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Posters of Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank
Palestinians 'should delay polls'
Elections due in January 2010 should be postponed, the Palestinian Authority's electoral commission recommends.

West Bank deportation challenged
Israel's Supreme Court says a Palestinian student whom the army deported to Gaza should be able to challenge the process.
Palestinians mark Arafat's death
Palestinians mark five years since the death of Yasser Arafat, as his successor repeats calls for an end to Israeli settlement building.
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FEATURES, VIEWS AND ANALYSIS
A Palestinian woman holds a picture of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah on 11 November 2009 After Arafat
Palestinian dream of independence is remote as ever
Underground festival begins at Damascus Gate Secret Jerusalem
Palestinian artists go underground to dodge Israeli curbs
vy soldiers aboard the USS Higgins in Haifa, Israel Just playing?
Iran casts long shadow over US-Israeli war games

BACKGROUND
Profile: Fatah movement
Who is a civilian?
Guide: Gaza under blockade
Profile: Gaza Strip
Who are Hamas?
MORE ANALYSIS
Sharing the land
Gaza scrutiny
US pressure on Arabs grows
PM concedes a little in key speech
Can Obama deliver on the ME?
ISSUES
Q&A: Israeli Arabs
Gaza industry rebuilding struggle
Breaking silence on Gaza abuses
Working West Bank checkpoints
Agencies rush aid to Gaza Strip
FEATURES
Cinematic tension
Goldstone fall-out plagues Abbas
Cancer trauma inspires film
Israeli Arabs struggle for land
Israeli troops 'ill-treat kids'

FEATURES, VIEWS AND ANALYSIS
Barack Obama makes Cairo address (file image) Future imperfect
Jeremy Bowen on President Obama's Mid-East efforts
Destitute Gaza resident Mohammed Abed Rabbo Hamas rule
Gaza residents suffer as Hamas sticks to its guns
Avi Levy Jerusalem diary
Pornographer wants Israelis to have sex, not wars

OTHER TOP STORIES
Israel allows Eid cows into Gaza
US and Israeli leaders hold talks
Ex-Israel minister in peace push
Hamas 'tests long-range rocket'
US view on settlement 'unchanged'
Six Hamas MPs released by Israel
Israeli settler held over attacks
Israel endorses Iran nuclear plan
Report: Palestinians denied water
Israel mulls Gaza probes review
Arrests at holy site in Jerusalem
Abbas sets Palestinian polls date
EYEWITNESS

Aid worker diary: Part 25
Gaza voices: Hamas and the truce
Israeli and Palestinian views
Broken town shows Gaza destruction
Gaza City voices: Pressure eases
Israeli voices: When to stop
VIDEO REPORTS
Salam Refugee support for Hamas

Dr Izzadin Abu Alaish Doctor's story hits home in Israel

Palestinian boys attend a UN-run school in northern Gaza UN reopens schools in Gaza Strip


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Borders and settlements
Water
Refugees
History of failed peace talks

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