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Israel 'to ease' W Bank friction
Israel orders troops to avoid "unnecessary friction" in the West Bank, as a truce in Gaza enters a second week.

BBC News

Qatar 'to pay Palestinian wages'
Qatar will pay the salaries of 40,000 Palestinian education workers for several months, says the Palestinian PM.

BBC News

ForeignPolicy: Israel-Palestine: Reconciliation Is in Everyone's Interest
A new documentary that looks at the people most affected by the Israeli-Palestinian divide reminds us that lasting peace will come from popular movements, not political leaders.

AlterNet.org

Black Church Delegation Focuses on Palestine
A delegation of black church leaders say conditions in Palestine remind them of injustices in pre-civil rights America and South Africa during apartheid, says a report from The Arab American News of Dearborn, Mich.

news.newamericamedia.org

Two Palestinians killed in W Bank
Israeli soldiers shoot and kill two Palestinians, one a 16-year-old, in separate incidents in the West Bank.

BBC News

Discussing his new book on "The NewsHour ...
Discussing his new book on "The NewsHour," Carter observed that "there hasn't been a day of negotiation orchestrated or promoted by the United States between Israel and the Palestinians in six years."

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