Israeli police have raided al-Aqsa mosque's compound, clashing with Muslim worshippers and arresting Palestinian protesters. Al Jazeera has learnt that the clashes erupted on Sunday after Israeli police tried to enter the compound in occupied Jerusalem's Old City.

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A,int life grand

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Benjamin Netanyahu's hawkish Likud party invited right-wing factions for talks on Wednesday on forming Israel's next government after he failed in initial efforts to enlist his main centrist rival in a broad coalition.

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The "news" we have heard about the Israeli military action in the Gaza strip has often focused on the deaths of "civilians." This obfuscates the fact that the majority of casualties were Hamas warriors in civilian dress.

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Thus, despite the ever-increasing loss of life in the Gaza Strip, Israel remains the perpetual victim. Indeed, the last frame with the mother looking straight into the camera leaves the average compassionate viewer--myself included--a bit choked up.

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None of us know exactly how many people have died in the Israeli assault on Gaza. The numbers being spouted on media everywhere are estimates, and estimates only - not fact. In nearly all of the posts and comments on this issue I have read, these estimates are spoken as fact.

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....""what will america say about this? their friend israel is bombing the hell out of the people in the gaza district. i am not anti semite! i am only posting things that will open your eyes to the truth.

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JERUSALEM - Israel put seven employees of a pro-peace radio station under house arrest Wednesday, two days after police raided the station's Jerusalem office and seized its transmission equipment, the station said.

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SPEAKING honestly about Israel and Palestine has always been fraught. Contrary to popular perception, the official public voice of the Australian Jewish community is not without dissent among Jews around the country.

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The Palestinian militant movement Hamas has accused Egypt of torturing members of the group who were detained after crossing from the Gaza Strip.

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Exclusive Eyewitness News : Palestinians protest in Berlin against Israeli occupation

Berlin, Germany. 4 PM on March 8, 2008.

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" Israel seems determined to punish all Gazans, including students, for the behavior of Hamas. Israel should not make young people seeking education pay the price for its conflict with a political or military group.

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The newest and least attractive import from America following on behind Coca-Cola McDonald s and Friends is the pro-Israel lobby. The latest target of this US-style campaign is the august Oxford Union.

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militants fired a Katyusha rocket deep into southern Israel on Sunday, the army and police said, showing an ability to extend the range of rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

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A year after suffering surprise setbacks against Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, Israel s armed forces are poised once more for a major conventional war.

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Iran offered the US a package of concessions in 2003, but it was rejected, a senior former US official has told the BBC's Newsnight programme.

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PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas may opt to dissolve the Hamas-led Government, saying unity talks with the Islamist group had broken down.

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Obviously it is, "Democracy for all, but only if our team wins"

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Hamas Potter and the Baptism of Fire

So, Hamas won an astounding victory. As a supporter of the spread of democracy, I'm happy with the result. As an individual who wishes the middle-east problem to be resolved, I am slightly less happy.

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