Israel-Gaza Conflict

Lip-smacking profits in smuggling KFC to Gazans

17 May 2013

Fast-food starved Gazans can now order home-delivered Kentucky Fried Chicken, thanks to a new smuggling service which brings takeout from Egypt via a network of underground tunnels. It is not...

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Talking points

22 Apr 2013

he Legislative Council's panel on environmental affairs meets to discuss the public consultation on a producer-responsibility scheme for glass drink bottles.

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Pressure mounts over Israel settlement plans

3 Dec 2012

Britain and France on Monday weighed measures against Israel to protest at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations’ de facto recognition...

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Israel to build 3,000 settler homes after Palestinian UN bid

30 Nov 2012

Israel is to build 3,000 new settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank after the Palestinians won recognition as a non-member state at the United Nations, an Israeli official told AFP on...

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Recriminations in Israel as Palestinians win UN upgrade

30 Nov 2012

The Palestinians’ historic UN success sparked angry recriminations in Israel on Friday, with officials saying it crippled peace hopes and the opposition blaming government inaction for causing the...

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Israel defence minister retires in pre-vote shock

26 Nov 2012

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak shook up the Israeli political system on Monday by saying he is quitting politics and will not run in general elections in January.

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Mursi raises hopes for peace

A welcome new peacemaker has emerged in the Middle East. Egypt's President Mohammed Mursi brokered the ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, ending tit-for-tat...

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Beijing urged to give more support to Palestinians by envoy

A Palestinian envoy said yesterday that he hoped China would play a greater role in supporting his people in their conflict with Israel as a counterweight to the United States' influence over the...

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Gaza truce splits Israelis, as Hamas claims victory

Hamas has emerged from battle with the triumphal sense of a hard-won game change: by stopping its offensive when it did, Israel's hardline government seems to have grudgingly accepted that the...

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DIPLOMACY

Palestinian envoy seeks role for China in Gaza conflict

China could play a “special role” in the Middle East, a Palestinian envoy said on Friday, after eight days of conflict between Israel and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

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Talking Points

Palestinian envoy in Beijing talks

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MIDDLE EAST: ANALYSIS

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi hailed after brokering Gaza ceasefire

The Gaza ceasefire deal reached on Wednesday marks a startling trajectory for Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi: an Islamist leader who refuses to talk to Israelis, or even say the country's name...

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