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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Mideast

Mideast stories: 14 news summaries

(AP) - The top religious adviser to Jordan's king thanked Pope Benedict XVI today for his expression of "regret" after a 2006 speech that many Muslims deemed insulting to Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Benedict told the audience of religious leaders and officials at an Amman mosque that the history of the two... More »

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Islam • Jordan • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Mideast • Roman Catholic Church

(Newser) - The UN Security Council tonight passed a resolution—with the US abstaining—calling for "an immediate and durable" cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the BBC reports. The vote was 14-0. It's unclear how much of an effect it will have on the ground, and Israel appeared to be resuming... More »

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Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast

(Newser) - Israel continues to press its assault and Hamas continues to fire its rockets, but a sliver of hope emerged tonight toward an end to the Gaza hostilities, MSNBC reports. Representatives from Israel, Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority will meet—probably separately—with Egyptian officials in Cairo tomorrow to discuss a... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast

(Newser) - Israel and Hamas are considering a new truce proposal floated by Egypt and France, Reuters reports. Few details emerged, but the US supports the plan, as does Europe. The development comes on the deadliest day yet of the conflict, after an Israeli missile struck a UN school and killed at... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast

Al-Qaeda
No. 2: Gaza
Raid Is 'Gift
From Obama'

Zawahiri mocks him
as a potential 'savior'

Jan 6, 09 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader called the Israeli invasion of Gaza a "gift from Obama" and urged Muslims to take revenge against Israel, CNN reports. In an audio message posted on extremist websites, Ayman al-Zawahiri said that Barack Obama was portrayed as "the savior who will come and change... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast • al-Qaeda • Ayman al-Zawahiri

(Newser) - Casualties are mounting in the early hours of Israel's ground invasion of Gaza. Israeli infantrymen killed dozens of Hamas fighters after crossing the border at nightfall, the Jerusalem Post reports. At least 30 Israeli soldiers were injured, some seriously. "The campaign won't be easy and it won't be short,... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Mideast

analysis

Ferocity of Israeli Attacks Surprises West


Dec 27, 08 7:12 PM CST
(Newser) - It's no surprise that Israel has struck back at Hamas, but the intensity of the attacks "appeared to stun Western governments and analysts," writes Michael Abramowitz of the Washington Post. Barack Obama's camp has remained largely mum so far on the air assaults that have killed more than... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Ehud Barak • Mideast

Bush Won't See Mideast Deal During Term

In region, Rice aims to keep process on track for Obama's team

Nov 6, 08 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel and the Palestinians won’t likely reach a peace agreement by the 2009 deadline set at the Annapolis negotiations a year ago, the White House said today. The Bush administration began to question the feasibility of the deadline when a corruption scandal ousted PM Ehud Olmert and set the... More »

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Bush administration • Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • White House • Condoleezza Rice • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast • peace deal • President Obama

France Warns Israel:
Don't Attack Iran

'Talk, talk and more talk' to stop Iranian nuke program, Kouchner urges

Oct 5, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The French foreign minister has urged Israel not to launch an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, Reuters reports. "There are those" in Israel and the Israeli army "who are preparing for a military attack," Bernard Kouchner told an Israeli newspaper. "That's not the solution." Kouchner,... More »

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Iran • France • nuclear weapons • Bernard Kouchner • Mideast • Mideast peace

Rice Refutes Carter, Says
US Advised Against Trip

She clarifies opposition to Hamas meeting

Apr 22, 08 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice says the US explicitly advised Jimmy Carter not to meet with Hamas, refuting claims by the former president that no one in the government told him to scrap the trip, the Washington Post reports. "I just don't want there to be any confusion," Rice said. "... More »

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Israel • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast • Mideast peace talks

Sea Cable Damage Cuts Internet Service to Mideast

Egypt goes offline; India hit with severe delays

Jan 31, 08 6:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Damage to two underwater cables has huge swaths of the Mideast and South Asia offline and repair ships scrambling to restore internet service to millions. One of the cables has been completely severed, the Financial Times reports. Some 70% of Egypt's service was disrupted, including all of Cairo, and bandwidth... More »

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India • Verizon • Internet service providers • Mideast

Stop Iranian Threat Now: Bush

Calls on Arab allies to join US to 'confront danger'

Jan 13, 08 10:03 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush said today that the US and its Arab allies must stop the threat posed by Iran "before it's too late." Speaking in the United Arab Emirates during his 8-day trip to the Mideast to push his peace plan, Bush called Iran the "world's leading state... More »

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Iran • Taliban • United Arab Emirates • Mideast • Mideast peace • George W. Bush

Bush Begins Mideast Peace Bid

First international peace gathering since 1991

Nov 27, 07 3:10 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush plunged headlong into the Middle East peace process yesterday, meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as representatives of 49 countries gathered at Annapolis for talks, the New York Times reports. “The United States cannot impose our vision but we can help... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Annapolis • US Naval Academy • Madrid Conference • Arab Israeli conflict • James A. Baker III • Mideast • Mideast peace talks • George W. Bush

Bush Calls for Mideast Peace Conference

Rice will chair talks seen as step toward '2-state solution'

Jul 16, 07 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a bid to restart Mideast peace talks, the US will sponsor a summit of nations that "recognize Israel's right to exist" this fall, President Bush said today. He backed up his support for the "two-state solution" by reiterating a pledge of $190 million in aid to the... More »

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Mideast • Mideast peace talks • George W. Bush

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