News, December 13, 2009 -- Palestine/Israel

	Israel Fears US Arms Will Reach Hezbollah
	Showdown Looms Over West Bank Construction Curb

	Israeli PM Condemns West Bank Mosque Attack
	Peres: Bring Extremists Who Torched Mosque to Justice
	Lieberman Deputy: I'll Fight Any Shalit Deal That Frees Barghouti
	Palestinians Tell Israel: We Won't Accept Interim Deals
	Jerusalem Cop Caught on Tape Pepper-Spraying Detained Activist
	After 22 Years, Hamas Becomes More Popular
	Palestinian Farmer Killed in Gaza Crossfire
	Egypt Agrees to Host New Round of Palestinian Talks
	UN Builds Mud Brick Homes for Homeless Gazans

Lebanon, Turkey, Yemen

Turkey

Kurds Boycott Turkish Parliament, Unrest Flares After Party Ban Kurds Fight Running Battles With Turkish Police Israel: Turkey's Hostility Is Strategy

Lebanon

Lebanon Pressing US to Deliver Military Aid Judiciary Will View Syrian Warrants Under Lebanese Law

Yemen

Saudi Denies Yemen's Huthis Seized Border Post Iran Says Yemen War Must Be Ended Diplomatically

Palestine/Israel

	Settlements to Continue to Grow Despite 'Freeze'
	Israel Settlement Freeze Shields Dismantling of Illegal Outposts Settlers Attack West Bank Mosque and Burn Holy Muslim Books

	Abbas: Stop Settlers From Running Wild
	Israel Arrests Palestinian Barrier Protest Leader
	Golan Villagers Protest at Rumors of Israeli Pullout
	Human Rights Groups Set to March in Tel Aviv for Democracy
	Israel Expresses Anger at New Palestine Food Labels
	Gaza One Year On: The Aftermath of a Tragedy

Middle East

	Turkey's Top Court Bans Pro-Kurdish Party
	Report: Egypt Installing Sensors on Gaza Border, Not Building Wall
	'Saudi, Israel Tie-Up' in Turkmenistan

Palestine/Israel

	Israel Lets Gaza Export Flowers for First Time in 3 Years
	Ulpana High School, Where Settler Girls Go to Become 'Real Men'
	Israeli PM Offers New Benefits to Settlers
	Defense Officials: Palestinians Trying to Coerce Israel Into Accepting Statehood
	EU Warns Israel Not to Divide Bloc Over Jerusalem
	Israeli Minister Says Settlers' Resistance 'Natural'
	Poll: More Israelis Like Obama, but Don't Feel He Supports Them
	Palestinians Fake Cancer to Flee Blockaded Gaza
	'Disobedient Rabbi' Gets Ultimatum From Israeli Defense Ministry
	Israelis Shot Mental Patient 'Under Controversial Military Directive'

Turkey

	Nine Kurds Killed in Turkey
	Kurdish Rebels Claim Killing of 7 Turkish Soldiers
	PM of Turkey Says Israel Can't Use Country's Airspace Freely
	Turkey Confronts Its Past With Review of 1930s Operation Against Kurds

Egypt

	Egypt to Build Tunnel Barrier at Gaza Border
	Conflicting Reports Over Egypt Works at Gaza Border

Lebanon

	New Lebanon Cabinet Allows Hezbollah to Keep Arms
	Hariri's Government Wins Vote of Confidence

Robert Fisk: A glittering palace that's built on shifting sands

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Palestine/Israel

Jerusalem: Thousands Protest Settlement Freeze

	In Boost for Israel, EU Moderates Stance on Jerusalem
	Israel Gives Initial OK to Jerusalem Referendum
	Jailed Fatah Chief Emerges as Palestinian Presidential Contender
	Israeli Objections Stall Prisoner Swap
	High Court: Gaza Student Cannot Complete Studies in West Bank
	Rightist MK to Netanyahu: Jews Are Not Popsicles to Be Frozen
	German Ex-Diplomats: Constant Support of Israel Must Cease

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Middle East

	Kuwait MPs Seek to Unseat PM
	Egypt Starts Building Steel Wall on Gaza Strip Border

Somali Pirates

	Somali Pirates Hijack Pakistan-Flagged Ship
	Pirates Conduct Low-Key Maritime War Off Somali Coast