<?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 - palestine</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/palestine</link><description>Newsvine - palestine</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:40:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:44:57 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Nine nations vote against Palestinian UN upgrade</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just nine nations voted against the Palestinian Authority's upgrade to nonvoting observer state status, which passed the General Assembly 138-9, with 41 abstentions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15549601-nine-nations-vote-against-palestinian-un-upgrade</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15549601-nine-nations-vote-against-palestinian-un-upgrade</guid><category>un</category><category>palestinian-authority</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>opponents</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:51:16 +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>Clinton: US won't react to Arafat poisoning rumors</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. will wait for the results of any new investigation into Yasser Arafat's death and won't be responding to rumors.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bradley Klapper]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bradley Klapper]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12655762-clinton-us-wont-react-to-arafat-poisoning-rumors</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12655762-clinton-us-wont-react-to-arafat-poisoning-rumors</guid><category>us</category><category>palestinians</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>yasser-arafat</category><category>state-hillary-rodham-clinton</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:27:16 +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>Thailand gives official recognition for Palestine</title>
<description><![CDATA[Thailand says it has recognized Palestine as an independent state.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10195333-thailand-gives-official-recognition-for-palestine</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10195333-thailand-gives-official-recognition-for-palestine</guid><category>thailand</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:43:24 +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>Russia to back Palestinian UN bid for statehood</title>
<description><![CDATA[Russia's envoy to the United Nations says Moscow will back the Palestinian bid to secure statehood at the U.N.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/12/7727488-russia-to-back-palestinian-un-bid-for-statehood</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/12/7727488-russia-to-back-palestinian-un-bid-for-statehood</guid><category>eu</category><category>russia</category><category>united-nations</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:03:59 +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>EU split on Palestinian push for recognition</title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Union remains undecided whether to support the Palestinian push for recognition at the United Nations later this month, a top official said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Slobodan Lekic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Slobodan Lekic]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/01/7552383-eu-split-on-palestinian-push-for-recognition</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/01/7552383-eu-split-on-palestinian-push-for-recognition</guid><category>europe</category><category>united-nations</category><category>european-union</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>recognizing</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:18:21 +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>Palestinian team ousted in World Cup qualifier</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Palestinian soccer team played to a 2-2 tie with Thailand on Thursday, ending a World Cup qualifying campaign that had become a symbol of nation building.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammed Daraghmeh]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mohammed Daraghmeh]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/28/7190177-palestinian-team-ousted-in-world-cup-qualifier</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/28/7190177-palestinian-team-ousted-in-world-cup-qualifier</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>thailand</category><category>world-cup</category><category>palestine</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:49:03 +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/e8670d13-dd8d-4586-a2bf-96d5d509c8d7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e8670d13-dd8d-4586-a2bf-96d5d509c8d7.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian soccer players warm up before  World Cup qualifier  game against Thailand in West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, July 28, 2011. The Palestinians' hopes of a World Cup place were dashed on Thursday when their team could only draw 2-2 with Thailand, who made it through to the third round of Asian qualifiers with a 3-2 aggregate victory.  For the Palestinians, the loss marked a disappointing end to a World Cup qualifying campaign that had become a symbol of nation building.(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/400/5530afa0-6f87-4bc3-8c13-f97148118d78.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="383" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5530afa0-6f87-4bc3-8c13-f97148118d78.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian player Khader Abouhammed, left, fights for the ball with Thailand's Chueichiu Phichitphhong, during a World Cup qualifier soccer match in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, July 28, 2011. The Palestinians' hopes of a World Cup place were dashed on Thursday when their team could only draw 2-2 with Thailand, who made it through to the third round of Asian qualifiers with a 3-2 aggregate victory.  