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A Hamas spokesman told Arab language newspaper Al-Hayat that the group intends to continue its attacks on settlers because they are "legitimate targets" on Saturday. Azat al-Ghashek reportedly said that "Zionist settlers" made up an entire army living on occupied land, with a large cache of weapons at their disposal. The spokesman made the comments in an interview with the newspaper, adding that the peace talks launched on Thursday in Washington were nothing but a "media circus."

One day in early 2010 By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen There have always been periodic random displays of anti-Semitism in the world, perhaps to warn human kind to keep itself in check. Occasionally some sickness overtakes a large-enough population segment, and a terrible episode breaks out, usually in one, specific region. Lately, however, reports worldwide of frightening incidents seem to be proliferating. Making matters worse, in my view, is the fact that these reports are not typically found in the “mainstream” press, which tends to report, for instance, Israel’s response to an attack, but not the attack itself, thereby contributing to the...

On Wednesday night in Washington Israeli and American officials worked feverishly—but failed—to produce a document stating Israel’s commitments regarding proximity talks with the Palestinian Authority. The U.S. was reportedly supposed to take the document to the Palestinians and then to the Arab League meeting in Tripoli, Libya, this weekend.Days earlier Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had outlined such commitments in a letter to secretary of state Hillary Clinton. It was deemed insufficient and, in Washington, President Barack Obama sent Netanyahu and his accompanying officials back to the drawing board. According to one report, Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman advised Netanyahu not...

Clinton says Israel announcement 'insulting to the United States' By Eric Zimmermann - 03/13/10 10:27 AM ET Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Israel today for announcing an expansion of settlements while Vice President Joe Biden was visiting the country this week. The announcement forced Biden to issue a statement condemning the decision while in the midst of touring through Israel and meeting with top officials. "It was insulting," Clinton told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell in an interview airing today. "And it was insulting not just to the vice president, who certainly didn't deserve that. He was there with a very...