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Jordan MPs Seek Israeli Ambassador Expulsion, Warn of Peace Deal Review

Jordan warned Wednesday that it might review a 1994 peace treaty with Israel after Israeli MPs began a debate on allowing Jewish prayers at Jerusalem's sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

"If Israel wants to violate the peace treaty in this issue, the entire treaty, its articles, details and wording will be put on the table," Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur told Qatar's Al-Watan newspaper in an interview.

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Israeli Law Distinguishing between Christian, Muslim Arabs Draws Fire

A new Israeli law giving Muslim and Christian Arab citizens separate representation on a national employment commission drew fire from the Palestinians on Tuesday.

"This law aims to create a new reality among our people based on religion and not national identity," Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi said in a statement.

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Police Clash with Protesters at Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli police Tuesday entered the sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City to disperse stone-throwing Palestinian protesters, a police spokesman said.

The clashes came as parliament was to debate a bill calling for Israeli sovereignty over the compound, Islam's third-holiest site, which is currently administered by Jordan.

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Gazans Hit by Israel Gunfire in Border Clash

Sixteen Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army gunfire Friday in two separate incidents near the border fence in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said.

Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the Hamas-run health ministry, said a 12-year-old boy was in serious condition after being shot in the head northeast of Gaza City near Jabalia.

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Palestinian Source: Kerry Peace Proposals 'Unacceptable'

Ideas proposed by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas cannot "serve as the basis for a framework accord" with Israel, a Palestinian official said Friday.

"The ideas proposed cannot be accepted by the Palestinian side as the basis for a framework accord between the Palestinians and Israel as they do not take into account the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people," he told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity, after Abbas and Kerry met in Paris this week.

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Kerry Holds New Paris Talks with Abbas

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in Paris on Thursday for their second round of talks in two days.

The two men met for two hours with their teams in an upscale Parisian hotel, where Abbas hosted Kerry for dinner and late night talks on Wednesday, U.S. officials said.

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Abbas: Core Peace Issues Must be in Line with Int'l Law

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that all issues in the U.S.-led peace negotiations with Israel, notably the refugee question, must be solved in line with international law.

Speaking on the eve of a meeting in Paris with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is shepherding the talks, Abbas said any peace deal would have to comply with international resolutions.

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Peres Says Abbas Serious about Peace

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday hailed remarks by Mahmoud Abbas on the Palestinian refugee issue, which he said showed the Palestinian president's "seriousness about reaching peace."

"I was happy to hear him," Peres' office quoted him as saying at the start of a meeting with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala.

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Kerry, Abbas to Meet Wednesday in Paris

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris Wednesday to discuss peace talks with Israel, U.S. and Palestinian officials said Monday.

The top U.S. diplomat has spent months trying to get the two sides to agree on a framework for resolving their decades-old conflict, but the negotiations have shown little sign of progress, with each side blaming the other.

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17 Gazans Wounded in Border Clashes with Israeli Army

Israeli troops fired tear gas and live bullets at Palestinians throwing stones Friday near the border fence in northern Gaza, the army said, with Palestinian medics saying 17 men were wounded.

Clashes are common on Fridays, with regular protests near the border in support of Gaza farmers who say troops uprooted their trees to create a buffer zone.

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