Middle East Politics

...in Ramallah said over the weekend. Palestinian children hold banners of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally in the West Bank town of Jenin , Saturday. Photo:...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Pennsylvania, Fatah, Barack Obama, West Bank, Israel, Ramallah, and Hillary Clinton

...since the election was not held in the Gaza Strip , he does not represent the entire Palestinian people. As Hamas legislator Salah Bardaweel explained: " Abbas will then become the mayor or...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Fatah, Marwan Barghouti, Gaza Strip, West Bank, UN Human Rights Council, US, Barack Obama, and Islamic

...2006. " We are witnessing a major recovery of Israeli intelligence in the last few years vis-a-vis Iran , Hezbollah and Syria ," said Ronen Bergman , a journalist and author of The Secret...

In this article: Israel, Hezbollah, Iran, Yasser Arafat, Ronen Bergman, Haaretz, Benjamin Netanyahu, Lebanon, and Syria

...with Abbas before his speech underscored the sense of crisis. President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abdullah of Jordan joined a chorus of Palestinian politicians in urging Abbas...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, Israel, West Bank, Jerusalem, Maariv, Jerusalem Post, and Shimon Peres

...he said, but did not make any new proposals for reconciliation after Hamas rejected an Egypt -mediated deal. Hamas won a Palestinian parliamentary election in 2006, defeating the...

In this article: Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Khaled Meshaal, Israel, Fatah, United States, Gaza, Political settlement, West Bank, and Gaza Strip

...Shi'ite rebels said they had captured some Saudi soldiers on Friday, after Riyadh said it would press on with its offensive until it had cleared them from its territory. A Saudi...

In this article: Yemen, Riyadh, SPA, Al Jazeera, United Nations, Saudi Arabia, Al Arabiya, and Al Qaeda

...might also add weight to the summit of the OIC , which has little political power. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he did not wish to run for re-election in...

In this article: Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Turkey, Tehran, Islam, European Union, Tayyip Erdogan, Sudan, and Ankara

RIYADH ( Reuters ) - Saudi Arabia said on Friday its offensive against Yemeni rebels would continue until it ended any presence by the group on its territory after gunmen infiltrated into...

In this article: Yemen, Riyadh, SPA, Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda, and Tehran

...Press Writers Aron Heller and Michael Barajas in Jerusalem , Hussein Dakroub in Beirut , Albert Aji in Damascus and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations headquarters contributed to...

In this article: Hezbollah, Israel, Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu, U.N. Security Council, Allegation, Gaza, Press TV, and United Nations Headquarters

Abbas faces rivalry from the Hamas movement Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that he will not seek re-election in polls in January. In a televised speech,...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah, Hamas, Hillary Clinton, Yasser Arafat, Gaza, Israel, and US

...that he did not want to stand again. The committee, however, had rejected his offer. SLAMS HAMAS , ISRAEL Abbas , who replaced the late Yasser Arafat five years ago, reserved some of...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Fatah, West Bank, and Ehud Barak

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Thursday he would not run for re-election in January, throwing further doubt on the prospects for peacemaking with Israel. Here are...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah, Yasser Arafat, Israel, Hamas, Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Barack Obama

A blog covering security and security technology. It was unattended in a hotel room at the time: Israel 's Mossad espionage agency used Trojan Horse programs to gather intelligence...

In this article: Mossad, E-mail, Der Spiegel, Syria, London, and Israel

...month after failing to reach a unity deal with rival Islamist group Hamas , which rejects any peace moves with Israel. Hamas won parliamentary elections in 2006 and wrested control of the...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Israel, Fatah, West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S., and Hillary Clinton

...the Israeli 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...

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

It would be a far more complex undertaking than the Israelis ' past attacks on the Osirak reactor in Iraq and Syria 's Al Kibar nuclear plant. And even after such a comprehensive...

In this article: Bashar Assad, International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali-Reza Asgari, Ehud Olmert, Syria, Uranium, Mossad, and Damascus

...copied details about Syria 's illicit nuclear program and sent them directly to the Mossad agents' computers. Israel used the information as justification for its airborne bombing...

In this article: Mossad, Der Spiegel, Syria, Spooks, and Israel

...by the World Bank and the U.S. government as part of efforts to boost support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Western-backed government. Blair said the launch would...

In this article: Tony Blair, West Bank, Wataniya, World Bank, Israel, Middle East, and Palestine

AFP/Pool - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office. … by Yana Dlugy Yana Dlugy - 22 mins ago JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel 's...

In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, United States, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Washington, Amr Mussa, and Barack Obama

...signaled their unhappiness with the American shift. Jordan 's King Abdullah II traveled to Cairo for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. After the meeting, a royal palace...

In this article: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, U.S., West Bank, Jerusalem, Washington, and Hamas