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Rice Pushes Peace Talks
With Olmert, Abbas

Takes mission to Jerusalem, West Bank

Aug 1, 07 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice took her diplomatic tour to Jerusalem and the West Bank today, hoping to rekindle peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian government of Mahmoud Abbas. Rice comes bearing a promise from Saudi Arabia to support the peace conference proposed by the White House for later this year, Reuters... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • Fatah • United States • Jerusalem • West Bank

Hamas Kills Off Farfour, the Cuddly Jihadist 

TV finale has Israeli
spy murdering militant Mickey Mouse clone

Jun 29, 07 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lovable Farfour, a Mickey Mouse knockoff who taught Palestinian tots to take up the fight against Israel, has met a bloody end in his series on Hamas frequency Aqsa TV. An Israeli land-grabber characterized as a "terrorist" murdered Farfour in the show's finale, broadcast throughout the Palestinian territories... More »

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Israel • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Farfour • Mickey Mouse • terrorist • Aqsa TV

Isolated Gaza Goes Hungry

Food is hard to come by for Palestinians in Hamas-controlled region

Jun 29, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fuel shortages have become familiar, and now food staples like flour and sugar are increasingly hard to come by in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Aid agencies are doing their best to forestall an impending humanitarian crisis, the Globe and Mail reports, but with the main commercial crossing from Israel closed... More »

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food • Israel • Middle East • hunger • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Palestinian civil war • aid • refugee

Hamas Rips Blair Peace Mission

Former Brit chief  'not honest, not helpful'

Jun 28, 07 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas, the Palestinian group now in control of Gaza, blasted Tony Blair's appointment as a Mideast peace envoy yesterday, characterizing the former British prime minister as "not honest and not helpful," and a puppet of the US and Israel, the BBC reports. Blair's new role, formalized hours after... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Tony Blair • Middle East • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • envoy

Blair Tapped as Mideast Envoy

He'll prepare Palestinians for Israeli talks

Jun 26, 07 4:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair will move into a key post as international Mideast peace envoy after  wrapping up 10 years as British prime minister tomorrow. President Bush personally mounted an "enormous push"  for the appointment, which will be based in Jerusalem and will involve working with the Palestinians to prepare... More »

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Israel • Tony Blair • Middle East • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • envoy • Iraq war

Israel to Release 250 Fatah Prisoners

PM Olmert makes pledge at summit
with Arab leaders

Jun 25, 07 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel plans to free 250 Fatah members as part of an international push to shore up Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Washington Post reports.The announcement came at the close of a summit at a Red Sea resort, where Mideast leaders gathered to talk about dealing with Hamas in the... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Palestinian civil war • West Bank

Israel Frees Up Palestinian Funds

Unfreezing of tax revenues reflects support for Abbas

Jun 24, 07 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a show of support for Mahmoud Abbas, Israel will release about half of the tax revenue withheld from the Palestinian government since 2006. The Israeli parliament authorized the unfreezing of some $350 million today, making the release of the rest of the funds contingent on the progress of the... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • Palestinian civil war

Lebanese Claim Victory in Camp

Palestinians holding out in rubble

Jun 22, 07 4:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Lebanese government has declared "mission accomplished" in its month-long battle against al-Qaeda-spawned militants in a Palestinian refugee camp. The siege left 166 dead and destroyed much of the Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, in some of the worst fighting the country has seen since its 15-year-long civil... More »

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Lebanon • Palestine • Fatah • refugee camp • Nahr al Bared • Shaker al Abssi • al-Qaeda

Fatah Elements Exact Revenge

Masked militias defy Abbas, run riot against Hamas loyalists in West Bank

Jun 21, 07 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the week since Hamas staged an armed coup in Gaza, violent reprisals by Fatah-linked rivals have plagued the West Bank. Despite Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas'  demands for peace, militants loyal to the PM's group have staged massive looting and kidnapping of the Hamas faithful, including both unarmed supporters and... More »

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Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • revenge

Israel Takes Fight to Gaza

Four Palestinians dead after Israeli tanks and planes battle enter chaotic strip

Jun 20, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli aircraft and tanks attacked locations in Gaza today, killing four militants in their first assault on the strip since Hamas took over. An Israeli aerial strike targeted two rocket launchers in northern Gaza as tanks moved into southern Gaza, sparking a shootout that produced the four casualties. More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • rocket attacks • West Bank • Mahmoud Zahar • aerial attacks • militant • ceasefire

