the White House yesterday to condemn what they termed the government's "demonization" of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and said they think the Bush administration is preparing the public for an attack on Iran.
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Jewish organizations and leaders in the U.S. are divided over Israel&#039;s plan to redraw the country&#039;s borders on its own if it cannot quickly negotiate peace with the Palestinians, and are giving the White House conflicting advice about whether to support or fund the effort.
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The Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria (Yesha Council) has publicized a statement in which it calls on settlers to actively disobey the government&#39;s execution of the disengagement and compensation law for removal of all Jewish settlements
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NEW YORK : In an unannounced policy shift, Washington has given its approval for growth within some Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the New York Times reported, citing US and Israeli officials.
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TENS of thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters demonstrated yesterday against a plan to remove all Gaza settlements and four from the West Bank.
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JERUSALEM -- Tens of thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters demonstrated against their government&#39;s plan to remove all settlements from Gaza and four from the West Bank, taking pains to keep their protest peaceful to counter warnings about
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The Bush administration has signaled  approval of growth in some Israeli settlements in the West Bank  in a policy change aimed at helping Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon, the New York Times said on Saturday.
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The House voted Tuesday to further choke off the flow of U.S. aid to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority, drawing the displeasure of the Bush administration and dividing the pro-Israel lobbying community.
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With public attention focused elsewhere, the Bush administration is letting Middle East peace hopes disappear. Israelis rightly complain that peace requires a partner, a role that Yasser Arafat has been pathetically incapable of filling so far.
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RAMALLAH: Palestinians yesterday accused the United States of destroying hopes of negotiations with Israel for a Palestinian state, after the US signalled it could accept some growth of settlements in the West Bank.
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America thinks the Palestinian agreement is a setback for peace, but many observers think it is really a setback for U.S. influence
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Supporters of the Jewish settlement movement demonstrate against Israel&#39;s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plan to remove settlements from the Gaza Strip, in front of Israel&#39;s parliament, or Knesset, Monday Oct. 25, 2004.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel announced plans yesterday for 500 new housing units in the West Bank, after an apparent US policy shift that has infuriated the Palestinians. The Palestinians oppose all Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where they hope to establish an independent state.