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Feb. 3 (Haaretz) - Israel on Wednesday that peace talks with the Palestinians are likely to resume "within the coming weeks."

JERUSALEM December 3, 2009 (Washington Post) - Israel last year revoked the Jerusalem residency of more than 4,500 Palestinians, far more than in any other year since Israel took full control of the city in 1967, according to government figures obtained under the country's freedom of information act by a local human rights group.

November 25, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - Israel's prime minister has announced a 10-month suspension to the construction of new settlement houses in the occupied West Bank.

JERUSALEM November 24, 2009 (Reuters) - An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and may not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, after a senior cabinet colleague predicted a breakthrough within weeks.

JERUSALEM November 23, 2009 (New York Times) — Israel and the Islamist group Hamas appeared Monday to be nearing a deal to exchange a captured Israeli soldier for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, possibly including a popular leader, a move with far-reaching implications not only for stalled Middle East peace talks but for a range of regional relations.

 

RAMALLAH, West Bank November 20, 2009 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that he has accepted advice not to hold the vote.

November 17, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - Israel has given the go ahead for the construction of 900 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem, rebuffing a reported US request that it block construction at the Gilo settlement, officials have said.

November 16, 2009 (AFP) - The United States voiced opposition Monday to unilateral Palestinian moves to seek recognition for an independent state, saying negotiations with Israel were the best way forward.

GAZA November 12, 2009 (RIA Novosti) - The Palestinian Central Election Commission (CEC) on Thursday recommended delaying general elections scheduled for January 24, paving the way for Abbas to remain in power indefinitely.

RAMALLAH, West Bank November 11, 2009 (Reuters) - The Palestinian president on Wednesday resisted U.S. pressure for a resumption of peace talks with Israel, repeating his demand for a complete halt to West Bank settlement building before negotiations.