<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - al-jazeera-tv</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/al-jazeera-tv</link><description>Newsvine - al-jazeera-tv</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:54:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:49:46 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>2 journalists killed in Syria</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Al-Jazeera TV correspondent was killed in Syria on Friday, the second journalist to lose his life in as many days covering the brutal civil war.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bassem Mroue]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bassem Mroue]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16587157-2-journalists-killed-in-syria</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16587157-2-journalists-killed-in-syria</guid><category>journalist</category><category>syria</category><category>killed</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>francois-hollande</category><category>journalist-killed</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:25:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hackers backing Syrian regime hit Al-Jazeera</title>
<description><![CDATA[The official website of the Al-Jazeera TV satellite channel was attacked Tuesday by hackers backing the Syrian regime.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13663233-hackers-backing-syrian-regime-hit-al-jazeera</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13663233-hackers-backing-syrian-regime-hit-al-jazeera</guid><category>al-jazeera</category><category>jazeera</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>hacked</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2012 20:57:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Al-Jazeera TV launches a sports news channel</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Al-Jazeera TV network has launched the Middle East's first 24-hour sports news channel.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/01/8581671-al-jazeera-tv-launches-a-sports-news-channel</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/01/8581671-al-jazeera-tv-launches-a-sports-news-channel</guid><category>sports</category><category>middle-east</category><category>al-jazeera</category><category>jazeera</category><category>channel</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>sports-channel</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Nov 2011 17:02:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Libyan woman claiming rape will face charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Libyan woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell foreign journalists how she was gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi's troops will face criminal charges, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hadeel Al-Shalchi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hadeel Al-Shalchi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/27/6355632-libyan-woman-claiming-rape-will-face-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/27/6355632-libyan-woman-claiming-rape-will-face-charges</guid><category>libya</category><category>attacked</category><category>woman</category><category>moammar-gadhafi</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>af</category><category>libya-woman</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/86c043cd-7bdf-44d9-b8c7-1ba9f224c188.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/86c043cd-7bdf-44d9-b8c7-1ba9f224c188.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Ministry of Information official, left, yells at the press to stop filming as he  grabs Iman Al-Obeidi, who said she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya,  and was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody,  in Tripoli Saturday March 26, 2011, after storming into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media. A scuffle between hotel employees, information ministry officials and plain clothed police trying to grab her and stop the press for filming on one side and foreign media representatives followed. Two cameras were smashed on the ground and at least one reporter was beaten and kicked.  Al-Obeidi was later taken in a car to an undisclosed location. Left and top right are unidentified  foreign  journalists . (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5c32e700-039a-4a67-bbac-827ddf5a50d2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5c32e700-039a-4a67-bbac-827ddf5a50d2.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Ministry of Information official, left, tries to grab Iman Al-Obeidi, who said she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya,  and was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody  in Tripoli Saturday March 26, 2011, after storming into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media. A scuffle between hotel employees, information ministry officials and plain clothed police trying to grab her and stop the press for filming on one side and foreign media representatives followed. Two cameras were smashed on the ground and at least one reporter was beaten and kicked.  Al-Obeidi was later taken in a car to an undisclosed location. Center is an unidentified foreign journalist . (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/add642ad-6a96-4baf-8c29-6a857501c50d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/add642ad-6a96-4baf-8c29-6a857501c50d.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Ministry of Information official, right,  grabs Iman Al-Obeidi, who said she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, and was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody  in Tripoli Saturday March 26, 2011, after storming into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media. A scuffle between hotel employees, information ministry officials and plain clothed police trying to grab her and stop the press for filming on one side and foreign media representatives followed. Two cameras were smashed on the ground and at least one reporter was beaten and kicked. Al-Obeidi was later taken in a car to an undisclosed location. Left and top right are foreign  journalists . (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d4b6adb6-86ee-4857-89bd-f620c0822e00.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d4b6adb6-86ee-4857-89bd-f620c0822e00.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FT journalist Charles Clover, center top, attempts to stop a Libya Ministry of Information official from grabbing Iman Al-Obeidi, bottom right, who alleges she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya,  and also alleges that she was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody  in Tripoli Saturday March 26, 2011, after storming into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media.  