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U.S., Israel Cool to Proposal for Palestinian Unity Government 
Washington Post - 5 minutes ago
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni reacted skeptically yesterday to a proposed unity Palestinian government that would include Hamas, saying the militant group must first renounce terrorism and accept Israel's right to exist before restrictions on... U.S., Israel Cool to Proposal for Palestinian Unity Government Washington Post - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni reacted skeptically yesterday to a proposed unity Palestinian government that included Hamas, saying the militant group must first renounce terrorism and accept Israel's right to exist before restrictions on international...U.S., Israel warn Palestinian factions AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 6:00 PM
U.S. and Israeli diplomats warned on Wednesday that Palestinian leaders cannot assume their proposed unity government will gain international acceptance unless they renounce terrorism and accept Israel's right to exist.Hamas must recognise Israel, renounce violence: Rice, Livini AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 4:48 PM
A proposed Palestinian government of "national unity" must clearly renounce violence and accept Israel's right to exist before any progress is possible in the peace process, the top US and Israeli foreign officials said.U.S., Israel eye Palestinian politics AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 3:03 PM
U.S. and Israeli diplomats asserted Wednesday that Palestinian leaders cannot assume their proposed unity government will draw international acceptance unless they renounce terrorism and accept Israel's right to exist.Israel keeps woman 'collaborator' behind bars AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 11:36 AM
An Israeli body that reviews jail terms refused to release a Jewish woman who became a hate figure in Israel and was jailed for three years for collaborating with Palestinian militants.Palestinian PM doubts the point of talks with Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 11:42 AM
Outgoing Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya, who will be charged with forming a new national unity government, said he saw no point in resuming stalled negotiations with Israel.More Fallout Over Israel-Hezbollah War CBS News - 11 minutes ago
A top Israeli general has resigned, while Lebanese human rights groups are considering leveling war crimes charges against Israel. Israel's defense minister also says a controversial prisoner swap is on the table.No change toward Israel despite unity deal: Hamas Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 3:05 AM
Hamas said on Wednesday its agreement to form a Palestinian unity government should not be seen as a softening in the Islamic group's position toward Israel.Lebanon claims Israel encroaching on its territory with new barbed-wire fence San Diego Union-Tribune - Sep 13 4:14 PM
KFAR KILA, Lebanon, 12:50 p.m. Sept. 13 (AP): U.N. peacekeepers asked Israel's army on Wednesday to pull down a new barbed-wire barrier that Lebanon said encroached on its territory, but Israel denied it was on Lebanese soil a test of the month-old cease-fire.Lebanon claims Israel encroaching on its territory with barbed-wire barrier CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Sep 13 3:36 PM
KFAR KILA, Lebanon (AP) - UN peacekeepers asked Israel's army on Wednesday to pull down a new barbed-wire barrier that Lebanon said encroached on its territory, but Israel denied it was on Lebanese soil - a test of the month-old ceasefire.Shamrock Group to invest up to $23M in Israel's Kaman Market Watch - Sep 13 8:09 AM
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Shamrock Holdings will invest up to 100 million shekels ($22.8 million) for as much as a third of certain subsidiaries of Kaman Holdings, a Herzliya, Israel, holding company, Kaman said Wednesday. U.S., Israel say Palestinian coalition must recognize Israel, renounce terrorism People's Daily - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
The United States and Israel said here Wednesday that the proposed Palestinian unity government will not draw international acceptance unless the coalition renounces terrorism and accepts Israel's right to exist.U.S., Israel Eye Palestinian Politics AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 13 1:30 PM
Israel and the United States are taking a wait-and-see approach to Palestinian efforts to resolve an eight-month political standoff that has frozen vital foreign aid.Israel captain to sign extension with West Ham Sports Illustrated - Sep 12 6:38 PM
Israel captain Yossi Benayoun will sign a five-year contract this week to remain at West Ham United, he was quoted as saying by British media on Wednesday.Lebanon to sue Israel over oil spill The Age - Sep 13 2:08 PM
Lebanon is preparing legal action to sue Israel for damages over a huge oil spill caused by Israeli bombing of a power station during the recent conflict. -Israel Gets Super Subs by James Dunnigan September 13, 2006 Strategy Page - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
