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Abbas in Egypt says no deal yet on Israeli Shalit

Reuters - Wed Dec 9, 7:46 am ET

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there was no deal for now between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on freeing an Israeli soldier held in Gaza.

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Lebanon's Hariri keen on improving ties with Syria
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 9:58 am ET
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday his government was keen on improving its ties with Syria, strained since the killing of his father Rafiq Hariri in 2005.
Egypt says Israel stalling on prisoner swap
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 6, 4:01 pm ET
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit accused Israel on Sunday of stalling on a prisoner swap with Hamas for a captured Israeli soldier by refusing to free certain Palestinian prisoners.
Egypt 'excavate' Gaza border tunnel
AFP via Yahoo! News - 50 minutes ago
Egyptian engineers were carrying out major excavation work at the Gaza border on Wednesday as an Israeli daily reported that an anti-smuggling barrier was under construction, an AFP reporter said.
German mediator in Gaza for talks with Hamas leaders: Report
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 10:32 am ET
Gaza - The German mediator negotiating a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas movement arrived in the Gaza Strip to deliver Israel's response to Islamist group's conditions for freeing an Israeli soldier held in the salient, al-Jazeera said Monday....
Israeli PM prefers French for Syrian mediation
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 2:09 pm ET
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he would prefer French rather than Turkish mediation in the event that indirect talks with Syria are revived.
Israeli MPs vote on land-for-peace law
AFP via Yahoo! News - 43 minutes ago
The Israeli parliament on Wednesday passed the first reading of a bill requiring a referendum to approve a pull-out from annexed east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as part of any peace deal.
Iran to hit Israeli nuke sites if attacked: minister
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 26 minutes ago
Iran would strike back at Israeli weapons manufacturing sites and nuclear installations if the Jewish state attacked the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying Wednesday.
Did Group Raise Money For Hamas On American Campuses?
The Jewish Press - 46 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A U.S. congressman is the latest to call for a Justice Department investigation into whether a pro-Palestinian group has been raising money on college campuses for Hamas.
Bahrain, Egypt reaffirm support as Saudi battles rebels
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 4:16 pm ET
Manama - The foreign ministers of Bahrain and Egypt Tuesday reaffirmed their support for Saudi Arabia as it continues to battle Yemeni rebels on its southern border. The security and stability of Saudi Arabia is a vital matter for both our countries...
Shalit deal hindered by Israel's 'obstinacy,' says Mashaal
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 12:32 pm ET
Sana'a, Yemen - The deal to exchange hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is facing obstacles caused by Israeli obstinacy, Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, said on Tuesday. T...
Israel tells foreign dignitaries not to visit Gaza
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 6:46 am ET
Jerusalem - Israel does not want foreign dignitaries to visit the Gaza Strip, because that would grant undue legitimacy to Hamas, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday. The Jerusalem Post daily said the government of hardline Prime Minister Benjam...
Israel gives initial OK to Jerusalem referendum
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 27 minutes ago
Israel's parliament has given preliminary approval to a piece of legislation that would require a national referendum on any peace deal that gives up control of east Jerusalem or the Golan Heights.
Iran accuses U.S., Israel of kidnapping
UPI - Tue Dec 8, 6:18 pm ET
TEHRAN, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The United States and Israel kidnapped an Iranian atomic scientist and a senior Defense Ministry official, Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki charged Tuesday.
Israel parliament to vote on land-for-peace law
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 3:03 am ET
The Israeli parliament was set to vote Wednesday on a bill requiring a referendum to approve a pullout from annexed east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as part of any peace deal, officials said.
Palestinians boycott Israeli settlement goods
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 1:11 pm ET
The Palestinian government announced Tuesday that it is enforcing a boycott of goods made in Israel's West Bank settlements and has confiscated more than $1 million in merchandise from shops and companies.
Netanyahu: Israel wants direct Syria talks
UPI - Mon Dec 7, 2:20 pm ET
JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Israel is ready and willing to conduct direct negotiations with Syria without preconditions, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said.
Palestinian Leaders May Seek UN Backing for Independent State
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 4:29 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Palestinian leaders will meet Dec. 15 to discuss healing the rift between the Hamas and Fatah factions and a plan to seek United Nations recognition of an independent Palestinian state.
No elections in W.Bank if vote rejected in Gaza: Abbas
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 11:23 am ET
Palestinian elections will not take place in the West Bank if Hamas refuses to allow voters to take part in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on a visit to Beirut on Tuesday.
Four doctors visited Israeli soldier held in Gaza Strip: Report
EARTHtimes.org - Sun Dec 6, 3:46 am ET
Gaza/Tel Aviv - A team of four French doctors visited the Gaza Strip last week to examine an Israeli soldier held there for three-and-a-half years, ahead of a possible prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. There was, however, no official confir...
Israel eyes pullout from border village
UPI - Tue Dec 8, 6:23 pm ET
JERUSALEM, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The Israeli military is considering a withdrawal from a village on the Lebanese border before the end of January, the Israeli prime minister said.

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