For the Palestinians, the loss marked a disappointing end to a World Cup qualifying campaign that had become a symbol of nation building. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)&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/400/46ba335f-a3f3-4008-b880-9990c0ead2d5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/46ba335f-a3f3-4008-b880-9990c0ead2d5.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian soccer fans sit under a large banner showing the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, during a World Cup qualifier game against Thailand in West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, July 28, 2011. The Palestinians' hopes of a World Cup place were dashed on Thursday when their team could only draw 2-2 with Thailand, who made it through to the third round of Asian qualifiers with a 3-2 aggregate victory. For the Palestinians, the loss marked a disappointing end to a World Cup qualifying campaign that had become a symbol of nation building.(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/f1150753-b66b-4ae3-bbb5-c56e1fe21cf2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f1150753-b66b-4ae3-bbb5-c56e1fe21cf2.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Thailand's soccer players celebrate after their first goal against the Palestinian national team, during a World Cup qualifiers game in West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, July 28, 2011. The Palestinians' hopes of a World Cup place were dashed on Thursday when their team could only draw 2-2 with Thailand, who made it through to the third round of Asian qualifiers with a 3-2 aggregate victory. For the Palestinians, the loss marked a disappointing end to a World Cup qualifying campaign that had become a symbol of nation building.( (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Developing nations want climate aid for Palestine</title>
<description><![CDATA[Developing countries have asked the U.N. climate conference to accept Palestine as a participant and give it access to funding to fight global warming.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6804655-developing-nations-want-climate-aid-for-palestine</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6804655-developing-nations-want-climate-aid-for-palestine</guid><category>eu</category><category>climate</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jun 2011 15:53:53 +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>Europe set for key Palestine role</title>
<description><![CDATA[Europe, its global influence waning by the day, has long wished for more of a voice in a Middle Eastern diplomatic arena dominated by the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Perry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dan Perry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/25/6716565-europe-set-for-key-palestine-role</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/25/6716565-europe-set-for-key-palestine-role</guid><category>europe</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>middle-eastern</category><category>recognizing</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 17:55:43 +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/f35f680a-be1a-4680-bd1f-cddcf08bb472.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="437" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f35f680a-be1a-4680-bd1f-cddcf08bb472.jpg" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to the applause after he addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, listen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&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/400/0d587ce3-65a1-4ac9-953c-c11f05b887c5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0d587ce3-65a1-4ac9-953c-c11f05b887c5.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Abbas on Wednesday slammed a peace vision presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suggested the Palestinians now have their sights firmly set on seeking U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state in September. (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/b262fe75-b655-4ec2-9122-1db0c780c303.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="397" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b262fe75-b655-4ec2-9122-1db0c780c303.jpg" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama, right, is greeted by Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron as he arrives at 10 Downing Street, Cameron's official residence, in London, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Obama is plunging back into the complex security debates over Afghanistan, Libya and uprisings in the Middle East, while trying to reassure European allies that they still are valued partners in U.S. foreign policy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Egypt crisis spells trouble for Mideast peace</title>
<description><![CDATA[Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has only recently and grudgingly accepted the idea of an independent Palestinian state next to Israel. With Egypt in flux, efforts to bring this about may soon go into deep freeze.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josef Federman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josef Federman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/02/5977196-egypt-crisis-spells-trouble-for-mideast-peace</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/02/5977196-egypt-crisis-spells-trouble-for-mideast-peace</guid><category>on</category><category>analysis</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>hold</category><category>ml</category><category>with-egypt</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Feb 2011 20:48:45 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/88cf823c-43ba-4dc2-b4d7-bbfa1b2fd7c7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/88cf823c-43ba-4dc2-b4d7-bbfa1b2fd7c7.