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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
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Frank and Jesse James, Brothers in Crime in the Old West TONY RIGGS: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Two of the most famous outlaws of the old American west were brothers. I'm Tony Riggs. T
By David McAlary Washington 16 May 2007 Scientists say West Nile virus is killing large numbers of birds across North America. The organism has devastated big proportions of several bird species that commonly populate town and city suburbs throughout
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 03 December 2006 Israel has decided not to extend the week-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank, citing security reasons. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the decision coincided with a dead
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 30 March 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks Sunday with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders during her second trip the Middle East in less than a month. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem that
By Jim Teeple Ramallah 10 January 2008 President Bush traveled to the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem, telling Palestinians that he believes they can sign a peace deal with Israel before he leaves office early next year. VOA's Jim Teeple r
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
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
The presence of Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is at the heart of the impasse facing negotiators. This is one of the key flashpoints in the conflict between Israeli settlers who are determined to stay and the Palestinian residen
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Somewhere near its heart, the Middle East conflict is a fight over history. Each side has a story to tell about who was first on the land, and each competing view of history becomes part of the argument over who should rule it no
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 14 June 2007 The human rights group Amnesty International has called for the dismantling of the Israeli security barrier in the West Bank. The London-based group says the barrier has had a disastrous impact on the lives of Pal
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 27 November 2007 There were more protests Tuesday in the Palestinian territories and in Tehranagainst the Mideast peace conference now under way in Annapolis, Maryland. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem protests in the W
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 03 May 2008 The Palestinian Authority has launched a new security initiative in the West Bank. The move, which coincides with a U.S. peace mission to the Middle East, has been met with Israeli skepticism. Robert Berger repo
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Jewish settlers participate in a protest against the Israeli government decision to freeze settlement construction in the West Bank, outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, 3 Jan 2010 Jewish settlement councils have
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 November 2007 The United Nations has criticized Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel has rejected the report, saying the fence is vital
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
LONDON, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic Torch Relay is a great chance to show off the North West and celebrate the role that people, places and businesses from the region are playing in London 2012, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Tuesday. Hunt
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 January 2008 Israel is planning measures to curb settlement activity in the occupied territories. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the move comes in response to pressure from the United States. Israe
Israeli forces on the occupied West Bank raided the Nablus city hall, Wednesday, in the latest move in a wide-ranging crackdown against the Islamist Hamas movement in cities across the West Bank. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem Burea