Guarded hopes in Israel
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Israelis were up at dawn Friday, just to see live television coverage of Yasser Arafat leaving his compound in Ramallah and flying out of the Middle East.
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WADI FUKIN, West Bank -- The Palestinians of this village have long looked toward Tzur Hadassah, a neighboring Israeli town, for jobs building homes on land that decades ago belonged to them.
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Is there hope in the Middle East in the aftermath of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, or will the optimistic noises now being made fizzle out into the usual confrontation?
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Israel is prepared to back a Middle East conference convened by Tony Blair early next year despite having expressed fears that the British plans were over-ambitious and designed
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Israeli leader tells lawmakers that his plan is the only way for the nation to be secure. JERUSALEM -- Israel gave Yasser Arafat permission Monday to leave his compound briefly to receive medical treatment
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Why the stalemate in Lebanon has made Israelis more determined to strike harder next time
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A visit to a rocketmaker shows a reliance on very basic materials. The range of rockets fired at Israel has slowly been growing.
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The Israeli Knesset&#39;s approval of a plan to dismantle Jewish settlements in Gaza and part of the West bank raises hopes for Middle East peace progress, but, as always in the region, there are myriad uncertainties.
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Israeli opposition to the prime minister's Gaza withdrawal plan raises safety concerns.
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Israel was reacting with uncharacteristic calm after a suicide bombing on Monday in Tel Aviv by a Palestinian teenager killed three Israelis -- a test of Israel&#39;s pledge to show restraint in the wake of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat&#39;s illness.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell won a cautious pledge from Israel Monday to ease its military grip over Palestinian areas in order to make possible an election to replace the late Yasser Arafat.
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Israel has pledged it would do all it can to help a smooth election to choose a successor to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, including allowing Arabs in occupied and annexed east Jerusalem to vote.
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In the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, residents say that Israeli interests will trump theirs despite Bush's vow of a peace deal this year.
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BEIJING  - Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom expressed hope Monday that a more moderate Palestinian leadership would emerge if Yasser Arafat dies, and said his government would be waiting to work with it.
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Two Israelis who thought moving from the coastal city of Tel Aviv to Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank would provide a smokescreen for their cannabis-growing operation will have to think again.
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Israel said on Thursday it hoped to avoid further fighting along the Lebanon border following a clash with the Lebanese army but cautioned that it would not tolerate hostile activity against Israeli forces.
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The somber official end to mourning for Yasser Arafat on Tuesday contrasted with a new sense of optimism in the Middle East after his death.