Middle East Politics

...four Israelis and a Greek monk. Barghouti is seen as a possible successor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel is wary of freeing him. A German mediator has been based in...

In this article: Hamas, Israel, Gaza, Mahmoud Abbas, Marwan Barghouti, Gilad Schalit, West Bank, Islamic, and Jerusalem

...stalled since last December. Germany has also been involved, alongside Egypt , in mediating a deal between Israel and Hamas in which hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails would be...

In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Fever, Angela Merkel, Germany, Israel, Uranium, Gilad Shalit, and Hamas

Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 12:41 p.m. JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fallen ill, and his trip to Germany has been postponed. Netanyahu was due to fly to...

In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Germany, Unemployment, Jerusalem, and Israel

...had agreed to suppress the news of his abduction. Abduction hot spots are led by Pakistan , Afghanistan , Iraq , Somalia and Sri Lanka. Similarly, The Australian's Drew Warne-Smith held...

In this article: International Federation of Journalists, Philippines, CIA, David Rohde, Somalia, Pakistan, Recession, and Committee to Protect Journalists

...attacks and insults toward us." (The Egyptians might say the same about Lieberman , who has said President Hosni Mubarak could "go to hell.") And Netanyahu has said Turkish Prime Minister...

In this article: Binyamin Netanyahu, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Israel, Turkey, Avigdor Lieberman, Bashar Assad, Omar al-Bashir, Syria, and Iran

AFP 27 November 2009, 01:19am IST Topics: SANTIAGO : Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Thursday dismissed Israel 's temporary freeze on settlement building as bringing "nothing new"...

In this article: Mahmud Abbas, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, West Bank, Hugo Chavez, Middle East, Santiago, Jerusalem, Caracas, and Shimon Peres

...of friction between the two allies over settlements and to put the onus on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as the holdout. Obama, Clinton and other officials...

In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, West Bank, George J. Mitchell, Mahmoud Abbas, U.S., Jerusalem, Washington, and Likud Party

...States but Palestinians said it was not enough to restart peace talks. Allies of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , who is under pressure from U.S. President Barack Obama to drop a...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, West Bank, Jerusalem, United States, Salam Fayyad, Hamas, and Washington

By Simon Gardner Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he plans to stay on in his post until the next election is held and that he would be ready to hold the vote as...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Israel, Gaza Strip, and Gaza

...he said in a phone interview from Argentina , where he was traveling with President Mahmoud Abbas. "No Palestinian , no Arab can cross this line." Netanyahu , a traditional ally...

In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem, West Bank, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Argentina, and U.S.

In this article: Gilad Schalit, Hamas, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel, Rafi Eitan, Salam Fayyad, and Ehud Barak

...Barghouti should be freed as part of any swap, arguing his release would help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. But Vice Premier Silvan Shalom said on Monday that Barghouti ,...

In this article: Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gilad Shalit, Israel, Marwan Barghouti, Eli Yishai, Gaza, and God

...details on the timing of a possible deal. Late Monday, the Hamas leadership in Damascus, Syria , issued a statement charging that Israel was trying to create pressure through leaks to...

In this article: Hamas, Gilad Schalit, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Marwan Barghouti, Gaza, Fatah, and Jerusalem

An agreement would also give Hamas a lift in its bitter rivalry with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas seized control of Gaza from Abbas ' forces in 2007. Abbas , meanwhile,...

In this article: Hamas, Gilad Schalit, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Marwan Barghouti, Gaza, Mahmoud Abbas, and Shimon Peres

...the United Nations to delay taking up Goldstone 's report, only to back down when Jordan and Egypt joined Hamas in unleashing ferocious criticism of Abbas in their media. "He is hurt and...

In this article: Binyamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Middle East, Hamas, United Nations, and Washington

...Post reports. In his private discussions, Netanyahu also said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas , who has said he would step down because of the stymied diplomatic...

In this article: Binyamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, Jerusalem Post, Shimon Peres, Anwar Sadat, Jerusalem, and Israel

BEIRUT (AP) - The militant Hezbollah group says that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the group 's leader for a sixth term. A Hezbollah statement Thursday did not say when...

In this article: Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Israel, and Beirut

...I've heard from him , they're not going to accept something like this." Also referring to the Israel - Syria track, brought up during Netanyahu's visit to Paris last week, French Foreign...

In this article: Bashar Assad, Bernard Kouchner, Binyamin Netanyahu, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ehud Olmert, Nicolas Sarkozy, Turkey, Israel, Golan Heights, and Rome

...countries, which failed to result in any formal negotiations. Israel accuses Syria of helping to arm Hezbollah and Hamas , its militant enemies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Assad also...

In this article: Bashar al-Assad, Syria, Hezbollah, Barack Obama, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, United States, Le Figaro, Middle East, and Lebanon

...attack on Al Kabir , a ship from North Korea arrived in Syria loaded with uranium materials, according to the Mossad. Israel 's attack on the facility commenced late in the evening of...

In this article: Syria, Mossad, Israel, Der Spiegel, Ehud Olmert, Bashar Assad, Uranium, North Korea, and U.S. National Security Agency