Peace prized as sands shift in Tunisia
Its brokers have earned their Nobel peace prize acclaim, but the truce in Tunisia is a brittle and fragile thing.
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Elvis Costello boycotts concerts in Israel
Elvis Costello has cancelled two concerts he was scheduled to play in Israel in protest against its treatment of Palestinians.
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Israel clings to uneasy friendship with US
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu tried to smooth over a breach in relations with the United States.
Palestinians snub peace talks after Israeli announcement
The Palestinians pulled out of peace talks on Wednesday as a protest at Israel’s approval for new homes in a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem.
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British convoy denied entry into Gaza
Egyptian security forces clashed with a pro-Palestinian convoy led by George Galloway, a British member of parliament.
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Holy city, unholy mess
European Union foreign ministers agree to drop their call in a draft document for East Jerusalem to be the capital of a future Palestinian state.
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Tensions rise in West Bank
Palestinian authorities have begun a rare military trial of security officers accused of torturing a Hamas suspect to death.
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‘Israel guilty of crimes against humanity’
The United Nations investigation of the January war in Gaza is the most damning indictment yet of Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians.
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The return of Lieberman
Rory McCarthy looks at the man who is set to become Israel’s foreign affairs minister.
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‘What hope is there for the future?’
In May the US state department told seven Fulbright scholars from Gaza their scholarships were cancelled.