Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does not believe a peace accord with the Palestinians can be reached by the end of the year, according to a senior Israeli official.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned that his country would back tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear ambitions and denounced Iranian threats against Israel as "abhorrent" in a landmark speech Monday to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama will be visiting the Palestinian Authority president in the West Bank next week, a Palestinian government official said Monday.
Israel reopened some of its border crossings with Gaza on Sunday, four days after it closed all but one passage because of Palestinian rocket attacks.
Hamas leaders in Gaza are still committed to a cease-fire agreement with Israel despite numerous rocket and mortar strikes Tuesday, a Hamas spokesman said.
Countries at a one-day conference Tuesday agreed to commit more than $240 million to help strengthen the Palestinian Authority's police force and court system
Israel has been making small steps toward reconciling with its neighbors -- including this week's planned truce with Gaza's Hamas leaders -- raising questions about whether those steps could lead to a broader peace deal.
A truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas leaders will take effect Thursday and last for six months, Hamas officials said Tuesday.
Six people were killed and more than 60 were injured Thursday when an explosion ripped through a senior Hamas commander's house in northern Gaza, Palestinian security sources said.
An Israeli military operation in Gaza killed three people Wednesday, including two civilians, Palestinian medical sources said; a broader Israeli operation is on hold pending the result of truce talks.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does not believe a peace accord with the Palestinians can be reached by the end of the year, according to a senior Israeli official.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned that his country would back tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear ambitions and denounced Iranian threats against Israel as "abhorrent" in a landmark speech Monday to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama will be visiting the Palestinian Authority president in the West Bank next week, a Palestinian government official said Monday.
Israel reopened some of its border crossings with Gaza on Sunday, four days after it closed all but one passage because of Palestinian rocket attacks.
Hamas leaders in Gaza are still committed to a cease-fire agreement with Israel despite numerous rocket and mortar strikes Tuesday, a Hamas spokesman said.
Countries at a one-day conference Tuesday agreed to commit more than $240 million to help strengthen the Palestinian Authority's police force and court system
Israel has been making small steps toward reconciling with its neighbors -- including this week's planned truce with Gaza's Hamas leaders -- raising questions about whether those steps could lead to a broader peace deal.
A truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas leaders will take effect Thursday and last for six months, Hamas officials said Tuesday.
Six people were killed and more than 60 were injured Thursday when an explosion ripped through a senior Hamas commander's house in northern Gaza, Palestinian security sources said.
An Israeli military operation in Gaza killed three people Wednesday, including two civilians, Palestinian medical sources said; a broader Israeli operation is on hold pending the result of truce talks.
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three Palestinian militants Tuesday following a mortar attack on Israel, according to Israeli army and Hamas sources.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for talks with rival Hamas aimed at forming a new government after a yearlong political and territorial split.
In his first address to Israel's parliament Thursday, President Bush reiterated the United States' "unbreakable" alliance with the Jewish state and denounced calls to negotiate with "terrorists and radicals."
Israelis and Palestinians clashed in Gaza, killing four Palestinians including a teen, as President Bush arrived Wednesday in Israel to prod the oft-stalled Mideast peace process.
Two senior Hamas leaders based in Gaza arrived in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday in hopes of meeting with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Hamas political sources told CNN.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Sunday in Jerusalem to discuss the situation in Gaza, the chief Palestinian negotiator told CNN.
The Bush administration has urged former President Jimmy Carter not to go forward with plans to meet with the leader of Hamas, the U.S. State Department said Thursday.
Israeli forces have arrested a wanted Hamas leader accused of planning one of the worst suicide attacks on Israel, the Israeli military announced Wednesday.
Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday it will take "painful concessions" from both Israelis and Palestinians to achieve the Bush administration's vision of a Palestinian nation alongside Israel.
Israel said Wednesday it would impose sanctions on the influential Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera, accusing it of slanted coverage favoring the violent Hamas movement
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday he will heed calls to renew peace talks with Israel -- an about-face from earlier in the day when he said Palestinians wouldn't return to the table before reaching a cease-fire.
Israeli aircraft hit the Gaza City building housing the office of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh early Sunday, heavily damaging it.
Egyptian and Hamas security forces began sealing parts of the Gaza-Egypt border Monday to stem the flow of Palestinians into Egypt, which has dropped off since last week's border breach.
At least 38 Egyptian security force members have been hurt in clashes as riot police and armored vehicles sought to restore control over crowds continuing to move through a breached border wall between Egypt and Gaza, Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Saturday.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed Sunday to authorize peace talks, which could begin Monday, according to the offices of both leaders.