The Israeli government admitted that they had finally, after over two years of negotiations, signed a deal with Germany to receive two more Dolphin class submarines. It appears that Israel will receive two that are already built, or under construction.The more you fire, the more you hire at Israel Aircraft Haaretz Daily - Sep 13 4:21 PM
The streamlining program for Israel Aircraft Industries is based not on cutting its enormous workforce, but rather on getting rid of some workers and hiring new ones for a net gain of 1,000, according to statements made yesterday by sources close to the company.Israel soldiers won't be freed without swap: Hizbollah Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 12:17 PM
Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in remarks aired on Tuesday his group would only release the two Israeli soldiers it kidnapped if Israel freed Samir al-Qantar, a Lebanese prisoner held by the Jewish state since 1979.Africa Israel in Phillipine real estate project Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 13 7:12 AM
JERUSALEM, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Israeli conglomerate Africa Israel Investments said on Wednesday it had signed a joint venture with Phillipine Filinvest Land Inc. for a real estate project covering 144 acres.Israel will fight court order to free Hamas MPs Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 13 7:00 AM
Surprise result some of the 21 Hamas leaders detained by Israel sit in the dock of the military court. A judge's decision to free the men was unexpected.Hamas approves talks with Israel The Philadelphia Inquirer - Sep 13 12:27 AM
Hamas officials gave Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead yesterday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in Hamas' position as it works to end its international isolation.Abbas gets green light to negotiate with Israel NorthJersey.com - Sep 13 4:29 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead Tuesday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group's position as it works to end its international isolation.Palestinian Talks With Israel OK'd CBS News - Sep 12 6:48 PM
Hamas says Mahmoud Abbas, as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, can negotiate with Israel, but not on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. Israel says that could be a positive development, but is skeptical.Lebanon sues Israel over huge oil spill caused by bombing Pravda - Sep 13 9:55 AM
Lebanon prepares to sue Israel over a huge oil spill caused by Israeli bombing of a power station during the recent conflict, the environment minister said Wednesday.Hamas gives Abbas go-ahead for talks with Israel KFVS12 - Sep 13 12:43 PM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Hamas (hah-MAHS') officials have given Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS') the go-ahead to negotiate with Israel.Serving up a daily diet of news for Bible-believing Israel-lovers hungry for Israel-related news from an Israel-savvy Jerusalem Newswire - Sep 13 11:06 AM
Just days after exciting the international media with news of a Hamas-Fatah unity government, PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday declared that he also wants to restart peace negotiations with Israel.Palestinian PM says no talks with Israel Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 6:14 AM
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Tuesday poured cold water on any hopes a new Palestinian unity government might seek peace talks with Israel.Serving up a daily diet of news for Bible-believing Israel-lovers hungry for Israel-related news from an Israel-savvy Jerusalem Newswire - Sep 13 10:06 AM
The inevitable campaign by international "human rights" groups to search for ways to accuse Israel of war crimes in Lebanon has begun.Israel s defence minister hints at prisoner swap Khaleej Times - Sep 13 5:56 AM
JERUSALEM - Defence Minister Amir Peretz signalled on Wednesday that Israel might consider releasing a long-held Lebanese prisoner in exchange for two of its soldiers captured by Hezbollah.Hamas OKs talks with Israel Kansas City Star - Sep 13 12:08 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip | Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead Tuesday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group s position as it works to end its international isolation. Hamas, whose ideology calls for Israel s destruction, reached agreement Monday with Abbas Fatah Party to form a unity government in an effort to end the financial Palestinian leader urges Israel to free Hamas officials AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 4:56 AM
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has called on Israel to free detained Hamas ministers and MPs before the ruling Islamist movement and his Fatah party form a national unity government.The Editors: Right to ask Mr Blair 'resignation questions' in Israel? BBC News - Sep 13 5:41 AM
Was it right to ask Mr Blair 'resignation questions' in Israel?Israel making progress in pullout, Annan says Deseret Morning News - Sep 12 11:22 PM
