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<item><title><![CDATA[ Tzipi Livni Wins Party Vote in Israel ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/17/AR2008091702365.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/17/AR2008091702365.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, Sept. 18 -- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Wednesday narrowly won the leadership of the main party in Israel's governing coalition, exit polls showed, giving her the chance to become Israel's first female prime minister in more than three decades. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol and Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Tzipi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livni]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tzipi Livni]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Kadima Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shaul Mofaz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meir Malka]]></category><category><![CDATA[Likud Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Knesset]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ahmed Qurei]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ariel Sharon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dita Kohl-Roman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gershon Baskin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Golda Meir]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Mossad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Itzhak Galnoor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Menachem Begin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meretz Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Micky Azov]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oslo]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Jerusalem Post]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Activists Break Blockade of Gaza ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301855.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301855.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, Aug. 23 -- Two wooden boats carrying dozens of human rights activists reached the Gaza Strip on Saturday afternoon after the Israeli navy decided not to hinder the challenge to Israel's blockade of the Palestinian enclave. Thousands of Palestinians turned out to welcome the group, which brought token humanitarian aid, including hearing aids and balloons. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Gradstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Activists]]></category><category><![CDATA[Break]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blockade]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeff Halper]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aryeh Mekel]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tony Blair]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cyprus]]></category><category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Defense Forces]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lauren Booth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Olmert: No Accord on Jerusalem This Year ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072802323.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072802323.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, July 28 -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a parliamentary committee Monday that Israel and the Palestinians will not be able to reach an agreement this year on the future of Jerusalem, officials said, all but scuttling hopes that the two sides will agree on the principles of a peace deal before the end of the Bush administration. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Gradstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Olmert:]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Accord]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[This]]></category><category><![CDATA[Year]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatah Organization]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Regev]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ahmed Qurei]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morris Talansky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nabil Aburdeineh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nablus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tzipi Livni]]></category><category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reuters Group plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Revived Israeli Plan for New Homes in West Bank Sparks Outcry ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072403463.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072403463.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, July 24 -- Israeli officials on Thursday revived plans to construct a new settlement in the occupied West Bank, two years after U.S. pressure forced Israel to shelve the idea.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110044357" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110044357" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Revived]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plan]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Homes]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[West]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sparks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Outcry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saeb Erekat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jordan Valley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dovi Tal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Barak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Regev]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ban Ki-moon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karen DeYoung]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Defense Forces]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of State]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missile ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070900235.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070900235.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:27:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Iran said today it had test-fired a long-range missile capable of reaching Israel and U.S. troops in the region, a step promptly condemned by the Bush administration as heightening tensions over the country's suspected nuclear weapons program. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Schneider and Michael Abramowitz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Test-Fires]]></category><category><![CDATA[Long-Range]]></category><category><![CDATA[Missile]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Burns]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Gates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tehran]]></category><category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Persian Gulf]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank Melli Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[GlobalSecurity.org]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hossein Salami]]></category><category><![CDATA[Javier Solana]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Pike]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter D. Zimmerman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sean McCormack]]></category><category><![CDATA[Strait of Hormuz]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of State]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Three Killed in Jerusalem Rampage ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070200488.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070200488.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, July 2 -- Hussam Edwyat, the Palestinian construction worker who killed three Israelis and injured dozens of others by crushing cars and ramming buses with an earthmover in downtown Jerusalem on Wednesday, had intimate ties with his Jewish neighbors. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Three]]></category><category><![CDATA[Killed]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rampage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hussam Edwyat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eyal Ben-Nun]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel Police]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jaffa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Cohen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eli Mizrahi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Goren Friedman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hannah Shaish]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nil Levy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Zaken]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shahar Ayalon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sufian Taha]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ THE MIDDLE EAST ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062302338.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062302338.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[THE]]></category><category><![CDATA[MIDDLE]]></category><category><![CDATA[EAST]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grigory Yavlinsky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nawaz Sharif]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Taliban]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mikhail Gorbachev]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moscow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sergei Mitrokhin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tripoli]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Armed Forces]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Israel Proposes Peace Talks With Lebanon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061801269.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061801269.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, June 19 -- Israel on Wednesday publicly pushed to open peace negotiations with Lebanon, seeking to add another initiative to an already burgeoning diplomatic roster that includes talks with some of the Jewish state's foremost adversaries.