President Bush called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders Thursday to make "painful" concessions to reach a peace agreement, including dismantling "terrorist infrastructure" and ending Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
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President Bush claimed credit Wednesday for "nudging" Israeli and Palestinian leaders toward a two-state peace deal just hours after he arrived in the region on a Mideast tour.
Christ was born in Bethlehem just five miles away from here, and now thousands of years later this historic city has become the birthplace of -- all things -- a new blog the White House hopes will help bring positive attention to President Bush's Mideast tour that begins Wednesday.
A major donors conference to raise funds for the Palestinians has gone beyond expectations, with donors pledging $7.4 billion to help build a Palestinian state, organizers said Monday.
Israel early Monday began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who are aligned with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, as part of a goodwill gesture.
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President Bush on Wednesday told CNN he would personally "facilitate" peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis, saying the formation of a democratic Palestinian state was the best way to bring peace to the region.
Calling this "a time of renewed hope," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Wednesday a former NATO commander will step into a new role as U.S. special envoy for Mideast security.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders will "immediately launch" peace talks -- aimed at creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel -- and they hope to finish negotiations before 2009, President Bush announced Tuesday.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders Monday expressed hope and optimism that a renewed peace effort will emerge from Tuesday's conference in Annapolis, Maryland.
A Palestinian state alongside Israel is within reach, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday after talks with the Palestinian president and Israeli prime minister.
Israeli soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit -- captured by Hamas more than a year ago -- is alive and well, the exiled leader of Hamas told CNN Friday.
A power shutdown was instigated by the EU, but it has only added to the antagonism toward Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair makes his debut as special Middle East envoy Thursday amid hopes he can re-energize the peace process.
Bush's call for renewed talks between Israelis and Palestinians leaves out the parties who could give lasting peace a chance
Israel and the Islamist militants are quietly negotiating the release of anIsraeli soldier held in Gaza
Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners to boost ties between the Jewish state and Fatah party leader and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli official told CNN.
Alan Johnston's release is a publicity coup for the group, which wants to show it can bring stability to Gaza
In a newly released videotaped message similar to a "fireside chat," al Qaeda's second-in-command issues advice and directives for the Muslim world, terrorism expert Laura Mansfield said Wednesday.
The new Palestinian government is seeking "intensive and active cooperation" with Israel to ensure that the chaos that recently gripped Gaza does not re-emerge in the West Bank, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CNN on Thursday.
The group is now key to whether Hamas can halt Israeli military intervention in Gaza. Can the militants coexist?
The meeting of Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Palestinian President Abbas is designed to warn Hamas about going it alone
The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved the release of frozen tax funds to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, officials said, in a step to bolster the moderate Palestinian leader in his standoff against the Islamic militant group Hamas.
President Bush tries to paint Abbas's defeat in Gaza as a new chance for peace. But is he throwing good money after bad?
Hamas has denied Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' accusation that it is planning to assassinate him.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will attend a four-way summit Monday sponsored by Egypt and intended to boost moderate Palestinian leaders like President Mahmoud Abbas, a spokesman for Olmert said Thursday.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday denounced Hamas leaders as "traitors," blaming them for planning their "bloody coup" in Gaza while participating in a unity government.
An emboldened Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told President Bush on Monday that now is the time to renew Mideast peace talks
The European Union promising to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Palestine's emergency government installed after Islamic militants seized control of Gaza
The United States joined the European Union on Monday in announcing its willingness to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the new Palestinian government led by President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Palestinian leadership was further split Sunday as President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a temporary cabinet for his emergency government, a move described by a Hamas official as "illegal" and outside Abbas' authority.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has sworn in new cabinet members for his emergency government at his headquarters in Ramallah.
Palestinian gunmen raided parliament buildings controlled by rivals in the West Bank on Saturday as factional fighting continued to spread.
The Arab League called Friday "on all parties to stop the fighting on Palestinian lands" and return the government to its status before Hamas forces claimed full control of Gaza.
Fighters from the Hamas party claimed full control of Palestinian Authority security agencies in Gaza late Thursday. Its leader rejected an emergency decree from President Mahmoud Abbas dissolving the Hamas-led Palestinian unity government.
Israeli airstrikes hit five targets in and around Gaza City early Saturday, wounding four people, Palestinian security sources said.
Battles between Palestinian factions in Gaza claimed more than a dozen lives Wednesday, while Hamas militants launched rockets into Israel, provoking Israeli military airstrikes on Hamas.
