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      <title>Frank words from Obama in Israel</title>  
      <description>President Barack Obama praised Israel to the skies and then tried some straight talking with his Israeli audience, Jeremy Bowen reports.</description>  
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      <title>Reconsidering the two-state solution</title>  
      <description>Israelis and Palestinians consider one and three-state solutions</description>  
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      <title>Q&amp;A: Israel's new government</title>  
      <description>A guide to the make up of the new ISrael cabinet</description>  
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      <title>Israel's Iron Dome missile shield</title>  
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      <title>Palestinian territories profile</title>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:22:46 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>History of Mid-East peace talks</title>  
      <description>The elusive search for peace in the Middle East</description>  
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      <title>Q&amp;A: Israel-Gaza violence</title>  
      <description>What caused the latest crisis?</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:27:20 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Profile: Mahmoud Abbas</title>  
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      <title>Profile: Benjamin Netanyahu</title>  
      <description>Profile of Israeli PM and leader of Likud party</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:03:41 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Who are Fatah?</title>  
      <description>Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' faction</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:42:36 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Who are Hamas?</title>  
      <description>The Islamist group in charge of the Gaza Strip</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:31:40 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Life in the Gaza Strip</title>  
      <description>What is normal for the 1.6 million people in Gaza?</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:42:54 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Black Miss Israel will go to the ball</title>  
      <description>The black Miss Israel who attended Obama's dinner</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:03:58 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>President Obama gives peace a chance</title>  
      <description>bama's Israel speech will be part of his legacy, says Mark Mardell</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:36:52 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Regional press sees little point in Obama visit</title>  
      <description>Regional press doubts about Obama visit</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:41:15 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Palestinians born 'from prisoners' smuggled sperm'</title>  
      <description>Sperm smuggling from Israeli jails so Palestinians can have families</description>  
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      <title>Israel's cabinet for change - if it lasts</title>  
      <description>New Israeli cabinet has some built in divisions</description>  
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      <title>Doubts over Israel's Iron Dome</title>  
      <description>Leading US expert raises serious doubts about Israel's defensive shield</description>  
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      <title>Obama reaffirms support for Israel</title>  
      <description>Obama reasserts the closeness of the US-Israeli relationship</description>  
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      <title>Palestinian disappointment at Obama presidency</title>  
      <description>Palestinian disappointment at the dashed hopes raised by Obama presidency</description>  
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      <title>Gaza crisis: The legal position</title>  
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      <title>UN vote gives Palestinians new diplomatic powers</title>  
      <description>UN vote to upgrade Palestinians' status suggests shifting international sentiment</description>  
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      <title>Q&amp;A: Palestinians' upgraded UN status</title>  
      <description>Guide to what the UN vote to upgrade the Palestinians' status</description>  
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