- A Palestinian envoy warned top U.S. officials this week
that the Palestinians may have to "re-evaluate" support for a
two-state solution - Palestine alongside Israel - if the international
community does not do more to halt Jewish settlement expansion, according
to a document released Friday.
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- The warning was delivered by Palestinian Finance Minister
Salam Fayad, who met in Washington with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell
and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.
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- It marked the first time Palestinian Authority officials
suggested that a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel may no
longer be feasible. No alternative options were presented in the document.
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- Settlers retake only inhabited outpost removed by IDF
- Settlers on Friday returned to an illegal outpost next
to the settlement of Har Bracha, near the West Bank city of Nablus, which
was removed on Thursday by the IDF.
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- The outpost, Beit Hanotzrim, was the only inhabtion.
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- Settlers confront West Bank olive-pickers
- Settlers from the West Bank settlement of Yizhar confronted
Palestinians olive-pickers from a nearby village, who responded by throwing
stones and lightly injuring three settlers.
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- The Palestinian residents have filed a complaint with
local police over the settlers' behavior. While police were patrolling
the settlement a short time later, they were also pelted with stones by
settlers. No officers were injured.
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- There have been several incidents involving local settlers,
who began disrupting the olive picking since the season began two weeks
ago. Last week, a Palestinian olive picker was shot and killed, with Palestinians
claiming that settlers were responsible.
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- Minor violence on Temple Mount
- In Jerusalem, some 200 youths attempted to storm the
Temple Mount, but were repelled by Border Police.
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- The security services banned males under the ago of 40
from attending prayers, after violent scenes and stone-th
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