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Despite US Warnings and Israeli Threats, Abbas Vows to Go Forward With UN Recognition

by Jason Ditz | Nov 11, 2012

Despite US Warnings and Israeli Threats, Abbas Vows to Go Forward With UN Recognition | EU reportedly split down the middle on the issue

Petraeus Mistress Had Access to His Private Email

by John Glaser | Nov 10, 2012

The focus on CIA Director David Petraeus's resignation - which he declared was because of an extra-marital affair he had - has turned to the access that his mistress had to his personal email account. The FBI investigation that eventually uncovered the affair began...

Israeli FM Threatens to Withhold PA Tax Revenue

by John Glaser | Nov 10, 2012

Israel will withhold Palestinian tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority if President Mahmoud Abbas presses forward with a United Nations statehood bid, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz warned on Saturday. As the occupying power in Palestine, Israel has control of...

US, Israel Cancel Mid East Talks on Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone

by John Glaser | Nov 10, 2012

High-level talks between Israel and its Muslim neighbors regarding a nuclear weapons-free zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East have been canceled by the US and Israel. A nuclear weapons-free zone has been repeatedly proposed, only to have Israel - the only state in the...

Israeli Tank Shells on Gaza Kill at Least 5, Wound Dozens

by John Glaser | Nov 10, 2012

Israeli tank shells killed at least five Palestinians and wounded more than 25 in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to Palestinian medics and local witnesses. "Residents said a crowded mourning tent in the Shijaia neighbourhood near Gaza City was full of people...