RAMALLAH, A Palestinian official on Sunday warned the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from accepting an American offer to create a Palestinian statehood on provisional borders.
Read More »Jordanian King talks with Palestinian President
Abdullah II and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Sunday in an effort to push forward the peace process and negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis.
Read More »Lebanese hold reconciliation talks in volatile city
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Lebanese Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri held talks with an Alawite community leader in a volatile northern city overnight, paving the way for agreement to end four months of sectarian tensions, politicians said on Sunday.
Read More »Iraq says historic Kuwait visit delayed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah will visit Iraq after Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, an Iraqi government official said on Sunday.
Read More »Olmert promotes West Bank settler buyout plan
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday it was time to consider offering compensation to Jewish settlers who volunteer to leave parts of the West Bank that Israel would hand to the Palestinians in a statehood deal.
Read More »Iran Rejects French Warning It Risks Israeli Strike
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran dismissed on Saturday a warning by France’s president that the Islamic Republic was taking a dangerous gamble over its nuclear program because one day its arch-foe Israel could strike.
Read More »90,000 attend ‘first prayers’ of Ramadan at Aqsa mosque
JERUSALEM, Sept 5, (Agencies): Ninety thousand Muslims attended the first prayers of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday amid tight security, police said. The Israeli authorities deployed thousands of police but reported no incidents in the Holy City.
Read More »Egypt determined to end Palestinian crisis by October
GAZA, Egypt and the Arab League (AL) will not allow Palestinian political crisis to go on beyond October, Palestinian sources said on Saturday.
Read More »EU eyes support for Palestinians: Envoys
AVIGNON, France: France is looking at the possibility of sending a European Union (EU) mission to help security in the Palestinian territories, diplomats said yesterday before a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers.
Read More »Hamas leader to pass letter to captured Israeli soldier
DAMASCUS, Syria – A Hamas official has confirmed that the Damascus-based leader of the militant Palestinian group has promised to deliver to captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit a letter from his father.
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