Read more Palestinians stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7661/palestinians.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:43:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74180/time-to-talk-mideast-truce-not-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's early efforts have failed, and a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians now looks as distant as ever, writes Roger Cohen. It was a mistake to think the land-for-peace talks of 2000 could simply be revived despite the violence, expansion of settlements, and Israel's construction of...http://www.newser.com/story/74180/time-to-talk-mideast-truce-not-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 1:19:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73024/clintons-mideast-push-hits-brick-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton's day of diplomacy in the Mideast yielded little progress. She met separately with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu but did not secure a deal to restart peace talks. The main sticking point: Abbas rebuffed an offer from Netanyahu—and relayed by Clinton—to slow...http://www.newser.com/story/73024/clintons-mideast-push-hits-brick-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 23:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72501/israelis-palestinians-clash-at-jerusalems-holiest-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsraeli forces stormed Jerusalem's holiest shrine today, firing stun grenades to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in a fresh eruption of violence in the country's most volatile spot. A wall of Israeli riot police behind plexiglass shields sent many protesters—overwhelmingly young men—running for cover into the black-domed...http://www.newser.com/story/72501/israelis-palestinians-clash-at-jerusalems-holiest-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 11:36:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71660/palestine-says-hope-in-obama-evaporated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House of caving to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and backing off a demand to freeze Jewish settlement. Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party also accused the US of failing to set a clear agenda...http://www.newser.com/story/71660/palestine-says-hope-in-obama-evaporated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 8:36:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64781/israel-to-us-we-wont-halt-housing-in-jerusalem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid intense US-Israeli negotiations over settlements, Israel today brushed off Washington’s request to stop an American millionaire's housing project in East Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Post reports. Palestinians have complained that it would change demographics in the Arab-dominated area. But Obama "had crossed a red line" in asking Israel to cease...http://www.newser.com/story/64781/israel-to-us-we-wont-halt-housing-in-jerusalem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 16:56:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64610/olmert-stop-obsessing-over-settlements.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's fine for Barack Obama to make overtures to the Arab world, but Ehud Olmert, reminding him in a Washington Post op-ed that Israel is "the only real Middle Eastern democracy," complains that he has focused too much of his attentions on Israel's settlements in the West Bank. Olmert says...http://www.newser.com/story/64610/olmert-stop-obsessing-over-settlements.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 6:27:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64363/hamas-israel-targets-gaza-youth-with-aphrodisiac-gum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamas says Israel is corrupting Palestinian youth with aphrodisiac chewing gum. “We have discovered two types of stimulants that were introduced into the Gaza Strip from Israeli border crossings,” a spokesman tells AFP. “The first type is presented in the form of chewing gum and the second in the form...http://www.newser.com/story/64363/hamas-israel-targets-gaza-youth-with-aphrodisiac-gum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 13:07:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61314/israelis-stymie-horse-drawn-bomb-attempt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExplosives-laden horses were part of an attempt today by Palestinian militants to plant bombs in Israel, the BBC reports. Israel says it shot and killed four men—who where wearing explosive vests—and their explosive-laden horses after they first fired on a border post. The Israeli response to the men...http://www.newser.com/story/61314/israelis-stymie-horse-drawn-bomb-attempt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 14:42:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61180/gazas-single-ladies-to-hamas-put-a-ring-on-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashington deems Hamas a terrorist group, but for Gaza’s lonely single women, the Islamic militant group can be a lifesaver, the AP reports. Hamas runs a “marriage and development” service that finds husbands for hundreds of women, often helping those in their 30s—who are considered spinsters. “This is our...http://www.newser.com/story/61180/gazas-single-ladies-to-hamas-put-a-ring-on-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Jun 2009 15:54:57 CDT