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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 2, 2010 - 2:00:20 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/nytimes-logo_21.gif\" vspace=0  alt=\"nytimes-logo_21.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \nIf the Obama administration accepts the myth that dismantling settlements is impossible for Israel, there are no prospects for peace. The settlements are illegal under international law. Yet settlers have been pampered for more than 40 years, and their violence against Palestinians is consistently tolerated. Peace depends on the Israeli government rectifying the problem they and their predecessors created.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 2, 2010 - 1:55:51 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/Maan-new_34_1_13.jpg\" vspace=0  alt=\"Maan-new_34_1_13.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \nIsraeli settler leaders told the country\'s media that they intend to violate a construction ban on private homes in West Bank settlements and build in protest of a shooting incident that saw four settlers killed. Hamas\' armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, claimed to have carried out the attack, in which two men and two women - one said to have been pregnant - were shot dead near the southern Wast Bank village of Bani Na\'im. A statement from the brigades said the attack was a signal to PLO officials that they did not have a mandate to engage in direct peace talks.';
  syndicate.index++;  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The trickiest issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks';

 
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 2, 2010 - 1:50:31 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/csm-logo_88.gif\" vspace=0  alt=\"csm-logo_88.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \nAs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas enter direct peace talks on Thursday, an intensifying battle for Jerusalem has rendered the conflict’s trickiest issue even more intractable. A key flashpoint in this battle is Sheikh Jarrah, a predominantly Arab neighborhood revered by religious Jews. While the number of new Jewish residents remains small, Palestinians and human rights activists see their expanding presence as fulfilling a larger plan.';
  syndicate.index++;  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = '\'Facebook Arabs\' speak out';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 2, 2010 - 1:45:36 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/ynet_155.gif\" vspace=0  alt=\"ynet_155.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \nThe photographs posted by former Israeli soldier Eden Aberjil  on her Facebook page caused a great storm around the world  and embarrassed the State of Israel. Everyone focused on the image of the soldier who violated the dignity of the bound security prisoners, but no one showed any interest in who these prisoners are.';
  syndicate.index++;  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Palestinians skeptical of new round of peace talks';

 
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 1, 2010 - 2:05:26 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/la-times-logo_50.gif\" vspace=0  alt=\"la-times-logo_50.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \nIndependent Palestinian legislator Mustafa Barghouti said Abbas was putting too much faith in President Obama\'s ability to secure a deal within a year. \"There\'s an overreliance on external support,\" said Barghouti, a distant cousin of Marwan Barghouti. \"As the leader of Palestinians, Abbas should be listening to the people.\" But should Abbas reach a deal, Barghouti acknowledged, the Palestinian president\'s legacy will be secure. Referring to the 12th century Muslim hero, Barghouti said, \"If he gets us a state, he will be Saladin.\"';
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  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/08/2010831163911611890.html';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 1, 2010 - 1:50:24 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/al-jazeera-logo_498.gif\" vspace=0  alt=\"al-jazeera-logo_498.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \nThe military wing of Hamas has claimed responsibility for a shooting that killed four Israelis near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. At least one gunman opened fire on a car driving on Highway 60 near the Kiryat Arba settlement on Tuesday. The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, claimed responsibility for the attack in a short statement posted on its website, and said it would be the first in a \"series of operations\" in the West Bank.';
  syndicate.index++;  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'A state of equality';

 
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Aug 31, 2010 - 2:05:16 AM';
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  syndicate.index++;  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Tutu calls on Israel to release anti-wall leader';

 
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Aug 31, 2010 - 1:55:39 AM';
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  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/30/israel-palestinians-us-washington-talks';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Aug 31, 2010 - 1:50:29 AM';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Aug 31, 2010 - 1:35:33 AM';
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