Israel has made "significant progress" in the gradual withdrawal of its forces from south Lebanon in the month since the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution to end the conflict there, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday in a report.Hamas allows negotiations with Israel The Star-Ledger - Sep 12 11:35 PM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead yesterday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group's position as it works to end its international isolation.President of Latvia receives credentials from the Ambassadors of Israel and Pakistan Baltic Times - Sep 13 10:57 AM
Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga Vaira Vike-Freiberga received credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Latvia Chen Ivri and appreciated the excellent bilateral relations between Latvia and Israel as well as pointed out the wide possibilities for expanding economic co-operation. The parties were pleased with the successful exchange of visits over the Israel moves to compromise Lebanon probe AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 3:36 AM
Israel's cabinet was poised to favour a compromise inquiry into the Lebanon war after nearly a month of public dissent and calls from senior politicians for a powerful state commission.Lebanon to File Suit Against Israel for Environmental Damage Israel National News - Sep 13 11:12 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Lebanon s environmental affairs minister announced on Wednesday his country will file legal actions against Israel for the environmental damage sustained during aerial bombings to its coast.Israel s Real Danger DEBKAfile - Sep 13 4:05 AM
The Israeli general who conducted the Lebanon war most directly, the OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen Udi Adam, was the first official Israel to stop passing the buck for the costly mismanagement of the Lebanon War. His resignation announced Wednesday, Sept. 13, was accepted by the chief of staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz.Palestinian govt won't object to Abbas-Israel talks Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 2:02 AM
A new Palestinian unity government would not object to President Mahmoud Abbas holding talks with Israel, a senior Hamas official said on Tuesday.Students from Israel and Lebanon travel safely to Brown Brown Daily Herald - Sep 13 12:27 AM
Brown students from Israel and Lebanon were able to arrive safely on campus this semester despite ongoing conflict between the two countries, according to University officials.Torontonian helps Libyan Jewish community in postwar Israel Canadian Jewish News - Sep 13 6:42 AM
TEL AVIV When prominent Toronto Jewish community member Walter Arbib learned of the damages to Israel s northern communities during the Israeli/Hezbollah war, he jumped to help.31% of Canadians blame Israel for 9/11 Canadian Jewish News - Sep 13 6:41 AM
Thirty-eight per cent of Quebecers think 9/11 was at least partly the result of Israel s actions in the Middle East, the highest of any region of Canada, according to a poll commissioned by the Montreal-based Association for Canadian Studies (ACS).Amnesty International Says Hezbollah Committed War Crimes New York Times - 15 minutes ago
Matching an earlier condemnation of Israel, the group accused Hezbollah forces of indiscriminate rocket attacks and ?deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects.?Assad to Arab MKs: Syria ready for peace, but Israel unwilling Haaretz Daily - Sep 13 3:46 AM
Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday told three Israeli Arab MKs visiting Damascus that Syria is ready to establish peace with Israel based on the Arab League's 2002 plan, saying it was Israel who was not willing to accept the initiative.Israel: Settler Guilty in Rampage New York Times - Sep 11 11:13 PM
A Jewish settler who is believed to have hoped to halt Israel?s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last year was convicted in Jerusalem for the August 2005 shooting deaths of four Palestinians in the West Bank. The man, Asher Weissgan, 41, killed the Palestinians the day Israel began evacuating settlers from Gaza.Jewish Agency Bringing Parents of "Lone Soldiers" to Israel Israel National News - Sep 13 6:12 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Dozens of parents of "lone soldiers" from states of the former Soviet Union (FSU) are being brought to Israel for several days by the Jewish Agency, to spend time with their children and to examine possibilities of their own Aliyah . The soldiers selected for the special parental visit are those from the FSU who served on Israel's various fronts during the period of the war in Al Qaeda threatens attacks in Gulf and Israel Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 11 11:11 PM
Al Qaeda used the fifth anniversary of September 11 to urge Muslims to hit Western interests and said U.S. allies Gulf Arab states and Israel would be the next targets in a campaign to seal the West's economic doom.Israel 26th in business friendliness league Globes Online - Sep 13 2:10 AM
In the index s disclosure item, Israel scored 7 out of a possible 10 points, above the OECD average of 6.3.Al-Qaeda Calls on Muslims To Fight in Lebanon, Israel Washington Post - Sep 11 9:59 PM
