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  • March 2008

    • Fatah and Hamas Sign Deal, But Feuding Continues

      Reuters  |  Mar 23, 08 8:02 PM CDT

      Fatah and Hamas Sign Deal, But Feuding Continues

      (Newser) - In a second attempt to mend fences, rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas agreed to resume direct talks today to resolve disputes and revive their failed coalition. A Hamas official called the deal “a new beginning and the start of a new stage,” but just hours after signing the Yemeni-sponsored Sanaa Declaration, the factions returned to feuding, Reuters reports. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Middle East  • Saudi Arabia  • Gaza  • West Bank  • Fatah  • Palestinians  • Yemen  • peace deal  • Mecca

    • Prominent Italian Muslim Baptized by Pope

      Associated Press  |  Mar 23, 08 6:30 AM CDT

      Prominent Italian Muslim Baptized by Pope

      (Newser) - Italy's best-known commentator on Islam converted to Catholicism yesterday at the Vatican, during Easter vigil, and was baptized by the Pope himself, the AP reports. Though Magdi Allam was born a Muslim, he said he "never" practiced his native religion, and made his name criticizing Islamic fanaticism, receiving death threats in the process. More »

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      Hamas  • Italy  • Islam  • Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Egypt  • Catholicism  • Easter  • Magdi Allam

    • Jihad Rockets Hit Israel After Raid

      Haaretz (Israel)  |  Mar 13, 08 7:44 AM CDT

      Jihad Rockets Hit Israel After Raid

      (Newser) - A week-long moratorium on rocket attacks in Israel exploded today when the militant group Islamic Jihad fired two rockets into the town of Sderot on the Gaza border. Nobody was injured in the attack. The radical Palestinian group claims its rocket launch was in retaliation for a raid by the Israelis in the West Bank yesterday, which claimed four lives, reports Haaretz . More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Israel and Palestinians  • West Bank  • Gaza Strip  • rocket attacks  • Islamic Jihad  • Ismail Haniya  • Sderot

    • Egypt Works for Gaza Ceasefire

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 12, 08 10:13 AM CDT

      Egypt Works for Gaza Ceasefire

      (Newser) - Egypt is quietly working to broker a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with its intelligence chief meeting with both Hamas and Israeli officials, allowing the two sides to formally deny that they are talking to each other, the Guardian reports. Israel is calling for a trial 30 days of calm before entering into a ceasefire, according to Egyptian sources. Israelis want rocket attacks from Gaza to stop, and arms smuggling from Egypt into Gaza to be halted. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Mahmoud Abbas  • diplomacy  • Egypt  • Gaza Strip  • ceasefire  • rocket attacks  • Gaza Egypt border

    • Saddam Had No Links to Al-Qaeda: Pentagon Study

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Mar 11, 08 5:48 AM CDT

      Saddam Had No Links to Al-Qaeda: Pentagon Study

      (Newser) - A Pentagon-sponsored study of captured Iraqi intelligence archives has been unable to find a single operational link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden or his al-Qaeda network, reports the McClatchy newspapers. The study will be released this week and is expected to refuel debate over the US justification for invading Iraq. Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once described evidence for links between the two as "bulletproof." More »

    • Israel Scales Back Gaza Offensive

      BBC  |  Mar 10, 08 8:16 AM CDT

      Israel Scales Back Gaza Offensive

      (Newser) - Israel is reining in its Gaza offensive after seeing a big reduction in cross-border rocket fire over the weekend, the BBC reports. But Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said there was no truce in place. “The fighting is ongoing and will at times increase or decrease,” he said, saying that a lapse in rocket fire would lead to “quiet day(s).” More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Ehud Olmert  • Israel and Palestinians  • Gaza Strip  • ceasefire  • rocket attacks  • Ehud Barak  • Qassam

    • Israel Approves New West Bank Homes

      Reuters  |  Mar 10, 08 4:05 AM CDT

      Israel Approves New West Bank Homes

      (Newser) - Israel has approved plans to begin or complete 750 new homes in the occupied West Bank, posing yet another hurdle to the success of US-brokered Mideast peace talks, Reuters reports. Palestinian leaders immediately condemned the new construction in the Jewish settlement of Givat Ze'ev near Jerusalem. "This will undermine the talks," warned a chief negotiator. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Ehud Olmert  • bombing  • West Bank  • Palestinians  • Mideast peace talks  • Olmert

    • Israel Arrests 8 in Yeshiva Attack

      CNN  |  Mar 9, 08 10:32 AM CDT

      Israel Arrests 8 in Yeshiva Attack

      (Newser) - Israeli police have arrested eight people in Thursday's deadly attack on a Jerusalem seminary, including the father, two brothers, and two cousins of the gunman, who was killed by an off-duty soldier during the attack. The gunman was apparently following orders of Hamas leaders in Syria and Hezbollah, Palestinian sources told Haaretz, and his family had ties to Hamas. Neither group has claimed responsibility. More »

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      Hamas  • Hezbollah  • gunman  • Jewish seminary  • AK-47

    • 8 Dead in Jerusalem Shooting

      BBC  |  Mar 6, 08 3:24 PM CST

      8 Dead in Jerusalem Shooting

      (Newser) - At least eight people are dead and many more wounded after gunmen attacked a Jewish seminary tonight in Jerusalem, the BBC reports. The shooters—possibly as many as three—are Palestinian, Reuters adds, and two were killed. Witnesses said gunfire lasted 10 minutes. "They were still shooting when we got here," a medic said. "It's horrible inside—dead bodies and wounded—it's horrific." More »

    • Egypt Hosts Gaza Truce Talks

      Reuters  |  Mar 6, 08 12:44 PM CST

      Egypt Hosts Gaza Truce Talks