GAZA, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) A Libyan ship trying to deliver aid to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Monday turned back in the face of an Israeli naval blockade, Palestinian officials said. ... > 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
GAZA, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) The Palestinian group Hamas has claimed responsibility for Friday's shelling of an Israeli military base along Israel's frontier with the Gaza Strip where six soldiers were wounded. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) Flying chairs and punches thrown by women students at a Gaza university this week may seem a rather minor manifestation of the factional fighting that has riven Palestinian society over the past year or so. ... > 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
Copyright Reuters 2008. See Restrictions for more details.
Personal Paradise Built in West Bank Nov. 26, 2008 (ABC News) MOUNT GERIZIM, West Bank . . . . . A Palestinian tycoon has created a tranquil paradise on a Holy Land mountaintop, with a replica of a famous ...
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 ...