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Israeli security forces escort a group of Jews outside Damascus Gate, in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Police prevented hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis from marching around predominantly Palestinian areas of Jerusalem's Old City. The event planned for Wednesday was similar to one that served as one of the triggers of last year's Israel-Gaza war. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Gaza violence intensifies as Jerusalem clashes resume

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

In this Oct. 2, 2011, file photo, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, speaks during a press conference at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for more than three decades, has died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. He was 65. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Erekat, longtime spokesman for the Palestinians, dies at 65

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts during the weekly cabinet meeting, at his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP)

International prosecutor preparing to open Palestinian probe

By MIKE CORDER and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Failed Two-State Solution Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Israel is a free and open society that respects civil liberties, the Palestinian Authority is not

By Shoshana Bryen

Saqib Ali talks at a press conference Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in Catonsville, Md., announcing a legal challenge to Maryland's anti-BDS Executive Order. Maryland's ban on contracting with businesses that boycott Israel tramples on the First Amendment rights the software engineer who advocates for Palestinians, a Muslim civil rights group claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. (Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Muslim group sues to block ‘No Boycott of Israel’ measure

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers his speech during an United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, conference, in Rome, Thursday, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ** FILE **

U.N. gets $100M in new funds for Palestinian aid after U.S. cuts

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

US puts Palestinians on notice: DC office may be shuttered

By JOSH LEDERMAN and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas during their news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump meets Mahmoud Abbas, predicts ‘very good chance’ of peace with Israel

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas said Wednesday, Dec. 31, that he is still weighing his options after a resounding defeat in the U.N. Security Council. But the Palestinian leader is hinting that he could join the International Criminal Court in the very near future - a move that would put him on a collision course with Israel. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinians join International Criminal Court to pursue war crime charges against Israel

Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas said Wednesday, Dec. 31, that he is still weighing his options after a resounding defeat in the U.N. Security Council. But the Palestinian leader is hinting that he could join the International Criminal Court in the very near future - a move that would put him on a collision course with Israel. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinians to press war-crimes case against Israel

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Sept. 3, 2013, file photo, actress Scarlett Johansson poses for photographers on the red carpet for the screening of the film "Under The Skin" at the 70th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. Johansson is ending her relationship with Oxfam International after being criticized over her support for an Israeli company that operates in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Oxfam accepts Scarlett Johansson’s resignation

By Gregory Katz - Associated Press

People hold a giant Palestinian flag during a rally in support of the Palestinian UN bid for observer state status, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state on Thursday but success could exact a high price: delaying an independent state of Palestine because of Israel's vehement opposition. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

EDITORIAL: Palestinian state of mind

The Washington Times

President Obama (left) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy make statements to reporters at the G-20 summit in Cannes, France, on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Sarkozy overheard telling Obama that Netanyahu’s ‘a liar’

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

U.N. Security Council set to consider Palestinian membership

By Anita Snow - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel approves 1,100 new homes in east Jerusalem

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a letter requesting recognition of Palestine as a state as he addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2011, at U.N. headquarters. (Associated Press)

Palestinian leader Abbas rejects international peace blueprint

By Amy Teibel and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Obama: No shortcut to peace in Middle East

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Perry: Obama ‘appeasement’ hurts Israel in Palestinian clash

By Seth McLaughlin and Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

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Barak warns ‘tsunami’ of sanctions awaits Israel

By Abraham Rabinovich - The Washington Times