MUMBAI, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to India not to punish his country for last week's attacks in Mumbai, saying militants have the power to precipitate a war in the region, the Financial Times reported on Monday. ... > full story
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
JERUSALEM, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian militants fired three mortar bombs across the Gaza Strip's border on Friday, wounding six Israeli soldiers, the army said. ... > 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
JERUSALEM, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel closed its commercial border crossings with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Tuesday after Palestinian militants fired a rocket toward the Jewish state, the Defence Ministry said. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel opened border crossings with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Monday, allowing in limited amounts of food and fuel for the second time in three weeks after the United Nations warned of a looming humanitarian crisis. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — An Israeli human rights group on Monday released a video showing a helmeted Israeli policeman headbutting a Palestinian woman who was protesting the demolition of homes in Arab East Jerusalem three weeks ago. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel should pursue peace talks with Syria next year to help contain threats from Iran's nuclear program and Palestinian Hamas, an internal Israeli government report says. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The PLO took the unprecedented step of placing advertisements in Israeli newspapers on Thursday to promote a six-year-old Arab peace plan for the region. ... > full story
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Iran criticizes IAEA report for raising baseless concerns Nov. 22, 2008 (People's Daily, China) — Iran's Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani criticized International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei for raising ...
Iran Hangs Convicted Spy for Israel Nov. 22, 2008 (Washington Post) — Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israel in an "intensifying intelligence war" between the two countries, a high-level Iranian ...
Obama assures Palestinian president Nov. 20, 2008 (Denver Post) — A Palestinian negotiator says President- elect Barack Obama has called the Palestinian president and told him that peace is a vital interest for ...
Peres: Settlement evacuation may lead to civil war Nov. 19, 2008 (Haaretz, Israel) — President Shimon Peres told members of the British Parliament Wednesday that Israel would have difficulty dismantling West Bank settlements without ...
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