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| May.8 |
 West Bank |
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Palestinians leaders agree to indirect talks U.S. special envoy George Mitchell will broker the talks, shuttling between the two sides
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| May.11 |
 Washington |
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 Obama, in call with Abbas, praises talks President Obama praised the start of indirect talks between Israel and Palestinian leaders during a phone call with Palestinian Authority President
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| May.23 |
 Australia |
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Israel faked Australia passports Australia called for the expulsion of an Israeli diplomat over fake passports used in the assassination of a Hamas operative in the UAE
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| May.24 |
Australia |
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 Australia expels Israeli diplomat| Australia has expelled an Israeli diplomat saying Israel was behind the forging of Australian passports linked to the murder of a Hamas operative | |
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| May.25 |
Gaza |
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Airstrikes wound 17  Map of Rafah Israel A pair of airstrikes launched by the Israel Defense Forces in retaliation for mortar shells fired into Israel from Gaza
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| May.28 |
 UN |
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UN push for nuclear-free Mid-East| Signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty agree to hold a conference on a nuclear-weapons-free Middle East | |
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| May.29 |
Jerusalem |
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Israel rejects nuclear talks plan Israel says it will not take part in a conference aimed at achieving a nuclear-arms free Middle East, proposed at a UN meeting
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| May.30 |
Gaza |
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 Deaths as Israeli forces storm aid ship  More than 10 people onboard a flotilla carrying aid for the Palestinian territory of Gaza were killed when security forces boarded the boats
| Armed forces boarded the largest vessel overnight, clashing with some of the 500 people on board' about 64 km out to sea.
Israeli soldiers were shot at and attacked with weapons; the activists say Israeli troops came on board shooting.
The activists were attempting to defy a blockade
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| May.31 |
Gaza |
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 Commando: Activists 'beat us up' | Three Israeli choppers with 15 soldiers aboard and several commando boats were involved in a skirmish with activists on a flotilla | |
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 Israeli PM 'regrets' deaths Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed regret after at least nine people died when troops stormed ships trying to break the Gaza blockade
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Security Council meets on Israeli raid | Israel faced condemnation and questions at an emergency meeting called by Turkey on the Israeli military's storming of a six-ship flotilla | |
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