Al-Qaeda marked the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with a call for Muslims throughout the world to violently oppose the international peacekeeping force gathering in southern Lebanon and position themselves for direct assaults against Israel and Persian Gulf governments.Analysis: Israel's prisoner dilemma UPI - Sep 12 8:53 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A military court Tuesday ordered the release of Hamas ministers and legislators whom Israel arrested shortly after Palestinian militants kidnapped a soldier and took him to Gaza in a possible effort to thaw tense relations.The Moral Bankruptcy of Israel's Founding Idea The Palestine Chronicle - Sep 13 2:46 AM
The basically racist notion of a clash of civilizations, being promoted both by the Bush administration and by Israel, provides the rationale for the assaults on Palestine and Lebanon.Israel, Lebanon "largely" realize cessation of hostilities: UN chief People's Daily - Sep 12 10:39 PM
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday that the relevant parties from Israel and Lebanon have largely complied with Resolution 1701 to halt hostilities.Israeli military studies Hezbollah's resilience USA Today - Sep 13 6:18 PM
Israel's military has ordered a series of investigations to examine why its armed forces were unable to crush Hezbollah militants during a month of fighting in Lebanon.Israel's conflict avoidance policy on Hizbullah blamed World Tribune - Sep 12 4:28 PM
HERZLIYA, Israel Israel's military was under orders to avoid conflict with Hizbullah and therefore was unprepared for the 33-day war in Lebanon, officials said.Hizbollah guilty of war crimes, Amnesty says Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah committed war crimes in its conflict with Israel by targeting civilians with rockets packed with metal ball bearings, rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday.Israeli General Quits Over War Management by Joshua Brilliant UPI Israel Correspondent Herzliya, Israel (UPI) Sep 13, Space War - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
The head of the army's Northern Command resigned Wednesday becoming the first -- and probably not the only -- senior officer to quit in light of the army's failures during the war with Hezbollah.Hezbollah leader predicts talks on prisoner swap with Israel next week CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Sep 12 4:17 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah's leader said Tuesday he accepts UN mediation with Israel on a possible prisoner swap and a special envoy will launch the talks next week.Serving up a daily diet of news for Bible-believing Israel-lovers hungry for Israel-related news from an Israel-savvy Jerusalem Newswire - Sep 13 12:36 AM
Pope Benedict XVI Tuesday slammed the Islamic concept of jihad - furthering the faith through violence, or holy war - as being opposed to the true nature of God. (Like many in today's "politically corrent" world, the Pope sees the God of Israel and Islam's Allah as one and the same.)Congresswoman Kim Berfield and a Gus Bilirakis' Representative to Speak at a Pro-Israel Solidarity Walk and Rally On, [Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 5:00 AM
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) September 13, 2006 -- Republican candidate Congresswoman Kim Berfield and a Gus Bilirakis' representative will be speaking at the community wide and multi-cultural Pro-Israel Walk and Rally to be held on Sunday, September 17, 2006, starting at the corner of Bayshore and Bay To Bay and culminating in a Rally at the Tampa Garden Club, 2629 Bayshore Blvd.Hamas gives Abbas go-ahead for talks with Israel WIS News 10 Columbia - Sep 12 8:21 PM
Hamas officials have given Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead to negotiate with Israel.Israel World's 17th Largest Military Spender Israel National News - Sep 13 1:57 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Israel's military budget is the 17th largest in the world, almost half of Russia's annual budget, according to Defense News . The statistics refer to 2005, when Israel spent $9.44 billion on the military. Defense News : Israel's defense budget is 17th largest Globes Online - Sep 13 1:56 AM
Israel s military expenditure was $9.44 billion in 2005, almost half of Russia s military budget.Israel's dilemma: Hezbollah wants Kuntar in exchange for soldiers Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Sep 12 7:10 PM
TONY EASTLEY: One of the great sticking points between Israel and Hezbollah is the return of Israeli soldiers taken hostage two months ago.What happened to 'The Lost'? USA Today - Sep 13 6:29 PM
As a boy growing up on Long Island, Daniel Mendelsohn loved stories his Orthodox Jewish grandfather told about the ancestral home in the Ukrainian shtetl of Bolechow and relatives who left it for Israel and America. But, over the years, Mendelsohn's curiosity grew about those who didn't leave Bolechow.Israel soldiers won't be freed without swap -Hizbollah Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News - Sep 12 12:03 PM
