CAIRO, Sept. 23 – A senior official of the Palestinian Fatah movement said here on Tuesday that he is optimistic about the success of an Egypt-brokered inter-Palestinian national dialogue to end the current crisis among the Palestinians.
Read More »At Least Two Palestinians Die In Gaza Tunnel – Medics
GAZA CITY (AFP)–At least two Palestinians were killed Wednesday when an explosion collapsed a tunnel running under the border between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and Egypt, local medics and witnesses said.
Read More »As peace talks sputter, Israelis and Palestinians eye Plan B
Over the past two decades of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, deadlines for peace agreements have come and gone with precious few treaties. Now, amid low expectations for an agreement before the expiration of the Bush administration’s target for an accord by the end of 2008, voices are growing on both sides advocating …
Read More »Israeli president doubts peace deal by year-end
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli President Shimon Peres cast strong doubt on Tuesday over whether Israel and the Palestinians could reach a peace deal by the end of the year as hoped.
Read More »Palestinians win Livni pledge on talks
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qurie won an assurance from Israeli prime minister-designate Tzipi Livni on Tuesday that peace talks will not stall while she tries to form a new coalition government.
Read More »Jerusalem crash ‘not deliberate’
Relatives of a Palestinian who was shot dead after his car ploughed into a group of Israelis at a bus stop have denied it was a deliberate attack.
Read More »Larijani Stresses Palestinians’ Need to Humanitarian Aid
TEHRAN (FNA)- Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani called for adopting measures to seriously deal with the inhuman actions of the Zionist regime against the Palestinian nation.
Read More »Investigation of bloody Gaza clash urged
GAZA, Sept. 17 (UPI) — A Palestinian human rights group is calling on Hamas to conduct an investigation into bloody clashes between it and a Gaza City clan opposed to its rule.
Read More »World Bank study confirms Israel is strangling Palestinian economy
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Burdened by Israeli restrictions that paralyze the economy of the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Palestinians have become more and more reliant on outside assistance, the World Bank said on Wednesday. “As the Palestinian economy declines, it is becoming increasingly dependent on foreign aid,” the bank …
Read More »Abbas and Olmert to meet amid doubts of a deal
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in a last-minute bid to clinch an agreement a day before his Kadima party holds an election to replace him.
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