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Obama, Kerry will not meet Netanyahu on U.S. visit
President Barack Obama will not meet Israel\’s prime minister when he visits Washington in March, the White House said on Thursday, after being blindsided by the Republicans\’ invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu to address the U.S. Congress on Iran.
Ulpana activists begin march to Jerusalem
Hundreds of settlement activists began marching Monday from the Ulpana neighborhood on the outskirts of the Beit El settlement in the West Bank toward Jerusalem.
Global March to Jerusalem could bring thousands of Arabs to Israel’s borders
If pro-Palestinian calls for a so-called Global March to Jerusalem are heeded, thousands of Arabs from the West Bank, Gaza, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria could converge on Israel\’s borders.
Occupy Boston-Not Palestine march held
A demonstration and march hosted by Occupy Boston protested U.S. support of Israel\’s presence in \”Palestine.\”
3,000 police on patrol for annual Jerusalem Day march
Some 30,000 Israelis gathered for the annual flag march through eastern Jerusalem in honor of Jerusalem Day, as at least 3,000 police took up patrols throughout the city.
At least one million in Egypt take to the streets to call for Mubarak’s ouster [VIDEO]
At least one million people rallied across Egypt on Tuesday clamoring for President Hosni Mubarak to give up power, piling pressure on a leader who has towered over Middle East politics for 30 years to make way for a new era of democracy in the Arab nation.
Congress passes funding until March
Congress passed a procedural resolution that sustains government funding until March. The \”continuing resolution\” passed Tuesday includes the $2.75 billion in annual defense assistance for Israel. It passed 79-16 in the Senate and 193-165 in the U.S. House of Representatives. It maintains government funding at 2010 levels. Failure to pass it would have meant that the government would run out of money by midnight.