Jerusalem: At least 15 Palestinians have been killed in the worst violence between Israeli forces and militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in nearly a year, even as Israel warned of more attacks if its civilians are targetted. Gaza-based medical officials said an airstrike on Saturday killed two men in the southern part of the Hamas-ruled territory, raising to 15 the number of Palestinians killed since Israel assassinated a top...
12:12 AM, Mar 11, 2012
Beit Hanoun (Gaza Strip): Dozens of Palestinians on Thursday tried to block UN chief Ban Ki-moon from entering the Gaza Strip and pelted his armoured convoy with shoes and sticks, accusing him of being unfairly biased toward Israel. The incident cast a shadow over Ban's visit to Gaza, which was meant to draw attention to humanitarian issues in the crowded seaside strip. Ban was in Gaza on the second day...
08:57 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday charged that the Palestinians have no interest in restarting peace negotiations, suggesting that newly resumed contacts between the sides are producing little progress. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators began meeting in Jordan on January 3 in an attempt to find a formula to restart formal negotiations. Israeli-Palestinian talks have been stalled for more than three years over the issue of Israeli settlement construction....
07:57 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Ramallah: Pitching for continuation of dialogue between Israel and Palestinians, India on Wednesday reaffirmed its strong commitment to the Palestine cause and hoped that recent parleys held between the two sides will help find a permanent solution. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who was here, met the entire top Palestinian leadership including President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. Krishna, who is on a visit to the Middle East...
11:42 PM, Jan 11, 2012
Gaza City: Hamas' leader in the Gaza Strip says the militant group has officially turned over a captive Israeli soldier to Egypt as part of a prisoner swap with Israel. In a text message, Mahmoud Zahar said on Tuesday that his group is no longer holding Sgt Gilad Schalit. Earlier, militants had whisked the 25-year-old soldier across Gaza's border to Egypt, which has acted as a mediator in the deal....
01:01 PM, Oct 18, 2011
Ramallah, West Bank: In a direct challenge to the United States, the Palestinians said on Thursday they will ask the Security Council next week to accept them as a full member of the United Nations, even though Washington has promised to veto the measure. The Palestinian assertion came as a senior US diplomatic team was in the region trying to avert an embarrassing showdown and relaunch peace talks. By pushing...
01:49 AM, Sep 16, 2011
Jerusalem: Hundreds of pro-Palestinian foreign activists planned to fly into Tel Aviv this week, prompting Israeli warnings on Wedensday that security would be beefed up at the country's already heavily fortified international airport. The campaign coincides with a separate attempt to break Israel's sea blockade of the Gaza Strip with an international flotilla. Those set to arrive at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport on Friday said they plan to tour...
02:38 AM, Jul 07, 2011
Gaza City: Israeli aircraft struck Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in response to rocket and mortar attacks, stoking mounting concerns that a grave new round of hostilities will fill the vacuum left by a negotiations impasse in the Mideast peace effort. Two years of relative calm have frayed in recent weeks with acts of violence against Israelis, including a deadly bombing in Jerusalem on Wednesday -...
12:11 PM, Mar 24, 2011
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said on Tuesday it is launching an investigation into a video that surfaced on YouTube showing what appeared to be an Israeli soldier dancing around a blindfolded Palestinian prisoner. The video is the latest in a number of social media controversies that have engulfed the Israeli military. This summer, a female former Israeli soldier posted photos of herself posing in front of blindfolded Palestinian prisoners. It...
11:28 AM, Oct 06, 2010
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas one-on-one every two weeks to discuss "the agenda for a peace agreement," he said on Sunday. "I believe that what is needed now in order to move the process is not multiplicity of [negotiation] teams but rather decisions of leaders," he said at the start of Israel's weekly Cabinet meeting. The two sides resumed face-to-face negotiations...
11:30 AM, Sep 06, 2010
Gilad Shalit was kidnapped by Hamas more than three years ago. ...
09:28 AM, Nov 30, 2009
The Israeli soldier was held captive by a Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. ...
08:29 AM, Oct 03, 2009
His riders: Jewish settlements stay and no compromise on Jerusalem. ...
02:56 AM, Jun 15, 2009
Obama aimed at healing rifts between the US and the Muslim world. ...
08:23 PM, Jun 04, 2009
There were no immediate reports of any injuries from the attack. ...
09:50 AM, Jan 29, 2009
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