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
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
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
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday he would call for elections in 2009 if his secular Fatah movement and its Islamist rivals Hamas do not reconcile by the end of this year. ... > 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
GAZA, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian armed groups in Gaza remain committed to a truce with Israel if the Jewish state reciprocates, Hamas's Gaza leader said Friday, even as militants launched more attacks from the coastal territory. ... > 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
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
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
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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 ...
Palestinian Authority advertises peace plan in Israeli dailies Nov. 20, 2008 (Monsters and Critics) — In a unique move to reach out to the Israeli public, the Palestinian Authority published advertisements in Israel's three leading dailies Thursday ...
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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