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110045508" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110045508" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Proposes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Talks]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Regev]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yossi Alpher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fouad Siniora]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jonathan Rynhold]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beirut]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shebaa Farms]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alia Ibrahim]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bashar Assad]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robin Wright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samir Kuntar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tel Aviv]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Casey]]></category><category><![CDATA[BESA Center for Strategic]]></category><category><![CDATA[France]]></category><category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of State]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Rice Urges Israel to Desist on Settlements ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/15/AR2008061500276.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/15/AR2008061500276.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, June 15 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday pressed Israeli officials to halt settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem but failed to win any concessions as she continued to push for a Middle East peace deal by the end of the year. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Urges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Desist]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Settlements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Lerner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ramallah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Israel, Syria Disclose Indirect Peace Talks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052100126.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052100126.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, May 21 -- Israel and Syria disclosed Wednesday that they have been holding indirect talks through Turkish mediators since February 2007 and pledged in a joint statement to pursue negotiations "with good faith and an open mind." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol and Ellen Knickmeyer]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Israel,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disclose]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indirect]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Talks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marwan Kabalan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Recep Tayyip Erdogan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yaron Ezrahi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cairo]]></category><category><![CDATA[C. David Welch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Damascus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eli Yishai]]></category><category><![CDATA[Istanbul]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tel Aviv]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bashar Assad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Damascus University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hafez al-Assad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Defense Forces]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sea of Galilee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Galilee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Golan Heights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Iran Remains Key Concern as Bush Returns ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/18/AR2008051800881.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/18/AR2008051800881.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, May 18 -- As he toured the Middle East over the past five days, President Bush tried to shore up support for his strategy of isolating Iran in meetings with the leaders of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian territories. But the one session that did not take place laid bare the problems his administration faces as it tries to persuade its allies to keep the faith. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Abramowitz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Remains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Key]]></category><category><![CDATA[Concern]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Returns]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Hadley]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[Basra]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fouad Siniora]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adel Al Toaifi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alon Liel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Riyadh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Salam Fayyad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yousaf Raza Gilani]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Knesset]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Economic Forum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush's Comments In Israel Fuel Anger ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051500733.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051500733.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, May 15 -- On an emotional visit to mark Israel's 60th anniversary, President Bush on Thursday compared people seeking talks with Iran and radical Islamic groups to the Nazis' appeasers, provoking a political storm at home and accusations that he was politicizing the celebration.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110048168" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110048168" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Abramowitz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comments]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fuel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Knesset]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dana Perino]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adolf Hitler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dead Sea]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jonathan Weisman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael D. Shear]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saeb Erekat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Israel, Bush Speaks Of Hope ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051400496.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051400496.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, May 14 -- President Bush arrived here Wednesday with a message of hope for Middle East peace prospects, despite fresh violence, scant signs of progress and deepening skepticism among both Israelis and Palestinians that there can be an agreement. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte and Michael Abramowitz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Speaks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shimon Peres]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ali Jarbawi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ashkelon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Avraham Cohen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Galia Golan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harry S. Truman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tel Aviv]]></category><category><![CDATA[Birzeit University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Scandal Threatens Olmert's Premiership ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/11/AR2008051101212.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/11/AR2008051101212.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, May 11 -- When President Bush travels to Israel this week, he will come knowing that if he wants to broker a Middle East peace agreement, he has only eight months left to do it. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Scandal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Threatens]]></category><category><![CDATA[Olmert's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Premiership]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Kadima Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morris Talansky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tzipi Livni]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Barak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gabriel Sheffer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Menachem Hofnung]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saeb Erekat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Defense Forces]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Likud Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Knesset]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Syrian President Open to Israel Talks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042403309.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042403309.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CAIRO, April 24 -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published Thursday that he was open to direct talks with Israel on a peace deal based on Israel's return of the Golan Heights. But he added that such negotiations could only happen under U.S. sponsorship after the Bush administration leaves office. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Knickmeyer and Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Syrian]]></category><category><![CDATA[President]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Talks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bashar Assad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Recep Tayyip Erdogan]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Golan Heights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arye Mekel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Qatar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sea of Galilee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yedioth Ahronoth Group]]></category><category><![CDATA[Galilee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Carter: Hamas Ready To Live Beside Israel ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042101177.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042101177.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, April 21 -- The armed Islamist movement Hamas is prepared to accept Israel as a neighbor if the Palestinian people approve the terms for peace, former president Jimmy Carter and the group's exiled leadership said Monday following a visit to the region that included seven hours of negotiations.