“UN calls on sides to respect truce”
“Delight in Gaza, mixed response in Israel to end of this round of conflict; Israeli leaders, UN praise Morsi’s role; earlier, 21 injured in TA bus bombing; over 1,500 rockets fired on Israel in past 8...
View ArticleMorsi emerges as ‘major regional player’
“The Gaza cease-fire deal reached Thursday marks a startling trajectory for Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi: an Islamist leader who refuses to talk to Israelis or even say the country’s name mediated...
View ArticleBorder police ‘ordered to protect truce’
“Hamas has temporarily deployed police on Gaza’s border with Israel to prevent incidents that could imperil a fresh truce, a day after Israel shot and killed one person there. Security forces ‘have...
View ArticleIranian president ‘stands behind Palestinian people’
“Iran’s President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has congratulated Gaza’s Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya in a telephone call on a “great victory” over Israel, the two sides said on Saturday. Haniya in turn...
View Article“Gaza diplomacy deepens sense of futility”
“Hamas’s latest battle against Israel sparked feverish Palestinian pride that spread beyond the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority-led West Bank. But it has also deepened a sense here that the...
View ArticleIsrael defence minister Barak resigns
“Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Monday announced he was quitting political life after a decades-long career that also saw him serve as prime minister. Barak, 70, made the surprise...
View Article“Key players and positions on Palestinian statehood”
“The vote is largely symbolic, the outcome nearly assured: The Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching the evolving positions of a few key countries in Thursday’s UN General Assembly resolution...
View ArticlePalestine granted ‘non-member observer’ status
“The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to grant Palestinians limited recognition of statehood, prompting exuberant celebrations across the West Bank and Gaza Strip and immediate...
View ArticleBan Ki-moon warns Israel on settlements
“The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has warned that Israeli plans for thousands of new settler homes in East Jerusalem and the West Bank would deliver an ‘almost fatal blow’ to chances...
View ArticleIsraeli Foreign Minister Lieberman ‘resigns’
“Facing indictment for breach of trust and fraud Israel’s foreign minister, Avigor Lieberman resigned his post Friday afternoon amid mounting political pressure, upending the campaign landscape five...
View Article‘State of Palestine’ in official use
“Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has given orders for work to begin on new passports, ID cards, driver’s licences and stamps reading State of Palestine, official media say. The decree, carried by...
View ArticleNetanyahu ‘weakened by Israeli elections’
“Israel’s elections weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and raised the prospect of a more centrist government that could ease strained relations with Washington and signal more flexibility in...
View Article“Turkish FM slams Israel for alleged Syria strikes”
“Davutoglu accuses Assad of inaction after IAF strike, suggests failure to respond is due to ‘secret agreement’ with Israel… ” Click for full article No related posts.
View ArticleNew centrifuges could cut bomb time by half
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that new centrifuges Iran was installing for its uranium enrichment program could cut by a third the time needed to create a nuclear bomb. As Iran and...
View ArticlePalestinian prisoner hunger strikes invoke clashes
” Hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli security forces outside an Israeli prison near Ramallah in the latest of a wave of demonstrations in support of four Palestinian prisoners who...
View Article“After Israeli apology, Turkish PM to visit Gaza”
“Following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s apology to Turkey over the IDF raid of the 2010 Gaza flotilla, Hamas announced Saturday that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit the...
View Article“Historic visit: Obama departs Israel”
“With the red carpet rolled out behind him, US President Barack Obama boarded Air Force One and departed Israel, as his three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank came to a close. Prior to his...
View ArticleSources say Israel conducted airstrike on Syria
“The United States believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, two US officials first told CNN. US and Western intelligence agencies are reviewing classified data showing Israel most likely...
View ArticleIsrael issues warning to Syria
“Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has made it clear that additional strikes on Syria are a distinct possibility, despite warnings from Damascus that such actions could spark a war. Mr...
View ArticleSecretary of State warns ‘status quo cannot hold’
“Israel cannot afford to wait to make peace with its Arab neighbors, Secretary of State John F. Kerry argued Monday, saying that demographic forces and rising militancy are working against the top U.S....
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