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
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. 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
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
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
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 15, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet next week in Jerusalem to discuss U.S.-backed peace negotiations, a senior Palestinian official said Saturday. ... > full story
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Tuesday for a referendum to resolve a power struggle with Hamas, highlighting bitter divisions on a day of mourning for Yasser Arafat. ... > full story
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday denied the Israeli-Palestinian peace process sponsored by U.S. President George W. Bush was a failure, saying it should lay the ground for an eventual deal. ... > full story
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Israeli leaders in visit to Jordan Nov. 20, 2008 (Channel4.com) — Israeli officials say the country's prime minister and defence minister flew secretly to Jordan to discuss the latest violence in the Gaza Strip ...
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 ...
Palestinian Leadership Begins Bethlehem Security Operation Nov. 11, 2008 (Morningstar) — The Palestinian leadership mounted a security operation in Bethlehem on Tuesday similar to those launched in other West Bank towns that have drawn ...
Israel renews fuel deliveries to Gaza Nov. 11, 2008 (Boston Globe) — Israel renewed fuel deliveries to the Gaza Strip Tuesday, ending a week-long suspension of supplies that led to blackouts in the Hamas-controlled ...
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