West Bank settlement housing gets initial approval (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012

AP - Israeli officials say that a committee has given preliminary approval to a plan that could allow construction of 600 new homes in a settlement deep inside the West Bank.

Hamas irons out dispute over Palestinian unity (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
AP - The leadership of the Islamic militant Hamas on Wednesday settled internal disagreements and approved a unity deal with its political rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a senior official said.

Golan Druse support for Syria regime cracking (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
AP - Syria's embattled leader, Bashar Assad, appears to be losing one of his last bastions of reliable support: the Druse Arab community in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Syria stalemate: Is Russia pushing Mideast into cold-war style conflict? (The Christian Science Monitor) - Tue, 21 Feb 2012
The Christian Science Monitor - Russia’s decision not to attend a “friends of Syria” meeting in Tunisia later this week deepens the international community’s divide over Syria and raises prospects of a cold-war-style proxy war in the Middle East.

Israel to free Palestinian hunger striker (AP) - Tue, 21 Feb 2012

AP - A Palestinian member of a violent Islamic militant group that advocates killing Israeli civilians agreed to end his 66-day hunger strike to protest his imprisonment without charge after reaching a deal with Israel that will free him in April, the Israeli Justice Ministry said Tuesday.

Longest Palestinian hunger strike ends in deal (Reuters) - Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Reuters - A Palestinian held without trial ended a 66-day hunger strike Tuesday after Israeli authorities promised to release him in April in a deal that avoided judicial review of its detention policy.

A Hunger Striker at Death's Door Turns up the Heat on Israel and the Palestinians (Time.com) - Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Time.com - "The West Bank's Bobby Sands" is how some in the British media have begun referring to Khader Adnan, as the 33-year-old Palestinian detainee marks Monday as his 65th day of refusing food from his Israeli gaolers

(AP) - Tue, 21 Feb 2012
AP - A main opposition group says the death toll in Syria has risen to 50, including 30 in Homs.

Bahrain police disperse march with water cannon (Reuters) - Mon, 20 Feb 2012
Reuters - Bahraini police used water cannon and tear gas to break up a march chanting anti-government slogans after a funeral Monday, while protesters were arrested for approaching a roundabout at the center of an uprising last year.

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