Monday, May 4, 2009

Israel - Palestinian Conflict -- News Updates For May 4, 2009

Tensions Rise After West Bank Clashes And Gaza Air Strike -- The Australian

TENSIONS in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are worsening after the arrest of four Jewish settlers, including two Israeli soldiers, for firing towards a Palestinian village and the death of two Palestinians in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip.

The clash involving the settlers came on the West Bank between the Palestinian village of Khirbet Safa and the Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin.

Last month in Bat Ayin, a Palestinian with an axe killed a 13-year-old boy and wounded a seven-year-old. Flare-ups between the two groups have continued since.

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More News On the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict

Israel Faces a Hard Sell in Bid to Shift Policy -- New York Times
Israeli FM commits to peace, not Palestinian state -- AP
Lieberman begins European tour in attempt to sway EU policy on Israel -- The Guardian
More Israeli Concerns Over Changing U.S. Policy -- CBS News
Will there be rifts in U.S.-Israel relationship? -- JTA
U.N. panel to probe Gaza war crime claims -- UPI
UN experts discuss Gaza mission -- BBC
Investigators To Set Agenda For Gaza Fact-Finding Mission -- Voice Of America
Hamas plans to form govt if Egypt reconciliation talks fail -- Arab News
Poll: Palestinians divided over unity dialogue -- China View
Meshaal re-elected Hamas chief -- AFP
Palestinian Paralysis -- Strategy Page

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