DUBAI (Reuters) - Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in remarks aired on Tuesday his group would only release the two Israeli soldiers it kidnapped if Israel freed Samir al-Qantar, the Lebanese prisoner held for the longest time by the Jewish state.Congresswoman Kim Berfield and a Gus Bilirakis' Representative to Speak at a Pro-Israel Solidarity Walk and Rally On, [Press Release] PR Web - Sep 13 12:51 AM
Congresswoman Kim Berfield and a Gus Bilirakis' Representative To Speak At A Pro-Israel Solidarity Walk and Rally,Starting At the Corner of Bayshore and Bay To Bay and Culminating in a Rally at the Tampa Garden Club, 2629 Bayshore Blvd., Tampa, FL 33629, On Sunday, September 17, 2006. This community wide, multi-cultural event seeks to promote solidarity between members of the community on behalf Diplomats Skeptical That Coalition Would Renounce Terror, Recognize Israel WCSH 6 Portland - Sep 12 5:08 PM
The Bush administration is expressing skepticism that a Palestinian unity government would renounce terrorism or accept Israel's right to exist. And a deputy spokesman says the U.S. won't resume aid shipments to the Palestinian government unless those conditions are met.Hamas OKs Abbas Talks With Israel Arab News - Sep 12 4:14 PM
GAZA CITY, 13 September 2006 Hamas yesterday said that it does not have any problem with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas starting peace talks with Israel, but the movement itself will not initiate talks.Malaysia Urges U.S., Israel To Recognise Palestinian Unity Govt Bernama - 44 minutes ago
HAVANA, Sept 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is of the view that efforts to set up a Palestinian national unity government should be supported and recognised by the United States and the Israeli regime.Annan: 'Significant Progress' in Israel's Southern Lebanon Withdrawal FOX6 WBRC-TV Birmingham - Sep 12 3:14 PM
Israel has made 'significant progress' in the gradual withdrawal of its forces from south Lebanon in the month since the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution to end the fighting there, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report Tuesday.Israel general quits over Lebanon BBC News - Sep 13 5:43 AM
Udi Adam, an Israeli general who had a key commanding role during the conflict in Lebanon, resigns.Israel wary on Palestinian deal BBC News - Sep 11 10:33 PM
Israel says any new Palestinian government must meet conditions set by the West, as the Palestinians strike a deal.Diplomats skeptical that coalition would renounce terror and recognize Israel WLBT 3 - Sep 12 3:30 PM
STATE DEPARTMENT The Bush administration is expressing skepticism that a Palestinian unity government would renounce terrorism or accept Israel's right to exist.Indexer FTSE may upgrade Israel to developed status Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 12 10:12 AM
LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Global index provider FTSE Group said on Tuesday that it could potentially lift Israel to developed market status from its current designation as advanced emerging.Germany approves "historic" Lebanon mission Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 12:37 PM
Germany's cabinet approved "historic" plans on Wednesday to send naval and air forces to Lebanon to help guarantee security after Israel's one-month war against Hizbollah guerrillas.Israel urges Abbas to be cautious over unity govt Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 13 4:50 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Wednesday her government would continue to deal with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has agreed on a unity coalition with the militant group Hamas.Al Qaeda threatens attacks in US-allies Gulf, Israel Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 11 1:40 PM
Al Qaeda used the fifth anniversary of September 11 to urge Muslims to hit Western interests and said U.S. allies Israel and the Gulf Arab states would be the next targets in a campaign to seal the West's economic doom.Israel soldiers won't be freed without swap - Hizbollah Stuff - Sep 12 1:11 PM
DUBAI: Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in remarks aired overnight his group would only release the two Israeli soldiers it kidnapped if Israel freed Samir al-Qantar, a Lebanese prisoner held by the Jewish state since 1979.Israelis asked to take down barbed wire AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 11:16 AM
U.N. peacekeepers on Wednesday asked Israel's army to pull down a new barbed-wire barrier that Lebanon said encroached on its territory, a U.N. spokesman said.Hamas Gives Abbas Go-Ahead For Israel Talks KGO-TV Bay Area - Sep 12 11:26 AM
Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead for negotiations with Israel.Israel Skeptical of Hamas-Fatah 'Unity Government' Crosswalk.com - Sep 12 6:33 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israeli officials are reacting with skepticism to reports that the radical Islamic Hamas movement has decided to indirectly recognize the state of Israel as part of a deal to form a national unity government with the Palestinian Authority's Fatah party and two other groups.U.S. Wary Of Palestinian Unity Gov't CBS News - 11 minutes ago
