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"Details of Gaza blockade revealed in court case" by Tim Franks (BBC News)

BBC News has seen documents, submitted to an Israeli Court, which give more detail than ever before about how and why Israel maintains its Gaza blockade. >

"U.S. Sets Start of Mideast Peace Talks" by Mark Landler (The New York Times)

Fifteen months after President Obama took office promising to kick-start the Middle East peace process, the United States finally plans to open talks between Israel and the Palestinians. >

"Palestinian Roads: Cementing Statehood, or Israeli Annexation?" by Nadia Hijab & Jesse Rosenfeld (The Nation)

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has staked his political credibility on securing a Palestinian state by 2011 in the entire West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, a program enthusiastically embraced by the international community. Ambitious PA plans include roads and other infrastructure across the West Bank, with funds provided by the United States, Europe and other donors. >

"Who Lives in Sheik Jarrah?" by Kai Bird (The New York Times)

Despite talk of a slowdown in Israeli construction in East Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, Jerusalems mayor, toured Washington earlier this week and told officials that the expansion into Arab neighborhoods is going ahead at full speed. >

"10 Israel Prize winners: Let Gazans study in West Bank" by Yaheli Moran Zelikovich (YNetNews.com)

Ten Israel Prize laureates and some 50 intellectuals sent a letter to Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday urging him to revoke Israel's prohibition of the movement of Palestinian students from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank for academic purposes. >

The views expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of The Jerusalem Fund.

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