A scuffle between hotel employees, information ministry officials and plain clothed police trying to grab Al-Obeidi and stop the foreign media and press from filming her. Two cameras were smashed on the ground and at least one reporter was beaten and kicked.   Al-Obeidi was later taken in a car to an undisclosed location.  bottom left is a foreign journalist.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8f89b15c-cff9-4962-9b3e-e367b455ad61.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8f89b15c-cff9-4962-9b3e-e367b455ad61.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iman Al-Obeidi, bottom right, shields herself moments before being grabbed by a Ministry of Information official, after Al-Obeidi said that she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, and alleges that she was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody in Tripoli Saturday March 26, 2011, after storming into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media.  A scuffle between hotel employees, information ministry officials and plain clothed police trying to grab Al-Obeidi and stop the foreign media and press from filming her. Two cameras were smashed on the ground and at least one reporter was beaten and kicked.   Al-Obeidi was later taken in a car to an undisclosed location.  bottom left is a foreign journalist.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/85a577b9-31ae-4ffd-9dc8-b09ea3f2dba0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/85a577b9-31ae-4ffd-9dc8-b09ea3f2dba0.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Hands from hotel employees trying to grab her, and foreign journalist attempting to protect her, surround Iman Al-Obeidi, right,  who said she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, and was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody  in Tripoli Saturday March 26, 2011, after storming into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media. A scuffle between hotel employees, information ministry officials and plain clothe police trying to grab her and stop the press for filming on one side and foreign media representatives followed. Two cameras were smashed on the ground and at least one reporter was beaten and kicked.   Al-Obeidi was later taken in a car to an undisclosed location. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Libya releases 3 captured journalists</title>
<description><![CDATA[Agence France Presse said the Libyan government released on Wednesday three journalists captured last week near a key eastern city that has been a daily battleground between Moammar Gadhafi's forces and Libyan rebels.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/19/6303439-report-libya-releases-3-captured-journalists</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/19/6303439-report-libya-releases-3-captured-journalists</guid><category>media</category><category>libya</category><category>moammar-gadhafi</category><category>world-news</category><category>agence-france-presse</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:57:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Will the Palestinian Authority and Hamas Ever Learn?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hamas also appears to be unnerved. In recent days, the Hamas government has intensified its efforts to prevent widespread demonstrations in the Gaza Strip. The move came following calls on Facebook by many young Palestinians to organize a revolt against the Hamas regime.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/15/6058547-will-the-palestinian-authority-and-hamas-ever-learn</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/15/6058547-will-the-palestinian-authority-and-hamas-ever-learn</guid><category>mideast</category><category>egypt</category><category>israel</category><category>palestinians</category><category>mahmoud-abbas</category><category>west-bank</category><category>palestinian-authority</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>khaled-abu-toameh</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:19:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Al-Jazeera says Cairo office was ransacked</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Al-Jazeera TV station says its Cairo office has been stormed by "gangs of thugs" who burned and damaged equipment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/02/5975516-al-jazeera-says-cairo-office-was-ransacked</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/02/5975516-al-jazeera-says-cairo-office-was-ransacked</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>egypt</category><category>associated-press</category><category>journalists</category><category>anderson-cooper</category><category>world-news</category><category>hosni-mubarak</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Feb 2011 15:25:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6cfb32a8-2265-4daf-bf28-abea5fa703e6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6cfb32a8-2265-4daf-bf28-abea5fa703e6.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A pro-government demonstrator and anti-government protestor argue in Tahrir square, the center of anti-government demonstrations, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/74e26e3e-1661-40bc-8a04-e58c7ad19b34.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/74e26e3e-1661-40bc-8a04-e58c7ad19b34.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French photojournalist from SIPA Press agency Alfred Yaghobzadeh is being treated by anti-government protestors after being wounded during clashes between pro-government supporters and anti-government protestors, in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, Wednesday Feb. 2, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.  The Egyptian military has started Thursday Feb.3, 2011 rounding up journalists, possibly for their own protection, after they came under attack from supporters of President Hosni Mubarak who have been attacking anti-government protesters. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6e8ff455-72c5-4f02-9e6a-ead8af773222.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6e8ff455-72c5-4f02-9e6a-ead8af773222.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Two foreign photographers take cover as they follow stone throwing clashes between pro- and anti- government protesters in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. New clashes are heating up again and shots are being fired in the air around Cairo's central Tahrir Square as anti-government protesters push back regime supporters. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/209a5eea-efd6-44d1-99b5-6df4be941951.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/209a5eea-efd6-44d1-99b5-6df4be941951.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Press photographers, including Associated Press photographer Khalil Hamra, left, take cover as they work during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Another bout of heavy gunfire and clashes erupted around dusk in the Cairo square at the center of Egypt's anti-government chaos, while new looting and arson spread around the capital. Gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners, and human rights workers and the army rounded up foreign journalists. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Analysis: Leaks deepen Palestinian split</title>