U.S. and Israeli diplomats warned that Palestinian leaders cannot assume their proposed unity government will gain acceptance unless they renounce terrorism and accept Israel's right to exist.Israel cabinet approves 2007 budget in wake of Lebanon war TurkishPress.com - Sep 12 1:17 PM
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition cabinet on Tuesday approved Israel's 2007 budget which saw a series of controversial cuts in welfare in the wake of the Lebanon war, an official said.Earlier Middle East ceasefire may have held: minister AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 11:17 AM
British Foreign Minister Kim Howells accepted that an earlier ceasefire in the Israel-Lebanon conflict may have "worked," contrary to Prime Minister Tony Blair's approach.Putin deplores Iranian calls for destruction of Israel Pravda - Sep 12 1:10 PM
Russia's President Vladimir Putin warned against hastily imposing sanctions on Iran, but in a rare note of criticism he has also deplored Iranian calls for the destruction of Israel, according to remarks released by the Kremlin on Tuesday.Hamas Says It Is Ready to Approve Talks With Israel Voice of America - Sep 12 7:20 AM
The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it is prepared to approve peace talks with Israel, as part of a new unity government with the Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas.Israel soldiers won't be freed without swap: Hezbollah Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Sep 12 12:25 PM
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says his group will only release the two Israeli soldiers it kidnapped if Israel freed Samir al-Qantar, the Lebanese prisoner held for the longest time by the Jewish state.Rice With Israel Deputy PM & FM Tzipi Livni Scoop.co.nz - Sep 13 6:19 PM
Secretary Condoleezza Rice The Treaty Room, U.S. Department of State Washington, DC September 13, 2006 SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. I'm very pleased to welcome Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to the United States, also Deputy Prime Minister.Israel-Hezbollah war shows need for wider Mideast accord, Annan says People's Daily - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday the recent conflict in Lebanon had been a "wake-up" call that highlights the need for a wider Middle East peace settlement.Hamas gives Abbas green light for talks with Israel Khaleej Times - Sep 12 11:10 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas officials on Tuesday gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group s position toward the Jewish state as it worked to end its international isolation.Egypt-Gaza power link opened in bid to cut out Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 11 11:38 AM
A new link connecting the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah to the Egyptian power grid opened as the Palestinians strive to end their dependence on Israel.Hamas gives Abbas green light for talks with Israel Outlook India - Sep 12 12:00 PM
Hamas officials today gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group's position toward the Jewish state as it worked to end its international isolation.Haniya says no government peace talks with Israel Gulf News - Sep 12 2:08 PM
Gaza: Prime Minister Esmail Haniya of Hamas on Tuesday poured cold water on any hopes a new Palestinian unity government might seek peace talks with Israel.Over 1.2 million cluster bombs dropped on Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 7:32 AM
Israel's army dropped more than 1.2 million cluster bombs into Lebanon during the month-long conflict, according to an Israeli army officer.Lebanon to seek Israel compensation over oil slick AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 11 9:22 AM
Lebanon is planning legal action against Israel for an oil slick caused by its bombing of a power station that has polluted large areas of the Lebanese coast, a minister has told AFP.Group: Hezbollah guilty of war crimes MSNBC - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah committed war crimes during its conflict with Israel by targeting civilians with rockets packed with metal ball bearings, Amnesty International said Thursday.Al-Qaeda promises strikes on Israel and Persian Gulf The Philadelphia Inquirer - Sep 12 12:21 AM
In a video yesterday marking the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Al-Qaeda's No. 2 condemned U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon as enemies of Islam and warned that the terror group would strike the Persian Gulf and Israel.Germany approves Lebanon mission Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 7:42 AM
Germany's cabinet approved plans on Wednesday to send naval and air forces to Lebanon, and Russia said it would dispatch troops to help rebuild roads and bridges destroyed in Israel's war against Hizbollah guerrillas.British MPs Call on Israel to Release All Abducted Palestinian Parliamentarians Palestine News Agency - Sep 12 12:18 PM
LONDON, September 12, 2006 (WAFA)- Twenty Seven British MPs called for the immediate release of the elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) kidnapped by Israel, Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) said.