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Fast Forward Egypt Cuts the Number of Palestinian Entries from Gaza Strip in Post Morsi Era
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Egypt has sharply cut the number of Palestinians allowed to enter from the Gaza Strip since its military ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last month, the tiny enclave’s Islamist Hamas rulers said on Monday. An Egyptian official said the curbs were “not a punishment” for Hamas’s Islamist leanings but an effort…
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Fast Forward Israeli Energy Firm Plans To Bring Gas Pipeline To Middle East Countries
JERUSALEM — An Israeli energy company announced plans to export natural gas via pipelines through Turkey and other countries in the Middle East. The Delek Group, the parent firm for several energy and gas exploration companies, said in its new prospectus that it plans to export some of the newly discovered natural gas off the…
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Opinion Right Rips Peres for Citing ‘67 Lines (P.S.: He Didn’t)
A funny thing happened to Israeli figurehead president Shimon Peres on his way to the World Economic Forum. Scheduled to address a gathering of Middle Eastern political and business leaders at a Jordanian Dead Sea conference center on Sunday evening, the 89-year-old elder statesman came under furious attack from Likud cabinet ministers Sunday afternoon for…
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The Schmooze Madonna’s Boyfriend Waves Israeli and Palestinian Flags
We were all so busy being mesmerized with every aspect of Madonna’s questionable outfit for the Met Gala on Monday, that no one noticed Brahim Zaibat’s choice of accessory: miniature Israeli and Palestinian Authority flags. Statement of tolerance, or weird Kabbalah practice? Who knows. The 25-year-old dancer and the 54-year-old diva have been dating for…
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Opinion Kerry’s New Road Map for a Mideast Peace Deal
From Tuesday’s Yediot Ahronot, as translated in the emailed Daily News Update of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace comes a fairly detailed description by Alex Fishman of John Kerry’s game plan for restarting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Fishman is Yediot’s veteran, impeccably well-sourced military affairs correspondent. He attributes this information to…
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Opinion New Israeli Defense Chief: Tough-talking Hardliner
Ynet.co.il, the news site associated with Yediot Ahronot, has a profile of incoming Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (known since his youth by the nickname “Boogy”). It’s important reading, so I’ve translated it below. Here’s the background that’s not in the profile: Born Moshe Smilansky in 1950, raised in suburban Haifa, he was active in the…
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Opinion Hamas Accepts 2 States, ’67 Borders: Report
Zvi Barel, Haaretz’s impeccably cautious Middle East commentator, reports (might be paywall; here is the Hebrew original) that Hamas secretary general Khaled Meshaal has agreed to accept a two-state solution, with a Palestinian state alongside Israel based on the 1967 borders. This follows talks in Amman this week between Meshaal King Abdullah of Jordan. Barel…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority Changes Name to State of Palestine
The Palestinian Authority officially changed its name to the State of Palestine. President Mahmoud Abbas decreed Friday that the name would be changed to reflect the recent upgrade of the Palestinians’ status at the United Nations, the Associated Press reported Palestinian stamps, signs and letterheads will be changed to reflect his decision, according to Wafa,…
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