Wednesday, May 04, 2011

My Way News - Palestinian deal ends rift, hurts peace prospects
My Way News reports: "Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a landmark reconciliation pact on Wednesday, ending a four-year rift that had divided the territory envisioned for a future Palestinian state. The deal plunged Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking deeper into uncertainty as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a 'mortal blow to peace.'"

My Way News - Jerusalem mayor says holy city indivisible
My Way News reports: "The Israeli mayor of Jerusalem said Wednesday that Arabs and Jews are now so intertwined that the city cannot possibly be divided, even though both Israel and the Palestinians claim it as their capital [...] The Palestinians want east Jerusalem for the capital of the state they hope to set up in the West Bank and coastal Gaza Strip."

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