<description><![CDATA[If an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal seemed remote before, it looks downright unattainable after a stormy week of leaks of confidential Mideast protocols by Al-Jazeera TV.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karin Laub]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karin Laub]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/28/5939720-analysis-leaks-deepen-palestinian-split</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/28/5939720-analysis-leaks-deepen-palestinian-split</guid><category>palestinians</category><category>analysis</category><category>after-the</category><category>world-news</category><category>leaks</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>ml</category><category>the-leaks</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:01:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1d89470f-c13b-4f1a-a12b-f3712122431e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1d89470f-c13b-4f1a-a12b-f3712122431e.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian Fatah supporters hold flags and signs during a rally supporting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and against Al-Jazeera, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The station, widely watched in the Arab world, alleges that Abbas secretly made major concessions to Israel.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/68e6ac56-9133-4bba-b04c-767f6ec593f3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/68e6ac56-9133-4bba-b04c-767f6ec593f3.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian Fatah supporters hold flags and signs during a rally supporting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and against Al-Jazeera, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The station, widely watched in the Arab world, alleges that Abbas secretly made major concessions to Israel.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c86b4295-da33-4488-83e8-d26ba4ef94f8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c86b4295-da33-4488-83e8-d26ba4ef94f8.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinians hang a banner depicting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally supporting him and against al-Jazeera in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The station, widely watched in the Arab world, alleges that Abbas secretly made major concessions to Israel. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/24294b38-28d4-4d81-be3f-e83aa1effaa6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/24294b38-28d4-4d81-be3f-e83aa1effaa6.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian female police officers stand next to a sign comparing Al-Jazeera TV and Israel during a rally to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and against al-Jazeera in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The station, widely watched in the Arab world, alleges that Abbas secretly made major concessions to Israel. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/042e7cdd-4e2e-4efa-8dfb-e393dec9e575.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/042e7cdd-4e2e-4efa-8dfb-e393dec9e575.jpg" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian Fatah supporters hold flags and signs during a rally supporting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and against Al-Jazeera, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011.  Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The station, widely watched in the Arab world, alleges that Abbas secretly made major concessions to Israel.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3c4a5883-c300-4fe2-8977-ccce0901202e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3c4a5883-c300-4fe2-8977-ccce0901202e.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian Fatah supporters hold flags and signs during a rally supporting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and against Al-Jazeera, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The station, widely watched in the Arab world, alleges that Abbas secretly made major concessions to Israel.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/502d7926-4c0a-4e89-a43f-8b4265c9e252.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/502d7926-4c0a-4e89-a43f-8b4265c9e252.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian Fatah supporters hold flags and signs during a rally supporting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and against Al-Jazeera, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The station, widely watched in the Arab world, alleges that Abbas secretly made major concessions to Israel.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In memoirs, ex-Israeli PM regrets failure of talks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a "historic mistake" by rebuffing an Israeli peace offer during negotiations in 2008, Israel's former prime minister wrote in excerpts from his forthcoming memoirs published Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matti Friedman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matti Friedman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/23/5904765-in-memoirs-ex-israeli-pm-regrets-failure-of-talks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/23/5904765-in-memoirs-ex-israeli-pm-regrets-failure-of-talks</guid><category>israel</category><category>palestinians</category><category>talks</category><category>mahmoud-abbas</category><category>west-bank</category><category>world-news</category><category>qatar-based-al-jazeera</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>ml</category><category>hamas-ruled-gaza</category><category>gaza-hamas</category><category>former-israeli</category><category>hamas'-gaza</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:03:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0c419998-555b-4b2d-98b2-9e097f5b0e59.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0c419998-555b-4b2d-98b2-9e097f5b0e59.