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pro-government demonstrators, below, clash with anti-government demonstrators, above, opposite the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)&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/e9f96fac-427f-4467-8b5d-84951e4475bc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e9f96fac-427f-4467-8b5d-84951e4475bc.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Anti-government demonstrators, including a Muslim cleric, throw projectiles at pro-government demonstrators, unseen, during clashes between the two sides in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ireland upgrades Palestinian territories relations</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ireland is upgrading its diplomatic relations with the Palestinian territories in recognition of progress being made by the Palestinian Authority, officials said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cassandra Vinograd]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cassandra Vinograd]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/25/5916490-ireland-upgrades-palestinian-territories-relations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/25/5916490-ireland-upgrades-palestinian-territories-relations</guid><category>eu</category><category>ireland</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:55:54 +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>Peru recognizes Palestinian state</title>
<description><![CDATA[Peru has joined a growing number of South American countries in recognizing an independent and sovereign Palestinian state.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/24/5911257-peru-recognizes-palestinian-state</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/24/5911257-peru-recognizes-palestinian-state</guid><category>peru</category><category>palestine</category><category>south-american</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:27:23 +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>Brazil recognizes Palestinian state</title>
<description><![CDATA[Brazil says it has recognized the state of Palestine based on borders at the time of Israel's 1967 conquest of the West Bank.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/03/5573912-brazil-recognizes-palestinian-state</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/03/5573912-brazil-recognizes-palestinian-state</guid><category>brazil</category><category>west-bank</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2010 17:15:39 +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>Israelis mull leaving settlers in Palestine</title>
<description><![CDATA[It has become an article of faith in the Israeli-Palestinian equation: Israel's withdrawal from occupied lands must be accompanied by a removal of Jewish settlers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Teibel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amy Teibel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/05/5411990-israelis-mull-leaving-settlers-in-palestine</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/05/5411990-israelis-mull-leaving-settlers-in-palestine</guid><category>israel</category><category>of</category><category>palestine</category><category>jews</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Nov 2010 05:58:05 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9372eaea-58b0-4865-a1d0-2017edc4ef45.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9372eaea-58b0-4865-a1d0-2017edc4ef45.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2010 file photo a Jewish settler holds an Israeli flag during a protest march near the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, with the village of Burin seen in the background. It has become an article of faith in the Israeli-Palestinian equation: Israel's withdrawal from occupied lands must be accompanied by a removal of Jewish settlers who moved there over the years &amp;#8212; even if this means forcibly displacing tens if not hundreds of thousands of people. But what if it didn't? Although it's hardly mainstream thinking or a mass movement, voices on both sides are quietly contemplating another way: perhaps some Jews can live in a future Palestine, even if only in small numbers, the way Arabs live in Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, Files)&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/a61157a5-b2e8-4fa1-872b-22620d799dbc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a61157a5-b2e8-4fa1-872b-22620d799dbc.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 2, 2010 file photo masked Jewish settlers walk during clashes with Palestinians, not seen, outside of the West Bank village of Asira Qibliya and the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, near Nablus. It has become an article of faith in the Israeli-Palestinian equation: Israel's withdrawal from occupied lands must be accompanied by a removal of Jewish settlers who moved there over the years &amp;#8212; even if this means forcibly displacing tens if not hundreds of thousands of people. But what if it didn't? Although it's hardly mainstream thinking or a mass movement, voices on both sides are quietly contemplating another way: perhaps some Jews can live in a future Palestine, even if only in small numbers, the way Arabs live in Israel. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh, Files)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rare TV satire mocks Palestinian politicians</title>
