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Seeking to break decades of hostility, President Barack Obama convened a new round of ambitious Middle East peace talks Wednesday and told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they faced a fleeting chance to settle deep differences. (Sept. 1)
HEADLINE: Obama: Palestinians, Israelis relaunch talks
CAPTION: Seeking to break decades of hostility, President Barack Obama convened a new round of ambitious Middle East peace talks Wednesday and told Israeli and Palestinian leaders...
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President Abbas term of office extended after elections postponed
Ramallah, West Bank
1. Wide of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at meeting with the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas
2. Close of Abbas
3. Abbas and Usackas speaking
4. Wide of media as Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat...
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Israel-Palestinians & Israeli Resume Peace Talks
Palestinian and Israeli negotiators resumed peace talks on Sunday
(30/7) at the Red Sea resort city of Eilat. Israeli Cabinet Minister Shimon Shitrit said he was optimistic issues of the redeploying the
army, water resources and the...
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GAZA/ISRAEL: FURTHER UNREST
Eng/Arabic/Nat
Israel has rushed troops to the West Bank and Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip where Islamic fundamentalists have vowed to redirect violence against Jewish targets.
The threat comes as PLO leader Yasser Arafat on...
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US Sec Of State Hillary Clinton testifies on foreign policy
1. Wide shot of hearing room
2. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walking into room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State
"We actually believe that by following the diplomatic path we are on, we gain...
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White House briefing on Mideast Summit, Iraq
1. Side shot Fleischer speaking
2. Cutaway reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House spokesman:
"As I just said, all systems are go, the conditions are permitting and unless ... in the event that something changes that...
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Powell comments on Mideast crisis
1. Pan view of car arriving
2. Cutaway press
3. Pan from reporters to US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, walking out of TV studio
4. Cutaway press
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Powell, US Secretary of State:
"Well there's always...
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MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
English/Nat
An Israeli Human Rights group on Thursday accused Israeli soldiers of routinely opening fire on unarmed Palestinian demonstrators, after its observers watched ten days of riots at a West Bank hot spot.
In its report, the...
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ISRAEL: GAZA CITY: BOMB FACTORY BLAST PROTEST
Eng/Arabic/Nat
Thousands of Islamic fundamentalists marched through Gaza City today (Monday) to protest the deadly blast Sunday which blew up a bomb factory run by the Muslim militant group Hamas.
Hamas blamed Israel and Yasser Arafat's...
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WRAP Mortar lands on house, Israeli air strike, reaction
Neve Dakalim, Gaza Strip
1. Various of damaged cars
2. Blood stains on the ground next to car
3. Van with bullet holes and broken windows
4. Wide of security forces arriving at site
5. Soldier in army jeep calling settlers to enter...
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Israeli reactions to Palestinian militants' agreement in Cairo
1. SOUNDBITE: (English) Raanan Gissin, Israeli Spokesman:
"Reports about a possible agreement between the factions, the various Palestinian terrorist organisations and the Palestinian Authority reached in Cairo is clearly an internal...
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Canadian FM Baird meets Palestinian President Abbas, presser
1. Mid of Canadian foreign minister John Baird and Palestinian minister of foreign affairs, Riyad al-Maliki entering news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) John Baird, Canadian Foreign Minister:
"We obviously believe that both Israel the...
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GAZA: PROTEST AGAINST DETENTION OF PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL
English/Nat
Hundreds of Palestinians have taken to the streets of Gaza to protest about Palestinians being held in Israel.
The demonstrators, in buses, trucks and cars drove in convoy to the Erez checkpoint in a massive show of...
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Palestinian and Israeli reaction to attack in Hebron
Ramallah
1. Exterior Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's office
2. Establisher of Arafat's spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeineh
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nabil Abu Rdeineh, spokesman for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat:
"The only solution for all...
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Arafat meets US envoy + funerals
APTN Ramallah, July 14
1. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat sitting with US special envoy, David Satterfield
2. Close up of Arafat
3. Close up of Satterfield
4. Pan of meeting
5. Set up shot of Palestinian Cabinet Minister, Saeb Erekat ...
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Regev on welcome for prisoners, WBank vandalism, PA cabinet meets
The Israeli Prime Minister spokesman condemned on Tuesday the hero's welcomes received by 26 Palestinian prisoners convicted in deadly attacks against Israelis as part of a US-brokered package to restart Middle East peace talks.
After...
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon visits site of wedding building collapse.
1. Wide shot rescue site
2. Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli army chief of staff, inspecting damage (military uniform)
3. Cutaway damage
4. Israeli President Moshe Katsav at site (silver hair)_
5. Wide shot
6. Israeli Defence Minister...
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Australian FM meets his Palestine counterpart and announces aid package
Australian foreign minister Bob Carr met his Palestinian counterpart Riad Malki on Monday in Ramallah and announced Australia's commitment to help prepare the Palestinian Authority for statehood.
"We are committed to providing over 300...
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+4:3 US defence sec meets Netanyahu and Fayyad
Caesarea, Israel
1. Wide of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister:
"We have a struggle of all civilised...
Bloomberg
Trump Says Gen. Flynn Was Treated 'Very, Very Unfairly'
Feb.15 -- President Donald Trump addressed leaks of information related to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's contacts with Russian officials. He spoke at a joint White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister...
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Trump envoy hails Israel-Palestinian water deal
US President Donald Trump's Mideast Envoy Jason Greenblatt announced that Israel and the Palestinians have reached a water agreement linked to a massive planned Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline project. Greenblatt said at a news conference in...
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PLO official: Trump backing Israeli land grabs
A senior official from the Western-backed Palestinian Authority on Wednesday accused US President Donald Trump of backing Israeli "acquisition of territory" .
Bloomberg
Trump Says Jerusalem Will Remain Israel's 'Undivided Capital'
Jan.28 -- President Donald Trump speaks at a joint news conference in Washington with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about his administration's Middle East peace plan.
Bloomberg
Kushner Says Mideast Peace Plan Gives Palestine Chance to Be Viable State
Jan.28 -- White House adviser Jared Kushner says the Middle East peace plan announced by President Trump gives Palestine a real chance to become a viable state. He speaks to Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli in Washington.