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tourists have their picture taken next to a camel at the Mount of Olives viewpoint overlooking the Dome of the Rock and  Jerusalem's Old city, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. Palestinians were prepared to compromise over two of the toughest issues, Jerusalem and refugees, during peace talks in 2008, according to a report by the Al-Jazeera TV channel broadcast Sunday that quoted from documents it said came from the talks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f9ca577-da60-4b7f-95ac-cb6ead6e6e93.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f9ca577-da60-4b7f-95ac-cb6ead6e6e93.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, speaks to the media in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. Palestinians were prepared to compromise over two of the toughest issues, Jerusalem and refugees, during peace talks in 2008, according to a report by the Al-Jazeera TV channel broadcast Sunday that quoted from documents it said came from the talks. Rabbo told reporters on Monday the news network engaged in &quot;media games&quot;, saying the report relied on out-of-context quotes, insinuations and outright fabrications. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5935f932-9b70-4889-bbf9-2a8fe8de7fa7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5935f932-9b70-4889-bbf9-2a8fe8de7fa7.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, speaks to the media in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. Palestinians were prepared to compromise over two of the toughest issues, Jerusalem and refugees, during peace talks in 2008, according to a report by the Al-Jazeera TV channel broadcast Sunday that quoted from documents it said came from the talks. Rabbo told reporters on Monday the news network engaged in &quot;media games&quot;, saying the report relied on out-of-context quotes, insinuations and outright fabrications. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d761d2fa-87bf-4656-883b-495807726622.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d761d2fa-87bf-4656-883b-495807726622.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, speaks to the media in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. Palestinians were prepared to compromise over two of the toughest issues, Jerusalem and refugees, during peace talks in 2008, according to a report by the Al-Jazeera TV channel broadcast Sunday that quoted from documents it said came from the talks. Rabbo told reporters on Monday the news network engaged in &quot;media games&quot;, saying the report relied on out-of-context quotes, insinuations and outright fabrications. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/86494574-f3e6-471d-8c97-2a32e6b2c353.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/86494574-f3e6-471d-8c97-2a32e6b2c353.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Palestinian worker walks at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. Palestinians were prepared to compromise over two of the toughest issues, Jerusalem and refugees, during peace talks in 2008, according to a report by the Al-Jazeera TV channel broadcast Sunday that quoted from documents it said came from the talks. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1f969c97-91e4-4e39-a6a1-460619adc3e6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1f969c97-91e4-4e39-a6a1-460619adc3e6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Jewish settler boy looks up as he walks in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. Palestinians were prepared to compromise over two of the toughest issues, Jerusalem and refugees, during peace talks in 2008, according to a report by the Al-Jazeera TV channel broadcast Sunday that quoted from documents it said came from the talks. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/16d37aa2-b2ab-4d2a-ba0f-aed2300fa0eb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/16d37aa2-b2ab-4d2a-ba0f-aed2300fa0eb.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, listens to Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat during a press conference following his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, not pictured, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8b4b5d5d-2175-4cf8-ab33-a61010ceb754.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8b4b5d5d-2175-4cf8-ab33-a61010ceb754.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian police officers block the entrance to the Al-Jazeera TV office, after protesters vandalized it, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. About 250 Palestinian protesters have smashed windows and sprayed graffiti outside the headquarters of the Al-Jazeera TV channel in the West Bank Monday. Al-Jazeera aired late Sunday what it said were leaked documents showing that Palestinian leaders agreed to deep concessions on two of the thorniest issues in negotiations with Israel: Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8a60ecf5-c843-443c-a85a-b3ccdfd3690a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8a60ecf5-c843-443c-a85a-b3ccdfd3690a.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ultra Orthodox Jewish men stand on a bridge overlooking downtown Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. Palestinians were prepared to compromise over two of the toughest issues, Jerusalem and refugees, during peace talks in 2008, according to a report by the Al-Jazeera TV channel broadcast Sunday that quoted from documents it said came from the talks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b2f9e71f-2162-4df8-8a21-fe950ef13c5c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b2f9e71f-2162-4df8-8a21-fe950ef13c5c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Framed by tree branches, the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound is seen in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3f8b1a4b-1f56-41de-bb7e-414f5b918f0b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3f8b1a4b-1f56-41de-bb7e-414f5b918f0b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian Fatah supporters gather outside the office of Al-Jazeera during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. President Mahmoud Abbas has returned to a hero's welcome and was greeted by hundreds of supporters in the West Bank, his first public appearance since Al-Jazeera published documents showing him making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b21174ce-80c4-4c0b-b097-0fc6cbc6515c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b21174ce-80c4-4c0b-b097-0fc6cbc6515c.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Palestinian Fatah supporter tears off the sign of Al-Jazeera as others gather outside the TV channel's office during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. President Mahmoud Abbas has returned to a hero's welcome and was greeted by hundreds of supporters in the West Bank, his first public appearance since Al-Jazeera published documents showing him making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cf722e34-7d1a-4570-b53d-9097db2a1174.