Gazans Stuck in Israel Tunnel

No way out for those trapped in Erez passage en route to West Bank

Jun 19, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of Gazans hoping to escape Hamas are boxed in a filthy tunnel at a major crossing point with Israel, awaiting safe passage to the calmer West Bank. Israeli authorities are citing security concerns in checking the Palestinians, some of whom were wounded when Hamas attacked the tunnel at the... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • Hamastan • Erez

Bush, Olmert Meet on Palestine

Israel considers picking up peace process as US resumes aid

Jun 19, 07 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert will convene today to discuss future relations with a newly divided Palestine. The US has resumed aid to Mahmoud Abbas' moderate Fatah government, now balkanized from its militant Hamas rivals, and Olmert has signaled his a potential willingness to push peace negotiations by... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • George W. Bush

US Must Bolster Fatah to
Defeat Hamas

Peace with Israel
will have to  wait,
says columnist

Jun 18, 07 8:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of Fatah's collapse in Gaza, and the subsequent takeover by Hamas, the US and its Mideast allies should focus on cleaning up corruption-tainted Fatah and making it more responsive to the Palestinian people, argues Dennis Ross in the New Republic. That is the only hope for a... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • United States • Palestinian civil war • Hamastan • Islamic extremists

Israel Plans Attack on Gaza

Olmert government making plans for military action to destroy Hamas

Jun 18, 07 4:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Israeli government is readying its army for an invasion of Gaza, in the wake of Hamas' victory in last week's civil war against Fatah there. The London Times, quoting Israeli military sources, says defense minister apparent Ehud Barak has drawn up plans for an incursion with 20,000 troops,... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Ehud Barak • West Bank • Hamastan

Abbas Swears in New Gov't

Outlaws militant arm of Hamas

Jun 17, 07 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Abbas swore in his emergency government today, 3 days after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip. Salam Fayyad, a former World Bank economist, will head the new government, composed largely of independents. Unsurprisingly, Hamas says it will not recognize Abbas's regime, and declares the original unity government still... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Hezbollah • Fatah • Salam Fayyad

Abbas Names New PM,
Asks for Gov't

During eerie calm in Gaza, rivals claim post; Hamas extends amnesty

Jun 15, 07 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has asked a former finance minister to form an emergency government, hours after the Hamas-Fatah coalition authority collapsed. Salam Fayyad, an independent legislator, will have to contend with Hamas' Ismail Hayineh, who still lays a claim to the PM's office. More »

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Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • amnesty • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Ismail Haniyeh

Hamas Executes Captives

Palestinian Authority on brink of
collapse as Fatah 'collaborators' shot

Jun 14, 07 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Palestinian Authority is teetering on collapse after Hamas declared victory in Gaza, executing captured Fatah leaders accused of collaborating with Israel. The Palestinian government  was dissolved by President Mahmoud Abbas while Fatah militants in the West Bank ominously rounded up Hamas supporters.  More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • execution • West Bank

Palestinian Government Falls

Abbas declares state of emergency following Hamas takeover of Gaza

Jun 14, 07 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas is in control of the Gaza strip this evening and Palestine's unity government dissolved, in what the moderate Fatah party is calling a coup d'etat. President Mahmoud Abbas declared a state of emergency in both the West Bank and Gaza, where the hard-line Islamic group seized control of the... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Palestinian civil war • West Bank

Hamas Takes Charge in Gaza

Fatah still controls West Bank

Jun 14, 07 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas is in control of most of Gaza after a day of fighting in which its forces overran the headquarters of a major paramilitary force loyal to Fatah. The Times reports that Hamas militia surrounded the presidential compound in Gaza City, but president Mahmoud Abbas remains in the West Bank.... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Palestinian civil war • West Bank

Hamas Takes Fatah Outposts in Gaza

Abbas decries Hamas coup as escalating bloodshed leaves 37 dead

Jun 12, 07 9:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas fighters overpowered Fatah security forces to capture their headquarters in northern Gaza today, as battles raging across the strip for the second day left at least 37 dead, the AP reports. Pro-Fatah soldiers then attacked the main Hamas-run television station, but they were repelled. More »

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Palestinian Authority • Middle East • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • civil war

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