<description><![CDATA[Palestine TV was once the boring channel that viewers skipped over while searching for entertainment. But this time, the state-run station has picked a winner &#8212; an irreverent comedy show that mocks and often bites the hand that feeds it: the government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammed Daraghmeh]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mohammed Daraghmeh]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/10/3245493-rare-tv-satire-mocks-palestinian-politicians</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/10/3245493-rare-tv-satire-mocks-palestinian-politicians</guid><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>palestine-tv</category><category>pillorying</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:31:24 +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/400/9cfc0538-3bac-4870-b6cf-c41e386b6361.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9cfc0538-3bac-4870-b6cf-c41e386b6361.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 photo, a Palestinian woman works in kitchen while listening the television program &quot;Homeland on a Thread&quot; in the West Bank city of Nablus. Palestine TV was the boring channel that viewers once skipped over while searching for entertainment. But this time, the state-run station has picked a winner, an irreverent comedy show that mocks and often bites the hand that feeds it: the government. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S.-trained Palestinian force is keen for action</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the live-fire exercise, everything was carefully choreographed &#8212; Palestinian commandos, faces blackened, stormed a hide-out in an abandoned building, "wounded" one gunman and "arrested" a second.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karin Laub]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karin Laub]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/27/2975696-us-trained-palestinian-force-is-keen-for-action</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/27/2975696-us-trained-palestinian-force-is-keen-for-action</guid><category>for</category><category>fighting</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:04:42 +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/400/05e1b739-1689-4061-be6d-a46ffb3107df.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/05e1b739-1689-4061-be6d-a46ffb3107df.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2009 a Palestinian boy watches police officers loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas train in the West Bank town of Jenin. In a military-style exercise, everything went according to script: U.S.-trained Palestinian commandos, faces smeared with black camouflage paint and moves carefully choreographed, stormed a mock militants' hideout in an abandoned building, &quot;wounding&quot; one gunman and arresting a second. Yet reality is far less accommodating in the Israel-controlled West Bank, where Palestinian forces try to expand islands of limited authority by proving their effectiveness, including by going after Hamas militants. (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/ee538099-58f7-473d-bad0-392ab18e4904.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ee538099-58f7-473d-bad0-392ab18e4904.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2009 Palestinian security officers loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas train in the West Bank town of Jenin. In a military-style exercise, everything went according to script: U.S.-trained Palestinian commandos, faces smeared with black camouflage paint and moves carefully choreographed, stormed a mock militants' hideout in an abandoned building, &quot;wounding&quot; one gunman and arresting a second. Yet reality is far less accommodating in the Israel-controlled West Bank, where Palestinian forces try to expand islands of limited authority by proving their effectiveness, including by going after Hamas militants. (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/c0e00018-68b8-4f43-a14f-e7f7112cc833.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c0e00018-68b8-4f43-a14f-e7f7112cc833.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2009, Palestinian security officers loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas train in the West Bank town of Jenin. In a military-style exercise, everything went according to script: U.S.-trained Palestinian commandos, faces smeared with black camouflage paint and moves carefully choreographed, stormed a mock militants' hideout in an abandoned building, &quot;wounding&quot; one gunman and arresting a second. Yet reality is far less accommodating in the Israel-controlled West Bank, where Palestinian forces try to expand islands of limited authority by proving their effectiveness, including by going after Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)&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/400/5a43f94b-f3b7-4994-b10a-ab1c7f4a904d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5a43f94b-f3b7-4994-b10a-ab1c7f4a904d.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2009, Palestinian security officers loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas train in the West Bank town of Jenin. In a military-style exercise, everything went according to script: U.S.-trained Palestinian commandos, faces smeared with black camouflage paint and moves carefully choreographed, stormed a mock militants' hideout in an abandoned building, &quot;wounding&quot; one gunman and arresting a second. Yet reality is far less accommodating in the Israel-controlled West Bank, where Palestinian forces try to expand islands of limited authority by proving their effectiveness, including by going after Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)&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/400/17ae3927-767b-445d-bb99-3d340fcf9f20.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="393" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/17ae3927-767b-445d-bb99-3d340fcf9f20.jpg" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2009 Palestinian security officers loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas train in the West Bank town of Jenin. In a military-style exercise, everything went according to script: U.S.-trained Palestinian commandos, faces smeared with black camouflage paint and moves carefully choreographed, stormed a mock militants' hideout in an abandoned building, &quot;wounding&quot; one gunman and arresting a second. Yet reality is far less accommodating in the Israel-controlled West Bank, where Palestinian forces try to expand islands of limited authority by proving their effectiveness, including by going after Hamas militants. (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/400/22bc65e1-9888-4373-a1d6-007c4090bdd5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="230" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/22bc65e1-9888-4373-a1d6-007c4090bdd5.jpg" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2009, Palestinian security officers loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas train in the West Bank town of Jenin. In a military-style exercise, everything went according to script: U.S.