USA Today | Israel eases traffic restriction in West Bank city The Associated Press - NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian motorists drove freely out of this bustling West Bank city for the first time in six years Saturday after Israel eased ... Video: Israeli settlers removed from Hebron house - 05 Dec 08 Israel's domestic threat Palestinian officials say Israel eases movement on West Bank ... |
BBC News | Israel updating NATO on Iranian nukes program Ha'aretz, Israel - By Barak Ravid Israel has provided NATO with substantial intelligence about the Iranian nuclear program and the development of long-range missiles by the ... Video: Evaluating Bush's Middle East policy - 6 Dec 08 Bush: Israel is America's "closest ally in the Middle East" Peacemaker Brown to talk to Middle East leaders |
BBC News | Abbas: Israel never prevented Palestinians from making Hajj like ... Jerusalem Post, Israel - Abbas told reporters in Mecca that Israel had never once prevented Palestinians from making the holy visit. Palestinians wishing to travel to Saudi Arabia ... Video: Gaza's pilgrims trapped by political in-fighting - 05 Dec 08 Palestinians’ Rift Prevents Gazans From Traveling to Mecca Clashes along Israel-Gaza fence |
Daily Star - Lebanon | Israel eases traffic restriction in West Bank city KGAN, IA - They've been able to drive freely out Nablus for the first time in six years after Israel eased long-standing travel restrictions in an apparent goodwill ... Gaza banks on brink of collapse: World Bank Complaints filed against Israel Israel eases Gaza Strip blockade |
The Associated Press | Fatah official: Hamas-Israel ceasefire turns Gazans into "beggars" Xinhua, China - 6 (Xinhua) -- A Fatah official said Saturday that the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between Hamas, currently rules the Gaza Strip, and Israel has turned the ... World Bank warns Gaza banks may collapse 'We won't accept emirate on our border' Israel convicts top Palestinian |
Times Online | Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel guardian.co.uk, UK - The Israeli air force plane landed at Israel's international airport just before midnight and Israeli officials joined relatives and friends of the victims. ... A Solemn Israel Buries Dead From Mumbai Attack Mumbai Siege: The Story Of An Amazing Escape Jews shaken but not scarred by 26/11 |
Aljazeera.net | Israel not to carry out Olmert's promise to free 250 Palestinians Xinhua, China - 6 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian sources said on Saturday that Israel has called off its premier Ehud Olmert's earlier promise that it would release 250 prisoners ... 'Israel not to free 250 Palestinians' Palestinian sources: Israel not free 250 Palestinian prisoners Israel Breaks Alleged Good Will Pledge |
Sydney Morning Herald | Lebanese spies for Israel admit monitoring Palestinian, Syrian ... Xinhua, China - 6 (Xinhua) -- Two Lebanese suspected of spying for Israel have admitted they were ordered by Israel to gather information about Palestinian and Syrian ... How a murder investigation could snarl Mideast peace Oval Office Watch – Saturday, December 6 The transition's Mideast conflict |
Jordan Times | Israel urged to stop Gaza cash crisis ABC Online, Australia - The World Bank has urged Israel to allow cash into the Gaza Strip to pay the wages of civil servants. The Israeli Shekel is used in Gaza and the World Bank ... Cash shortage forces Gaza banks to shut as Israel ratchets up pressure Marches in Jordan to protest Israel's blockade to Gaza Jordan's Muslim opposition protests Gaza blockade |
AFP | Israel's West Bank system like apartheid: rights group AFP - JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel's discrimination between Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank is increasingly reminiscent of white South Africa's ... UN Assembly head blasts Israel Boycott & Protest Kronos Quartet Concert 1 Feb 2009 The UN's 'Greatest Failure' |