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Netanyahu stakes claim to West Bank settlement
JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister declared on Sunday that his country would retain parts of the West Bank forever - a statement sure to provoke Palestinians and complicate the year-old peace mission of a visiting U.S. envoy.
Nations:Israel People:Benjamin Netanyahu Mahmoud Abbas Barack Obama Activities:Israel-Palestine Source:(AP)
2010-01-24
Mubarak urges Netanyahu to stop settlements
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak urged Israel to halt "all settlement activity" and warned of the dangers it posed in Jerusalem, in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Cairo on Sunday.
Nations:Israel Egypt Saudi Arabia People:Benjamin Netanyahu Shimon Peres Hosni Mubarak Barack Obama Activities:Israel-Palestine
2009-09-13
Israel OKs hundreds of new West Bank apartments
JERUSALEM - Israel officially approved the construction of hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, the Defense Ministry said Monday, deepening an already unprecedented rift with the U.S. over Israeli settlement expansion.
Nations:Israel North Korea People:Benjamin Netanyahu Activities:Israel-Palestine Source:(AP)
2009-09-07
Defiant Israel to build 455 new settlement homes
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel on Monday gave the go-ahead to build hundreds of new housing units in settlements in the occupied West Bank, defying warnings that the move jeopardises any resumption of Middle East peace talks.
Nations:Israel Saudi Arabia People:Benjamin Netanyahu Barack Obama Activities:Israel-Palestine Source:(AFP)
2009-09-07
Obama: Encouraged on Israel, Palestinians
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is encouraged by progress in U.S. efforts to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, thanking his Egyptian counterpart for help in working for a breakthrough.
Nations:Saudi Arabia People:Benjamin Netanyahu Hosni Mubarak Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:Israel-Palestine
2009-08-18
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