Yahoo! News: Mideast Conflict

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• Israel proposes West Bank barrier as border (AP)
• Israel says Iran 'drifting' toward nuke goal line (AP)
• Hamas quietly quits Syria as violence continues (Reuters)
• Palestinians unmoved as Israel presents border ideas (Reuters)
• Gingrich reiterates Palestinians 'invented' people (AP)
• As Israeli-Palestinian talks sink, fringe ideas gain traction (The Christian Science Monitor)

Israel proposes West Bank barrier as border (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:46 PM PST AP - Israel is proposing to essentially turn its West Bank separation barrier into the border with a future state of Palestine, two Palestinian officials said Friday, based on their interpretation of principles Israel presented in talks this week.

Israel says Iran 'drifting' toward nuke goal line (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 06:51 AM PST AP - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday the world must quickly stop Iran from reaching the point where even a "surgical" military strike could not block it from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Hamas quietly quits Syria as violence continues (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:09 AM PST Reuters - The leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, has effectively abandoned his headquarters in the Syrian capital, Damascus, diplomatic and intelligence sources said on Friday.

Palestinians unmoved as Israel presents border ideas (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:52 AM PST Reuters - Israel has presented Palestinians with its ideas for the borders and security arrangements of a future Palestinian state, in a bid to keep exploratory talks alive, Palestinian and Israeli sources said on Friday.

Gingrich reiterates Palestinians 'invented' people (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:51 PM PST AP - Newt Gingrich is defending himself after a questioner at the GOP presidential debate criticized him for calling Palestinians an invented people.

As Israeli-Palestinian talks sink, fringe ideas gain traction (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As another round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks faltered on Wednesday, a growing number of Israelis and Palestinians say that the status quo is rapidly approaching a point at which establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel is impossible or unrealistic.

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