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cf722e34-7d1a-4570-b53d-9097db2a1174.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, gestures during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Abbas has returned to a hero's welcome and was greeted by hundreds of supporters in the West Bank, his first public appearance since Al-Jazeera published documents showing him making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7e58b723-6a00-4066-94e6-90dd21b61547.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7e58b723-6a00-4066-94e6-90dd21b61547.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, speaks during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Abbas has returned to a hero's welcome and was greeted by hundreds of supporters in the West Bank, his first public appearance since Al-Jazeera published documents showing him making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/67bb895e-c218-46a3-8f19-09bd809d95c9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/67bb895e-c218-46a3-8f19-09bd809d95c9.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, center, surrounded by Fatah supporters speaks during a rally in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Erekat returned to his hometown of Jericho Tuesday and was welcomed by cheering supporters in the town's square, following a recent broadcast by the Al-Jazeera TV channel linking Erekat and other senior Palestinian sources to making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks. (AP Photo/Muammar Awad)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e3b144a3-3be1-4ea5-ae50-1755d56d2ce4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e3b144a3-3be1-4ea5-ae50-1755d56d2ce4.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Palestinian Hamas activist stands by effigies with Israeli flags of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, former Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, later to be set on fire during a rally against Abbas, following a recent broadcast by Al-Jazeera reportedly  linking him to making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks, in Rafah southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.  Arabic on signs reads &quot;Alquds is free without pay, prisoners are free without pay, the refugees are free without pay and just we need millions.&quot; (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3dedaa6a-f3ff-4f00-985d-76b0f689a909.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3dedaa6a-f3ff-4f00-985d-76b0f689a909.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian Hamas activists burn effigies with Israeli flags of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, former Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, during a rally against Abbas, following a recent broadcast by Al-Jazeera reportedly  linking him to making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Thousands of cheering Hamas supporters on Wednesday burned effigies of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and senior aides, denouncing them as traitors. The protests came in response to reports by Al-Jazeera satellite TV about leaked documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Al-Jazeera, which has been releasing the documents gradually this week, says they show Abbas made far-reaching concessions on Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8e00d591-d882-4a89-aec6-1963d4e9f471.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8e00d591-d882-4a89-aec6-1963d4e9f471.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Masked Palestinian militants of a group affiliated with the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades talks during a press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Members of the tiny offshoot of the now largely defunct militant group Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades called for protests against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Al-Jazeera TV, citing leaked documents, said Abbas made major secret concessions to Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cf56f3c4-156b-4696-887e-dacddcf33bf7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cf56f3c4-156b-4696-887e-dacddcf33bf7.jpg" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Hamas political leader Khalil Al-Halya speaks at a rally in protest against President Mahmoud Abbas, following a recent broadcast by Al-Jazeera linking Abbas to making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. The Islamic militant Hamas, Abbas' political rival, has accused him of treason for compromising on traditional Palestinian demands. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/52eb8463-f783-4667-9e96-e6e15cb96784.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/52eb8463-f783-4667-9e96-e6e15cb96784.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Masked Palestinian militants of a group affiliated with the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades walk after a press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Members of the tiny offshoot of the now largely defunct militant group Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades called for protests against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Al-Jazeera TV, citing leaked documents, said Abbas made major secret concessions to Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dc8a7041-509f-4576-8f28-088a9fa916a9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="365" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dc8a7041-509f-4576-8f28-088a9fa916a9.jpg" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks during a conference at the Plaza hotel in Jerusalem. At the end of 2008 Israel and the Palestinians were closer than they had ever been to a peace agreement, Olmert wrote in excerpts published Friday Jan. 28, 2011 from his forthcoming memoirs. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/118570a7-d2c1-49cd-b064-d65afb6e7a60.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/118570a7-d2c1-49cd-b064-d65afb6e7a60.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian supporters of Hamas hold a poster of Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani during a rally against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, following a recent broadcast by Al-Jazeera reportedly linking him to making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks, in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The leaks have intensified the bitter rivalry between Abbas and the Islamic militant Hamas, which wrested the Gaza Strip from the Palestinian president in a violent takeover in 2007.