Israeli negotiators, including Tzipi Livni, proposed “swapping” some of Israel’s Arab villages into a Palestinian state.


Gregg Carlstrom is an online journalist with Al Jazeera English, based in Doha. He has covered stories in countries around the region, including Egypt..., Bahrain, Iraq, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israeli negotiators, including Tzipi Livni, proposed “swapping” some of Israel’s Arab villages into a Palestinian state.

Legislation deeming Israel ‘the national state of the Jewish people’ has enraged the country’s Palestinian minority.
!['Only the Jewish people have national rights,' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014112412542033734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Jerusalem’s most disenfranchised residents are being targeted in a ‘draconian’ crackdown, rights groups say.
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Violence worsens after Israeli troops fatally shoot Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank.
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One thousand extra police officers have been sent to the city, and dozens of Palestinians have been arrested.
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Complicated mechanisms could risk prolonging the Gaza reconstruction efforts, critics argue.
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An influx of ideological settlers into East Jerusalem threatens to put an end to the two state solution.
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Israeli PM appears eager to strengthen regional ties, while postponing discussions on Palestinian statehood.
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Beneath the hostile rhetoric, Israel, PA and Hamas are quietly working to keep the status quo.
![The one subject Abbas discussed at length at his UN speech was the construction of Gaza [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014916235337446734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Despite Israeli PM’s rhetoric at UN this week, experts say ISIL fighters are not a formidable threat to the country.
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