JERUSALEM, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel approved on Sunday the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners in a bid to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his power struggle with Hamas Islamists who control the Gaza Strip. ... > full story
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert came under pressure from his own party on Thursday to step aside after the attorney-general announced he was considering indicting him on fraud and bribery charges. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel's attorney-general said on Wednesday he was considering indicting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for fraud, bribery and tax evasion in a case over fake travel expenses that has already forced him to resign. ... > full story
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in April despite opposition from Hamas rivals who run the Gaza Strip, a senior aide said on Tuesday. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday rebuffed a call by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through crossings Israel has largely sealed in two weeks of violence. ... > full story
ELI, West Bank, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — When God ordered Abraham to slaughter a son, the angel of the Lord stepped in at the last minute to stay his hand. Was it a test of faith, or had Abraham's imagination simply run away with him? ... > 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
DAMASCUS, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Syria and Israel on Tuesday to forge ahead with peace talks and said the Syrian-backed Palestinian group Hamas was hurting efforts to end Middle East conflict. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged on Monday to free 250 Palestinian prisoners in a bid to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas in his power struggle with Hamas Islamists who control the Gaza Strip. ... > 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
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Livni: Damage Hamas along with prisoner release Nov. 30, 2008 (Ynet News, Israel) — Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said following the cabinet's decision to release 250 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian ...
PA: 'Hamas is staging Gaza blackouts' Nov. 18, 2008 (Jerusalem Post) — Talkbacks for this article: 0 . . . Palestinian Authority officials in Ramallah accused Hamas on Tuesday of staging the latest blackouts in the ...
Israel says will release 250 Palestinian prisoners Nov. 17, 2008 (Boston Globe) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during talks on Monday to release 250 Palestinians prisoners next ...
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