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110049527" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110049527" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Carter:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ready]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Live]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beside]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ahmed Youssef]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arye Mekel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cairo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Damascus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Golan Heights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khaled Meshaal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yossi Alpher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Exiled Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Council on Foreign Relations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reuters Group plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sinai Peninsula]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Revisiting a War That's Seldom Discussed ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/19/AR2008041901864.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/19/AR2008041901864.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TEL AVIV -- Soon after war unexpectedly broke out on the border between Israel and Lebanon in the summer of 2006, Yariv Mozer, then a 28-year-old Israeli reservist, was called up to the front. With him, he took his rifle and his video camera. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Revisiting]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[War]]></category><category><![CDATA[That's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seldom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Discussed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yariv Mozer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tel Aviv]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Defense Forces]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aharon Yechezkel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reuven Saadon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shlomo Sand]]></category><category><![CDATA[AM General Humvee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tel Aviv University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Gaza's Fuel Is Cut Off After Palestinian Attack on Terminal ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/10/AR2008041003482.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/10/AR2008041003482.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, April 10 -- Israel said Thursday it had suspended fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip a day after Palestinian gunmen infiltrated Israel and shot dead two civilian workers at a distribution center that supplies all the fuel for Gaza's 1.5 million residents. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Gaza's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fuel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cut]]></category><category><![CDATA[Off]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attack]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Terminal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kibbutz Nahal Oz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arye Mekel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud al-Khozndar]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Gaza Fighters Attack Fuel Depot Inside Israel ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/09/AR2008040903571.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/09/AR2008040903571.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, April 9 -- Palestinian gunmen raided a fuel terminal on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza on Wednesday, killing two Israeli civilians and sparking reprisal attacks that left at least seven Palestinians dead. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fighters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attack]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fuel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Depot]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inside]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kibbutz Nahal Oz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arye Mekel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category><category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatah Organization]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Defense Forces]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Popular Resistance Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Tiny Party Shows Large Clout on Settlements ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102824.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102824.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, April 1 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left Israel on Monday having failed to persuade leaders here to halt settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land. But the setback for Rice was a victory for Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110051173" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110051173" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Tiny]]></category><category><![CDATA[Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shows]]></category><category><![CDATA[Large]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clout]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Settlements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ovadia Yossef]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yaakov Margi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beitar Illit]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Knesset]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ami Ayalon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chaim Oron]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Regev]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benny Elon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gabriel Sheffer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oslo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tzipi Livni]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yitzhak Rabin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Likud Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meretz Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of State]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Israel Planning to Build Hundreds of New Homes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102375.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102375.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, March 31 -- Israel said Monday that it would build hundreds of new homes on occupied land it considers part of Jerusalem, just hours after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wrapped up a three-day visit to the region by saying the peace process is "moving in the right direction." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Build]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hundreds]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Homes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hagit Ofran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ariel Sharon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beitar Illit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oslo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pisgat Zeev]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abbas's Palestinian Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Kadima Party]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Israel to Remove 50 West Bank Barriers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/30/AR2008033000417.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/30/AR2008033000417.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, March 30 -- Prodded by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel said Sunday that it would remove about 50 roadblocks in the West Bank as it moves ahead with faltering negotiations aimed at reaching a peace deal with the Palestinians by the end of the year. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Remove]]></category><category><![CDATA[50]]></category><category><![CDATA[West]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barriers]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jenin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saeb Erekat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dick Cheney]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Regev]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatah Organization]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Palestinian Forces' Training Marred by Delays, Politics ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403965.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403965.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MUWAQQAR, Jordan -- A U.S.-funded program to train and equip Palestinian security forces is mired in delays, a shortage of resources, and differences between Israelis and the Americans over what military capabilities those forces should have once deployed in the territories. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Knickmeyer and Glenn Kessler]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Palestinian]]></category><category><![CDATA[Forces']]></category><category><![CDATA[Training]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marred]]></category><category><![CDATA[by]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delays,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatah Organization]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[DynCorp International LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shlomo Dror]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of State]]></category><category><![CDATA[AK-47 Assault Rifle]]></category><category><![CDATA[M16 Assault Rifle]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amman]]></category><category><![CDATA[C. David Welch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dov Schwartz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Moselle]]></category><category><![CDATA[William J. Durch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Defense Ministry]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Henry L. Stimson Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Congress]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Defense]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Gunman Kills Eight at Seminary in Jerusalem ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/06/AR2008030602014.