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West Bank - Tension continues
For a third day running, Palestinian radicals threw a firebomb at a Jewish enclave in Hebron on Thursday (26/12), causing no injuries but keeping tensions high as the handover of the flashpoint city to
VS of Hebron,
Israeli Minister...
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Gaza/Israel - Summit peace talks
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held four hours of talks Tuesday (24/12) without reaching agreement on the handover of Hebron to Palestinian rule, officials said.
But chief Palestinian...
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Palestinian police arrest 30 alleged criminals in raids
1. Wide pan of Palestinian forces on street
2. Palestinian security forces patrolling streets of Yatta village
3. Palestinian police car with lights flashing
4. Armed security forces entering a house with guns drawn
5. Policeman aiming...
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Israel - Tension continues to run high
The growing tension between the Israelis and Palestinians continues to
preoccupy the Israeli government on Monday (16/12). The Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, met in Jerusalem to...
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Middle East - Obama Visit (inc speech interrupted by heckler)
Arrests and US flags burned as Palestinians protest Obama visit
Hebron, West bank - 20 Mar 2013
1. Palestinian protester wearing Obama mask being taken away by Israeli soldiers
Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 20 Mar 2013
2. Wide of protesters on...
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WRAP Norwegians arrive to meet Arafat, reax on incursion
Ramallah, West Bank
1. Exterior shot Yasser Arafat's office
2. Norwegian delegation arriving
3. Entering building
Jerusalem
4. Arie Mekel, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Arie Mekel, Israeli Foreign Ministry...
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MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL/PALESTINIAN PEACE DEAL TALKS LATEST (2)
Arabic/Eng/Nat
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators pressed ahead with a revised West Bank land-for-security deal on Wednesday.
As yet there is no resolution over the number of Palestinian prisoners to be freed by Israel.
As the Chief...
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Various - Unrest over settlements
A cash hand-out to Jewish settlers in Hebron has sparked angry clashes in the West Bank. Jewish "Peace Now" demonstrators angered by the gift of $US 180,000 to 500 settlers in the occupied area fought police after attempting to block the...
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Various - Demonstrations continue in Middle East
There were more demonstrations and marches on the West Bank on Wednesday
(2/10), as Palestinians continued to protest about Israel's actions over the last week. In Bethlehem, thousands of people converged on Manger Square to listen to...
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MIDDLE EAST: DISTRUST OF PEACE ACCORD TALKS IN THE US (V)
English/Nat
In the Middle East, Israelis and Palestinians share a distrust of the peace accord being negotiated in Washington - but for different reasons.
Right-wing Israelis think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made too many...
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West Bank - Hamas mass wedding / clashes in Hebron
Dozens of Palestinian youths took to the streets of Hebron on
Friday (11/7), burning Israeli flags and hurling stones and
molotov cocktails at Israeli soldiers.
One Palestinian boy was badly burned by a molotov cocktail,
which he claims...
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Gaza - Tension runs high
Israeli soldiers and Palestinian police on Wednesday (18/12) prepared for another gunfight at Netzarim junction in the Gaza Strip. The tension was sparked when the Israeli army returned to an old army base,
evacuated a year and a half...
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WEST BANK: PALESTINIAN & ISRAELI SETTLERS CLASH UPDATE
Natural Sound
Clashes have broken out between Palestinians residents and Israeli settlers and soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron.
Saturday's angry confrontation took place just hours before U-S mediator Dennis Ross was due to...
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ISRAEL: LAND DAY PROTESTS (V)
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VOICED BY: Vera Frankl
Dozens of Palestinian youths protesting against Israeli land confiscation have hurled stones at Israeli troops in the West Bank.
The soldiers responded by firing rubber bullets and tear gas.
The...
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West Bank- Reaction to arrest of suspect terrorist
The brother of Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer said on Friday (1/8) that the alleged extremist arrested in New York had left the West Bank town of Hebron four years ago to seek a brighter future. Noor Abu Mezer told reporters that he had been...
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West ßank - Unrest in Middle East
About 200 Palestinian youths in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday (21/3) stoned Israeli soldiers and burned tyres in the streets to protest against construction of new Jewish housing in mainly Arab east Jerusalem.
The Israelis...
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MIDDLE EAST: VIOLENCE CONTINUES
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There is still no end to the violence in the Middle East, despite promises on Thursday of a truce deal.
The flashpoint city of Hebron on Friday saw scuffles between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians, which left...
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EGYPT: 3RD MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA ECONOMIC SUMMIT PREVIEW
English/Nat
Businessmen and politicians will be gathering in Cairo next week for the third annual Middle East and North Africa Economic summit.
In previous years the summit was seen as a focus for the on-going Middle East peace process...
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WRAP Arafat at compound, Arafat's wife, MidEast reax
Ramallah
1. Two shots of Arafat sitting, wearing blue jump-suit and cap, surrounded by aides
Ramallah
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Munnib al-Masri, aide to Arafat, outside Arafat's headquarters,
"The medical committee recommended for him to...
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RR9415/A - ISRAEL: DIVIDED
RR9415/A - ISRAEL: DIVIDED (dur: 8 min 28 sec/eng.sot: 1 min 7 sec)
Despite the horror of the Hebron massacre when 29 Arab worshippers were killed by a fanatical Israeli settler, and recent acts of Palestinian retribution which have...
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USA: WASHINGTON: US MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
The U-S intends to maintain heavy involvement in Mideast peace negotiations.
That assurance comes from U-S mediator Dennis Ross.
However, Ross says the U-S will do only what's requested by the Israelis, Arabs and...
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Israel - Lack of water supply to Palestinians
A new problem is brewing in the West Bank between Palestinians and Israeli settlers, namely the lack of available water to Palestinians. The shortfall is countered by using winter rainfall stored in cisterns, and buying water from water...
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Gaza - Talks on withdrawal of troops from Hebron
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will on Monday (7/10) begin talks about one of the most difficult issues between them, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank town of Hebron.
In...
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Israel/Hebron/Gaza - Shamgar Commission Report
Israel's official inquiry into the Hebron mosque massacre of
February 25th published on Sunday (26/6) concluded that a Jewish
settler acted alone when he shot dead some 30 Palestinians.
0.00 cs flicking through pages of Shamgar...