A cease-fire between Hamas and Fatah has been restored, a Palestinian government spokesman said Monday.
Hundreds of Palestinian police patrolled on foot Wednesday to launch what the Palestinian Authority says is the first phase of its 100-day security plan for Gaza.
Nearly $60 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinians has been cleared for transfer to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the State Department said Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet every two weeks to discuss security issues and "build confidence," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday at a news conference in Jerusalem.
Israel rejected the newly anointed Palestinian unity government Sunday after the Palestinian prime minister said the deal didn't rule out "popular resistance against occupation."
Palestinian parliament members voted overwhelmingly to form a coalition government Saturday, the first forged between the rival Islamic Hamas and secular Fatah factions.
The current juncture in Middle East diplomacy presents a golden but final opportunity to resolve the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to Jordan's King Abdullah.
A Hamas leader on Friday offered a message to the father of an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in June: If you want your son to be released, get your country to follow our demands.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held "productive" talks Monday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and said she expects more negotiations in a bid to restart the Mideast peace process.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will head into meetings Monday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders despite seeing no sign that a new Palestinian government will do what world leaders have called for: renounce terrorism and recognize Israel.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday for a series of meetings with Middle Eastern leaders.
The kidney dialysis unit of the public hospital in Nablus is running at capacity: four shifts a day serving nearly 100 patients. It would be a difficult task for any hospital. More so for one that has little money to pay its staff or buy fresh medical supplies.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his political rival, exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, will negotiate details on forming a national unity Palestinian government during Wednesday's meetings in Saudi Arabia's holy city Mecca, Saudi officials said.
Factional fighting echoed through the streets of Gaza City Friday as militia members of the ruling Palestinian Hamas party battled rivals from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement.
An Interior Ministry official and the deputy mayor of Nablus, both members of Hamas, were kidnapped on Saturday, according to Palestinian security sources.
Israel is willing to transfer $100 million to Palestinians for humanitarian needs, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokeswoman said Saturday night after Olmert met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri released a new videotaped statement Wednesday in which he sided with Hamas' opposition to early Palestinian elections.
A fragile cease-fire between Palestinian factions in Gaza teetered on the edge of collapse Monday after a gun battle at the Jabalya refugee camp and the kidnapping of a senior Fatah official.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday called for early elections, amid increased violence between political factions and the collapse of talks on forming a unity government.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is indicating he may call for early elections in the Palestinian territories, Palestinian official Saeb Erakat told CNN.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders Thursday in an effort to capitalize on recent moves to achieve peace in the Mideast, including a cease-fire in Gaza.
In violation of a cease-fire agreement between Palestinian factions and Israel, militants in northern Gaza on Monday fired two more rockets into Israel, said Israel Defense Forces.
Hamas leader and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniya suggested Friday that he would not head a proposed unity government if stepping aside would help to bring back Western aid.
Hamas' exiled political leader has vowed to retaliate after Israeli troops killed 19 Palestinian civilians, many of them women and children, during a military operation in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian medical sources.
The Palestinian Authority could announce a national unity government led by "an independent technocrat" as early as Monday night or Tuesday morning, according to a senior Palestinian diplomat.
The Hamas-led Palestinian government closed all of its ministries Monday following massive anti-government protests in Gaza and the West Bank on Sunday.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appealed for calm late Sunday after protests by long-unpaid police officers led to violent clashes in Gaza that left nine people dead.
The ruling Hamas party will not join any Palestinian unity government that recognizes Israel, according to a spokesman for Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya.
The Mideast Quartet welcomes Palestinian efforts to form a unity government and urged the world to address the region's growing humanitarian needs, the group announced Wednesday.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has suspended talks on a unity government with Hamas until after he returns from a United Nations meeting in New York, according to Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.
The international community should restore contacts with a future Palestinian unity government if it breaks with the current policies of the Hamas-led administration, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday.
An Israeli airstrike hit the building housing the Palestinian government's Interior Ministry early Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian sources told CNN.
Israeli missiles targeted two buildings in Gaza early Monday, hours after Israel said it would step up its military operations until a young captured soldier is released.
Israel rounded up members of the Hamas-led Palestinian government Thursday, and warplanes fired a rocket into the Palestinian Authority's Interior Ministry building in Gaza City.
Israeli troops and armored vehicles crossed into southern Gaza early Wednesday in what the Israeli military said was an attempt to rescue a soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants.
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