WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts that the U.S. leader had once hoped would produce an agreement before he left office. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) Al Qaeda's deputy leader accused Barack Obama of betraying his race and his father's Muslim heritage on Wednesday and urged more attacks, as the group tried to counter the incoming U.S. president's global popularity. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Wednesday that Israel had made a final decision not to participate in a U.N. forum on racism and urged other countries to boycott what she termed an "anti-Israel tribunal." ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) Israel resealed border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, blaming continued rocket fire at its towns, despite warnings from world aid groups of looming shortages of food and fuel in the coastal territory. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during talks on Monday to release 250 Palestinians prisoners next month, a spokesman for Olmert said. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 16, 2008 (Reuters) An Israeli air strike killed four militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he had commissioned a plan for military action in the Hamas-run territory if rocket attacks on Israel persist. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) Hamas Islamists fired long-range rockets at a southern Israel city on Friday after an Israeli air strike on their Gaza stronghold in the 11th day of skirmishes that threaten a five-month-old truce. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia told world leaders at a U.N. interfaith meeting on Wednesday that terrorism is the enemy of all religions, calling for a united front to combat it and promote tolerance. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) Israeli President Shimon Peres seized the rare opportunity of being in the same hall as Saudi King Abdullah on Wednesday to praise a Saudi peace initiative that he said had brought hope to the Middle East. ... > full story
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 9, 2008 (Reuters) The Quartet of Middle East peace mediators sought on Sunday to keep alive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks although political uncertainty in Israel has scotched hopes for a deal this year. ... > full story
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Hamas threatens Israel with backfire if leaders assassinated Nov. 20, 2008 (People's Daily, China) The military wing of Islamic Hamas movement on Thursday threatened that Israel will mostly suffer if it targeted Hamas leaders. . "We will demolish ...
Israel lauds Saudi peace plan before King Abdullah Nov. 12, 2008 (Washington Post) Israeli President Shimon Peres seized the rare opportunity of being in the same hall as Saudi King Abdullah on Wednesday to praise a Saudi peace ...
Saudi King to meet U.S. Jewish leaders at interfaith summit Nov. 11, 2008 (Haaretz, Israel) Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is set to meet with United States Jewish leaders at an interfaith meeting on Wednesday, as part of his ongoing efforts ...