-trained Palestinian commandos, faces smeared with black camouflage paint and moves carefully choreographed, stormed a mock militants' hideout in an abandoned building, &quot;wounding&quot; one gunman and arresting a second. Yet reality is far less accommodating in the Israel-controlled West Bank, where Palestinian forces try to expand islands of limited authority by proving their effectiveness, including by going after Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)&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/400/786326c7-2129-4dd6-a2cf-810b8efd5c1e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/786326c7-2129-4dd6-a2cf-810b8efd5c1e.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2009, Palestinian security officers loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas train in the West Bank town of Jenin. In a military-style exercise, everything went according to script: U.S.-trained Palestinian commandos, faces smeared with black camouflage paint and moves carefully choreographed, stormed a mock militants' hideout in an abandoned building, &quot;wounding&quot; one gunman and arresting a second. Yet reality is far less accommodating in the Israel-controlled West Bank, where Palestinian forces try to expand islands of limited authority by proving their effectiveness, including by going after Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)&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/ea30b5c1-be5a-442a-afd9-7933aa1bb1ee.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ea30b5c1-be5a-442a-afd9-7933aa1bb1ee.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2009 a Palestinian security officer from the third battalion is reflected in a mirror covering part of a banner showing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a trailer he shares with other officers West Bank city of Jenin. In a military-style exercise, everything went according to script: U.S.-trained Palestinian commandos, faces smeared with black camouflage paint and moves carefully choreographed, stormed a mock militants' hideout in an abandoned building, &quot;wounding&quot; one gunman and arresting a second. Yet reality is far less accommodating in the Israel-controlled West Bank, where Palestinian forces try to expand islands of limited authority by proving their effectiveness, including by going after Hamas militants.(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/400/1014a314-de6a-450b-8272-15f49ea74126.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1014a314-de6a-450b-8272-15f49ea74126.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2009 Palestinian security officers loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas train in the West Bank town of Jenin. In a military-style exercise, everything went according to script: U.S.-trained Palestinian commandos, faces smeared with black camouflage paint and moves carefully choreographed, stormed a mock militants' hideout in an abandoned building, &quot;wounding&quot; one gunman and arresting a second. Yet reality is far less accommodating in the Israel-controlled West Bank, where Palestinian forces try to expand islands of limited authority by proving their effectiveness, including by going after Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Palestine to play first match in home stadium</title>
<description><![CDATA[Palestine is set to play its first international soccer match on home soil.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/17/2010868-palestine-to-play-first-match-in-home-stadium</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/17/2010868-palestine-to-play-first-match-in-home-stadium</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>palestine</category><category>fifa</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:01:14 +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>Hamas captures Fatah security HQ in Gaza </title>
<description><![CDATA[GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas gunmen captured the headquarters of the Fatah-allied security forces in northern Gaza, seizing control of a key prize in the bloody power struggle between the sides, Hamas and Fatah officials said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ladicyra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ladicyra]]></source><link>http://ladicyra.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/12/777885-hamas-captures-fatah-security-hq-in-gaza</link><guid>http://ladicyra.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/12/777885-hamas-captures-fatah-security-hq-in-gaza</guid><category>hamas</category><category>gaza</category><category>mahmoud-abbas</category><category>palestine</category><category>islam</category><category>world-news</category><category>fatah</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:50:00 +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><item><title>Palestinian Film Poses Oscar Quandary</title>
<description><![CDATA[Before "Paradise Now" received its best foreign-language film nomination Tuesday, Academy Award executives debated a movie credit with rare geopolitical dimensions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Elber]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lynn Elber]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/31/77760-palestinian-film-poses-oscar-quandary</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/31/77760-palestinian-film-poses-oscar-quandary</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>oscars</category><category>academy-award</category><category>palestine</category><category>nominations</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:53:14 +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></channel></rss>