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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 31 December 2007 Israel is taking steps to curb settlement activity in the West Bank. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the Palestinians say it is not enough. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has sent an
To our viewers from America to Argentina, Japan and Germany to South Korea and Hong Kong, welcome to CNN Student News. I'm Carl Azuz and we thank you for taking 10 minutes to watch today's show. First up, it's been 10 months since Israel put a stop t
Israel has given preliminary approval for the construction of more than a thousand new apartments in occupied West Bank settlements. This comes before Israeli and Palestinian negotiators head into the second round of their US-brokered peace talks in
By Jim Teeple Washington 05 March 2008 During his recent visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in January, President Bush called on Israel to honor its commitment to remove unauthorized settlements and outposts from the West Bank. But with
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 28 March 2007 Israeli police have removed about 400 Jewish settlers from a former West Bank settlement. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, the settlement had been abandoned nearly two years ago as part of the Gaza disen
Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank - home to about 300,000 Israelis - are a crucial issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and one that threatens to derail prospects for peace. U.S. President Barack Obama, in his speech to the Muslim wo
By Luis Ramirez Charasha settlement, West Bank 24 September 2009 Despite calls by President Obama for peace negotiations to begin, Israel and the Palestinians are not making plans to resume talks. One issue holding up the peace process is Israel's c
Israeli Court Orders Three West Bank Settlements Demolished The houses of Ulpana overlook Beit El, an Israeli settlement of 7,000 people not far from the major Palestinian city of Ramallah. The Israeli High Court has ruled that five of Ulpana's 14 bu
Palestinian workers arrive at dawn at the Nilin Israeli checkpoint, between the West Bank and the Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit. (File) Palestinian leaders recently announced a ban prohibiting Palestinian laborers from working on Jewish settlemen
A recent report by Amnesty International says women and girls living in Nairobi's more than 200 slums are at constant risk of being raped, especially after dark. Risk of 'going to the toilet' Going to the toilet at night for some girls and women livi
Israel is pressing ahead with plans to build more settlement housing in the West Bank. An Israeli official announced the scheme as a meeting was getting under way in Washington between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
U.S. special envoy George Mitchell is extending his stay in the Middle East as he works to avert a collapse of the month-old Middle East peace talks. Mitchell was originally scheduled to leave the region after meeting with Israeli and Palestinian lea
Ross Dunn The Palestinian leadership reacted strongly to statements by President Bush implying Israel has the right to retain some Jewish settlements in the West Bank . Senior Palestinian officials ar
IN THE NEWS - Bush Supports Israeli Withdrawal Plan By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, April 17, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. President Bush this week
By Jeff Swicord Jerusalem 27 November 2007 Withthe U.S.-sponsored Mideast conference underway in Annapolis Maryland, borders are one of the issues on the agenda. Since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, Jewish settlements and Israel's separation barrier in t
The Israeli parliament has passed a controversial law, legalizing dozens of Jewish outposts built unlawfully on private Palestinian land in the West Bank. We are not voting tonight only on the regularization bill. We are voting tonight on our right t
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 04 September 2006 Israel's government says it intends to build 690 new homes in two West Bank settlements. Palestinian officials say the plan is a violation of the U.S.-backed road map peace plan. ----- The settlement constru
Obama 'confident' on two-state solution 奥巴马对两国问题充满自信 Mr Obama said he was a strong believer in the two-state solution US President Barack Obama says he is confident that Israel will recognise that a two-state solution is in the best inte
Palestinian officials say the Israeli move is insufficient because it does not include disputed East Jerusalem or 3,000 homes already under construction in the West Bank Robert Berger | Jerusalem 06 December 2009 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan
Israel has announced plans to build 1400 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territory the Palestinians claim for their future state. The new homes are planned in Ramat Shlomo, an enclave in east Jerusalem, and in var