Israel has given the Palestinian Authority a list of 189 previously wanted Fatah fighters it would now allow to move freely in the West Bank and abroad, a Palestinian security official said on Saturday.
Israel is considering a plan to stop hunting many Fatah militants and give Palestinians security control over some West Bank enclaves to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas, officials and diplomats said Saturday.
Israel is considering a plan under which it would stop hunting many Fatah militants and give Palestinians more control over West Bank enclaves to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas, officials and diplomats said Saturday.
The U.S. State Department has issued a new warning for U.S. citizens considering travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories. In a statement Friday, the State Department said the fresh warning supersedes a previous travel alert for the region issued in January.
In a move to court the Fatah government in the West Bank, Israel has offered to halt its pursuit of 178 fugitives considered to be terrorists.
A detention camp in a remote, desert prison complex will open today to hold survivors of the genocide in Darfur who are seeking refuge in Israel.
The United States issued a fresh travel warning for Israel and the Palestinian territories on Friday to include American journalists and aid workers after a spate of violence and political instability.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, 15 July 2007 — Israel will stop hunting dozens of wanted Fatah gunmen in the West Bank if they undertook not to indulge in any military action against the Jewish state in the frame of an agreement aimed at bolstering Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a Palestinian security official said yesterday.
JERUSALEM: Israel is considering a plan to stop hunting scores of Fatah militants and give Palestinians wider security control over West Bank enclaves to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas, officials and diplomats said yesterday.
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel's Ministry of Defense and some of the country's leading industry executives repeatedly squashed Venezuelan bids to buy high-resolution commercial satellite imagery.