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		Jews split over storied charity’s support for settlements
		
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	February 23, 2021
Jews split over storied charity’s support for settlements
						JERUSALEM (AP) — Generations of Jews have dropped spare change into the iconic blue boxes of the Jewish National Fund,…					
				
			
		Palestinian elections on track after factions meet in Cairo
		
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	February 10, 2021
Palestinian elections on track after factions meet in Cairo
						CAIRO (AP) — The main Palestinian factions on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to holding their first elections in 15 years…					
				
			
		Hamas and Fatah hold Egyptian-brokered reconciliation talks in Cairo
		
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	February 8, 2021
Hamas and Fatah hold Egyptian-brokered reconciliation talks in Cairo
						GAZA/RAMALLAH (Reuters) – Leaders of rival Palestinian factions began Egyptian-brokered reconciliation talks in Cairo on Monday to try to heal…					
				
			
		EXPLAINER: Israeli settlements may face new scrutiny
		
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	February 8, 2021
EXPLAINER: Israeli settlements may face new scrutiny
						JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s ongoing building of settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem would likely be more vulnerable…					
				
			
		Palestinian cave-dwellers worry over Israeli settler incursions
		
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	February 6, 2021
Palestinian cave-dwellers worry over Israeli settler incursions
						SUSIYA, West Bank (Reuters) – Home for Palestinian Barakat Mour is a hillside cave in the West Bank, which he…					
				
			
		In thrice-demolished village, a Mideast battle of wills
		
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	February 6, 2021
In thrice-demolished village, a Mideast battle of wills
						KHIRBET HUMSU, West Bank (AP) — It looks like the aftermath of a tornado. There are dirt plots where there…					
				
			
		Tarnished by its Gaza rule, Hamas may struggle in elections
		
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	February 3, 2021
Tarnished by its Gaza rule, Hamas may struggle in elections
						GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh famously pledged to live on “zeit wa zaatar”— olive oil…					
				
			
		Israel moves to rein in rights group over ‘apartheid’ use
		
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	January 18, 2021
Israel moves to rein in rights group over ‘apartheid’ use
						TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s education minister is banning groups that call Israel an “apartheid state” from lecturing at…					
				
			
		Abbas decrees first Palestinian elections in over 15 years
		
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	January 18, 2021
Abbas decrees first Palestinian elections in over 15 years
						Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas announced Friday the first Palestinian elections in more than 15 years. The territory would “launch a democratic…					
				
			
		Land of wine and honey? Israeli settlers export to UAE, to Palestinian chagrin
		
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	January 14, 2021
Land of wine and honey? Israeli settlers export to UAE, to Palestinian chagrin
						REHELIM, West Bank/DUBAI (Reuters) – Wine produced in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank and labelled “from the…					
				
			