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/06/AR2008030602014.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, March 6 -- A gunman walked into a prominent Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on Thursday evening and opened fire on students as they read in the library, killing eight and wounding nine in one of the deadliest attacks on Israeli civilians in years.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110056969" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110056969" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Gunman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kills]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eight]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seminary]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moshe Harel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category><category><![CDATA[AK-47 Assault Rifle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aharon Franco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baruch Goldstein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chaim Schur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Damascus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hebron]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Zaken]]></category><category><![CDATA[Imad Mugniyah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Regev]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert E. Thomason]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tel Aviv]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Defense Forces]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 60 Gazans Killed in Incursion By Israel ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/01/AR2008030100497.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/01/AR2008030100497.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, March 1 -- The Israeli military launched a major operation against Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing 60 people -- about half of them civilians -- and sending in a large contingent of ground troops to stop rockets streaming daily out of the territory into southern Israel. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[60]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gazans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Killed]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Incursion]]></category><category><![CDATA[By]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tariq Dardona]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ashkelon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Regev]]></category><category><![CDATA[AH-64 Apache Helicopter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Baker]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ismail Haniyeh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jabalia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mustafa Barghouti]]></category><category><![CDATA[Riyad al-Malki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian National Authority]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Strikes Destroy Ministry in Gaza, Kill 10 Palestinians ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/27/AR2008022703683.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/27/AR2008022703683.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, Feb. 27 -- An Israeli airstrike Wednesday evening destroyed the Interior Ministry building in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip just hours after fighters from the movement launched a barrage of rockets into southern Israel. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Strikes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Destroy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ministry]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kill]]></category><category><![CDATA[10]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinians]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sderot]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Baker]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fawzi Barhoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ashkelon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Amsalam]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nablus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatah Organization]]></category><category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sapir College]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bombing Kills Top Figure in Hezbollah ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/13/AR2008021300494.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/13/AR2008021300494.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIRUT, Feb. 13 -- The killing of Imad Mughniyah, a shadowy Hezbollah leader blamed for the deaths of hundreds of Americans and Israelis in some of the most spectacular attacks in a generation, ends a 25-year pursuit of a man whose brand of political violence matched devastating carnage with ruthless effectiveness. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Shadid and Alia Ibrahim]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bombing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kills]]></category><category><![CDATA[Top]]></category><category><![CDATA[Figure]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beirut]]></category><category><![CDATA[Damascus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Imad Mugniyah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Mossad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Danny Yatom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mohammad Ali Hosseini]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tehran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mitsubishi Pajero]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East Airlines Airliban S.A.L.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trans World Airlines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ali Hassan Khalil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kafar Soussa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lynn Maalouf]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sean McCormack]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Erdbrink]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yoram Schweitzer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yossi Alpher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of State]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Israel to Add Homes in East Jerusalem ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202619.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202619.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, Feb. 12 -- Israel announced plans Tuesday to build more than 1,100 apartments in disputed East Jerusalem, infuriating the Palestinians and triggering a new crisis in already troubled peace talks.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110058453" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=392110058453" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josef Federman]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Add]]></category><category><![CDATA[Homes]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ze'ev Boim]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dana Perino]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Har Homa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saeb Erekat]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Suicide Bombing Kills Woman in Israel ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020400648.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020400648.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, Feb. 4 -- Palestinian suicide bombers struck a shopping street in southern Israel on Monday, killing an Israeli woman and injuring more than 20 other people in the first such attack in a year. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Knickmeyer]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Suicide]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bombing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kills]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woman]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abu Walid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eilat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatah Organization]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loay al-Lahwani]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Regev]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nora Younis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zaki al-Lahwani]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Gazans Fear Crisis After Four Days of Blockade ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/21/AR2008012100596.html?nav=rss_world/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/21/AR2008012100596.html?nav=rss_world/special</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ GAZA CITY, Jan. 21 -- Four days into an Israeli blockade that has cut off food and fuel to the Gaza Strip, residents of the strip contemplated Monday how long it would be until disaster hit. One family of 13, shivering in the cold, counted its eight remaining candles. A bakery that normally feeds thousands had three days' worth of flour. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Knickmeyer]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Gazans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crisis]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Four]]></category><category><![CDATA[Days]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blockade]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Radwan Hassouna]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rafiq Maliha]]></category><category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ahmed Bahar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ashraf al-Namy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Barak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ehud Olmert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Haya al-Serraj]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hisham al-Ashrami]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hosni Mubarak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karam al-Namy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rafah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shlomo Dror]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatah Organization]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israeli Kadima Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations World Food Programme]]></category></item>
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