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MIDEAST: U.S. Non-Profit Targeted Rights Group over Goldstone
By Eli Clifton
WASHINGTON - A campaign of attacks against the New Israel Fund (NIF), a U.S.-based progressive organisation that supports human rights groups in Israel, has gained attention in both the Israeli and U.S. media, raising questions about the role played by foreign non-profits and non-governmental organisations in influencing Israeli government policy.
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MIDEAST: Gaza Energy Crisis Averted - For Now
By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - Pressure exerted on the Palestinian Authority (PA) by international and regional officials has given Gazans a last minute reprieve, albeit temporary, from plunging into darkness and plummeting temperatures.
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MIDEAST: Gazans Denied Justice as Rights Take a Beating
By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - Gazans hoping for a modicum of justice following Israel’s indiscriminate military assault on the coastal territory during December 2008 and January 2009 - which left 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, dead - could be waiting in vain.
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MIDEAST: Raze Illegal Buildings - Unless They Are Jewish
By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
SILWAN, Occupied East Jerusalem - Backed by armed security men, the municipal inspectors race their jeeps through the narrow alleyways and up a hillside crowded with buildings.
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MIDEAST: Pro-Israel Lobbies Work on Europe
By David Cronin
BRUSSELS - Defenders of Israel’s aggressive stance have for many years been recognised as a powerful force shaping United States foreign policy. A less well-known fact is that the pro-Israel lobby has been making a concerted effort to strengthen its presence in Europe.
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MIDEAST: Corrupt Arab Regimes - Who is to Blame?
Analysis by Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - The Mideast continues to be plagued by autocratic Arab regimes where human rights, democracy and freedom of speech are a pipe dream for the average citizen. But who is to blame and what can be done to amend this situation?
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JORDAN: Palestinians Unfairly Stripped of Citizenship - Report
By Charles Fromm
WASHINGTON - The Jordanian government should halt the arbitrary revocation of nationality from its citizens of Palestinian origin, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Monday.
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MIDEAST: Helpless in Gaza
By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
JERSUALEM - Scores of Palestinian women and their children carefully sift through the desert sands. They are looking for hard nuggets.
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Q&A: ''Hamas Accepts Existence of Israel Within 1967 Borders''
Mel Frykberg interviews MAHMOUDI RAMAHI, secretary-general of the Palestinian Legislative Council
RAMALLAH - Palestinian politics are at an impasse. The four-year term of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) ended on Jan. 25 with no new elections planned. Presidential elections, meant to be held last year, were also postponed indefinitely.
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MIDEAST: Netanyahu Plants Trees and More on Occupied Land
By Jerrold Kessel and and Pierre Klochendler
MAALEH ADUMIM, Occupied West Bank - When Benjamin Netanyahu dug a spade here and in another West Bank settlement this week, some thought the Israeli Prime Minister was actually digging a hole into current United States-sponsored peace efforts.
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MIDEAST: Pray the PA Way or Face Arrest
By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - The Palestinian Authority (PA) is using West Bank mosques as a new battleground in its political offensive against its opponents within Hamas as well as critics from its own Fatah party.
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U.S.: Obama Faces Increasingly Daunting Picture Overseas
Analysis by Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - While President Barack Obama's first State of the Union Address Wednesday night will almost certainly focus on the economy, unemployment, and other pressing domestic issues, an increasingly worrisome international situation is likely to be tugging at the back of his mind.
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MIDEAST: U.S. Policy in Gaza Remains Unchanged
By Charles Fromm and Ellen Massey
WASHINGTON - One year ago Thursday, the last Israeli tanks were lumbering out of the Gaza Strip, ending the 22-day Gaza War and leaving in their wake a decimated landscape and population.
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In addition to the historically unbridgeable divide between Israel and the Palestinians, a split is broadening between the militant Hamas and the relatively moderate Fatah groups on the Palestinian side. Israel faces its own internal disagreements on such issues as Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. And with every opening divide, trouble in the region escalates. IPS correspondents provide the big-picture perspective on the Middle East.