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This film image released by Adopt Films shows Adam Bakri in a scene from the film &quot;Omar.&quot; The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign picture on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The 86th Academy Awards will be held on March 2. (AP Photo/Adopt Films)

Palestinian film spotlights Israeli Arab identity

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo released by Adopt Films shows Adam Bakri in a scene from the film &quot;Omar.&quot; The drama, set amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign picture on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. After hearing the news of his latest nomination, director Hany Abu-Assad said Thursday that having the academy refer to his entry as being from Palestine was a step in the right direction. (AP Photo/Adopt Films, File)

Academy drops ‘territories’ in Palestine reference

By JESSICA HERNDON - Associated Press

The Palestinian Authority, already raised by the U.N. General Assembly to the status of a “nonmember

By Louis Rene Beres - The Washington Times

Palestinian Hamas supporters hold banners of prisoners arrested by the Palestinian Authority and call for their release during a protest in the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

BERES: Iran and ‘Palestine’ pose combined threat to Israel

By Louis Rene Beres

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

BERES: Creeping toward Palestinian statehood

By Louis Rene Beres

** FILE ** President Obama and veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas (left) celebrate a shared birthday on Aug. 4, 2009, in the White House Press Briefing Room in Washington. Ms. Thomas died on Saturday, July 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

Helen Thomas, pioneer journalist, dies at 92

Associated Press

Top Sunni cleric boycotts faith conference over Jewish presence

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speak to reporters during their joint news conference at the Muqata President Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 21, 2013. (Associated Press)

Turkey talks global helm and names ambassador to Palestine

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

PIPES: Obama to Palestinians: Accept the Jewish state

By Daniel Pipes

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 25, 2012. (Associated Press)

ROZENMAN: Ban Ki-Moon is wrong about Israeli settlements

By Eric Rozenman

A Christian worshipper prays inside the Grotto at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Thousands of visitors flock to Bethlehem for Christmas

By Dalia Nammari - Associated Press

Renowned opera singer in Vienna going strong at 95

By GEORGE JAHN - Associated Press

Illustration Walking out of the U.N. by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

TAUBE: U.S. should walk out of the United Nations

By Michael Taube

**FILE** The United Nations headquarters in New York

Palestinians urge U.N. action on Israeli settlements

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, attends a meeting of the Palestinian leadership at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Dec 4, 2012. Israel’s latest settlement plans will destroy any lingering hopes of setting up a Palestinian state next to Israel, a senior Palestinian official warned, as international anger over such construction snowballed. (Associated Press)

Abbas says new Israeli settlements ‘red line’

By Dalia Nammari and Karin Laub - Associated Press

**FILE** Israeli police headquarters is seen in the E-1 construction site near the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem on Dec. 2, 2012. (Associated Press)

Israel to advance east Jerusalem building plans

By Amy Teibel and Karin Laub - Associated Press

Briefly: Israelis move forward on Jerusalem building plans

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Palestinians wave flags as they celebrate their successful bid to win U.N. statehood recognition on Sunday. Israel said it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies. (Associated Press)

Palestinian vote prompts Israel to withhold funds

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at U.N. headquarters Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Palestinians certain to win recognition as a state

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrives at the United Nations Plaza Hotel in New York on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. The Palestinians predicted a historic U.N. vote recognizing their statehood this week, praising important new support from France on Tuesday and likely backing from other European nations seen as critical to enhancing their international standing. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Palestinians say U.N. bid is last-ditch peace effort

By Karin Laub - Associated Press