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/add14eb9-d542-4f65-b961-6f19c2f4719b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/add14eb9-d542-4f65-b961-6f19c2f4719b.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian Hamas activists step on a poster of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and other Fatah officials during a rally against Abbas, following a recent broadcast by Al-Jazeera reportedly linking him to making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks, in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The leaks have intensified the bitter rivalry between Abbas and the Islamic militant Hamas, which wrested the Gaza Strip from the Palestinian president in a violent takeover in 2007.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3f2d8798-a6c5-4f1f-8410-c2ee37f3b93a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3f2d8798-a6c5-4f1f-8410-c2ee37f3b93a.jpg" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian Hamas activists burn a poster of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and other Fatah officials during a rally against Abbas, following a recent broadcast by Al-Jazeera reportedly linking him to making broad concessions to Israel in peace talks, in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The leaks have intensified the bitter rivalry between Abbas and the Islamic militant Hamas, which wrested the Gaza Strip from the Palestinian president in a violent takeover in 2007.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: al-Qaida claims Niger kidnapping</title>
<description><![CDATA[A purported spokesman for al-Qaida's North Africa branch claimed responsibility Thursday for kidnapping two French nationals in Niger who later died during a failed rescue attempt.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Doland]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angela Doland]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/13/5830149-report-al-qaida-claims-niger-kidnapping</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/13/5830149-report-al-qaida-claims-niger-kidnapping</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>kidnapping</category><category>world-news</category><category>niger</category><category>north-africa</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:07:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>TV: Al-Qaida says it killed American in Mauritania</title>
<description><![CDATA[Al-Qaida's North African branch has claimed responsibility for the killing of an American aid worker shot dead this week in Mauritania's capital, Al-Jazeera TV reported Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmed Mohamed]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmed Mohamed]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2967186-tv-al-qaida-says-it-killed-american-in-mauritania</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2967186-tv-al-qaida-says-it-killed-american-in-mauritania</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>world-news</category><category>north-africa</category><category>mauritania</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>af</category><category>al-qaida-north-african</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:16:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title></title>
<description><![CDATA[Al-Jazeera TV says Al-Qaida claims responsibility for killing American in Mauritania.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2967180-</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2967180-</guid><category>apnewsalert</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:13:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cameraman Jailed in Gitmo May Be Freed</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Al-Jazeera TV cameraman imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay has been told he may soon be released after more than six years in U.S. military custody, a lawyer for the detainee said Monday, though U.S. officials refused to confirm the report.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Fox]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Fox]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/25/1324642-cameraman-jailed-in-gitmo-may-be-freed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/25/1324642-cameraman-jailed-in-gitmo-may-be-freed</guid><category>guantanamo</category><category>journalist</category><category>jailed</category><category>guantanamo-bay</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:21:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cartoons from the Arab World</title>
<description><![CDATA[A selection of political cartoons from media in both the  Arab world & Iran-- not often seen in the west.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/30/868005-cartoons-from-the-arab-world</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/30/868005-cartoons-from-the-arab-world</guid><category>egypt</category><category>israel</category><category>palestinians</category><category>arabs</category><category>nazi</category><category>muslims</category><category>racism</category><category>palestinian-authority</category><category>incitement</category><category>world-news</category><category>hate</category><category>opinion</category><category>9-11</category><category>cartoons</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>propaganda</category><category>anti-semitism</category><category>msm</category><category>culture-wars</category><category>arab-news</category><category>dar-al-islam</category><category>bampots</category><category>mecs</category><category>akhbar-al-khalij</category><category>tom-gross</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:24:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Someone Explain Things to Rudy, Please</title>
<description><![CDATA[Does Rudy really not know the truth about what Bin Laden's motivations were? Or does he just not mind lying?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stranahan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stranahan]]></source><link>http://stranahan.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/17/725397-someone-explain-things-to-rudy-please</link><guid>http://stranahan.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/17/725397-someone-explain-things-to-rudy-please</guid><category>politics</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>al-jazeera-tv</category><category>lee-stranahans</category><category>lee-stranahan</category><category>laden-speeches-broadcast</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 22:35:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>